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Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA) has announced that the decision of all residents living around 1004 to Epe, has decided against the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate. This was disclosed by the Nigerian comedian and human rights activist, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, in a tweet via his official Twitter account. The skit maker wrote, “We are live at the LCC and StakeHolders Meeting. “The Lekki Estate Residents and Stakeholders Association Chairman has announced the decision of all Residents which is NO TO TOLLING!” Recall that the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, earlier revealed…
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A flight passenger captured the moment she noticed multiple female passengers kneeling on their seats during a flight, after they had gotten a butt enlargement surgery. Patients must avoid putting direct pressure on the buttocks for at least two weeks following surgery to allow the transferred fat to develop a healthy blood supply. Patients who fail to follow postoperative instructions closely may risk losing a large portion of the fat cells, which will significantly compromise their results. In order to preserve the fat cells, patients should avoid putting any direct pressure on their butt for several weeks. This includes sitting, lying down, driving, and…
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A 75-year-old man (name withheld) died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos after arriving in Nigeria from the United States. The passenger was discovered dead shortly after the plane landed and taxied to the avio bridge, where he was supposed to disembark and proceed to the terminal. According to reports, the man died before anyone could help him. His body was claimed to have been placed in a hospital morgue for family members to pick up. His cause of death has not yet been determined.
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Customs Intercept Container Full Of Arms (ICIR) The container of guns was discovered during a routine examination. Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to Tin Can Island Command have reportedly intercepted a container carrying cartons of guns. The owner of the container was said to have declared the content of the container as plasma televisions. Confirming this, the Public Relations Officer of the Tin Can Customs, Mr Uche Ejesieme, said the container of guns was discovered during a routine examination at terminal B2 (Vehicle) of the TICT, Daily Trust reports. Ejesieme said, “The officers intercepted a container loaded with weapons, b…
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A light aircraft bound for Florida in the United States has crashed, killing all the nine people on board. At least six of them were Americans. According to reports, the accident happened at Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo – the capital of the Dominican Republic. The plane was trying to make an emergency landing when it burst into flames on landing. The plane H11050, one of 13 owned by the Helidosa Aviation Group, was on its way from the El Higüero airport in the Dominican Republic to Florida. Diario Libre reports the flight manifest said there were three crew members and six passengers in the plane. Local journalist Anibelca Rosario …
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We won’t reverse travel ban over FG’s threat – UK High Commissioner to FG The British High Commission stated on Sunday that due to a threat of retaliation from the Nigerian government, the UK will not lift its travel restriction on the country. Dean Hurlock, a spokesman for the British High Commission, said this in answer to an inquiry by The Punch on Sunday about the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who indicated the UK, Canada, and Saudi Arabia would be added to Nigeria’s travel ban on Tuesday. Britain had made it clear that travel overseas would be different this year, according to Hurlock, who added that the UK was sticking to its “standard background lines.” …
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With effect from Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Federal Government will restrict airlines coming from Canada, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, announced the decision on Sunday in Lagos and explained that it was to reciprocate restricted flights from Nigeria into those countries over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. Sirika said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would also place the United Kingdom, Canada, and Saudi Arabia on a red list over the outbreak and spread of the Omicron variant. The minister noted that if those countries placed Nigeria on a red list, they lacked a moral right to have the…
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A helicopter carrying senior defence officials has crashed in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu in India on Wednesday. According to Outlook India, the Chief of Defence Staff, Bipin Rawat, was also on board. According to top officials in Tamil Nadu, four have been found dead. The 63-year-old chief of defence staff was travelling in a Russian-made Mi-17V5 chopper that “met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu”, the Indian Air Force said on Twitter. Rawat is India’s first chief of defence staff, a position that the Indian government established in 2019, and is seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He and his wife …
