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Disaster Rumour

Ikpeazu bans fish roasting within major Abia markets amid fire disaster.

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The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed an immediate ban on the roasting of fish and other animals as well as cooking within the major markets in the state.

The latest directive by Governor Ikpeazu was contained in a release issued by the state commissioner of trade and investment, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, and made available to newsmen in Umuahia, the state capital, on Thursday.

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It came on the backdrops of the fire incident on Tuesday at Line 27 of Ngwa road market in Aba.

He also directed the ministry of trade and investment to evaluate the extent of damage to goods at the two affected shops to support the concerned traders.

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Continuing, Governor Ikpeazu thanked God that the market authorities and other sympathizers could deploy available firefighting equipment to contain the fire quickly.

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According to Abiaโ€™s chief executive, โ€œwe wish to encourage all market executives to fully implement the guidelines on fire protection within our markets including ensuring that no flammable material is allowed to be stored within the Market as well as effectively distribute fire extinguishers.โ€

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Tรผrkiye/Syria Earthquake: Death toll hits 12,000.

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The earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria has claimed 12,000 lives as of Wednesday as search and rescue continue.

A series of massive 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude quakes on February 7 struck southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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Disaster management agency, AFAD said corpses that cannot be identified would be buried within five days even if they remained unnamed.

The agency disclosed such victims would be interred after DNA tests, fingerprinting and being photographed for future identification.

During his visit to โ€œtent cityโ€ in Kahramanmaras, Turkish President Recep Erdogan admitted there were shortfalls in initial response to the disaster.

The President vowed that no one would โ€œbe left in the streetsโ€, assuring the problems encountered were now โ€œunder controlโ€.

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โ€œIf there is one person responsible for this, it is Erdogan,โ€ said Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkeyโ€™s main opposition party.

Aid workers from more than twenty countries have joined the tens of thousands of personnel in the quake zone.

In northern Syria, a newborn baby, the sole survivor from her family, was found under rubble while still attached to her mother who died after birth

Disaster Rumour

FCT: NUT chairman’s wife is dead.

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The wife of the FCT Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Stephen Knabayi, Mrs Christiana Stephen Knabayi, is dead.

A family member of the deceased, Ayuba James, who confirmed the death through telephone to our reporter, said Mrs Knabayi died on Sunday around 11pm at the National Hospital.

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He said, โ€œShe was on admission at the National Hospital since last week, until around 11am on Sunday when she passed on.โ€

He further said that the late Mrs Knabayi was a nurse with a private clinic in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, adding that her remains had been deposited at the mortuary while arrangements were ongoing for burial

Gossipals

Naira Scarcity: Identity of man who slumped and died in bank causes stir online. [Photo]

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The man who slumped and died inside a bank in Agbor, Ika Local Government Area of Delta State, has been identified as Mr Vincent Igweh, a building material merchant.

Sources revealed that late Igweh went to the Bank in Agbor for some transactions, but unfortunately, after spending hours unattended to due to the crowd, collapsed. He was rushed to St. John Catholic Hospital, Agbor where he was confirmed dead.

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Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident said the deceased was waiting to collect his Automated Teller Machine card at the bank.

Receiving sympathizers at the deceased?s residence in Andy Iyama Street, Agbor, his wife said she got a call to come to Catholic Hospital, Agbor, adding that when she got there, she discovered that her husband who left the house that morning hale and healthy was dead and had already been taken to the mortuary.

Some of the sympathizers, in their speech, maintained that the ugly incident is a result of the unpopular policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that has brought untold hardship to Nigerians.

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FRSC blames โ€˜human errorโ€™ for Lagos container accident.

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday identified human error as the cause of last weekendโ€™s auto accident in Lagos.

Eight people, including three and a child, were killed after a container-laden truck crushed a commercial bus in the Ojuelegba area of the state.

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The FRSC Sector Commander in Lagos State, Segun Ogungbemide, stated this when he featured on Channels Televisionโ€™s programme, Sunrise Daily.

