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One dead as commercial bus collides with articulated lorry in Lagos

A commercial bus on Saturday collided with an articulated truck carrying a container, claiming the life of an unidentified male and causing multiple accidents around Pen Cinema, Agege area of Lagos State.
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General (DG), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the accident happened at the early hours of Saturday.
Oke-Osanyintolu said that two articulated trucks, a commercial bus and a car were recovered from the scene.
“The accident recorded a casualty that was taken to an unknown hospital before arrival of the agency’s responders.
“A fatality was also reported and the dead handed over to the State Environmental Monitoring Unit, SEHMU,
“Upon arrival of the agency’s officials at the scene at 03:00hrs this morning, it was observed that a commercial bus ran into a 40-feet container truck.
“This resulted in a multiple accident involving two 40-feet container trucks, one car and a commercial bus,” he said.
Oke-Osanyintolu said the driver of one of the trucks was rescued and taken to an unknown hospital by bystanders prior to the arrival of the first responders.
“The responders met one fatality, an unidentified male adult whose remains were taken away by SEHMU officials.
“All the affected vehicles have been recovered, towed off and handed over to Police Officers from Agege Police Station,” the director general said.
Oke-Osanyintolu added that further investigation is ongoing and the result will be revealed.
In a related development, LASEMA also recovered a burnt car at Falomo, area in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The situation report, according to LASEMA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Nosa Okunbor, said that the burnt car was causing obstruction along the axis.
“However, the swift response of the agency’s tow vehicle was engaged to evacuate the impediment off the road”.
“With the recovery came immediate relief to all road users, as normalcy was restored,” Okunbor said. (NAN)
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PANDEF Clarifies Visit To Tinubu, Knocks Wike Over Inflammatory Comments

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to retract his publicly disparaging remarks made recently against the socio-political body.
PANDEF described as regrerrable and embarrassing comments by Wike in the aftermath of the group’s visit to Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, even to the extent of insulting the late former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin.
Recall that the FCT minister had, on Thursday, during a media chat, described PANDEF as “the worst organisation anybody can rely on”, while also calling the board of trustee members of the body “political merchants”.
In a statement signed by PANDEF Chairman on Saturday in Abuja, Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali, urged President Tinubu as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent.
Igali clarified that the meeting with the president provided a valuable platform to discuss pressing issues of national and regional importance. Adding that “PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region.”
His words: ^To set the record straight, PANDEF the foremost socio-political body representing the South-South regions, composed of some of Nigeria’s most distinguished personalities. The delegation to Mr. President included chairpersons of at least four of the six SouthSouth states’ traditional councils, senior traditional rulers of major ethnic groups, former governors, past presiding officers of the Senate, prominent entrepreneurs, academics, and high-ranking retired military officers.
“It is, therefore, highly regrettable and totally unacceptable that a serving minister in the Federal Government would exhibit such brazen disrespect towards individuals of this standing. This attitude perhaps explains his continued refusal of the Minister to engage with the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which PANDEF constituted as far back as October 2024, despite repeated attempts to reach.
“The Honourable Minister (Wike) characterized PANDEF as the worst organization ever” and accused its members of visiting the Presidential Villa merely to solicit financial favors. These statements are not only false but also unbecoming of a public official of his stature.
“PANDEF hereby calls upon Mr. President, as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent Nigerians and traditional rulers who were, after all, esteemed guests of the Commander-in-Chief. It is apt to remind that the Minister does not own the Niger-Delta and his errant conduct should not be condoned.
“Notwithstanding this regrettable development, PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region,” Igali stated.
On efforts to restore peace in River State, Igali restated PANDEF’s commitment for peace in the oil-rich State.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which remains committed to resolving the Rivers State crisis,” Igali stated.
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