₦airaland Forum

Lagosboy:
Well maybe the paper spinned it then cos on BBC it was reported he was about to be retired when he made the claim. All the same most of them have been greedy and guilty of financial profiting by deception and the ones that claimed for a non existent mortgage guilty of fraud.

The positive thing abt this country is there is accountability and these people genuinly feel the sense of shame. In the jungle we come from no single politican has been convicted of fraud or thieving since yaradua came in and it was only a few ribadu himself convicted.

you are tam dyell is actually retired

Retired Father of the House MP Tam Dyell is unrepentant that [size=18pt]he claimed £18K - and got £7.8K[/size] for three bookcases.

just imagine they publish the claims of our senators and reps.

what the bank managers alone claim in our society will make these guys claim a joke.

i wish there is a whistle blower in the senate, reps, govs, commissioners or the various house of assembly that can give us the claims of these people

KnowAll:
writing off startup cost to make an airport viable is an indication that it is not going to be viable. not to talk of that being cooking the books.

Writing off is part of good govenance and is practised in a lot of big business all over the world. You dont want to give a business to some to run by saying well we start with -$2million dollars now make me some money. What you do is write off the $2million dollars and tell the person you are starting with no debts make this airport profitable.

oga kmowall, i see you live in the UK. can you tell me why the govt still massively subsidise the British rail, london underground, royal mail just to name a few after applying your " write off the $2million dollars and tell the person you are starting with no debts make this airport profitable." policy for years?.

KnowAll:
a new stadium just got built for a team out here(its highly subsidized) i dont know the exact percentage but the tax payers bore the most of the burden. Guess what, they did not write that cost to tax payers off. the team had figured out how to bring in the revenue to help justify the huge subsidy even before they got approval. so you preaching write off to me is simply cooking the books in my opinion

There is noting like cooking the books in a country that requires all these development activities, when a country is putting certain infrastruture in place they are not thinking of viability they are thinking we need an airpot here they build it, we need a train station here they build it, we need a flyover here they build it. They might sell some of these infastrutures in later years just like Heathrow airport, British rail, British airways. When they sell it they will not say we are owing $25 million that debt is now yours they write it off and sell it off just to cut their losses.

what will nigeria benefit from all these write off you are recommending? why not create a mass transport system instead of creating transport for the few?

AjaraEwuro:
No, but try to be at least 1% objective.

what is your problem that these cars were not given or what?

redsun:
What do they really need the cars for?Are they in anyway connecting with rural people and projects in form of (better life for rural people)?a scam that was set by maryan babangiga that never really help anybody,even with all the enormous amount of money pumped into it.

Maryan,the wife of the evil dollard,IBB,who is one of the great plagues of nigeria,like OBJ,ibori,aneni and co

Nigeria as a concept is really a child's play,people just do what they like,no rules.It is like a mad setup,melancholy.

i read some where mrs IBB saying god willing IBB will rule her again not NGR.

Kobojunkie:
It seems you take a new ID ever so often so you can be taken seriously. Let me try this one .


Nigerians WANT development, but NOT STUPID development. Does that help? It is one thing to build a viable airport or NEEDED roads, and another to build non-viable airports, and roads that will be UNDER-UTILIZED. You can at least have a dictionary next to you when you read these articles so you better understand the story.

you are so funny

KnowAll:
Ok, comparing what government everywhere else in the world does with what is doen in Nigeria is a total bull crap, who is this person?


Tell that man to go and read the other thread about the withdrawal  of official cars to the wifes of LG chairmen, then may be he will understand Niaja politics. Even MPs in UK dont have Officail cars how much MPs wife.

mps in the uk dont have cars.  some junior ministers dont have cars.

how does an mp in the uk = council chairman in akpalakpa LG?

titusb:
Hello,

I am very need of a body that can help my church financially and materially.

