“This unfortunate incident underscores LASTMA’s resolute commitment to preserving lives and ensuring safety on Lagos roads through proactive interventions and collaborative engagements with emergency response agencies,” he said.
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Bandits Break Into Many Houses In Kaduna, Abduct Residents
About 36 residents of Keke B Community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have reportedly been kidnapped.
The incident, our correspondent gathered, took place while many residents were preparing to retire for the day on Monday.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the bandits, who operated unchallenged, moved from house to house.
According to Muhammad Salihu, a resident, “Many of us were still outside when the bandits attacked because it was quite early, around 8.30pm. They came in a large number, shooting sporadically and brandishing weapons.
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“The broke into people’s houses one after the other and kidnapped the occupants. One person, a motorcycle mechanic, was able to escape from the kidnappers, but they went away with 36 residents.”
There is no official comment from security authorities at the time of this report. Efforts made to reach Mohammed Jalige, Police spokesman in Kaduna, did not yield result as his line was switched off.
Our correspondent, however, gathered that policemen are presently in the community to access the situation.
Daily Trust recalls that a month ago, seven residents of the same community were kidnapped including a man, his wife and their housemaids.
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Lagos commuter bus summersaults, LASTMA rescues 8 injured passengers
Lagos commuter bus summersaults, LASTMA rescues 8 injured passengers
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued eight injured passengers involved in an accident at Hammadiya inward Abule-Egba.
The LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
The statement was signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA.
Bakare-Oki said the road traffic incident which involved a commercial long bus, popularly referred to as ‘Molue,’ at Hammadiya inward Abule-Egba, caused severe injuries and significant disruption to traffic.
“The accident was triggered when the vehicle, registered as KTU 801 XM, lost control at excessive speed, reportedly due to driver impatience.
“In an attempt to avoid colliding with another LT commercial bus and pedestrians awaiting transport at the roadside, the driver veered sharply, resulting in the bus crashing into the expressway median and overturning.
“Several passengers sustained injuries, while others escaped through the bus’s windows,” he said.
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He said that officers from LASTMA promptly arrived at the scene, executed a well-coordinated and efficient rescue operation.
“Eight individuals, including five males and three females, suffered varying degrees of injuries. Among the injured was the bus driver, who sustained a fractured left arm.
“All victims were immediately handed over to LASAMBUS medical personnel and transported to the General Hospital at Ile-Epo for urgent medical attention,” he said.
Bakare-Oki said to ensure the free flow of traffic and public safety, LASTMA’s Response Unit was swiftly mobilised to oversee the removal of the overturned vehicle.
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Peter Obi has retired other political opposition figures – Reno Omokri
Peter Obi has retired other political opposition figures – Reno Omokri
Author and former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has described Peter Obi as the only formidabble political oppostion figure in Nigeria right now as he has retired others who contested in the 2023 presidential election.
Okokri who is an avid critic of the former Anambra State governor said anyone parading themselves and think they are a bigger opposition is suffering delusion. He further
He expressed his admiration for Obi, who he said despite being severely flawed has trudged on.
This was in a Facebook post on Friday.
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It reads, “Peter Obi is currently the Number One opposition figure in Nigeria. Bar none. Anybody in any opposition party who thinks that he is bigger than Obi right now is ‘just deluded’.
“The man, Obi, is severely flawed, but I admire how he has trudged on despite the obstacles he faces. Some people in one or two opposition parties have already been retired by Obi, but they just don’t know it yet because their money is keeping them on political life support.
“If only he could be less Igbo-centric, appeal to his Obidients to use persuasive rather than abusive words and admit, then apologise for his ‘Yes Daddy’ ‘religious war’ comment against the Muslim Ummah, he would go far. Those are his Achilles heel. He cannot cross the Rubicon without addressing them.”
Peter Obi has maintained that he’s more concerned with seeing than Nigeria work than becoming president, even though he has not ruled out contesting when the 2027 polls come around.
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Policeman celebrating promotion kills Ekiti woman in accidental discharge
Policeman celebrating promotion kills Ekiti woman in accidental discharge
A young woman identified as Ifeoluwa Adekalu has been killed after she was hit by an accidentally discharged bullets from the gun of a policeman in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital at the Okela Police Station in the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday, January 2.
The yet-to-be-unveiled police officer, who was on a visit to the station reportedly shot the bullets while in a joyous mood as he received the promotion news from one of his colleagues, which sadly hit the woman.
There was, however, confusion over the exact location of the victim said to be a mother of one at the time of the unfortunate shooting,
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Unconfirmed reports claimed the accidental discharge by the policeman, who was attached to another unit of the State Police Command, hit the victim in front of a saloon located opposite the police station. Others claim the deceased had come to the police station to see her husband who was in detention when the incident occurred.
She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where she died from the injuries sustained from the gunshot.
AIG Adewale Adeniran confirmed the incident saying the officer in question has been disarmed and detained.
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