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Mother, Child Burnt To Death In Onitsha Tanker Explosion

Mother, Child Burnt To Death In Onitsha Tanker Explosion

October 17, 2019 3:24 am

• Ladipo boys scoop fuel after diesel-laden tanker falls into ditch

A mother and her child were burnt to death while more than 40 buildings were razed in a tanker explosion at Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra State. Over 500 lock-up shops were also gutted by the fire along with the Iweka street market leading to Ochanja and Menax markets.

The explosion was started when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, descending from the Zik’s roundabout end of Onitsha-Enugu expressway, lost control at Toronto Hospital and veered off the service lane. The tanker’s …

‘How Technologies Aided Exploration Of Sedimentary Basins’

‘How Technologies Aided Exploration Of Sedimentary Basins’

October 16, 2019 6:02 pm

• Avoid N’Delta situation in dealing with North East discovery, stakeholders tell FG

With oil majors and state-owned exploring new technologies for exploration to reduce production costs, stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have attributed the discovery in the Gongola basin to the adoption of new technologies.

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), had earlier in the year noted that there are six sedimentary basins yet to be explored in the country.

The stakeholders further urged the Federal Government to deploy new technologies to further reduce production costs in order to break even when oil prices drop significantly. …

Tanker Explosion Destroys Six Buildings, Shops In Onitsha

Tanker Explosion Destroys Six Buildings, Shops In Onitsha

October 16, 2019 1:47 pm

Not fewer than six buildings and shops were burnt on Wednesday at Upper Iweka, on Onitsha/Awka Road in Onitsha, after a 33,000 litre Diesel tanker fell and caught fire.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anambra Command, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka.

He stated that the incident occurred at about 12:44 p.m.

Kumapayi said that the Fire Service Officials got to the scene of the fire promptly but could not put out the fire as their water pump developed a fault.

“The tanker lost control due to brake …

Archaeologists Uncover Over 20 Sealed Coffins In Egypt

Archaeologists Uncover Over 20 Sealed Coffins In Egypt

October 16, 2019 1:39 pm
Archaeologists have uncovered a “huge cache” of more than 20 sealed coffins in the city of Luxor, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities.
The seemingly well-preserved sarcophagi were discovered “as the ancient Egyptians left them,” said an official press statement highlighting their intact engravings and surviving coloration.
Found in Al-Assasif, an ancient necropolis on the west bank of Nile, the coffins were spread out over two levels of a large tomb. The site once formed part of the ancient city of Thebes, the ruins of which are found in present-day Luxor.
Nobles and officials were buried in Al-Assasif during pharaonic
…
Liberty Stadium Ibadan: An ‘Abandoned’ African Pride

Liberty Stadium Ibadan: An ‘Abandoned’ African Pride

October 16, 2019 10:59 am

The Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, the first to be constructed in Nigeria and Africa in 1960, shot the country into the world boxing fame in 1962 when it hosted the first world boxing title fight in Africa. The bout saw Nigeria’s Dick Tiger beating America’s Gene Fullmer to win the world middleweight boxing title.

The complex was one of the several infrastructure and institutions that the Chief Obafemi Awolowo government established and programmed to take the region and by extension Nigeria and the Black race to the pinnacle of global emancipation and development.

And from the early 1960s, through …

Erdogan: I Can No Longer ‘Keep Track’ Of Trump’s Tweets

Erdogan: I Can No Longer ‘Keep Track’ Of Trump’s Tweets

October 16, 2019 9:14 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could no longer “keep track” of the tweets by his US counterpart Donald Trump as tensions mount over Ankara’s operation against Kurdish militants in Syria, in comments published Wednesday.

“When we take a look at Mr Trump’s Twitter posts, we can no longer follow them. We cannot keep track,” Erdogan told Turkish journalists aboard a plane returning from Baku, in comments carried by the Hurriyet daily.