Please can i get one.

www.cacloveofgracechapel.wetpaint.com

wait for NL anti christ they will show you the way.

do you ever look at thread dates before you write. naomi has calm down so you leave her alone. she is getting on with her life

AjaraEwuro:
but the cars have now been withdrawn. I see some people just argue to remain anti Nigerian.

must we all be pro nigerian evil too?

sodom becomes nigeria.
the devil sure wears prada.

tufiakua

Lord have mercy and some people on NL say mole and christians should have a go

Lagosboy:
What of the one that claimed 18K for a bookshelf , the one that claimed for a non existent mortgage and even produced a bankstatement with a DD to his savings account and termed it the payment for mortgage . That is simply fraud and i am sure he will be prosecuted for it and might be jailed for 1 month oor two months. Jakie smith claimed for second home and was living in her sisters house, hazel blairs also. There is no saint among them i wonder what they will claim if they were in Nigeria they might be on the same page with Ibori.

they didnt say he claimed £18,000. he asked to be permitted to buy a book shelf of that amount. he was the father of the house and so wanted to buy a solid book shelf for his parliamentary books. dont forget most of these books go back to libraries or other source for reference.

this is what you u get when yhen the godless are in power. i am grateful they are being outed

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it is sad nigeria has become like this.

luxoire:
you date because

- you can
[size=14pt][b]- you think you don't know the other person well enough [/size]
- you want a taste of who you may be about to comit your whole life to.
- you are not sure you can be in a marriage with someone you dont know and grow to love them - so you want to fall in love first
- you are not sure whether you feel strongly enough about the other person to comit to thenm fully
- you want to find out if there are any reasons / habits you may not be able to live with.[/b]

Marriage is a life time commitment and it is sacred - i think the earlier our generation start seeing it as this the better for society and all those children who suffer because of broken homes. If it means you date for while to 'be sure' then heck i say DATE - rather than take a vow before God and then break it later just because you find out after 5yrs - he is not the man yout hought he was and you can't change him!! date honestly and openly and it should be to both your benefits

God help us. someone tot at one time they knew hitler enough

landwin:
Ini Edo is still a slowpoke for marrying a divorcee,what makes her think he wouldn't divorce her someday/


Common sense

how can u justify calling her a slowpoke? you guys kill divorcees in your place?

OneNaija:
Because they are the only and only Zombie. tell am to go kil na one hand. zombie zom zom bie.

hausas are cleverer than you think

topup:
[color=#008855]I guess, it would be smart to ask so that you know what you're going into - however people lie!!

I personally don't know what the hell he wants to meet up for, and no I'm not scurrying over there. In fact I'm not even planning my schedule around it, he hasn't arranged a date, he only text to say he'll be in town soon and hopes he could see me.

The phone call which will explain more is still to come - if he goes through with it anyway.

Here's my opinion, if he calls, he calls, I'll be frank and listen so I can guess what the meeting's about (but never forget that people lie and can pretend to be genuine).

For all those people who think that for one second I could sleep with my ex. I don't have proof but the next best thing, I just KNOW that it will never happen, to go into details and explain how it just wouldn't is personal, so you either believe me or not.
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[color=#008855]Who's to say that the exs you met didn't hope to get laid either??
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[color=#008855]I don't think that my replies imply that, I think they imply that I'm being cautious & careful not to put myself into positions that could increase the likelihood of something that wouldn't happen (if I put myself in a different position) - happening.

e.g. what's the worst that could happen during a walk in the park?? (Hope I don't get kidnapped lol!!)

I'm also trying to get across the idea that I'm human, so I haven't seen this guy in a year, even though the relationship ended really messy and disasterously, I think I'm bound to miss him >>>after he leaves<<< (that's when he's gone, when I can't do anything physical with him) - in the moment when he's around I believe that I'll be fine, I'm impecable with self-control. I have never been in a compromising position that I wasn't able to get out of - to date.

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topup. answer to your name and the advice you would have given others being DONT GO. i would say DONT BOTHER GOING.

debosky:
Explain this 'writing off' thing. Why would I write off the cost of an airport?  

Even by your estimate, the airport personnel costs would be close to 600,000 a month. What about maintenance costs? What about radar maintenance and navigation aids? What about maintaining fire response crew? Baggage handling?

The airport has to either pay for itself through revenue generated, or lead to economic activity worth more than the cost of building the facility. If it doesn't do either of the above, it is a white elephant.

why maintain when you can let the things rot and write off replacement cost.

otokx:
their properties here in Nigeria should be seized by the government.

what of thier cheif mrs and otumba whatever. until we stop celebrating ill gotten wealth this is what we are going to continually see.

cos they are more interested in keeping nigeria one. dont ask me why.

oyb:
i could even understand to an extent, the building of unviable airports in Korea etal. i believe they are called 'pork barrel projects' to keep constituents happy with the employment uring the construction period . but in Nigeria, the only thing that will come out of the airport  is that govt officials via their proxy contractors executing the projects will get richer.

