VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).
VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been vandalized.
Yesterday yuesday,a new system of match observers monitoring incidents of racism and discrimination at 2018 World Cup qualifiers was announced by FIFA.The system will be co-ordinated bt world soccer's ruling body and implemented in co-operation with the European anti-discrimination organisation FARE.Any incidents of discrimination or racism will be reported to FIFA which has pledged to impose disciplinary sanctions on any countries involved.The implementation of the new system is particularly apt as racism is life in soccer in Russia,hosts of the 2018 world cup.More than 200 incidents were committed by Russian fans between 2012 and 2014 according to a recent report by the Sova center,a Moscow based racism monitory group.Last month FIFA President Sepp Blatter said ''A lot of work needs to be done to wife the scourge of racism and discrimination from Russian Soccer and the game in general.FIFA and European soccer governing body UEFA have often imposed relatively small punishments when incidents have occured in the past.
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