He urged the people of the state to support the FRSC and other agencies in the efforts to make the state safer.

Ogungbemide said: โ€œFor the incident in Ojuelegba, we discovered in our investigation that it was basically a human error.

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โ€œ We discovered before the incident that a Camry was trying to overtake that truck and in the course of trying to manoeuver, he (truck driver) lost control, fell, and unfortunately this other bus was there by the side.

โ€œWhen you look at this incident, you begin to wonder what is the role of the driver that is driving the truck? What is the psychological stability of that same driver that is behind that steering? What is the status of the road?

โ€œWhen you look at the roads where these crashes occur, unlike our impression in the past, the roads are smooth. There are no potholes.โ€

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20 feet container rams into bus In Oshodi.

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A commercial bus has been crushed by a 20-ft container, ๐•น๐–”๐–‡๐–‘๐–Š ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–•๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–Š๐–‰๐–Ž๐–† learnt.

The sad incident happened in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Wednesday afternoon, injuring a commercial bus driver.

This is the latest container-related accident experienced in the state in the space of three days.

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An eye witness told ๐•น๐–”๐–‡๐–‘๐–Š ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–•๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–Š๐–‰๐–Ž๐–† that Wednesdayโ€™s accident at Oshodi was caused by a brake failure.

While the passengers in the bus were said to have escaped without an injury, the same could not be said of the bus driver whose degree of injury could not be ascertained as of press time.

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Barely 24 hours after the Ojuelegba tragedy, a 40-ft container fell off another truck in the Dopemu area of the state on Monday, causing traffic on the road

Disaster Rumour

Lady devastated after returning from the market to meet her apartment burnt to the ground. [Video]

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A Nigerian lady has been left devastated after returning from the market to discover that her apartment had been razed down by fire.

In a video that has stirred emotions from social media users, the lady showed what was left of the building.

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According to her, everything she had, including clothes, furniture, and a television, was completely destroyed by the fire.

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โ€œMy elder sister married my ex-boyfriend so I got pregnant for him as paybackโ€ โ€“ Ghanaian lady reveals (video)

She said she just left for the market that morning, only to return to discover that the house had gone up in flames while she was away.

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She said that to make matters worse, no one called her to inform her of the tragic incident.

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In other news, a Kenyan landlord has put up his tenantโ€™s underwear for auction following a row over unpaid rent.

The auction notice was published in the local dailies on Monday, January 30, 2023. According to Nyaluoyo Auctioneers, they were instructed by the landlord of one Zachariah Sichenje Masika to auction four menโ€™s underwear and four womenโ€™s underwear belonging to the tenant to recover the rent heโ€™s being owed.

The public auction will take place at the firmโ€™s yard in Kisumu. The terms of sale are cash at the fall of the hammer.

The notice has since gone viral and elicited hilarious reactions from social media users

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President Buhari mourns Emir Sanusi.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed sadness over the death of Dr Nuhu Sanusi, the first-class traditional ruler (Emir) of Dutse in Jigawa State.

Buhari, in a condolence message issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu, in Abuja, described the deceased as one of Northern Nigeriaโ€™s modernising leaders.

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He conveyed his sympathy and that of Nigeria to the Dutse Emirate, the government and the people of Jigawa State over the sad loss.

While expressing sadness on the passing of Sanuni, Buhari said, โ€œHe was instrumental to the progress Dutse had achieved in the last three decades under his watch.โ€

He added, โ€œHe was a grassroots person who was loved by all.โ€

Before his death, Emir Sanusi was the Chancellor of Sokoto State University

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Emir Muhammad Sanusi is dead.

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The Emir of Dutse in Jigawa State, Dr Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi died on Tuesday at the age of 78.

This was confirmed in a statement signed by the state governorโ€™s Senior Special Assistant, New Media, Auwalu Sankara.

He said the emir died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness.

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In a statement, the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar expressed his condolences to the family and entire people of the state.

He described the late Emir as a true leader and a respected figure in the community, known for his wisdom, compassion, and dedication to the well-being of his people.