you must tailor your prorities according to your situation.

people haven't got their road networks in order, and they are focusing on air travlel.thats foolishness, even more so when you consider several other logistics PHCN, fuel supply etal. the other day i was at kano airport, and the generator did not come up until some 20 minutes before takeoff. plus - how many airlines are even going to bother setting up shop in these obscure areas in the first place?

in project management, before you contemplate embarking on  a project you must conduct a case study detailing the actual benefits/return on investment from the project. ti'm not talking about feasibility studies; with enough money, anything can be done. i'm talking about the best value for your money. most of thses townn are not even hubs/commericail; meccas/tourist destinations, so what exactly are the projected returns?

why you dey spoil people dream na?  the concept of creating jobs is  foreign to the onitsha is half naija economy brigade.

lets join them nominate our villages for aerodromes so we dont travel by dodgy roads no more.

o9999:
Y are some people talking so ignorantly in this JET age,

WHAT IS WRONG IN HAVING AIRPORTS IN EVERY WHERE IT WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS SERVE THE MULTITIDE LIVING THERE ?

Y dont yoU start by asking, y is the airport being built in ASaba, ? I DID EARLIER BUT DIDN'T GET ANSWERS
Basically, to serve the commercial community at onitsha/ nnewi.  WHY MUST A SMALL STATE LIKE DELTA SPEND ITS HARD CASH BUILDING AIRPORTS FOR HALF THE NATION ECONOMY ( ONITSHA)?
Anambra doesn't have the land space (or is caught up in the politics of luxurios bus owners fighting the airport)
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so y cant the Delta state Government benefit from their issues? WHAT ELSE HAVE THEY BENEFITED FROM SO FAR?

Are we allergic to GOOD things in Nigeria? NO
If you call airport white elephant projects, what makes the railways not one?

railways are mostly mass transit you wont catch your theiving politicians on a train

segyemaro:
According to the holy bible, everything in the bible must come to pass,the word of God cannot go unfulfil. This now kept me wondaring and took me to the book of Isaiah 4:1 that says "In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, We will eat our food and provide our own clothes, only let us be called by your name.Take away our disgrace.". After going through this very particular chapter i started to imagine how it would look like. Now on a personal note, do you think nigerian women would want to have a rival,not just a rival but 6 rivals wit her making 7 women in a house wit a man as his wives, cos even the muslim women are against rivalry not to talk of a christain woman. So do you think this can happen in nigeria??

the word you should be checking is in that day. are you in that day yet?

Isaiah 4 (The Message)

Isaiah 4
1 That will be the day when seven women will gang up on one man, saying, "We'll take care of ourselves,
get our own food and clothes.
Just give us a child. Make us pregnant
so we'll have something to live for!"

[size=18pt] it is a future day not today[/size]

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Footnotes:

1. Isaiah 4:1 Although more male babies are born than female babies, the number of marriageable men in the world is constantly decreasing. Over 57 percent of the enlisted men in World War I became casualties (according to The World Almanac), and the casualties in World War II have been estimated at 33 million. Not counting deaths in the armed forces, the ratio of deaths between males and females was (as of 1960) nine to seven. This had not been true in previous centuries. Isaiah here foresees a time when the ratio between marriageable men and women will be one to seven in Jerusalem.
2. Isaiah 4:3 The Chaldee Translation reads "eternal life."

sadly when the day comes, you will be busy fighting for your life than accepting 7 women.

Lagosboy:
Which projects are these and which ones did lots of people oppose. you could do us a favour by listing them.

we are all ears. waiting

Akpangbon:
They seem to have the wisdom, but anything or any project embark upon in Nigeria is not necessary in their mind, why is this so? Yet they be the first to shout, criticise and argue that there is no development in Nigeria. I live outside Nigeria but I am proud of every developmental project embark upon in terms of infrastructure, roads etc.

[size=18pt]care to name some of the every development project you are so much proud of.[/size]

Man, 35, commits suicide over wife‘s
By Agency Reporter
Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2009

A 35-year-old man, Mr. Sunday Udeh, has allegedly killed himself by drinking a substance suspected to be poison.

The deceased, who hailed from Ebonyi State and a resident of Ekugatai village in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, was said to have commited suicide in his room after he had accused his 28-year-old wife, Esther, of having extra-marital affairs in the neighbourhood.

The village head of Agbokim Obiri in Ekugatai clan, Ntufam Daniel Ekuri, while confirming the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday, described it as shocking.

