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Death toll now 27 from tanker explosion in Kudu

Death toll now 27 from tanker explosion in Kudu

Director General, Niger state Emergency Management Agency, Malam Mohammed Shaba who gave an update of the incidence while addressing Journalists in Minna yesterday said sixteen people died on the spot on Tuesday at about 10p.m when the tanker loaded with fuel skidded off the road and burst into flames while five others gave up the ghost on their way to the hospital for treatment.

We have made giant strides – Okorotie

We have made giant strides – Okorotie

Chief Thompson Okorotie is one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa State and secretary of the Bayelsa Elders Forum. He spoke on the gains and challenges confronting the country as well as its prospects.

Nigeria at 52:  A city set on a hill  that cannot be hidden

Nigeria at 52: A city set on a hill that cannot be hidden

Okonta still remembers that morning when a neighbour rushed to the colonial residence of Dr. Harrison at Ikoyi, Lagos, where he worked to announce to him that his wife Mariana had been delivered of a bouncing baby boy. Okonta was dressed in his well- starched khaki uniform in the colonial house when the cheery news got to him.