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10 killed, 36 injured as Osun truck plunges into ditch

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No fewer than 10 people were reportedly killed in Osogbo capital of Osun State after a palm oil-laden truck plunged into a ditch in the early hours of Saturday.

The Nation gathered the accident happened around 2am when the truck, Volvo FL7 with registration number KMC 35 ZJ, was ascending the November 27 overhead bridge opposite the NECO office.

It was gathered the truck could not ascend the bridge and the driver lost control.

The truck then went on a reverse and fell into the ditch.

When The Nation visited the scene, one of the survivors said about 50 of them were involved in the accident.

“The accident happened around 2 am when some of us were sleeping on top of the kegs of palm oil in the truck.

“The truck fell into the ditch and about 10 of us were killed while others have been taken to Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo and one other public hospital,” the survivor confided.

One official of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) was on the ground as at the time our correspondent visited the scene.

The truck had been moved from the scene while other 14 passengers monitored the kegs of palm oil that littered the road.

Spokesperson for the FRSC Osun State Command, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, confirmed eight persons dead and 36 others injured, noting that 61 persons were involved in the accident.

“The suspected cause of the accident was overload. The injured victims were taken to Osun State Teaching Hospital and Asubiaro Hospitals. Arrangements are ongoing to convey the dead victims to a mortuary.

“The vehicle which was heavily loaded with Jerry cans of palm oil and over 60 passengers was trying to ascend the ramp but started rolling backward and lost control. It fell sideways into the side drainage, throwing off the jerry cans over the passengers and killed some in the process,” she said.

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Under-pressure AIG Okolo says state police comment personal opinion, not IGP’s

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Under-pressure AIG Okolo says state police comment personal opinion, not IGP’s

Inspector-General of Police in charge of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) at the Force Headquarters, Benjamin Okolo, may have been under pressure for saying Nigeria is not ripe for state police.

Since he represented the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at a forum on Monday with former Nigeria’s presidents and leaders of thoughts, the statement was simply attributed to the IGP.

It was at a national dialogue on state police organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja.

Okolo however on Tuesday retracted the comment, saying he was not directed by IGP Egbetokun to disagree with the position of former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, and the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the issue of state police at the forum.

Okolo had also proposed that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) be merged to become a department under the police.

Newstrends had quoted Okolo as saying at the Monday forum, “It is the submission of the leadership of the Nigeria police force that Nigeria is yet to mature and ready for the establishment of state-controlled police.

“In view of this, the police leadership rather is recommending the following instead of creating state police.

“First, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety to form a department under the Nigeria police.”

But in a U-turn, Okolo, at a press briefing at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday, said he only made the comment in his personal capacity to stimulate the discourse, and not the official position of the IGP and the police force.

He said, “My expressions on state police at the session held at Abuja Continental Hotel on 22nd April, 2024 are my personal opinion to stimulate the discourse.

“They are not the views of the Inspector-General of Police or the Nigeria Police Force.”

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Shun politicking, FG tells new 17 Chargé D’affaires, Consuls General

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Shun politicking, FG tells new 17 Chargé D’affaires, Consuls General

The Federal Government has advised newly  appointed five new Chargé D’affaires and 12 Consuls General to the nation’s mission in other countries to shun politicking and focus strictly on their job.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, gave the charge while unveiling the new appointees on Tuesday.

He also charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

A statement by Alkasim Abdulkadir, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy, gave these details.
While asserting that they were pivotal to the economic drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuggar further stressed that as seasoned career diplomats, they should recommit themselves to their calling of diplomacy for the collective interest and development of Nigeria.
Reacting on behalf of the new appointees, the just appointed Consul General for the Consulate in New York, Ambassador Abubakar Jidda, reiterated the commitment of his colleagues to uphold the ethos of the profession and pledged to bring the much-needed investments to the country.

He thanked President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the confidence reposed in them.
The new appointees are to resume immediately, the statement added.

FULL LIST:

Chargé D’affaires

Amb. Saidu Mohammed DODO, Damascus, Syria

Amb. Patrick Imoudu, IMOLOGHOME Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea

Amb. Francisca Kemi OMAYULI

Singapore, Singapore

Amb. Babagana AHMADU

Bangui, Central African Republic

Amb. Mohammed MOHAMMED

Tripoli, Libya.

 

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Amb. Auwalu Jega NAMADINA

Atlanta, USA

 

Amb. Nnamdi Okechukwu NZE

Bata, Equatorial Guinea

 

Amb. Francis Ntui ENYA

Douala, Cameroon

 

Amb. Gbadebo AFOLABI

Shanghai, China

 

Amb. Oludare Ezekiel FOLOWOSELE

Hong Kong, China

 

Amb. Abubakar JIDDA

New York, USA

 

Amb. Yakubu Audu DADU

Frankfurt, Germany

 

Amb. Taofik Obasanjo Coker

Buea, Cameroon

 

Amb. George Collins ONWUEKWE

Guangzhou, China

 

Amb. Umar Ibrahim BASHIR

Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Amb. Zayyan IBRAHIM

Dubai, UAE

 

Amb. Muazam Ibrahim Jibrin NAYAYA

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede

Produce copy of invitation to me, Bello challenges EFCC

The former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, refuted allegations that he disregarded an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to the EFCC, Bello was summoned for interrogation on January 27 this year but failed to appear, leading to a declaration of him as a fugitive after an unsuccessful attempt to apprehend him at his Abuja residence.

In response to this claim, Bello’s media office issued a statement on Tuesday, challenging the accusations and urging the anti-graft agency to produce a copy of the invitation letter.

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The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to a publication/press statement with the above title, issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 22nd April, 2024, and signed by Wilson Uwujaren, its Acting Director of Public Affairs.

“In the said statement, which the Commission carefully circulated widely as usual, Mr. Uwujaren, who we have to believe is not a lawyer, continues the EFCC’s ongoing unconscionable lies against the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Yahaya Bello, CON, by labelling him as a fugitive from justice in order to disingenuously justify their established and willful pattern of defying lawful court orders.

“Contrary to Mr. Uwujaren’s claims, official records and court documents relating to their hounding of Alhaji Yahaya Bello establish a clear timeline of events. These documents are endorsed with dates and times of filing and payments, which are endorsed on court processes – all of which testify to the true sequence of events.”

The statement, signed by Ohiare Michael from Bello’s media office, dismissed the EFCC’s assertions and accused the agency of resorting to intimidation and harassment. It emphasized that while Bello respects the rule of law, he is not afraid of the EFCC.

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