It was gathered that Esther, who was a food hawker, usually returned home late in the night which led to the suspicion by her husband.

Ekuri disclosed that when the late Udeh summoned his wife before the chiefs’ council, investigations were conducted and she was given a clean bill of health. http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20090520050212

[size=18pt] Why we withdrew cars from LG bosses’ wives[/size] — Osun speaker
By Tunde Odesola, Osogbo
Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2009

The quest for accountability and probity in the utilisation of public resources was the reason the Osun State House of Assembly ordered the withdrawal of 30 brand new cars from the wives of local government chairmen in the state.

This was disclosed by the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Chief Adejare Bello, in a statement by the Press Secretary, Mr. Olumide Ajayi, on Tuesday in Osogbo.

The House on Monday gave a seven-day ultimatum to the wives of the chairmen to return the vehicles worth N105m.

At a plenary, the lawmakers ordered the transfer of the Brilliance brand of cars worth N3.5m each to the women development units of each of the 30 local government councils in the state.

Each of the cars has an official driver attached to it for the council chairmen’s wives.

The House last week said it was wrong of the women to have official cars and drivers without holding elective posts.

Each member of the House of Assembly has a Brilliance car as official vehicle and an official driver.

Bello, who presided over the plenary, maintained that the House would not lose focus of its oversight functions, which included ensuring judicial spending of money from public treasury.

The motion for the withdrawal of the vehicles was moved by Mr. Diran Ayanbeku, a member of Peoples Democratic Party, who represents Ife-South.

A member of the Action Congress, Mr. Adegboye Akintunde, who represents Osogbo, seconded the motion.

Directing that “Women Development Union” should be written on the vehicles, the House said the vehicles should be used by the WDUs in the local government councils.

The Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Osun State, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, who appeared before the House last week, affirmed that the vehicles were brought for the WDUs.

Igbalaye, who is the Chairman, Osogbo Local Government Council, absolved the ALGON of blame in the alleged conversion of the vehicles to personal use. http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20090520055170

Comments:


* The house of assembly is playing to galery. Direct that the cars be returned to the supplier and the money returned to government purse and be used for a specific developmental project. Guess who supplied the cars, Oyinlolas brother. Oyinlola your generation would never know peace. You are a man of violence.

Posted by: Oluyemi , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* What does "Report this comment" mean? Good question Bisi Aderemi UK

Posted by: Pastor Johnson Ade Odewale Boston USA , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Honourable Speaker, please tell us who and who will be the beneficiaries of these cars again or whose garages will these cars go?

Posted by: Bisi Aderemi (uk) , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Well done Chief Adejare Bello, you did the honourable thing by withdrawing this undeserved cars from the wives of the LG chairmen, (only in Nigeria, can such a altrocity be committed. But it should not end there, the person or persons who authorized the purchase of this vehicles, should also be held accountable, for slapping the faces of Osun indigenes in this way !!!!

Posted by: Oye Jaiyeola , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* THAT IS HOW TAX PAYERS MONEY ARE BN (MIS)USED BY PDP LEAD ADMINISTARTION.WHAT DO U EXPECT FROM OYINLOLA? A PRODIGAL PRINCE, COLLABORATING WITH SOME USELESS CHIEFS AND OBAS IN OSUN STATE. LET SOMEBODY TELL US WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THE TRACTORS THAT OYINLOLA BOUGHT AND CLAIMED TO USE IT FOR FARMERS IN THE STATE. WHERE ARE THOSE MACHINES NOW? HAS IT IMPROVE THE STAPLE FOOD PRODUCTION IN THE STATE? THESE PEOPLE HAS NOTING TO OFFER THAN OPPRESING AND INTIMADATING US. ALL OF U WILL NOT KNOW PEACE.

