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The Corps Marshal of, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Dauda Biu, has expressed concern over recurring container crashes on the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos. Consequently, he called for barricades to stop articulated vehicles from using the bridge. Biu said this in a statement issued by the Federal Road Safety Corps Public Education Officer, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, on Sunday in Abuja. He was reacting to the fatal crashes that occurred at Ojuelegba Bridge in Lagos in which nine people died and another that claimed 11 lives at Soka bridge on Lagos-Benin Highway. He said that the construction of the…

Tunisia announced that a mere 11% of the electorate had voted on Sunday in parliamentary runoffs in which critics of President Kais Saied pointed to empty polling stations as evidence of public disdain for his agenda and seizure of powers. The head of the electoral commission, over which Saied assumed ultimate authority last year, gave a provisional turnout of 11.3% for Sunday’s runoff votes. During December’s first round, the official turnout was only slightly lower, at 11.2% Economic decline in Tunisia, where some basic goods have disappeared from shelves and the government has cut subsidies as it seeks a foreign…

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued one fatal accident victim who was trapped inside a mini commercial bus (korope) on Ojuelegba bridge, Lagos. The accident which occurred around 12:45 pm today between a 40ft container truck and commercial bus (korope) with registration no KTU 921YG had nine passengers die immediately. A preliminary investigation revealed that the 40ft container truck lost control while ascending the Ojuelegba bridge and fell on a fully loaded commercial bus (korope) while on the motion on Ojuelegba Bridge direct opposite Lagos Fire Service Station. The only passenger rescued by Lastma personnel…

Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where protracted conflicts have left millions of refugees and displaced people grappling with hunger. The Jan. 31-Feb 5 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, takes the 86-year-old pope to places where Catholics make up about half of the populations and where the Church is a key player in health and education systems as well as in democracy-building efforts. The trip was scheduled to take place last July but was postponed because Francis was suffering a flare-up of a…

ReedHere are some former Big Brother (BBNaija) Housemates that used the platform to launch their cooking businesses. Big Brother Naija is a place to showcase your talents and even discover new ones. Some former Big Brother Naija housemates have deployed their talents to cooking meals on a larger scale and have their own restaurants or deliver to their doorsteps. Lilo Aderogba/Cafe23 For her 23rd birthday, Lilo opened a cafe in Lekki, Lagos. She makes healthy smoothies, drinks, and sandwiches, basically what you expect to be served in a cafe. The word around town is that the meals are worth it.…

A Zimbabwean court granted bail on Friday to 26 opposition party members who were arrested for holding what authorities said was an unlawful gathering. The arrest of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members, including two Members of Parliament, stoked fears of a crackdown on opposition politicians ahead of a crucial election this year at a yet-to-be-announced date. “This confirms that the arrest was an abuse of process in the first place,” CCC spokeswoman Fadzayi Mahere told journalists outside the court. “All this shows that the regime’s paranoia has reached fever pitch and they notice that they are staring defeat in…

Popular Nigerian musician, Abolore Adegbola Akande, professionally called by his stage name, 9ice has opened up on why he will be voting for the All Progressive Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the February 25 general election. 9ice, in a recent interview trending on the internet, had stated that Tinubu won his heart when he asked for his phone number after performing at an event. According to the ‘Gongo Aso’ crooner, “while performing at a show, the former governor asked one of his boys to get my number”, and this alone meant a lot to him. Tinubu is…

The Director-General of FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss, has condemned the hoodlum’s attack on the fire service men and vehicles that responded to a fire call at Enya filling station, Halli Brothers, Wuse Zone 1 Abuja on Friday. The media reports that the filling station went into flames at about 7 pm when a fuel-laden tanker parked within the premises caught fire. The fire which lasted for about two and a half hours razed down the filling station. It was reported that no life was lost, while virtually all vehicles queueing for fuel were safely evacuated except…

Pro-separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm about the clandestine plan to eliminate their leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu through poisoning, drug abuse, and starvation. Kanu, who is currently being detained in the custody of the Nigerian government’s Secret Security Agency the DSS, is allegedly said to be dying through a silent and systematic process of gradual starvation. Raising the alarm on Friday, the group through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful disclosed that Kanu now feeds twice a day on bread and water without medication for the treatment of his ailment while in the DSS…

Residents and motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environment have continued to lament the hardship being experienced as the scarcity of ‘fuel’ Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol worsened. A Media reporter who monitored the filling stations on Friday reported that long queues of vehicles were seen at all the stations that have the petroleum product. Those that have the product were dispensing at N195 per litre while the NNPC Limited Retail stations were dispensing N194 per liter. A good number of the filling stations were seen without the product. In the city center, the NNPC…