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A petrol-laden truck fell and crushed a commercial bus called 'Korope' at Asubiaro area, Osogbo. It happened close to a church. The tanker spilled its contents but thankfully no life was lost. As at 3:30 - 4:Pm, Police and Civil Defence were able to seal up the area, as the contents of the tank which was still spilling unto the ground was being transferred in black water tanks.  The road in which this accident occurred is so bad and rapidly deteriorating. Please fix our roads!

Nigerian born Spanish lawyer, Helen Mukoro, has emerged the presidential candidate of an opposition party for the forthcoming election in Spain. She set a new record as the first woman and an immigrant to emerge presidential flag bearer of a political party. She will be running on the platform of Union De Todos, a party she founded earlier this year. Helen, who is also a forensic expert and author of many books, was born in Delta State and worked briefly in the Governor’s Office before she travelled to Spain in 1992. She gained prominence in Spanish politics, when she founded a political party and later became the first Nigerian-Spanish to contest for the Mayor of Denia in May this year. Although she lost the election, her popularity soared higher as several people endorsed him for the highest office in the land. Helen holds several academic qualifications. Aside graduating in Law at the Spanish National University Alicante, she also holds a Master degree in Cri...

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari ‎as at May 29th when he was sworn-in had less than N30 million to his name, had no foreign account, no registered company and no oil wells. It also said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a successful lawyer before his foray into politics, had a bank balance of about N94 million and $900,000 in his bank accounts. The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement quoted documents submitted by President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). According to Shehu, the documents show that Buhari, a retired General, “has indeed been living an austere and Spartan lifestyle, contrary to what many might expect of a former Head of State of Nigeria and one who has held a number of top government positions, such as governor, Minister of petroleum and the head of the Petroleum Development Trust Fund (PTDF)”. The Presidential Media aide said the documents which CCB officials sa...

The Nigerian Army has vowed to defeat Boko Haram sect within 3 months. This was stated in a statement released by the acting spokesperson of the Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman. Part of the statement reads "I have no iota of doubt in my mind that our troops will wipe out the insurgents in the shortest possible time and we are committed to this target. You are aware that our troops recaptured Gamboru Ngala last Tuesday and are now consolidating, mopping up and preparing for the next offensive against the terrorists. It is gratifying to note that most of the terrorist group leadership, has been decimated, while foot soldiers are abandoning their masters, burying their weapons in the forest and seeking solace. It is the achievements from harmonized efforts that have confirmed our stand that the insurgency would be ended as soon as possible. We would like to reassure @MBuhari Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and indeed th...

South Africa has the highest number of dollar millionaires in Africa, according to a new report. According to a report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth, Johannesburg alone, known as the "city of gold", is home to 23,400 millionaires. South Africa has 30% of the total. Egypt's Cairo comes second with 10,200, with Nigeria's Lagos third with 9,100. The study defines millionaires as people with net assets worth at least $1m (£650,000). It estimates there are close to 163,000 millionaires living in Africa, with a combined wealth of $670bn (£440bn). The number of millionaires is rising fastest in Ghana's capital, Accra, the report said, even though at the moment, with 2,300, it does not make the top five. After Lagos, comes Cape Town with 8,900 and Nairobi with 6,200. It may come as a surprise to many that Johannesburg has more than twice the number of dollar millionaires as Lagos, the economic hub of Nigeria, Africa's most...

Controversial former spokesperson of the State Security Service (SSS), Marilyn Ogar, has been compulsorily retired from service following investigation into allegations of bribery and professional misconducts against her. Mrs. Ogar was alleged to have collected several trucks of DPK (Dual Purpose Kerosene) as bribe, playing partisan roles, among other breaches of service codes. Although no official statement has been issued by the Service regarding the compulsory retirement of Mrs. Ogar and others officials, a security source confirmed that the former spokesperson was retired on Wednesday – seven years before she was due to leave service. PREMIUM TIMES had on March 26 exclusively reported how Ms. Ogar received trucks of kerosine in bribe, and then proceeded to disparage the then opposition APC on television and other media before and after the Osun governorship election. In the exclusive report, which sources in the service said triggered internal investigation by t...

President Buhari arrived Kaduna state this evening. More photos below

Before the container accident that happened at Ojuelegba yesterday which claimed the life of 3 people, someone had already taken the photos of the container, minutes before it happened. The photos were taken along barracks, when the trailer was about climbing the bridge. More photos below

Heartbreaking pictures show a man and his wife laying on the tracks with their baby held between them as Hungarian police officers attempt to drag them away to a refugee camp. ITV reporter James Mates, who witnessed the incident, reported refugees on board the trains leaving Budapest's Keleti station believed they were going to Austria. But the train soon stopped at the small town of Bicske 30 miles down the line where police were waiting. Police tried to clear the train by carriages, 100 people or so at a time and push them through an underpass before backing down.. It was when riot police attempted to remove the refugees from the train that the man and woman threw themselves onto the track with their baby. The anguish is visible on the man's face as police attempt to drag him and his wife off the track.

The ten soldiers were killed on Tuesday1 September when Al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union (AU) base at Janaale, Lower Shabelle Region manned by troops from the Ugandan contingent. 

