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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Abeokuta – Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday escaped death in an auto accident at the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Juwon Soyinka, said in a statement that the incident happened when a bullion van belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ran into Amosun’s convoy in the area. He said: “The incident which occurred around Ibafo while the governor was travelling to Lagos for an official assignment, resulted in damage to the escort vehicles in the governor’s convoy. “The CBN convoy drivers, driving dangerously, attempted to overtake the governor’s convoy without regard for the safety of other road users. “On sensing danger, the governor’s escort commander used a public address system mounted on his vehicle to warn the CBN convoy drivers to desist from such reckless driving. “Not only was the governor’s escort commander ignored, the CBN convoy drivers went ahead to crush his vehicle and ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Abuja -The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has said that the opposition created a faction within ranks to undermine the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The council said this in a statement signed by Mr Gambo Jagindi, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to NYCN President Murtala Garba. Jagindi said the opposition is using youths as a tool of destabilisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He disassociated the Garba-led council from a faction of the NYCN circulating posters for a planned election. The spokesman alleged that those circulating the posters of a purported election to form a parallel NYCN had no mandate to do so as the council already had a leadership in place headed by Garba. He said that the current leadership of the council came into power following the unity congress that was held between Aug. 25 and 27, 2016, in Abuja. He described those trying to create disunity among Nigerian youths as enemies of d...

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