PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES SON, SEYI, ON TURBANING AS DAN ZAKI GWANDU. (PHOTO).
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES SON, SEYI, ON TURBANING AS DAN ZAKI GWANDU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated his son, Mr Seyi Tinubu, on his turbaning as Dan Zaki Gwandu by His Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, the Emir of Gwandu, in Kebbi State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy) indicates that the traditional title, which translates to Son of the Lion of Gwandu, was conferred on Seyi Tinubu on Wednesday at the historic Abdullahi Fodiyo Palace in Birnin Kebbi. President Tinubu thanked the Emir and the Gwandu Emirate Council for the honour, which the traditional ruler described as the first of its kind in the Emirate's history. The President noted that the honour carries a responsibility that extends beyond personal recognition and reflects the enduring bonds of friendship, mutual respect and unity among Nigeria’s diverse peoples. He acknowledged Seyi’s efforts in youth en...
Yesterday saturday,a car and a 14 sitter bus clashed and 14 people were today sunday,confirmed dead by the Federal Road Safety Commission {FRSC}in the terrible crash that occurred at Amasiri Secondary School junction,along Afikpo Okigwe road in Ebonyi state.Mr Roland Ogbuke,Afikpo Unit Commander of FRSC,tld NAN that accident involved an articulated vehicle and a 14-seater bus.According to him,the bus was conveying members of the Assemblies of God Church,Is in Ohaoazara Local Government Area,who were returning from a burial.''We received a distress call on saturday and immediately mobilised my rescue officers to the scene of the incident.We are not sure of the cause of the accident,but an eye witness told us that the articulated vehicle was trying to dodge a heap of sand on the road and ended up hitting the oncoming vehicle.The impact of the hit by the articulated vehicle threw the bus to a tree some metres away from the road and squeezed it into some zero shape that mangled bodies of the occupants.We had to mobilise a nearby quarry company which used its heavy duty machine to cut the tree and the bus,in order to evacuate the mangled bodies of the passengers''.He added that the crushed passengers were mostly women,that their relatives and church members,who were in other vehicles,help FRSC officers in the evacuation process.''The police in particular,assisted the FRSC in evacuating the bodies to the Mater Misericordae Hospital,Afikpo''.
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