A few people died after a Benue state owned transport car, Benue Link, that was traveling from Benue state to Lagos collided with a black Toyota Camry Sedan along the Otukpa – Enugu road, around Obolo-afor this morning. See more photos below Photo credit: Benue.com

The daughter of Chief Imam of Bauchi Central Mosque, Alhaji Ahmed Baban-Inna, Hajara Ahmed was allegedly poisoned to death on Monday by a man whose identity was given as Jarelu Ahmed, NAN reports.  According to Bauchi Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who spoke to NAN on Thursday, the 30-year-old suspect buried the deceased in his room after killing her. "On Monday,August 31, at about 18:00hrs,Police Detectives attached to Township Division in Bauchi, arrested one Jarelu Ahmed, male and 30 years, of Railway road, Bauchi. Suspect allegedly poisoned one Hajara Ahmed, an 11 year-old daughter of one Bala Ahmed Baban Inna, Chief Imam of Bauchi Central Mosque, killed and buried her in his room in order to conceal his atrocity," Haruna Mohammed revealed "Scene of the crime was visited by forensic experts attached to State Criminal Investigations Department and the remains of the victim, exhumed, photographed and taken to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa U...

The incident which occurred at 32, Gbajumo street exactly 9:45AM has left everyone in Topsy-turvy as many can’t trace the root. However, an eye witness speaking with www.newshelm.com correspondent claimed that the fire came up as the manager was trying to operate the power switch. The fire brigades were unable to access building as a result of the cubicles that were set on the street. Another witness, Adebanjo Titilayo Ismail, confirmed that the cubicles have caused many damages as he claimed more than three buildings in January were destroyed. Some marketers claimed they have cried to Governor’s office on different occasion but nothing positive came up rather they received huge amount of threat from Dapo Balogun and Co. Nonso, a trade and also a victim of the fire outbreak cries out that he just moved into the building and he cannot withstand the pressure as he watched his good burning so he wanted to killed himself. Ogbona, another trader said t...

T he Nigerian Army has reinstated not less than 3,032 dismissed soldiers who were dismissed for failing to engage Boko Haram members. Most of the soldiers were dismissed after they rebelled due to poor weapons to the terrorist sect.  NAN reports that the Nigerian army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman confirmed that those reinstated were among the 5000 recently dismissed soldiers.

Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was Monday morning thrown into confusion after a man, who allegedly visited by two women, was found dead in his room at Pipeline area. According to his neighbours, the deceased, 27, who was simply identified as Bello, took the women who neighbours suspected to be prostitutes, to his room on Sunday night “to have fun.” City News learnt that the man’s door had to be forced open when he was not seen outside the next morning. Credible sources told City News that the man, until his death, was always warned by his neighbours to desist from such acts, but all advice fell on deaf ears.  The deceased’s landlord, Mr. Badejo Yekini, who spoke out of annoyance, said: “I think he deserved what he got. He was a chronic womanizer who always derived pleasure in spending a whole night with prostitutes, not caring to know who they really were.” Yekini advised young men to abhor immo...

A number of top directors at the Department of State Services (DSS) have been “compulsorily retired”, TheCable has been informed. And top on the list is Marilyn Ogar, who was deputy director of public relations of the agency until two months ago. Ibrahim Katsina was also named as one of the retirees. Most of the affected officers are believed to be close to ItaEkpeyong, former director-general of the agency. Ogar was transferred to Maiduguri, Borno state, in July, but the posting was put on hold following insinuations that it was “punitive”. A senior official of the DSS who confirmed the retirement to TheCable said it was “immediate and compulsory”. As DSS spokesperson, Ogar was responsible for defending the activities of the agency in the media and she is believed to be paying for some of her pronouncements, notably in the face-off with the Bring Back Our Girls movement and the DSS raids on the Lagos office of the All Progressives Congress (APC). ...

3 male adults aged from 30 - 55 years old have been confirmed dead from the trailer that fell off the Ojuelegba flyover bridge yesterday evening. The trailer fell and crushed the victims who were all occupants of an SUV. A 25 year old male survivor was rescued from the fairly impacted white Nissan Eyewitnesses say the same container which was heavily loaded with cement had fallen down from the trailer at the Ijora area of Lagos earlier in the day. The SUV was with plate number LSD 532 CN  

Pictured above is Lasisi Akeem, the man in the white car that was almost crushed by the trailer that fell from the bridge in Ojuelegba, Lagos yesterday September 2nd. He managed to escape from his car unhurt. He was full of praises to God. More photos below...

Images of the moment a young actress who tried to sell her virginity for $16,000 makes her desperate escape, after she was allegedly raped during the encounter has emerged. The 20-year-old from Azerbaijan, agreed to meet a man she met online in the city of Perm, in central Russia. Mikhail Dnistrian, 28, paid for her ticket, but when she got there it is alleged that the man she went to see said he had changed his mind, and tried to force her to work as a prostitute. She claims when she refused he beat her up and forced her to pose for erotic pictures before raping her at his flat.  The rapist She only managed to escape his clutches, it is claimed, by making a rope with sheets to let herself down from the third floor, but fell in the process, fracturing her hip. Images of her alleged escape were taken by an eye-witness as the girl tried to clamber down the makeshift rope. Police have arrested Dnistrian. The woman told police she was on her own...

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has arrested the first female fake doctor in Nigeria. According to Daily Trust, the woman, Angela Njide Nwosu who had worked as a doctor for years using forged documents, was arrested on the first day of her new N280,000 a month job at a newly opened private hospital in Bwari council area in Abuja after her new employees demanded MDCN to verify its new staff doctors. When interrogated, Angela claimed to have graduated from Medical school 2005 at University of Nigeria, Nsukka and did house-man-ship at UNN’s teaching hospital, but she failed simple questions any medical student is expected to know.