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  • Six days after: FRSC battles to get bodies of 2 children in river

    Six days after: FRSC battles to get bodies of 2 children in river

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo has said that the bodies of two children in a bus that plunged into Ovia River, were yet to be recovered six days after the accident.

    Mr Cyril Mathew, Sector Commander. Edo FRSC, disclosed this during an interview with the NAN in Benin on Tuesday.

    NAN recalls that a commercial bus traveling from Lagos to Port Harcourt on Sept. 12, veered off the highway and plunged into the river.

    Six persons were rescued alive, two bodies recovered immediately from the river while the other passengers were trapped in the bus.

    Providing an update, the FRSC boss said a total of five bodies had so far been recovered from the river.

    “The ones that have not been found are the bodies of two children: a boy and a girl. One is five years old and the other is seven years old.

    “The parents of the children were part of the accident but they survived.

    “The driver of the bus was found on Sunday and the family buried him at the bank of the river. Another body that was also found was buried in similar manner.

    “The bodies had floated to a nearby village and were discovered by fishermen who were part of the rescue mission when the accident happened,” Mathew said.

    He added that the body of a lady was discovered inside the bus when the bus was removed from the river, adding that the children were yet to be found.

  • WICKEDNESS! Mother throws her disabled son, 6, into a crocodile-infested river

    WICKEDNESS! Mother throws her disabled son, 6, into a crocodile-infested river

    Wickedness taken too far as a mother deliberately threw her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river where he has reportedly been mauled to death by reptiles.

    Savitri Kumar, 26, from Uttara Kannada, a district in the western Indian state of Karnataka, had a heated argument with the boy’s father, Ravi Kumar, 27, who repeatedly ordered her to ‘throw the child away’, the Times of India reports.

    Police say her husband allegedly questioned her decision to give birth to a child with a disability.

    When the parents fought about their son again on Saturday evening, Savitri was ‘distressed’ and reportedly threw her son into a waste canal that flows into the Kali river, which is infested with crocodiles.

    Neighbours who witnessed this called the police, who deployed divers to search for the boy in the water, but to no avail, as the darkness hindered their operations.

    They returned on Sunday morning and found the child’s body, which showed bite marks all over.

  • We drink water from same stream with cows – C/River traditional ruler

    We drink water from same stream with cows – C/River traditional ruler

    Mr. Linus Odey, Paramount Ruler of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River, says his Akwarinyin- Abu community and 15 others drink water from the same stream with cows.

    He stated this when the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor campaign team met with him and 16 clan heads at Akwarinyin-Abu near Abuochiche in Bekwarra Local Government Area on Tuesday.

    The Monarch, who also bemoaned the state of the road that connected the communities, said it took three days for them to get the council headquarters during the rainy season.

    Odey pointed out that the communities lacked social amenities ranging from water, health facilities, and road that should enhance the living standard of humans.

    According to him, “any aspiration that does not change the life of the people is a wasted investment.

    “I am happy that you know that the road is one of our major problems, just so you know that it takes us three days to connect the local government headquarters during the rains.

    “No hospital, no road, no boreholes; no dividends of democracy in this community in the last seven years.”

    Earlier, the PDP governorship candidate had described the road as an “eyesore” that a responsible government ought to have taken care of for the benefit of inhabitants of the 16 communities.

    Onor promised that if voted into office, his administration would construct the raod within two years.

    “What we have seen of this road is nothing we can draw satisfaction from.

    “It is supposed to be a rural road but of course, it is nothing less of what the present administration has reduced this state to.

    “My government will not be known for making bogus promises; we can only promise what we can do and not we can’t do,” he stated.

  • Police arrest man bathing with blood beside a river in Ogun

    Police arrest man bathing with blood beside a river in Ogun

    The police in Ogun state have arrested a middle -aged man, Ganiyu Shina for bathing with blood beside a rive in Kotopo, Abeokuta, Odeda Local Government Area of the state.

    Residents who saw the man bathing with blood quickly called the attention of the police to it.

    Reports say that the 4-year-old man lives at 4, Oguji Street, Obantoko, Abeokuta,

    It was gathered that he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, took out a local sponge, with a container filled with blood and started bathing with it.

    Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the man fled immediately he discovered that some people were watching him.

    However, Oyeyemi stated that he “was chased and apprehended by members of the community.”

    According to Oyeyemi, the police at Aregbe division were invited by a member of the community, “and the DPO, SP Bunmi Asogbon quickly led the patrol team to the scene, from where the suspect was brought to the station.”

    During interrogation, the suspect was said to have claimed that he had a spiritual problem, and that a herbalist instructed him to perform the ritual.

    “He claimed further that the blood in his possession is not human blood, but that of cow,” Oyeyemi stated.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the remaining blood be taken for laboratory analysis, to ascertain whether it is human blood or not.

    Bankole commended the community members for not taking laws into their hands, assuring them that the suspect would be properly investigated.

  • Death toll in Imo explosion rise to 110 — NEMA

    Death toll in Imo explosion rise to 110 — NEMA

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110.

    The acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office of the agency, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji, disclosed this to the newsmen on Monday.

    Nnaji said more dead bodies were recovered in Orashi River, near the scene of the incident on Sunday, while some died at various hospitals to increase the total casualty figure so far.

    Newsmen reports that an illegal refinery situated at the Abaeze forest in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government exploded on Saturday and killed no fewer than 100 people.

    Emergency workers in Imo led by Nnaji had been on the ground since the incident to carry out rescue operations and evacuate dead bodies.

    The NEMA boss further disclosed to newsmen that arrangements were on to carry out the mass burial of the corpses.

