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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chioma Onuegbu & Dennis Udoma U yo— TWO policemen and one civilian were confirmed dead in a road accident that involved Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, along Ikot Abasi-Uyo Road, yesterday morning. It was gathered that the two policemen, whose identities were not disclosed were attached to Ekere’s convoy. Vanguard gathered that the accident occurred when a tanker rammed into the convoy’s pilot vehicle . Confirming the incident in a statement yesterday, the Director, Corporate Affairs, NDDC, Mr. Toye Abosede, said: “The incident, along the Calabar-Itu Road, occurred when a trailer ran into the pilot vehicle carrying policemen attached to the NDDC Managing Director, who was on his way to Calabar to receive the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.” Many of the accident victims, who sustained serious injuries, were reportedly rushed to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. An Uyo resident, who spoke ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Denrele Animasaun “ We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly .” -Martin Luther King Jr. Terror once again, visited the UK shores, this time in the north of the country, in a city called Manchester. The messenger of doom was a young British-born Libyan. From the information shared with the public by the authorities, it seemed that he became radicalised over a period of time, worrying enough for his mother to show concerns and reported her son to the authorities so he has been on the authorities’ radar for some time. The carnage was devastatingly horrific; he blew himself up along with 22 people most of the dead were young people or parents who had come to pick up their young charge after concert ended and the injured numbered over 116. The music concerts was well attended with thousands and thousands of people who had come to enjoy the music and were about ...