Golden Eaglets In Car Crash

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Two players of the Nigerian men's Under-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets, have been confirmed to have been involved in a ghastly motor accident on Sunday.

Goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar and Friday Njengo were confirmed to have been involved in the car crash while on their way to the team's camp in Calabar.

The team's head coach, Manu Garba, has been in touch with the affected players, now receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre in Jalingo.

Eight Trucks Burnt In Ogun Cement Factory, Five Escape Death In Crash

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About eight articulated vehicles were on Friday burnt in an inferno at the premises of the Gateway Portland Cement factory in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

In another incident, no fewer than five persons were seriously injured when an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus somersaulted and broke through a fence in Oke-Ilewo area of the metropolis near the OPIC Towers on Lalubu Road.

The fire at the cement factory was alleged to have been caused by unknown persons said to have set the bush around the factory on fire.

74 passengers escape air crash, after Abuja-bound plane develops fault 15 minutes after take-off

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What would have been another air disaster was on Sunday, averted by whiskers as an Abuja-bound aircraft made a dramatic return to Lagos when one of its engines developed a mechanical fault mid-air.

On board the aircraft which belongs to Med-View Airline were 73 passengers including Mr. Donald Ojogo, the newly appointed Politics Editor, Abuja, of the Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent.

‘Bodies of Dana Pilots Lost In Crash inferno’

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The bodies of the two pilots of Dana Air’s MD-83 plane which crashed in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State on June 3, 2012 were not found as they might have been completely incinerated by the post-crash inferno. The Chief Medical Examiner and Consultant Pathologist of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. John Obafunwa, said this in his testimony at a Lagos State coroner court sitting in Ikeja on Friday.

The American pilot, Mr. Peter Waxtan, 55, and his Indian co-pilot, Mr. Mahendra Rathore, 34, were among the six crew members of the plane; 147 passengers and uncertain number of others on the ground, who were killed in the crash.

Helicopter Crash: “We Lack The Equipment To Investigate Cause” – SSS

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The spat of high profile assassinations and rampant kidnappings laying siege over the many regions of the federal republic of Nigeria may have found a suitable loophole to continue its siege over the country owing to the maladministration of resources earmarked to the security agencies of the nation.

Information available to 247ureports.com obtained through competent sources within the State Security Services [SSS] revealed that the helicopter crash is being treated as a probable sabotage by the investigators of the crash. As gathered, the SSS agent indicated that there is ample evidence pointing away from the incident being a mere natural accident.

Bayelsa Helicopter Crash Victims Identified.

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The names of people that lost their lives in the Nigerian Navy chopper crash with Governor Yakowa and Gen Azazi has been released.

The names victims made available to 247naijagossip.com includes:
1] Dauda Tsoho (aide to Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna).
2] Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal, (aide to Owoye Azazi).
3] Commander Muritala Mohammed Daba (the Pilot).
4] Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.

May their soul Rest In Peace.

Timi Dakolo and wife escape Bayelsa helicopter crash

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2007 West African Idol winner Timi Dakolo and his wife Busola have a lot to be thankful for. It has emerged that the couple who attended Oronto Douglas' father's burial in Bayelsa today, were meant to fly on the same military chopper that claimed the lives of Governor Yakowa, Gen Azazi and others, but Timi decided at the very last minute to travel by road and not fly.

Governor Yakowa, Former NSA Gen Azazi Killed in Helicopter Crash

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It's a black Saturday in Nigeria as a helicopter carrying the governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Owoeye Azazi and several aides crashed in Bayelsa State.
They were attending the burial of the father of the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas. Security and Aviation sources say Governor Yakowa and Gen Azazi have been confirmed dead. Another source said there are no survivors.

May the souls of the dead rest in peace!

Pregnant Woman, Seven Others Die In Delta Road Crash

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A pregnant woman and seven other persons have been confirmed dead in a road crash in Delta State. The accident occurred on the Asaba-Ibuzor Road on Thursday. The pregnant woman and the others were said to be traveling in a 14-seater Toyota Hiace Bus, which rammed into a tipper. Though details were sketchy as at press time, the Federal Road Safety Commission confirmed the incident.

Four Die, 10 Injure In Ogun Auto Crash

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Four people  yesterday were reportedly killed while 10 sustained various degrees of  injury  in an auto crash that occured on Abeokuta-Lagos road in Onihale village in Ifo local government area of Ogun State.
According to an eye-witness, the accident involved a Lagos-bound bus with registration number Lagos XY178 LSR which skided off the road  and summersaulted while coming from Abeokuta.

17 Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash

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Seventeen military personnel died in a helicopter crash in Turkey, state media reported Saturday.
The Sikorsky-type helicopter, which was carrying soldiers to an operation, crashed in Pervari district, in Turkey's southeastern Siirt province, official broadcaster TRT said.

The military helicopter is believed to have plowed into a mountain because of fog, the broadcaster said. Four of those killed were crew members, the other 13 soldiers, the semi-official Anadolu Agency cited Siirt governor Ahmet Aydin as saying.

The governor stressed that the crash was caused by poor weather conditions, not a terrorist attack, the news agency said. Turkey's military has been combating a long-running insurgency by Kurdish militants in the southeast of the country. The conflict has claimed more than 30,000 lives over the past three decades.

16 Perish In Auto Crash

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Sixteen people died in a motor accident, which occurred at Osin River, a suburb of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident involved a trailer loaded with bags of beans coming from the North and an 18-seater commuter bus.

Plane crash: Taraba gov to be flown to Germany

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Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, is to be flown to Germany for treatment, following serious injuries he received in a plane crash on Thursday night.
The governor and four of his aides and a co-pilot sustained serious injuries after a light aircraft he (Suntai) was flying crashed on Y in neighbouring Adamawa State.

After initial reports that the governor died in the crash, he and the others were found alive in the plane.

Court discharges order on Dana crash inquest

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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday discharged its order barring the Lagos State Government from proceeding with a Coroner’s inquest into the June 3, 2012 crash of an MD83 Dana Air plane in Lagos.

Justice Okon Abang had granted the order stopping the inquest based on an application by the airline.

The aircraft, which was on a scheduled Abuja-Lagos flight crashed into four buildings in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, killing all 153 passengers and crew and four persons on the ground.

More details later.

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