Posted by: SEGE , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Four thousand and two hundred (4,200) students of Osun State origin will benefit from this money at the rate of twenty five thousand naira( 25,000) per student as Bursary Awards

Posted by: Pastor Johnson Ade Odewale Boston USA , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* I blame that bastard called Oyinlola, an illiterate stupid "Governor" On what basis should LG chairmen's wife qualified to be given cars worth millions of tax payers money. They and their useless husbands the LG chairmen paid no tax and were never elected. Oyinlola should be impeached for reckless and useless spending of peoples money. Enough with these thieves,

Posted by: senikola James , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Basically, this is what goes on in all the 774(something) LGAs of 9ja, just that it takes different form. The LG chairmen just wait till the end of the month,collect allocation and share it among themselves. Those ones up north & N/D are even the worst. Do u blame them? When Turia 2 have her own assocation of w/afican wivies. Abeg them too bi 1st LG lady! They 2 are entitled to protocoal, security vote etc. To add salt to injury most of these women are stak illitrates,thats 9ija 4 u-anyhing goes

Posted by: mynija , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* VISIONLESS, AND NOTHING ELSE TO QUALIFY THEM. VISIONLESS IN THOUGHT, VISIONLESS IN MERCY, VISIONLESS IN MIN . . . VISIONLESS VISIONLESS VISIONLESS, VISIONLESS VISIONLESS IT IRRITATES TO HEAR SUCH CRAZY NEWS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RETURN THOSE CARS TO WD. WAT EVEN BECOME OF THEM. THEY SHOULD AUCTION THEM AND USE THE MONEY FOR MORE CONCRETE AND HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS.

Posted by: adedoyin ogunfeyimi , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* I pity the ordinary man in this country. Government is now seen as the shortest route to wealth in Nigeria, even a made ritualist can't stand shoulder to shoulder with the grass root politicians. But amazingly, if the idle young man on the streets tries his hands on petty fraud and cyber crime, he is usually used as a scape goat. 70 million are unemployed and ye this scarce resources are being wasted. Did I hear somebody say 'one day e go better'?

Posted by: Jason , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* OMG! Local govt chairmen wives get cars to go to toilets?! What are they doing for the state? Why are these ppl behaving like this? Many students from Osun never got #1000 bursary for a yr and some jobless wives are driving 3.5M car. On which roads are they driving the car sef? Their husbands shhould face impeachment for this stupid acts.

Posted by: Busuyi O , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* It's no man's money or national cake, take, give your wife, your kids and then every other poor Nigerian, to your tents! Can somebody tell that 105million Naira is not capable of giving 100 indigent students university scholarships or sinking borehole in 20 rural communities. Corruption, when shall you release our politicians from your ugly shackles? By the way, where are they driving the cars to since they have no offices? With a driver sef!Sigh! Fools lording over intelligent people,politics!

Posted by: Kingsley Ogbuji, TX, U.S.A , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* It is so sad to see how resources are being wasted in Nigeria. Despite their husbands having fleet of cars they bought with stolen 'National Cake', the wives are still given brand new cars, to go to toilets and market, with a driver attached! I think the so called demoncrazy is even more rubish than the dreaded military rule. When will resources be channeled for the good of common man in Nigeria? What a country full of visionless leaders!

Posted by: mark jones , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Busy_body:
I am with Aisha2 on this one.

I generally would not advise spouses to be sneaky behind each other, but because of the history between you and your husband, getting a property in Nigeria should be put on the backburner for now, so I would strongly advise you to;


1) Open a bank account in Nigeria ^{preferably one with access to online facilities so that you can check your balance at work},

2) Start increasing the money you send home to your parent and tell them to pay some of this money into your account, ^{some families are one kain with money} so kinda threaten them that if they do not pay in the money, they should not expect anymore from you.


Implementing this advise would mean that your husband would not be able to carry out his threat of seizing your salary.

And on behalf of Nairaland, I would like to say our thoughts are with you and hope you and your husband would be able to resolve your issues and wish you many happy married years ahead

why are nigerian relationships almost like pressure cookers? i dont know how much this lady has and how long it will take her to build the house but i find the idea of the idea of marriage of convinience we enjoy or do i say endure very sad.
i always wonder why some nigerian husband and wife have 2 different phone lines in one flat. where is the power of unity, trust and team building in our families? God help us. the older generations couldnt build us a good society modern man is making it worse. no society is stronger than its families. God help us.

Akpangbon:
It is so easy to write without backing up with enough convincing reasons.

some of you are always in denial.  talk is so cheap.  until you are able to get safer roads dont come telling me every village deserve an air port. in your nigeria this is common news.

[size=18pt]Edo: 50 accident victims get mass burial[/size]
By Fidelis Soriwei, Benin
Published: Saturday, 16 May 2009

The university town of Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area was thrown into tears, wailing and agony, as another fatal road accident claimed not less than 50 people in the early hours of Friday.