He also recognized the Emirโ€™s contributions to the growth and development of Dutse and the positive impact he had on the community.

Dr Muhammad Sanusi was appointed the Emir of Dutse by the military administration of the Late Colonel Ibrahim Aliyu in 1995 after the passing away of his father Muhammad Sanusi

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Thirteen children among 54 killed in twin Pakistan bombing.

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At least 54 people, including 13 children, were killed in two separate transport tragedies in western Pakistan on Sunday.

Forty-one are so far confirmed dead after their bus crashed into a ravine in southwestern Balochistan province, while at least 10 students died in the boating accident in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said.

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As many as three are still missing in the waters, with a rescue operation underway.

At the remote site of the bus crash, north of the city of Bela in the Lasbela district, senior administration official Hamza Anjum said “the dead bodies โ€ฆ are beyond recognition.”

Anjum said 40 corpses were retrieved from the wreck alongside three injured, one of whom died shortly after. The remaining two survivors were in “serious” condition.

The charred brown husk of the vehicle chassis smoked on a dry riverbed under the bridge on Sunday, according to a video released by the provincial government.

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A team of men used heavy machinery to move the twisted metal aside and pull out the burnt remains, which were then shrouded in white cloth.

Head of the local rescue service Asghar Ramazan told AFP the bus had been loaded with containers of oil.

“When the bus fell down, it immediately caught fire,” he said. The oil “caused the fire to flare up so much that it was difficult to control,” he added.

The bus was reportedly carrying a total of 48 passengers when it hit a pillar on the bridge and careened off course earlier on Sunday.

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It had been traveling overnight between Balochistan’s provincial capital of Quetta and the southern port city of Karachi.

“It is feared that the driver may have fallen asleep,” Anjum said, also mentioning the possibility he had been speeding during the long-distance trip.

“We will investigate the causes of the accident,” he said, adding that DNA tests would be needed to determine the identity of the remains, which had been “badly mutilated”.

‘Rescue underway’
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local police official Mir Rauf told AFP all of the drowned so far recovered from the boating accident on Tanda Dam lake were aged between 7 and 14.

A total of 17 were rescued alive from the reservoir by Sunday afternoon.

“Everything was normal until suddenly the boat overturned,” said 11-year-old survivor Muhammad Mustafa from his hospital bed in the nearby city of Kohat.

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“I got stuck under the boat,” he told AFP. “My shawl and sweater weighed me down, so I took them off.”

“The water was extremely cold and my body went numb. I thought I was going to pass out when a man on an inflatable tube saved me.”

One of the rescued was a teacher, who remained unconscious as the rescue operation continued for up to three pupils still missing.

The class of madrassa students “went out for a picnic and boating” at the scenic location, district police chief Abdul Rauf told AFP.

“According to the information so far, the boat was in a dilapidated condition and it was overloaded too,” he said.

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Ramshackle highways, lax safety measures and reckless driving contribute to Pakistan’s dire road safety record.

Passenger buses are frequently crammed to capacity and seatbelts are not commonly worn, meaning high death tolls from single-vehicle accidents are common.

In November, 20 people, including 11 children, were killed when a minibus crashed into a deep and water-logged ditch in southern Pakistan.

According to World Health Organization estimates, more than 27,000 people were killed on Pakistan’s roads in 2018.

Mass drownings are also common in Pakistan when aged and overloaded vessels lose their stability and pitch passengers into the water.

In July last year, at least 18 women drowned after an overloaded boat carrying about 100 members of the same family capsized during a marriage procession between two villages

Disaster Rumour

Eleven Burnt To Death In Ondo Road Crash.

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Eleven persons perished in a tragic road accident that occurred in Ore town along the Benin-Shagamu Expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday morning.

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The Ondo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Ezekiel Sonโ€™Allah, confirmed the incident.

He said the accident occurred as a result of excessive speeding on the part the drivers of the vehicles involved.

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Buni, Bello Condole Abdullahi Sule Over Sonโ€™s Death.