    When asked the cause of the disaster, Nnaji said “we are yet to ascertain what led to the fire disaster.

    “Those who should tell the story and give insight to the incident are all dead, we are still on the ground, and we will soon come out with a report on the incident”, he said.

    Nnaji further appealed to the government to create the enabling environment for genuine business to flourish within the oil-producing communities in Imo, to discourage youths from engaging in illegal activities.

    He also appealed to oil companies in the area to assist the government in job creation for their host communities.

  • 4 die, 2 missing as bus plunged into River Niger in Kogi

    4 die, 2 missing as bus plunged into River Niger in Kogi

    Four persons have been reported dead and two others missing when a passenger bus plunged into River Niger in Koton Karfe area of Kogi.

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja.

    It stated that a Toyota Hiace bus with 15 passengers on board plunged into the river late Tuesday night.

    Mr Solomon Agure, the state Sector Commander of the FRSC, who confirmed this said the bus with registration number Plateau – JJN 73 XA, took off from Ijora Seven Up under bridge in Lagos and was heading to Kano.

    According to Agure, four people including a woman died in the accident while seven others were critically injured.

    He said that the corps engaged the services of eight divers to rescue victims and recovered four dead bodies.

    Agure explained that two female passengers were still missing, saying that all efforts to trace their bodies proved abortive.

    He, however, explained that two passengers escaped unhurt.

    The sector commander said that the injured victims and the dead were taken to the General Hospital, Koton Karfe, and the bus recovered and taken to FRSC office also in Koton Karfe.

  • BLACK SUNDAY: Several passengers dead as commercial bus plunges into Ondo river [Video]

    BLACK SUNDAY: Several passengers dead as commercial bus plunges into Ondo river [Video]

    A commercial bus has plunged into the Owena River, along Akure-Ondo highway in Ondo State, killing an undisclosed number of passengers.

    According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the 18-seater bus which was coming from Ondo town and heading to Akure lost control as a result of speeding and plunged into the Owena River.

    Five of the passengers, including a child have been rescued and rushed to the hospital by motorists and men of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

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  • Woman kills own baby, dumps corpse in Ogun river

    Woman kills own baby, dumps corpse in Ogun river

    Operatives of the Ogun State police command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Sukurat Olajoke, for allegedly killing her own one-month-old baby and dumping the corpse in a river.

    The suspect was arrested on Saturday by a team of police officers on patrol.

    The spokesman of police in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said policemen at the Enugada division, Abeokuta, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Baba Hamzat, saw the woman while she was throwing something suspicious into the river.

    According to him, the suspicious behaviour of the woman after throwing the object into the river attracted the policemen, who quickly apprehended her for questioning.

    Oyeyemi said the woman, who hails from Igbo Ora, Oyo State, when interrogated, confessed that she killed the baby and threw the body into the river.

    She blamed her action on frustration, Oyeyemi said.

    “It was on interrogation that the suspect, who lives at the Agboole Alakoye area of Igbo Ora in Oyo State, confessed that what she threw into the river was the corpse of her one-month-old baby, whom she killed out of frustration.

    “She confessed further that the person responsible for the pregnancy of the baby rejected her, and since she has no means of taking care of the child, she decided to kill and throw it into the river,” Oyeyemi said.

    According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that “the suspect had given birth to six other children for three different men before she got pregnant for one man identified as Hakeem, who refused to accept the paternity of the child.”

    Oyeyemi said the DPO later engaged the service of local divers who helped in recovering the corpse of the child, adding that the body had been deposited at the general hospital mortuary.

    He said the commissioner of police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.

  • Photo: Three confirmed dead as truck falls in Lagos river

    Photo: Three confirmed dead as truck falls in Lagos river

    Three people have been confirmed dead as a truck fell into the Epe River from Berger Bridge late Friday night.

    As at Friday night, the number of people in the six tyres truck were uncertain as rescue officials could do nothing this Saturday morning.

    Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, had said the Agency received information late last night of an accident involving a Volvo tipper that fell off the Berger bridge in Epe into the Epe river.

    “Upon arrival at the scene of incident, it was discovered that the six (6) Tyre Truck was loaded with Sand .The number of people in the truck was unknown.

    “Since it was the late hours of yesterday night, a combined team of Agency responders, Marine Rescue Unit, Nigeria Police and Local Divers have been carrying out Search and Rescue operations.
    No deaths or casualties confirmed at present,” he had said.

    However, on Saturday, Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed that three adult male were brought out of the River dead.

    ”The six (6) Tyre Truck has been located and retrieved along with the bodies of three adult male.

    “A combined team of Agency responders, Marine Rescue Unit (LASWA & LASEMA), Nigeria Police and Local Divers have been carrying out Search and Rescue operations,” he said.

    He said further search by a team of police and LASEMA was still on.

  • Eight teenage footballers die as vehicle plunges into river

    Eight teenage footballers die as vehicle plunges into river

    The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has expressed its condolences to the families of eight teenage footballers killed in a road accident.

    The accident occurred on Saturday in the country’s Ashanti region.

    About 30 others were injured.

    Edmund Nyamekye, commander of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department, told the media that four of the injured had been rushed to hospital and were in critical condition.

    The accident occurred when the footballers were returning from Afrancho, a community in the Ashanti region, the commander said.

    According to a report, the driver of their bus lost control and plunged into a river, submerging all occupants.

    Reports said the young footballers went to Afrancho to register for a football-related event.

    An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident.

    In a statement, the Ghana FA sent condolences to the families of the dead.

    “The GFA wishes to express our deepest condolences to the families of the eight young footballers who passed away after the car they were traveling on submerged,” the GFA said in a statement.