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Tanker explosion claims 7 lives at Idiroko — FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that seven persons died in an explosion after a commercial bus collided with a petrol tanker at Ajilete on the Idiroko expressway on Wednesday. Mr Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, the FRSC Idiroko Unit Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota that two other persons sustained injuries in the incident. Olaluwoye said that the accident happened at…

Pastor, church member arrested for robbery

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has arrested a 45-year-old pastor, Joseph Olude, and his church member, Rasak Raheem, for allegedly robbing in the Idiroko-Oke Odan area, a border community between Ogun State, Nigeria, and the Benin Republic. Olude and Raheem were arrested by the operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad, after a tip-off. It was learnt that while the police…