NERC: 112 NIGERIANS KILLED IN ELECTRICITY-RELATED INCIDENTS IN 2024.(PHOTO).

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 NERC: 112 Nigerians Killed in Electricity-Related Incidents in 2024 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reported 112 electricity-related deaths and 95 injuries in 2024, with wire snaps, unsafe conditions, and vandalism identified as major causes. Despite a slight 2.6% drop in fatalities compared to 2023, the report shows distribution companies (DisCos) remain the primary source of safety lapses, accounting for over 90% of casualties across all quarters. Ibadan, Eko, and Kaduna DisCos recorded the highest number of incidents, while NESCO and Yola DisCos maintained clean safety records in multiple quarters. The Commission said it has launched investigations and concluded three compensation settlements for victimsā€™ families, reaffirming its commitment to safety enforcement within the power sector.

17 OLD GIRL RAPED AND MURDERED IN SOUTH AFRICA,WHILE COMING BACK FROM EXTRA CLASSES.(PHOTO).


Palesa Malatji, a 17-year-old South African student has been brutally raped and murdered while coming back from extra classes in Gauteng where her school is located.
MEC for Education in Gauteng Matome Chiloane is due to pay a visit to the school and family of now-deceased Palesa Malatji. She was a matric student at Ntsako Secondary School in Soshanguve, Tshwane. The visit is scheduled to hold on Monday, May 29, 2023.The sad incident is said to have occurred on Thursday, May 25, 2023.According to Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona, the student left school in the afternoon after attending additional lessons and walked back home.She did not come home, and her family began looking for her at the school, but to no effect. Her corpse was, however, discovered sexually abused adjacent to Echibini Secondary School in Soshanguve on Friday, May 26, 2023.Matome Chiloane, MEC for Education, expressed that they are profoundly saddened by the incidence of this heinous act on one of their students.We wish to extend our sincerest condolences to the family and school community. We will be dispatching our Psycho-Social Support to the school and family. We call upon the police to urgently arrest the perpetrators of this unspeakable crime,ā€ he said.

 

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