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...

ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER OF NIGERIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION GIVES SOLUDO 72 HOURS ULTIMATUM TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF ABDUCTED DOCTOR IN ANAMBRA, THREATEN TO GO ON STRIKE.(PHOTO).


 Anambra state chapter of Nigeria Medical Association gives Soludo 72 hours ultimatum to secure the release of abducted doctor in Anambra, threaten to go on strike.


The Nigeria Medical Association, Anambra branch, has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies to secure the freedom of their colleague, Dr Tochukwu Mbanugo, who was abducted on October 30.


The NMA made the call in a communiqué signed by Dr Princeston Okam and Dr Obiaeli Ifeanyi, Chairman and Secretary, respectively, at the end of an Emergency General Meeting held on Saturday.


The NMA said Mbanugo, a Consultant Neurosurgeon with the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, was kidnapped in front of his hospital at Uruagu, Nnewi, in the evening of October 30.


The NMA said the kidnappers had not established communication with Mbanugo’s family, relatives, friends or colleagues as of the meeting time, urging the government and security agencies to rise to this challenge immediately.


“A 72-hour ultimatum is hereby given to the Anambra government to secure the immediate release of our colleague,"Dr Tochukwu Mbanugo.


“If at the expiration of the above timeline and our member’s release is not secured, all the doctors in Anambra State under the aegis of NMA, Anambra, will down tools until our member is released.


“An emergency meeting will be convened within the next 72 hours to review the progress made so far,” it said.


The NMA said relevant government agencies had been duly informed and assured that doctors would continue to deliver quality healthcare services to Anambra people despite the prevailing challenges.

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