DRONES HIT EAST CONGO'S BIGGEST CITY, KILLING FRENCH AID WORKER, REBELS AND UN SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Drones hit east Congo's biggest city, killing French aid worker, rebels and UN say Drone strikes hit Goma in east Congo ​on Wednesday, killing at least three people including a French aid worker, the ‌first such attack in the city since AFC/M23 rebels seized it last year, according to the group and the U.N. The AFC/M23 blamed the attack on the Congolese army, saying in a post on X that Kinshasa ​had launched drones against a densely populated urban area in the lakeside city. A senior official for U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters ​that one of its employees, a French national, was killed. French President Emmanuel Macron and Hadja Lahbib, ​European Commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, condemned the attack in posts on X, calling for respect for international humanitarian law and saying aid workers must never be targeted. A Reuters ​journalist in Goma reported hearing two loud explosions at around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT). The blasts shook windows and ...

TOKUNBO OR SECOND HAND TYRES,ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 10% OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN NIGERIA.-FRSC.

                               The Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Policy,Research and Statistic,Dt Kayode Olagunju disclosed this on saturday in Ado Ekiti.Olagunjunspoke at a nationwide national awareness campaign organised by the corps for frivers,vulcanisers as well as tyre dealers and other stakeholders.He stated that the accidents which were usually caused by either ''Tokunbo'' or ''second hand'' tyres,accounted for more than 10 per cent of road accidents in the country.Olagunju expressed regrets that most Nigerians still preferred to go for used tyres in spite huge campaign and mobilisation mounted against such practice by the corps.He warned that his men patrolling the highways would henceforth not take it easy with recalcitrant drivers and vehicle owners caught with expired tyres.Olagunju said that the same treatment would be meted out  to government drivers as well as those regarded as ''untouchable'' on the society.According to him,the commission will intensify efforts in its collaboration with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria,{SON} to raid outlets and consequent destruction of killer tyres.''Only the lucky ones are arrested by road marshals,but only the unlucky ones are arrested by the road accidents''.One more photo below.                                                       

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