Benue boat mishap: One family lost 5 children, another triplets

Five more bodies were yesterday, recovered from River Benue by local fishermen and the Police taking the number of victims of Sunday’s boat mishap on River Benue at Ijaha community, an outskirt of Makurdi Local Government Area, LGA, to 26.

The victims said to be children of Mobile Police personnel of MOPOL 13 in Makurdi and members of the youth wing of Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA, Adeke Makurdi, were on their way to an annual church retreat for youths when the boat which they were travelling in capsized midstream due to overloading.

The victims were crossing from Agbor, Innyongu Area of Wadata to a village in an island opposite Kwaghter called Ole-Gabu, for the Annual Church Retreat |||READ MORE

Reactions greet Social Media as tremor rocks Ghana

Some parts of Ghana, mainly the central region and the surrounding areas of Accra, were rocked by earth tremors on Wednesday.

The tremors, which started at about 10:40 p.m., was reported to have occurred three times in the space of 10 minutes.

Residents of Ghana in Accra New Town, Dansoman, Kwashiman, Osu, McCarthy Hill, Ablekuma Manhean, Haatso Kaneshie, Achimota, Adenta, Circle, among others, said they felt the movement |||READ MORE

Russian Military Helicopter Crashes Outside Moscow

A Russian army Mi-8 helicopter crashed outside Moscow during a training flight on Tuesday, killing the crew, the defence ministry said.

“As a result of a crash landing the crew of the helicopter died of their wounds,” the defence ministry said.

Defence ministry spokespeople, reached by AFP, declined to specify how many crew members had died |||READ MORE

Tragedy in Lagos: Dangote truck crushes 6 to death

Despite lockdown, tragedy struck in Lagos on Tuesday as Dangote Cement silo truck crushed six persons to death after Epe Long bridge, Epe area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed that six people died in the tragedy.

According to him, on arrival at the above scene, a Dangote Cement silo truck with unknown registration number was discovered to have fallen on a fully loaded commercial taxi OPEL car with registration number SMK-312ES |||READ MORE …