Tag: train passengers
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Updates: All we know about Lagos train/bus collision – NRC MD
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, on Thursday narrated the little his organization knows about the the train/bus collision in Lagos. Recall the NRC train was involved in an accident with a Lagos State Government staff bus on the rail track in Sogunle area of Lagos. Two bodies have so far been…
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EXCLUSIVE: 8 Igueben train attack suspects charged to court in Edo
Eight Igueben train attack suspects have been charged to court in Edo state to give account of their roles in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the Tom Ikimi station. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) exclusively reports the eight suspects as clearly stated in the charge sheet sighted by TNG are being charged under Section 2 (1) (2)…
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(EXCLUSIVE) Train attack: Igueben community indigenes allege monarch aided kidnappers
…call for his removal … operatives arrest more suspects … hail Edo Deputy Gov, Shuaibu for his resilience There is a new twist to the kidnap incident at Tom Ikimi train station in Igueben that close to 25 passengers were allegedly kidnapped by herders. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that indigenes of of the communities close to…
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Security forces rescue 12 more abducted Edo train passengers
Twelve more kidnapped victims from last Saturday’s train station attack in Igueben, Edo State, have been rescued by a Special Force of soldiers, policemen, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), local vigilance members
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Analysis: How 6,117 inmates escaped from Nigerian prisons in the last 2 years
Residents of Abuja were left in shock on Tuesday July 5, when armed men numbering about 200 broke into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, which is Nigeria’s number one prison facility, leading to the escape of 879 inmates. The attackers, as in previous jailbreaks, used explosive devices to gain access into the facility, killing…