Powerful Explosion Rocks Port Harcourt

By -
Powerful explosion rocked the Rivers state capital on Thursday evening, killing four people.
Powerful explosion kills four in Rivers
File photo
Four people were killed in Port Harcourt as a result of powerful explosion on Thursday evening. The most likely cause of the explosion was the gas leakage.
According to the reports from the scene, a gas cylinder used for welding exploded around 5 pm in a workshop situated near the ABC Bus park at the crossing of Eliozu road and the East-West road.
Hearing the explosion residents, motorists and passers-by ran for cover. Two people were killed at the spot, with their legs severed in the blast.
Another person injured in the explosion died on the way to the nearest hospital, where the fourth victim died having not received the necessary assistance, while medical staff on duty demanded to pay N35,000 to start his treatment.
Rivers police spokesman, Muhammad Kidaya Ahmad, confirmed the incident, but couldn’t provide any additional details to the information gathered by the press.
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has sympathised with the direct victims of bomb attack on Sabon-Gari local government council secretariat, 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Obasanjo’s dangerous rhetoric: Buhari’s supporters are not morons

By -
Image
When Obasanjo  gets going, he leaves no stone unturned.  He has taken on Buhari and has not spared the president’s supporters. President Jonathan now refers to him as the boss of bosses. Perhaps Jonathan learnt that a little late.  Perhaps Obasanjo has got away too many times with an exaggerated sense of self importance. Buhari and Obasanjo When  Obasanjo  pulsates with  ego he deems it  righteous anger. He breaks rules, and mends them. He tramples on principles and trashes them.  They are not meant for him. Hypocrisy relieves him of many moral burdens ordinary men suffer. He  likes the limelight. He doesn’t like to be ignored. He wants President Buhari out. President Buhari benefited from his support three years ago.  Obasanjo feels righteous indignation against a bumbling  ingrate. He  perhaps believes he handed Buhari the presidency.  Obasanjo always overestimates himself. He once thought we would wan...
Read more

Overheard from WhatsApp

By -
And I am Like... Until corruption, mass corruption, massive corruption is dealt with at the Police level, every other fight against corruption is window dressing. What do you call this? a kiosk on the highway? a supermarket? a toll gate? With all that illicit cash flowing from his pockets how can this policeman in all good conscience arrest another fellow for stealing, extortion or embezzlement? How?
Read more

N12 billion unremitted funds from FIRS, Customs stocked in Nigerian Banks – RMAFC

By -
Image
The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has demanded the immediate return of over N12 billion unremitted funds from some commercial banks holding collected government revenue. The banks were engaged by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to collect revenue and remittances on their behalf. The demand followed the verification and reconciliation of revenue collections and remittances by the collecting banks carried out by the commission. According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Relations, RMAFC, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, the directive was given by the Chairman, Non-Oil Committee of the Commission, Mr Ajibola Fagboyegun. According to the statement, he gave the order when he received a draft report of the exercise presented to him by the Lead Consultant, JK Consulting Company Limited, which was hired by the Commission for the exercise. “The purpose of the exercise, which commenced in November 2013, i...
Read more