Day: October 12, 2020

Scores burnt to death in Osun fuel tanker multiple accidents, explosion + PHOTOS

Okanlawon Adisa

Scores of persons have been reportedly burnt to death in an accident involving a truck carrying diesel along Illesha-Akure at Igbelajewa Village in Osun State. It was gathered that the truck driver lost control and spilled its content on the road which resulted in a fire outbreak. The incident happened on Monday afternoon killing unknown number of persons. No fewer than seven vehicles including an 18-seater commercial bus with passengers were reportedly gutted by the inferno. “A lot of the corpses of those who lost their lives in this unfortunate…

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Chinese City To Test 9m For COVID-19 In Five Days

Aoko Benjamin

  The Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for Covid-19 over a period of five days. It comes after a dozen cases were confirmed linked to a local hospital which treats imported patients, reports Sky News. China had in May tested the entire city of Wuhan – a population of 11 million and the epicentre of the global outbreak. The country has largely brought the virus under control. That’s in stark contrast to other parts of the world where there are still high…

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