At least 10 cars of a passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, on Sunday, killing at least 30 passengers. More than 100 other people also sustained injuries, government and police officials said. While confirming the casualties, Sindh’s Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, said nine cars have been cleared. Shah added that a […]
From Our Correspondent in Zaria The management of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, says it auctioned two of its helicopters due to their underutilisation. TheNewsZenith learnt that NCAT recently auctioned the helicopters due to under utilisation. The Rector of the college, Capt. Alkali Modibbo, told newsmen, on Sunday in Zaria […]
From Our Correspondent in Ore A pregnant woman, three children and 16 others are feared dead on Sunday evening when a petrol-laden tanker exploded at Ore in Odigbo Local government area of Ondo State. But officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said eight persons were burnt to death following the explosion. An eyewitness […]
By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta At least, four persons died in a lone accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hour of Sunday in Ogun State. The NewsZenith gathered that 11 other passengers in the bus, marked AGL989YA, sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident at the Aiyetoro axis […]
By Our Correspondent It was a sorrowful Saturday for the family of a teenage girl hawking eggs on the ever-busy Lagos road as an articulated truck crushed her to death. TheNewsZenith reports that the accident occurred on the Otedola bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway at about 3.30 p.m. No one could identify the teenage girl at […]
A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi, the Benue State capital with the two pilots ejecting to safety. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. Gabwakwet said the plane crashed during a routine training exercise on Friday evening. He […]
A Legal practitioner in Lagos, Mr Francis Ogunbowale, on Wednesday, criticised the state government for introducing a N1,000 compulsory Proof of Ownership Certificate, (POC) levy on vehicles. Reacting on the levy, Ogunbowale, member of NBA-Public Interest and Development Law, described it as another form of double taxation. Ogunbowale, a , spoke in reaction to the […]
The locals around the Marina Resort area, in collaboration with the Police, have recovered the bodies of three medical students missing after a boat mishap in Calabar, Cross River on Saturday. The rescue team recovered the bodies on Monday morning. The NewsZenith gathered that the bodies recovered comprised of two male and one female students […]
The Managing Director of Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY), Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, has sensitised residents of Badagry on the need to patronage ferry services which guarantee seamless transportation. Balogun made the plea during a stakeholders meeting held at Ferry Terminal, Ebute Miller, Marina Badagry on Tuesday. Represented by Mrs Bunmi Mofunlewi, the Head of Administration and […]
The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has received the prestigious National Honours Award of Order of the Niger (OON). Former President Muhammadu Buhari had listed Bello among recipients of honours, before expiration of his administration on May 29. The NewsZenith reports that Bello received the award in […]