The 2023 Labour Party presidential hopeful and former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi in a statement on Wednesday evening mourned the tragic waste of 30 people lost in Niger tanker’s explosion. His statement read: “I just read the report of yet another mishap in Niger State yesterday, where no fewer than 30 people reportedly lost their lives and about 40 others sustained varying degrees of injury in a tragic tanker explosion that occurred along the Bida–Agaie Road in Katcha Local Government Area of the state. “I extend my deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones, to the...
U.S Department Of War Conducts A Lethal Kinetic Strike On A Vessel Being Operated By A Designated Terrorist Organization In The Eastern Pacific.
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in a statement revealed that the department accosted a vessel designated as “terrorist organization” in the Eastern Pacific Hegseth statement on Wednesday read: “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics. “There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike, which was...
Ukraine –Sweden Signs Defence Export Deal,Up To 150 Gripen Fighter Jets For Kyiv
Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent on Wednesday for a potential deal to supply up to 150 Gripen E fighter jets to Kyiv over the coming years. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Linköping, home to the defence company Saab, which produces Gripen jets and other weapons. Zelenskyy in a statement disclosed: “Today, we are opening an entirely new and truly meaningful chapter in our relations—relations between Ukraine and Sweden, and more broadly, overall security relations in Europe. “We have the first document signed between our countries, paving the way for Ukraine...
30 Killed, 40 Injured As Fuel Tanker Explosion Rocks Niger State
At least 39 people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria’s central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel. It was gathered the incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Essan and Badeggi communities along the Bida-Agaie road in Katcha local government area. Eyewitness revealed the victims were trapped as they rushed to collect fuel leaking from the crashed tanker. “While they were scooping the product, the tanker suddenly exploded, burning many beyond recognition. The injured were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, for treatment,” the source said. Confirming the incident,...