The deceased who were given a mass burial in Benin on Friday evening, were in an EKESON Limited luxury bus on their way to Onitsha when the bus rammed into a stationery tanker loaded with diesel between Ekpoma and Irrua in Edo State.

According to an eyewitness account, the impact of the crash made the tanker to catch fire, burst into flames, the fire engulfed the bus, leading to the death of virtually all the passengers except five.

The accident occurred barely two weeks after 14 market women were killed in an accident which happened at the Ewu area of the same Benin-Auchi Road.

The Zonal Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission in Benin, Alhaji Zakari Nda, who confirmed the gory incident to our correspondent on Friday, said it was difficult for him to confirm the exact number of people killed in the accident as the vehicle was still burning.

[size=18pt]Nine die, 20 injured in Benin-Sagamu road auto crash[/size]
By Femi Makinde and Tunde Odesola
Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Nine people on Monday night died while about 20 persons were injured in an accident which occurred on Benin-Sagamu Expressway.

Our correspondent gathered that the truck, with registration number XA 589 JAL, ran into one of the numerous failed portions on the road.

The driver, it was gathered, lost control in the process and the truck somersaulted several times before veering into the bush.

It was learnt that the truck involved in the accident, which happened in the Ondo State area of the highway, was laden with locally brewed gin (ogogoro).

The truck, which took off from a riverine community in Ondo State, apart from conveying drums of ogogoro, was also carrying some passengers heading for Lagos.

An Ore-based driver, who claimed to be part of a rescue team which combed the bush for victims, told our correspondent on the telephone that the accident caused a serious traffic snarl as the road was littered with drums of ogogoro and personal belongings of the victims.

He said, ” The accident was serious so many people died in it and those who were injured had been taken to hospital for treatment.”

Many of the victims were said to be passengers who sat on top of the drums of the local gin

The Divisional Police Officer in Ore, Mr. Abu Olanipekun, who confirmed the accident, said that eight bodies were retrieved from the scene of the accident.

He said that the 20 injured persons were also taken to hospitals in Ore for treatment.

Olanipekun said that casualty figure was high in the accident because the truck was overloaded with passengers apart from the drums.

He added that most of those who sat on top of the drums were thrown overboard as the truck somersaulted.

Meanwhile, a housewife, Mrs. Ranti Abiona, narrowly escaped death when her Toyota car was crushed by a train in Ola-Iya area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday.

Abiona, a former staff of United Bank for Africa, Osogbo branch, who spoke with our correspondent on Tuesday, said she passed out when her vehicle was crushed by the train.

According to her, there was no railway official to alert passersby and commuters about the approach of the train at the Ola-Iya intersection when the accident occurred.

She said, ”I was rushed to the hospital by some Good Samaritans. I do not know what would have happened to my daughter if she was in the car with me because the train hit the car from the front passenger side.”

The Ola-Iya intersection has become a deathtrap for members of the public who are always oblivious of the approach of trains as there is no official of the Nigeria Railway Corporation to alert the people.

There are no reflective lights and gates to stop the people and vehicles from crossing the intersection when a train approaches.

About six persons have been injured by oncoming trains at the intersection since the beginning of the year.

An Osogbo magistrate‘s court, two years ago, ordered the NRC to deploy an official in the intersection to alert passersby and vehicles to oncoming trains.

A victim, who narrowly escaped being crushed in his Mercedes Benz car by a train, Mr. Tunde Mudashiru, had told the court that there was nothing to herald the approach of a train.

Mudashiru, an employee of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, told the court, presided over by Mr Jide Falola, that the train dragged him in his car along the track for more than 1, 000 metres.  http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200905134513418

$osisi:
In 2006 when I joined this forum there was a thread on the militants in the niger delta that had kidnapped  foreign oil workers and some people were "hailing them".I told them that sooner or later these idiots would run out of white people to kidnap and start kidnapping their own people little did I know that just 2 years later kidnapping would be a profession in Nigeria spanning all the corners of the country such that innocent citizens including grandmothers live in fear of being kidnapped.
Na only God.

go benin and see fear. what we have turned ourselves into is unbelievable. you are not even safe in church now.

i wonder why people who cannot manage travel by road are calling for more air traffic. forget the white elephants and pigs now. can nigeria manage higher air traffic or we want to seee more accident like we see on our roads?

phemmy008:
hello guys, pls i have problem with my facebook, i could not log in or sign up and i don't know what the problem is, pls help on what to do.

how was life without facebook?