NIGERIA – The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has asked the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and other relevant agencies to immediately implement recommendations to overhaul the grid. Adelabu spoke on Thursday, according to a statement by Bolaji Tunji, special adviser to the minister of power on strategic communications and media. On October 22, the […]
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Zawan Community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State was visited by tragedy as six persons died and some injured while excavating mineral resources from a mining pit that collapsed on them. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gabriel Ubah, confirmed to Channels Television on Thursday that the incident occurred two […]
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13 people have been killed and 16 others injured as the roof of a church collapsed during mass near the eastern South African city of Durban. The accident happened on Thursday evening in the town of Dlangubo, north of Durban, after heavy rains. “The roof of the building collapsed because of heavy rains last night […]
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Twelve persons, including nine children, have been confirmed dead in the three-storey building that collapsed in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos Island. The building, which houses a primary school on the second floor, caved in on Wednesday morning while pupils were in their classrooms. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other […]
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St. Paul Catholic Church in Ugolo, Adagbrasa, Okpe local government area of Delta state, collapsed during morning mass on Sunday. An 11-year-old boy, Jerry Enukanerhirhe, has been reported dead while many worshipers are said to have sustained injuries. The deceased is the son of former minority leader of Okpe LG, Jackson Enukanerhire. “We are aware […]
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The bridge at the Children’s Amusement Park located at the Ikemba Ojukwu Centre in Owerri, Imo, built by Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s administration has collapsed. Witnesses at the scene told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Wednesday that nobody was killed or injured in the incident. The incident which caused pandemonium in the […]
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A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, fell at a federal high court in Abuja on Monday, during the continuation of his “fraud” trial. Mr Metuh is facing trial on a seven-count charge for alleged diversion of N400 million. He received the money from the office of the former National […]
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A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said. Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete slabs and twisted metal after the 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of […]
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Pele is in hospital after collapsing due to exhaustion, preventing him from travelling to London for an engagement this weekend, the English Football Writers Association (FWA) revealed on Friday. The 77-year-old, a three-time World Cup winner, collapsed on Thursday according to the FWA and is being monitored in hospital in Brazil. The FWA were due […]
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