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Capsized boat: 54 bodies recovered

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Capsized boat: 54 bodies recovered

Capsized boat: 54 bodies recovered

 

No fewer than 54 bodies have been recovered from the boat accident involving about 200 traders in Kogi State.

The figure was disclosed to our correspondent on Saturday by the Head of Operations covering Kogi State at the National Emergency Management Agency, Justin Uwazuruonye.

Uwazuruonye said, “The figure of the recovered bodies as of today (Saturday), according to the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross, and NEMA is 54. They were recovered dead.

“We tried to know if they could make the manifest available, but they said there was no manifest, and if there is no manifest, we can’t say the exact number of passengers on the boat. Besides, it was a night journey, and none of them had life jackets on.”

 

The National Inland Waterways Authority confirmed the boat accident on Friday.

The Head of NIWA’s Media Department, Suleman Makama, stated that the traders were traveling to a market in Niger State on the boat when it capsized along the Dambo-Ebuchi section of the River Niger.

Meanwhile, Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has called for inter-agency collaboration to prevent waterways accidents.

Ododo, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ismail Isah, expressed sadness over the accident, saying he was concerned that most of the victims were women, petty traders, and artisans involved in legitimate business activities.

He expressed concern about the dangers on the waterway linking Kogi with Niger State.

“The waterway linking Kogi and Niger State is becoming increasingly dangerous as a result of frequent boat accidents,” he said.

The governor called on relevant authorities to ensure that safety measures were put in place to minimize risks associated with water transportation in the country.

“Efforts should be made through inter-agency collaboration to prevent further accidents and coordinate emergency response,” he noted.

Ododo commiserated with the families of those involved in the accident, promising that the government would support those injured in their recuperation.

 

 

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Music has connected me to highly placed personalities says Folashade Olufemi, sets to release single”Convenant child

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Music has connected me to highly placed personalities says Folashade Olufemi, sets to release single”Convenant child

 

A budding gospel musician, Folashade Olufemi has described her music sojourn as one that has enabled her to meet personalities that she never envisaged to meet in her life.
Olufemi, popularly known as Shade Convenant disclosed this in an interview held on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.
The 2015 graduate of Mass Communication from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, however, lamented that what she had undergone in the course of her music career has caused her inability to produce any record since she started music in 2003.
” I have been scammed in my bid to produce an Album. As a result of this, I became hopeless and I decided to get married”
The Yagba -West kogi state born upcoming singer hinted that she will soon release a single, Convenant child for the enjoyment of her supporters and fans.

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The Limit Breaker South Africa: 3 days Prophetic conference begins with Mind Blowing Deliverance

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…… The Spirit is Still helping Peoples – Dr Chris Okafor

 

The much anticipated family Liberation Program The Limit Breaker Conference has begun in Johanesbong South Africa with so many testimonies, Deliverance, Restoration and solution to many problems.

While declaring the 3 days prophetic encounter with Elohim through the revival Open, The Senior Pastor Grace Nation world-wide aka The Generational Prophet of God Dr Chris Okafor remarked that whenever God gives him a directive to go to a certain Nation, He does not hesitate because has a specific reasons, God will not give such directive only for a Purpose, Therefore the Man of God wnjoys everyone present at the day one of the conference to make Good use of the opportunity and the available Power of God by keying into all the instructions given and follow it accordingly.

The Generational Prophet of God said it is the turn of the good people of South Africa to receive from God what he has for them at the eleventh hours of the year.

In his sermon with the theme The Limit Breaker with Subtitles “Help of the Spirit” emphasised that the Spirit can help you, he can guide and direct you, only if you are willing to listen to the instructions given to you.

The Man of God also remarked that when you listen to the Spirit, any Battles you are facing turns around in your favour saying it takes a spirit person to understand the Language of the Spirit, Dr Okafor says you can be Prayerful and still not be in the Spirit.

The Lagos Popular Prophet said you must be spiritually minded to destroy the yoke , To be able to get Help from the spirit, You must understand the things of the spirit because the spirit only helps those that understand the spirit.

Therefore if you want to win the battles of the world, You must understand the Spiritual language that is Higher than any other Language.

In conclusion of his message, the Generational Prophet of God Dr Chris Okafor said the spirit is still helping People , those that understand the Principles and philosophy of the spirit, God already sent a comfortable but people are not willing to listen to the instructions given, before any spirit move, it is the Holy Ghost that move first, He can direct , guide and led you into greater unlimitation.

The Holy Ghost moves in a Strange way at the South Africa Conference breaking different Limitations and re -writing the destiny of Many, The mighty hand of God was Physically Manifesting as bondage were broken, evil altars were set on fire and rains of Miracle Babies everywhere.

The Day 2 of the Conference will be more brutal as God Servant used the opportunity to invite people in Johanesbong and all its environs to make a date with Elohim on 4th December 2024, as God is ready to transform more lifes

Time is 5pm Daily at
VENUE: ALBERTON HELLENIC COMMUNITY CENTRE 11 PENZANCE ST. NEW REDRUTH, ALBERTON, JOHANNESBURG

 

The Limit Breaker South Africa: 3 days Prophetic conference begins with Mind Blowing Deliverance

...... The Spirit is Still helping Peoples - Dr Chris Okafor

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N94m scam: Suspected internet fraudsters shoot collaborator over sharing formula

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N94m scam: Suspected internet fraudsters shoot collaborator over sharing formula

 

Suspected internet fraudsters have allegedly shot a collaborator over a disagreement arising from the sharing of N94 million proceeds from an online scam.

The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Okhoro road in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.

The victim was said to have been driving in his Sport Utility Vehicle when the gunmen who drove in another vehicle accosted him.

A source on Tuesday said the gunmen ordered him out of his car and shot him at a close range.

 

The source described the victim as “Aza Man”, a code name by internet fraudsters for a person who provides bank account for receiving proceeds of Internet fraud.

According to the source, the Aza man ran into trouble after he reneged on agreement with other members of the syndicate on the sharing formula for the N94 million realised from a scam.

 

While the Aza man was promised a certain percentage of the amount upon the payment, he refused and instead retained the fund to himself.

 

“He refused to share with the group,” the source said.

Meanwhile, when contacted, SP Moses Yamu, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Edo on Tuesday confirmed the shooting.

He noted, however, that “investigation had commenced, with the aim of arresting the perpetrators.”

Yamu added that the victim was undergoing treatment at a medical facility in the state.

(NAN)

 

 

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