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An accident which occurred at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos on Tuesday December 7, has killed two school children, while 12 others were injured, the police has confirmed. Eyewitnesses had claimed at least 13 school children were killed in the accident. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the state police spokesperson confirmed that the victims are students of Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School. The police disclosed that at about 2:15 p.m., a DAF truck with Registration No. APP 438 YA driven by one Bolaji Kabiru, rammed into some pedestrians, resulting in casualties. Corpses of the dead students (identity not yet known) were evacuated with the s…
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Several pupils have reportedly been killed by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. According to reports, the pupils were going home after closing from school and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was said to have attempted to escape after the incident but was chased to the Ogba area where he was arrested. “I have never witnessed such a terrible scene in my life. I saw about 15 pupils lying lifeless on the ground. The incident occurred around 2 pm,” a commercial motorcyclist told Punch. The incident has reportedly resulted in a riot while policemen fired tear gas canisters to …
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Emirates airline will relaunch services between Dubai and Nigeria from December 5, 2021, the Dubai-based airline announced on Thursday. It could be recalled that Emirates Airlines extended the suspension of its flights from Nigeria to the United Arab Emirates. The latest extension came after the airline said it would resume flights from Africa’s biggest economy on November 11. Emirates suspended the direct flights owing to a disagreement with Nigerian authorities on modalities for COVID-19 testing. Flights will be operated from Lagos and Abuja, thus ending the months-long standoff with Nigerian authorities. Read the statement:
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Kano State Government has said that 29 people have been confirmed dead in the boat mishap that occurred in Bagwai on Tuesday while 14 others are still missing. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Wednesday in Kano. He said that the 29 who died were mostly children and women. “Seven victims are responding to treatment in Bichi General Hospital, while search of 14 others is still ongoing,” he said. He disclosed that the state government has constituted a committee to investigate the incident and proffer solutions to prevent future occurrence. Garba explained that the committ…
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Nigeria’s leading technology-enabled logistics company, GIGL, has launched a new delivery product, ‘Go-Faster’. The development comes months after the company’s launch of electric delivery vans to complement its zero carbon initiative. According to the company, the new offering is aimed at providing next day deliveries to and from selected cities including Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt. Incorporated in 2012, the Lagos-headquartered company offers logistics services to private end users and merchants seeking a reliable channel to deliver goods and parcels to places around Nigeria, Ghana and the U.S. Nearly 10 years in service, the GIGL com…
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A man identified as Usman Salakani has been crushed to death by a moving truck in IIorin, Kwara State. HGS Media Plus gathered The deceased who met his untimely death on Thursday, at a popular Post Office roundabout at about 10am was crushed while trying to collect money from a truck driver. It was said that the deceased slipped his foot while approaching the driver who was inside the moving truck and consequently fell down by the truck's rear tire which crushed him to death. Subsequently, the remains of the deceased was evacuated by the Officials of the NSCDC Crisis Management Department and the Kwara State Transport Management Authority (KWAT…
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Air Peace airline is to refund fares to passengers who paid for a special flight arranged by the airline for the official opening of the newly constructed Anambra International Cargo and Passengers Airport, Umueri, Anambra State. This is due to the federal government directive that the official opening of the newly constructed airport to commercial flights should be postponed due to security reasons. Meanwhile, the Governor of Anambra State on Saturday declared the airport “opened”. Air Peace had made special arrangements to fly passengers who wanted to witness the opening ceremony. Sources also said that the order to suspend the opening w…
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The first-ever malaria vaccine has been recommended for rollout by the World Health Organization (WHO), a move that experts hope will save thousands of lives each year. Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, announced the development at a media briefing on Wednesday, October 6. The recommendation followed a two-year vaccine programme which involved children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. “I started my career as a malaria researcher, and I longed for the day that we would have an effective vaccine against this ancient and terrible disease. And today is that day, a historic day. Today the WHO is recommending the broad use of the world’s first malaria vaccine,” s…
