Sunday, 27 March 2016
Saturday, 26 March 2016
Bus crushes mother-of-two to death in early morning tragedy
Tragedy struck penultimate Tuesday at Cele Bus Stop, along Apapa-Oshodi expressway, when a bus allegedly crushed a mother-of-two to death.
The incident occurred in the early hours of the day while the unnamed woman waited to board a bus to the office.
It was learnt that a commercial bus which suffered brake failure rammed into the woman where she stood with other commuters.
An
eyewitness who declined to be identified said the late woman failed to
notice that other commuters had fled the bus stop on the approach of the
errant vehicle until she was crushed by the hit-and-run driver. He
said: “On sighting the bus, other commuters at the bus stop ran for
their dear lives but it was too late before the woman could leave as the
bus caught up with her and crushed her to death.
“The
driver of the bus that killed the woman did not even wait to look at
what has happened to her. He fled on sighting the woman in a pool of her
blood.”
The
Nation learnt that the woman did not get help on time from bystanders
who preferred to take photographs of the scene on their mobile phones
while the victim fought for life.
Another eyewitness was said to have identified the woman as a housewife and mother-of-two in the neighbourhood.
The victim’s body was evacuated several hours later by Lagos State health officials, The Nation learnt.
Friday, 25 March 2016
Eddy Murphy's girlfriend puts her baby bump on display as they stroll hand in hand
Eddie Murphy and his heavily pregnant girlfriend, Paige Butcher were both seen in Studio City, California yesterday. She put her baby bump on display in a form fitting dress. This will be the first child for the 36-year-old model and the ninth child for 54 year old Eddy
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Rivers state Nigeria electoral staff killed and kidnapped
Nigeria's electoral commission says some of its staff were killed, injured and kidnapped during an election re-run on Saturday in Rivers state.
An Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) spokesman blamed the violence on "armed thugs... allegedly acting on behalf of some politicians".
Voting was suspended in most areas of the oil-rich state, which has suffered from political unrest in the past.
A re-run was ordered after legal disputes over elections in 2015.
Elections in the state are seen as a battle for the control of Nigeria's largest oil wells. Voters were choosing seats for the state and national assemblies,
but not the governor as the Supreme Court ruled his election last March should stand.
Several other deaths were reported in the polls, which have now been indefinitely suspended.
In a statement lamenting the "deviant behaviour" of those involved in disrupting the polls, Inec spokesman Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi described "fatalities, kidnappings, [and] ballot snatching", among other offences, which forced the vote's suspension.
Results in areas which had already been declared would stand, he said.
Despite River state's huge resource wealth, it remains poor and underdeveloped for the majority of the communities who live there.
There is huge environmental pollution in some parts of the state due to oil spills.
Rivers state has long been a flashpoint for political violence with the two leading parties - the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) blaming each other for the friction.
An Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) spokesman blamed the violence on "armed thugs... allegedly acting on behalf of some politicians".
Voting was suspended in most areas of the oil-rich state, which has suffered from political unrest in the past.
A re-run was ordered after legal disputes over elections in 2015.
Elections in the state are seen as a battle for the control of Nigeria's largest oil wells. Voters were choosing seats for the state and national assemblies,
but not the governor as the Supreme Court ruled his election last March should stand.
Several other deaths were reported in the polls, which have now been indefinitely suspended.
In a statement lamenting the "deviant behaviour" of those involved in disrupting the polls, Inec spokesman Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi described "fatalities, kidnappings, [and] ballot snatching", among other offences, which forced the vote's suspension.
Results in areas which had already been declared would stand, he said.
Despite River state's huge resource wealth, it remains poor and underdeveloped for the majority of the communities who live there.
There is huge environmental pollution in some parts of the state due to oil spills.
Rivers state has long been a flashpoint for political violence with the two leading parties - the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) blaming each other for the friction.
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