Turkey last week began an operation to drive back Syrian Kurdish militants from northern Syria after the US pulled 1,000 troops out of the area.

The withdrawal …

Army Dares Ndume To Prove 847 Soldiers Lost To Insurgency

Army Dares Ndume To Prove 847 Soldiers Lost To Insurgency

October 16, 2019 3:13 am

•Masari, Tambuwal seek subvention for North-west govs to end banditry

The Nigerian Army yesterday asked Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, to prove his claim that 847 soldiers had been lost to Boko Haram insurgency in the last six years.

This is coming as Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State and his counterpart in Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday called on the federal government to provide a special security subvention to North-west states ravaged by banditry to adequately fund the peace deal and other security operations initiated by the governors.

Ndume, who spoke with reporters …

Brexit: Talks Enter Last Day Before Crunch EU Summit

Brexit: Talks Enter Last Day Before Crunch EU Summit

October 16, 2019 2:38 am

EU and UK officials will resume Brexit talks this morning in the hope of reaching a deal that can be agreed by leaders at a key summit on Thursday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to update the cabinet on the progress of the negotiations, which continued through the night.

On Tuesday there were reports a deal was imminent, amid claims the UK had made concessions over the Irish border.

But Downing Street said there was “more work still to do”.

After talks ended on Tuesday, No 10 said the discussions had been “constructive” and progress was being made.

The …

Turkey-Syria Offensive: Erdogan Rejects US Ceasefire Call

Turkey-Syria Offensive: Erdogan Rejects US Ceasefire Call

October 16, 2019 2:29 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a US call for an immediate ceasefire in northern Syria.

Mr Erdogan’s comments come ahead of a visit to Turkey by the US vice-president and US secretary of state.

Turkey launched an offensive designed to drive away Kurdish troops after their main ally, the US, pulled out.

Russia, which backs Syria, has said it prevent clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces which have now moved into the area after a deal with the Kurds.

Turkey considers elements of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) a terrorist organisation and want to push them away …

PSC Rejects List Of Successful Candidates From IGP

PSC Rejects List Of Successful Candidates From IGP

October 15, 2019 6:31 pm

The Police Service Commission (PSC), Tuesday rejected the list of successful candidates for published by the force headquarters in Abuja for training in the ongoing recruitment of ten thousand constables into the force.

PSC head of public relations and information, Ikechukwu Ani, described the list is an act of illegality and “serious breach of the Federal Character requirements”.

He has therefore called on the public to be wary of the list. He the commission will soon resume the remaining stages of the recruitment process and release the authentic list of successful candidates, local government by local government.

Ani in a …

Three Persons Injured In Head-On Collision Crash In Lagos

Three Persons Injured In Head-On Collision Crash In Lagos

October 15, 2019 6:00 pm

At least three persons were injured on Tuesday after a head-on collision of two commercial buses along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos.

According to an eyewitness that spoke with newsmen, a commercial bus illegally took one-way route, outward Oshodi and crashed into another commercial heading towards Oshodi.

While the driver of the commercial bus which took one-way fled the scene immediately, he left the second driver, Tony Maxwell, to count his losses of a damaged car and several passengers with various degrees of injuries from the crash.

“I saw the driver when he was running away with his conductor,” an eyewitness …

Brazil: 1 Confirmed Dead As Residential Building Collapsed

Brazil: 1 Confirmed Dead As Residential Building Collapsed

October 15, 2019 5:28 pm

At least one person was killed when a seven-story residential building collapsed in Brazil on Tuesday, an official said, as rescuers searched through the rubble for survivors.

Seven people were pulled alive from the wreckage of the building in Fortaleza, the capital of the northeastern Ceara state, after it imploded, sending thick clouds of dust into the air, cell phone footage broadcast by Globo TV showed.

Rescuers were trying to reach two people trapped in the debris, while 10 have been reported by their relatives as missing.

Vehicles parked in the streets around the scene were covered in dust.…

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