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Seven female wedding guests have died in an auto crash in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the accident which involved a Toyota Sienna with about nine women on board occurred along Orogun Road on around 5pm Saturday, August 21. The women said to be from Agorodei Peile Quarters in Bomadi community of Delta State, were returning from a marriage ceremony of their sister at Agbor when the incident occurred. According to reports, their vehicle veered off the road into a bush, and somersaulted many times. About seven persons died on the spot, including the driver. Two persons, however, survived. The two su…
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Nigeria Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Nigeria Airways, was a Nigerian airline. The company was founded in 1958 after the dissolution of West African Airways Corporation (WAAC). It held the name WAAC Nigeria until 1971, when it was rebranded to the name it had until it ceased operations in 2003. Parent company: Government of Nigeria (100%) Key people: Peter Gana (CEO) (at the time of closure) Ceased operations: 2003
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According to the witness whose car they were trying to arrest. He was stopped, and was asked for papers and to open his booth. Not satisfied, they asked him to hop in their van while two officers entered his car and started driving anyhow along with the Main van. The reckless driving made them to run into people on a bike where one of them was reported to have died while another was badly injured. After seeing what they have caused the officers abandoned the guy's car and entered their own van and all of them left hurriedly as people came after them to see what they have caused. See video here as reported via Instablog
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It is a black Saturday in Ebonyi State as a fully loaded 18 seater bus has plunged into a River along Royal salt by Enyigba. According to an eyewitness that spoke with 9jaonline correspondent under the condition of anonymity, none of the passenger came out as the bus is yet to be recovered. According to him, "the bus loaded fully from Abakiliki, capital of Ebonyi and was heading to Ikwo when the bus plunged into a river." "None of the passenger has been recovered. They are still inside the river. I beg the relevant agencies to come to their rescue please, he said."
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Five persons were crushed to death by a fully loaded petrol tanker at Celica area on new Ife-Ibadan road, Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that the tanker lost control, rammed into a Micra car and plunged into a nearby ditch with the Micra car on Monday, August 9. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, who confirmed the incident in an interview with NAN, described the accident as fatal, resulting in the death of five persons, three male and two female adults. She said that the accident involved two vehicles which included a fully loaded petroleum tanker and a Micra taxi …
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One person has died while three others sustained severe injuries in an motor accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The fatal accident which occurred at Semi’nbio area on Sunday afternoon, August 8, involved a Toyota Corolla car with the registration number, FKJ-02-DV, a driver and three pedestrians. According to reports, the said vehicle was coming from Olorunsogo when it suffered break failure. It was further gathered that one person in the vehicle fled, abandoning the terribly injured driver at the scene. Meanwhile, out of the three women involved, one died on the spot, the other had her leg cut off while the third person sustained a …
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Police in Zimbabwe are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl during childbirth, a case that sparked outrage among citizens and rights activists. Memory Machaya is reported to have died last month at a church shrine in the eastern region of Marange. The case has exposed the exploitation of minors, as she was reportedly forced to abandon school to get married. The United Nations urged the government to recognise child marriage as a crime and bring an end to the practice. The organisation said it "notes with deep concern" and "condemns strongly" reports into the circumstances surrounding the death. "The current trend of unresolve…
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Ghanaians seeking to travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now do so with ease following the approval of visa free deal between the two countries. An agreement to offer visa free entry to Ghanaians and UAE passport holders has been approved by Parliament.
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Harrowing footage captured in northern India shows the moment when a landslide sent deadly boulders crashing down onto an iron bridge, killing nine tourists and injuring many more. The disastrous incident happened in Batseri, a village in the Sangla valley of Himachal Pradesh state on Sunday. A landslide on one of the valley’s slopes sent massive, car-sized boulders tumbling down onto a bridge spanning a river below. Video recorded by one witness shows the landslide rushing down the opposite slope of the valley. Several people can be heard whistling and shouting words of warning as the dusty disaster comes surging down the hill over the course of a few sec…
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