S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

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 Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...

SWAN CONGRATULATES NAIJA RATELS AFTER THEY QUALIFIED FOR 2022 NWFL .(PHOTO ).


The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter has congratulated Naija Ratels, after they braced the odds and qualified for 2022 Super six of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), describing them as the towering and only elite women football club in the nation's capital city.

Naija Ratels, privately-owned club for the first time soared into the country's apex women League after crossing the second tier huddles in 2021, a feat many stakeholders hailed as unprecedented.

In a congratulatory statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, Chairman of SWAN FCT, Mr. Ndubueze Chidoka said the continued victorious attainment of Naija Ratels was a sign of glorious and greater exploits ahead.

"On behalf of the entire Sports Writers particularly within the FCT, I congratulate Naija Ratels for blazing the trail again. NWFL has become very competitive in recent times.

"For Naija Ratels to make it to the top Nigeria's Women's League for the first time ever, yet qualified to play the Super 6, after emerging among the best, the management, officials and players of the club are worthy of commendation.

"We want to mostly commend the founder and financier of the club, Barr. Paul Edeh, for his rare vision and unequalled commitment which has seen team rise and rise. 

"The passion he has for women empowerment is unique. He has been using his hard-earned money to finance this club with over 30 players in a very professional manner, worthy of emulation, without bordering what he gets in return.

"Infact, Abuja fans have started developing interest in the women football Courtesy of top flight football display by Naija Ratels Football Club.

"On our part, we will continue to support the club to achieve more by using our various media outfits to publicize the things they are doing. We also use this medium to beckon on many individuals and corporate organisations to support Naija Ratels because such gesture will help take girls off the street," he said.

The statement also signed by the Secretary, SWAN FCT, Ikenna Okonkwo, noted that the NWFL Super six tournament will be staged later this year in a yet to be announced venue.


 

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