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The Governors of Kogi and Yobe States, Yahaya Bello and Mai Mala Buni have commiserated with their colleague, Abdullahi Sule over the death of his son, Hassan Sule.

A statement by Buniโ€™s Spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, said the governors were in Gudi, the country home of the governor to sympathize with him and his people over the death of his 36 years old son, Hassan.

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They prayed to Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased shortcomings and to grant him eternal rest.

Buni and Bello in the statement also prayed Allah to grant Governor Sule, his family and the people of Nasarawa State the fortitude to bear the huge loss.

The Emir of Lafia, Sidi Bage Muhammad, who spoke on behalf of the family and people of Nasarawa State, thanked the two governors for identifying with their brother and colleague at this trying moment.

Hassan Sule died last Thursday and was buried in Gudi, Nasarawa State according to Islamic rites

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Young footballer slumps, dies while training in Kogi.

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A footballer identified as Segun Idowu, who played for Barnet FC reportedly collapsed and died.

The young promising star slumped on the field during one of the matches in the ongoing Kogi FA Chairmanโ€™s Cup at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja on the 20th of January, 2023.

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A statement from the Kogi State Football Association Chairman, Alhaji Suleiman Isah Umarr confirmed the death to Dailypost on Friday evening.

The Chairman described the untimely death of the young lad as shocking and painful but said โ€œwho are we to question our maker who gives and takes when he so wishes.โ€

The statement reads: โ€œWe were shocked this morning when we received with heavy heart the news that Segun, a footballer with Barnet FC, Lokoja who slumped and fell on the field after a collision with his teammate, has passed away.

โ€œWe were on the field when the collision happened. He was revived and quickly rushed to the hospital. Report coming out of the hospital says he was doing fine and we kept praying all along that God almighty should intervene, only to get the sad news that he had given up the ghost.

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โ€œThe entire football family in Lokoja is absolutely sad by the passing on of the promising talent. It was a simple case of collision on the field but Segun has to pass through that path to return to his creator.

โ€œMay God repose his soul and comfort his immediate and extended family during this trying period and we pray not to witness such a moment again

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Man Crushed To Death By Telescopic Urinal While He Worked.

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A man has been confirmed dead after he got trapped underneath a urinal in central London.

The workman had been operating on a “telescopic urinal” at Cambridge Circus, outside the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue ton Friday afternoon, Jan. 27, when he suffered “crush injuries”, police said.

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Efforts to rescue him from the structure went on for more than an hour-and-a-half. Sadly, he didn’t survive.

This model of hydraulic urinal, designed to stop public urination, is stored beneath the pavement during the day and lifted up to street level for people visiting at night.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Twitter: “We’re sorry to have to update that, despite the efforts of emergency services, the man who was critically injured in Cambridge Circus was pronounced dead at the scene.

“His next of kin have been informed. Cordons remain in place at the location.”

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Chief Imam of Oyo, Mashood Ajokidero dies of unknown cause.

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The Chief Imam of Oyo, Sheikh Mashood Abdul Ganiyy Adebayo Ajokidero III is dead.

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A source close to the family said, โ€œAs salaam alaykum. InnaLillah wainna Ilaihu raajiun. We Announce The Demise of the Grand Chief Imam Of Oyo. May Almighty Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaos. Amenโ€.

Details of the death of the Islamic cleric are still scanty as of the time of filing this report.

Africas

Ikonne’s demise: Atiku in shock.

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The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar

has expressed shock over the death of the partysโ€™s presidential candidate in Abia, Prof Eleazar Ikonne.

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He said Prof Ikonne was an erudite scholar of repute with vast experience in administration, whose contributions to advancing knowledge within the academic community will be appreciated by generations unborn.

โ€œI recall my last encounter with Prof Ikonne vividly when he led a delegation of Abia PDP stakeholders to my residence in Abuja. He, Prof Ikonne, was at his intellectual best in the course of the robust discussion that I had with his delegation.

โ€œWe shall miss his ever-smiling face, wit and sense of humour, which always stood him out.

