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12 Persons killed, 8 Injured In Osun Auto Crash

ADEOLA YUSUF

Twelve persons were killed in a road accident that occurred along Ife-Ibadan express road in Osun State at the weekend. According to Osun Command spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kehinde Adeleke, eight other persons were injured in the accident. An eye witness reported that the accident occurred on Sasa Bridge at Gbongan in the morning, involving two commercial buses and a truck. Twelve persons died on the spot while eight others sustained various degrees of injury. READ ALSO: Sudan Crisis: Intending Pilgrims To Pay Additional…

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Illegal Oil Refinery, Storage Site Uncovered in Lagos

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC has uncovered an illegal oil storage site used by vandals to refine Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, also known as diesel, in Lagos. Consequently, 19 suspected members of the syndicate ,among who was a female, were arrested. Eighty one (81) trucks used to convey the products to different parts of the South West region were recovered, including nine buses. In addition, 140 drums containing illegally refined AGO, 15 power generating sets ,12 pumping machines, 25 surface tanks N4 million cash kept in one of…

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