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A Boat conveying over 80 passengers capised in karim lamido midway through the benue River on saturday evening. A source in the area jessy Danladi, told channels Television that a few minutes after the incident, three bodies were recovered by fisherman in the area. someweeks ago, about conveying more than 40 passengers from niger to kebbi state also capized.last month, 26 people 19 others died in a similar accident in Adamawa state.

The federal government has begun designing the 1,000-kilometer Sokoto-Badagry highway, following President Bola Tinubu's directive. The project will cover the old African trade route of Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos States, connecting to Badagry in Lagos. The government has committed to completing the Abuja-Kaduna-Katsina-Kano federal highway within record time. The project will be started in three sections, with the first section completed by Dangote Group of Companies on Tax Credit, the next 82 kilometers by Julius Berger, and the last 20 kilometers by BUA. The governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, commended the President's initiative to construct the Lagos-Calabar road and the Sokoto-Badagry road, stating that the projects would enhance the country's socio-economic potential.

Nine people, including a bride-to-be, died in a boat mishap in Shagari River at Gidan Magana, Sokoto State. The victims were mostly children between nine and 17 years old, but six of the passengers were rescued alive. The village head of Gidan Magana, Malam Muhammadu Auwal, prayed for their souls to be granted Jannatul Firdaus.

Nine people, including a bride-to-be, died in a boat mishap in Shagari River at Gidan Magana, Sokoto State. The victims were mostly children between nine and 17 years old, but six of the passengers were rescued alive. The village head of Gidan Magana, Malam Muhammadu Auwal, prayed for their souls to be granted Jannatul Firdaus.

On Wednesday night, an accident involving the motorcade of the former president Goodluck Jonathan resulted in the deaths of two aides. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ikechukwu Eze, released a statement in which he said, "Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed deep sadness over the unfortunate tragic death of two police officers attached to him, in a road crash today at the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport."Dr. Jonathan observed with grief that Inspectors Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu Toma, who had passed away, were honourable men and women who were committed to carrying out their jobs and serving the country. In the collision, which featured a car carrying the security guys, two other officers also suffered injuries.They were taken by ambulance to an Abuja hospital, where they are responding to care. The former President's office sent condolences to the dead families and the Police High Command.

The Lagos State Government has introduced a daily consolidated informal transport sector levy of N800 for commercial transporters, besides union dues of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The levy takes care of dues previously accruing to councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the state, as well as revenue for Lagos Waste Management Authority (LASWA), Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) and Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS). Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, cautioned transporters against paying any other levy, expressing hope that the initiative would ease burdens in terms of amount and mode of payment.

Magboro residents in Ogun State are frustrated by the poor condition of the road linking various communities to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Chairman of the Accord/Charity Community Development Association in Makogi, Pastor Kehinde Solomon, has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to repair the roads. The road's deplorable state has caused hardship for commuters and has led to some commercial motorcyclists avoiding the area during rainy periods.

Flood caused by a heavy downpour has washed away part of the major road between Bauchi and Gombe State in Kirfi local government area, thereby cutting off the north-East sub region from other parts of the country. THISDAY checks revealed that the heavy downpour on  Sunday morning, caused flooding on a portion of the Bauchi-Gombe road and washed away the bridge at Kaljanga village in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi State, thereby cutting the zone from other parts of the country.  The development has left many travellers stranded on both sides of the highway as some of them had to make a detour to alternate and longer routes to access their destinations. Inspecting the level of damage, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed expressed worry that the situation would affect commercial activities in region. Mohammed, therefore called on the federal government to look into the problem by providing immediate solution for commuters passing through Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba States. He also called on the federal government to review the rehabilitation of the Bauchi road project that was awarded in 2018.

Flood caused by a heavy downpour has washed away part of the major road between Bauchi and Gombe State in Kirfi local government area, thereby cutting off the north-East sub region from other parts of the country. THISDAY checks revealed that the heavy downpour on  Sunday morning, caused flooding on a portion of the Bauchi-Gombe road and washed away the bridge at Kaljanga village in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi State, thereby cutting the zone from other parts of the country.  The development has left many travellers stranded on both sides of the highway as some of them had to make a detour to alternate and longer routes to access their destinations. Inspecting the level of damage, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed expressed worry that the situation would affect commercial activities in region. Mohammed, therefore called on the federal government to look into the problem by providing immediate solution for commuters passing through Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba States. He also called on the federal government to review the rehabilitation of the Bauchi road project that was awarded in 2018.

Flood caused by a heavy downpour has washed away part of the major road between Bauchi and Gombe State in Kirfi local government area, thereby cutting off the north-East sub region from other parts of the country. THISDAY checks revealed that the heavy downpour on  Sunday morning, caused flooding on a portion of the Bauchi-Gombe road and washed away the bridge at Kaljanga village in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi State, thereby cutting the zone from other parts of the country.  The development has left many travellers stranded on both sides of the highway as some of them had to make a detour to alternate and longer routes to access their destinations. Inspecting the level of damage, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed expressed worry that the situation would affect commercial activities in region. Mohammed, therefore called on the federal government to look into the problem by providing immediate solution for commuters passing through Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba States. He also called on the federal government to review the rehabilitation of the Bauchi road project that was awarded in 2018.

Flood caused by a heavy downpour has washed away part of the major road between Bauchi and Gombe State in Kirfi local government area, thereby cutting off the north-East sub region from other parts of the country. THISDAY checks revealed that the heavy downpour on  Sunday morning, caused flooding on a portion of the Bauchi-Gombe road and washed away the bridge at Kaljanga village in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi State, thereby cutting the zone from other parts of the country.  The development has left many travellers stranded on both sides of the highway as some of them had to make a detour to alternate and longer routes to access their destinations. Inspecting the level of damage, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed expressed worry that the situation would affect commercial activities in region. Mohammed, therefore called on the federal government to look into the problem by providing immediate solution for commuters passing through Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba States. He also called on the federal government to review the rehabilitation of the Bauchi road project that was awarded in 2018.

 

The presidency has given further clarification on the bad weather which forced the cancellation of the visit to Zamfara State on Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari in spite of the interest generated nationwide on the planned visit. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement said as briefly explained by the president in a special broadcast to the people of the state, the sudden deterioration of the weather was the 'sole and only reason for the cancellation of the visit.'' According to him, ''It is not unusual for flights to get cancelled when there is bad weather, whether this is arising from wind or rainstorm, fog or haze as we had it on thursday over much of the northerns towns including Gusau, capital of Zamfara state. many of these cities are known to suffer from low visibility during the harmattan season as we are now in.'' Garba Shehu said, 'A kilometre of visibility is usually a standard landing minimum requirement but in the case of Gusau on the day in question, this minimum requirement but in the case of Gusau on the day in question, of 1,000 meter was down, flunctuating between 300-400 meters. Clearly, this was unsafe in the absence of precise instrument approaches that provide guidance for the pilots. The flights into Gusau were, in view of this, cancelled. ''criticism of the president, in particular the one by the opposition peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for not proceeding with the journey, Sokoto-Gusau by road, a distance of about 200 kilometres shows, either a lack of understanding of presidential movements especially for a party that held that office for sixteen years, or an act that smacks of mischief.''