โ€œI express my deepest condolences to his immediate family, all PDP members in Abia State and the government and good people of Abia state, who were working on voting him into power next month. May his soul rest in peace.โ€

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Eight School Children Perish In Ghana Boat Mishap.

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Tragedy struck as eight school children in Ghanaโ€™s Bono East Region were confirmed dead after a boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake.

National Disaster Management Organization told newsmen that eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were on their way to school in Wayokope, a community across the lake.

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The coordinator of NADMO, Ibrahim Wudonyim, said the Marine Police Unit of Ghana Police Service, assisted by some locals, has recovered the bodies of the deceased.

Investigations are underway to find out the cause of the accident.

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Fire Razes Sumal Foods Warehouse In Ibadan.

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There was a fire outbreak at the raw materials warehouse of Sumal Foods Limited, located at Oluyole Industrial Estate, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday morning, January 25.

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The cause of the fire outbreak could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

But reports have it that goods and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed following the fire outburst.

More Details Later.

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Fire guts Nodu Okpuno Mata foam depot in Anambra.

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Fire on Monday gutted the Nodu Okpuno Mata foam depot in Anambra.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, and made available to newsmen in Onitsha.

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According to him, at about 5.39 p.m., the Anambra State Fire Service received a distress call of fire outbreak at Mata foam depot, NODU, Okpuno.

โ€œWe immediately deployed our fire truck and our brave firefighters to the fire scene.

โ€œThe fire fighting operation was very successful as we were able to fight, stop, control and extinguished the fire to a standstill,โ€ he said.

The fire chief said that they were able to save a lot of mattresses in the depot.

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โ€œWe also saved all the surrounding residential homes around the fire scene.

โ€œWe want to use this medium to thank the general public who assisted us during the operation and also those that put the call across to usโ€.

Agbili stressed that January and February are the peak of harmattan when the state usually experiences a great number of fire outbreaks

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Two Brothers Die In Soakaway Pit In Kano.

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In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, two brothers have been killed in a sewage tank in Kano State, ๐•น๐–”๐–‡๐–‘๐–Š ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–•๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–Š๐–‰๐–Ž๐–† reports.

The victims, Musa Abdullahi and Rabiu Abdullahi, aged 27 and 17 respectively, were pronounced dead on Saturday.

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The Public Relations Officer for Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident in Kano on Sunday via a press statement, said the Service received a distress call from Na Musa Abdullahi sir Muhd that a toilet digger was trapped in a pit toilet while draining it.

โ€œOn Saturday, January 21, 2023, the state Fire Service control room received an emergency call at about 20:41 hrs from Na Musa Abdullahi sir Muhammad.

He reported an incident at Sabon Gari Market, Layin Abacha, Fagge Local Government Area, when our men arrived at the scene, at about 20:47hrs, they discovered that two biological brothers were working in a public convenience pit toilet and were discovered trapped in a wide deep sock-away while draining the suck-away chamber.โ€

In the process, Musa Abdullahi, about 27 years old, was trapped inside, while his partner and brother, Abdullahi Rabiu, about 17 years old, made attempts to rescue his brother but he too, like his brother was unfortunately trapped in the soak-away inner chamber.

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According to the statement, the fire fighters swung into action at the end of which they successfully rescued both brothers but they were unconscious and promptly rushed them to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist hospital, where on arrival, the Doctors on-call duty at the Emergency ward pronounced both brothers dead.

Meanwhile, the remains of both victims have been handed over to one Inspector Abubakar Alhassan of Sabon Gari Police Division to trace and hand over to their immediate family.

The cause of the incident was attributable to a high degree of temperature and lack of oxygen inside the soakaway pit

Europe

UK Ambulance Workers Strike Again As Unions Call For Talks.

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Thousands of ambulance workers held another strike across England and Wales on Monday, in escalating industrial action as unions called the government to hold talks on improving pay and conditions.

Ambulance workers began strike action on December 21 last year and further dates are planned for February.

