A white sedan carrying four young men lost control while speeding in Abuja’s Maitama district on Saturday afternoon, somersaulting into Millennium Park and bursting into flames. Bystanders pulled the occupants from the wreckage seconds before an explosion, with fire services arriving to extinguish the blaze. All four survived with burns and injuries and were hospitalized.
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Occupants feared trapped as two storey building collapses in Lagos, 15 rescued
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has reported a two-storey collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos. According to the Statement report by Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue service, Margaret Adeseye, said that the agency received a distress call in the wee small hours of Monday. The affected building has been identified...
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Tragedy Averted as Loaded Truck Falls Off Oshodi Bridge, LASTMA Rescues Injured Victim
A major accident was averted in Oshodi, Lagos, after a fully-loaded truck conveying tonner printing materials lost control and plunged off the Oshodi bridge into the terminal area below. The truck, which reportedly suffered a critical mechanical failure while descending the bridge, veered off the carriageway before tumbling down. The incident, which occurred Thursday, could...
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Venezuela’s Maduro Says The Us Is Fabricating A War And Seeks To Revoke Citizenship Of Opponent
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. government is “fabricating” a war against him as the world’s biggest warship approached the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent he accuses of egging on an invasion. Maduro said in a national broadcast on Friday night that the administration of President Donald Trump is “fabricating a...
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Tanzania Goes To Vote In Elections Set To Keep The Same Party In Power For 7 Decades
Tanzania’s governing party has been in charge for 64 years, for much of that time without any serious opposition. That looks set to be extended when Tanzanians go to the polls Wednesday in an election widely expected to be won by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a former vice president who rose automatically to the presidency...
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Man Fleeing Immigration Agents Is Fatally Struck By A Vehicle On A Virginia Highway
A 24-year-old Honduran man who was fleeing federal immigration agents in Virginia died on a highway after being struck by a vehicle. The death of Josué Castro Rivera follows recent incidents in which three other immigrants in Chicago and California were killed during immigration enforcement operations under the Trump administration’s crackdown. Castro Rivera was headed to a gardening...
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Imprisoned Mayor Of Istanbul Questioned Over Espionage Charges
Istanbul ’s jailed mayor was questioned Sunday at the city’s main courthouse as part of a newly launched investigation into possible charges of espionage. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside in a show of support for Ekrem Imamoglu, an opposition politician considered to be a rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The espionage investigation, launched two days ago, centers...