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Nurses have also launched unprecedented strike action, reflecting widespread discontent in the state-funded National Health Service whose staff are struggling with soaring living costs.

Mondayโ€™s industrial action comes ahead of mass simultaneous strikes planned for February 6 by unions representing both nurses and ambulance staff.

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Mondayโ€™s strike involves members of three unions โ€” Unison, Unite and GMB โ€” in England and Wales.

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Unison, the UKโ€™s largest trade union, said up to 15,000 ambulance staff in England would be striking along with 5,000 members at hospitals in Liverpool in northwest England.

Unite said more than 2,600 of its ambulance worker members were striking in England and Wales, following a three-day strike last week.

โ€œWeโ€™re trying to get the government to negotiate,โ€ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham told BBC radio, accusing the government of inaction.

โ€œItโ€™s been five weeks since Unite ambulance workers were out and in that time there has been literally no meeting about the substantive issue of pay.

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โ€œThere are absolutely no pay talks going ahead, itโ€™s wrong to suggest that they are,โ€ she added, even as Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said discussions were ongoing.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is โ€œmissing in actionโ€ and โ€œneeds to get more involved,โ€ she added.

The GMB, whose members at one ambulance service in central England were striking Monday, addressed Barclay in a tweet saying: โ€œWe need to talk pay. Weโ€™re ready when you are.โ€

The London Ambulance Service advised people to only call the 999 emergency number in โ€œlife-threateningโ€ situations and warned the public they โ€œmay be asked to organise transport to hospitalโ€.

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Ekiti gov’t orders removal, seizure of abandoned gas tanker at accident scene.

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To avoid any fatal explosion, the Ekiti State Government has ordered the immediate removal and confiscation of a Gas Tanker abandoned at an accident scene at Igede Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government area of the State.

The government also directed security agencies to ascertain the owner of the articulated vehicle conveying the gas-laden tank that has been abandoned since Friday along the Igede-Iyin Road, posing danger to the public.

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Handing down the order during a visit to the accident site on Monday, the Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye, said Governor Biodun Oyebanji was deeply worried by the abandonment of the tank in the residential area for days without action taken to evacuate it.

Afuye, in a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Victor Ogunje, said the Governorโ€™s expectation was that the owners ought to have evacuated the inflammable substance from the scene a few hours after the accident.

The Deputy Governor said the state government had deployed firefighters to the area in readiness for any eventualities and to be on guard.

She said the removal and confiscation became the best option to prevent the unwarranted loss of precious lives of the people since the owners could not be ascertained as of the time of the visit.

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The Deputy Governor also directed the Chairman of the Council, Babatola Ogundana to get another articulated truck and work with other experts to remove the flammable substance from its present scene immediately.

She said, โ€œWe thank God that no explosion accompanied the accident despite the substance being highly flammable. But it was bad for the owners to have left it here for days without thinking of the implications of his action.

โ€œThe Governor was worried, which informed his action that fire fighting truck should be stationed at the scene of the accident because as the tank gets hotter, the possibility of it exploding is very high and that could be dangerous to our people and their property.

Mrs Afuye commended the Council boss for promptly informing the Police and the Department of State Services about the incident, saying the agencies will investigate and unravel the identities of the owners.

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In his response, the Council Chairman, Ogundana and the lawmaker representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly, Femi Akindele, said landlords and motorists had been gripped with fear since the accident occurred last Friday.

Akindele said the truck had the accident while trying to ascend the hilly portion of Igede-Iyin road.

โ€œWe are all worried here. Even the residents and leaders of Igede are worried. They were not really happy that the owners abandoned this dangerous and inflammable substance here for days. To us, this is insensitive and callous

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Diphtheria cases rise to 100 In Kano.

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The identified cases of diphtheria in Kano has risen from 25 to 100 in less than two weeks.

Three persons in 13 local government areas of the state have died.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, stated this during the press conference on Diphtheria and Lassa fever outbreaks in the state.

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He said the epidemiology unit of the ministry was notified by Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital of the suspected cases of Diphtheria, prompting the ministry to mobilize its team to commence investigation.

โ€œAs at 20th of January 2023 we have recorded 100 suspected cases from 13 local government areas which are Ungogo, Nassarawa, Bichi, Dala, Dawakin Tofa, Dawakin Kudu, Fagge, Gwale, Kano Municipal, Kumbotso, Rano, and Gwarzo respectively, Of the 100 suspected cases, 8 were confirmed, while waiting more results. We have lost 3 among 8 confirmed and 22 among other suspected cases,โ€ he added.

Tsanyawa further said currently 27 patients are receiving treatment while 41 have been managed and discharged successfully.

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The commissioner also said on 10 January, the Public Health Emergency Operation Center received a report of suspected case of Lassa fever from Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital.

He said a team was deployed to investigate and samples were taken for laboratory tests before they returned positive three days later.

โ€œ10 samples were taken from the high-risk contacts of the index case, 3 become positive making a total of 4 cases currently managed at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital isolation center,โ€ Dr. Tsanyawa said.

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The commissioner also said the Kano State Government activated the Kwanar Dawaki Isolation Center for isolating the Lassa fever cases, adding that staff of โ€˜Yargaya have been trained and transferred to the isolation center with drugs and consumables.

He pointed out that the ministry, through the primary health care management board, is planning to conduct a routine immunization intensification campaign to reach out to all eligible children in the affected local government areas.

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Tension As Thugs Set Court Ablaze In Abia.

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Suspected thugs have set ablaze Ikwuano High Court built by Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.

The Abia State Government has called on the security agencies in the state to bring to book those responsible for the arson attack.

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The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State, Chief Uche Ihediwa, SAN, made the call in a statement after he and his team paid an unscheduled inspection to the area to ascertain the level of destruction.

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In the statement signed by the Public Relations Officer in the Ministry, Anyim Agbai, the CJ expressed shock over the destruction of the court building.

He wondered why a court building built to resolve disputes among people in the rural area would be burnt.

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He added that burning the court would adversely affect the peopleโ€™s quest for justice as they would henceforth travel to Umuahia for their cases.

He challenged the security agencies in the area to ensure they unveiled those behind the act.

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NCDC urges health workers to watch out for symptoms of Diphtheria.

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has enjoined healthcare workers to be vigilant and look out for symptoms of diphtheria by maintaining a high index of suspicion.

Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General, NCDC, in a public advisory issued on Thursday, assured that the Centre had responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano States.

According to him, in Osun and Yobe States, the NCDC is also monitoring the situation where cases are now being picked up.

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The diphtheria outbreak has so far killed 25 people, with 58 suspected cases and six persons on admission according to data revealed from the Kano State Ministry of Health.

The Director-General of NCDC explained that the disease affects the nose, throat and sometimes, skin of an individual, saying that diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium called Corynebacterium species.

The symptoms of diphtheria, according to him, include fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes (conjunctivitis) , and neck swelling.

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โ€œA thick grey or white patch appears on the tonsils and/or at the back of the throat associated with difficulty breathing, in severe cases, โ€ he said.

He said that the NCDC is working with State ministries of health and partners to enhance surveillance and response to the outbreak, stressing that there have been laboratory-confirmed cases.

He said people mostly at risk of contracting diphtheria, are children and adults who have not received any or a single dose of the pentavalent vaccine (a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine), people who live in a crowded environment, people who live in areas with poor sanitation, healthcare workers and others who are exposed to suspected/confirmed cases of diphtheria.

He further explained that diphtheria spreads easily between people and could be through direct contact with infected people, droplets from coughing or sneezing, and contact with contaminated clothing and objects.

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He advised parents to have their children fully vaccinated against diphtheria with three doses of the pentavalent vaccine as recommended in the childhood immunisation schedule in order to stay clear of the disease.

Individuals are advised to isolate themselves and notify the local government area, State Disease Surveillance Officer (DSNO) or the NCDC with signs and symptoms suggestive of diphtheria.

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