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Painful:- 300-Level UNIBEN Student Dies After Urinating Blood (Photo) It is a sad moment for the family members of a student who died after urinating blood in UNIBEN. The late student A 300-level Entrepreneurship student of the Department of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Austin Okafor has died reportedly as a result of the lackadaisical attitude of the school management. According to reports, Okafor had gone to the Health Centre on October, 2, 2018, for medical attention and was referred to the Uniben Teaching Hospital, on Wednesday morning, after he started urinating blood. It was gathered that despite the emergency situation, the ambulance conveying him with no life support facilities, was still made to stop at the Student Affairs Division to obtain a clearance permit before he could be treated at UBTH. However, after about a 35-minute delay in getting him to UBTH, Okafor died while doctors were struggling to resuscitate him at the Accident &

320 people injures  at Train collision in South Africa Web.photo About  320 people were injured when packed train travelling from South Africa’s business hub Johannesburg to Pretoria crashed into the back of a stationary train,  Metrorail  authorities said on Friday. The collision, which occurred at 5:50 p.m. (1530 GMT) on Thursday during peak rush hour travel, left 32 passengers with serious but not critical injuries. “The injured commuters were taken for medical attention at various hospitals,”  Metrorail  said in a statement. “A board of enquiry will be instituted soon to determine the root cause of the accident.” In January, a similar train accident on the outskirts of Johannesburg injured 200 people. South Africa has the continent’s largest railway network but it has been plagued by mismanagement and under-investment that has seen train use dwindle. It is the cheapest form of public transportation. In a report, the government’s Rail Safety Regulat

Bus collision, 13 killed Web.photo Thirteen people has died and two were injured when two buses collided Friday on a highway northwest of Moscow, regional authorities said. The accident happened when a mini-bus veered out of its lane into oncoming traffic and hit a bigger bus outside the city of Tver, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, Vadim Levshin, told  AFP . All of the 13 dead were passengers of the smaller bus. Two other people were hospitalised, Levshin said. Russia is notorious for deadly road accidents due to disregard for traffic rules, although the situation has somewhat improved over the past few years. More than 19,000 people died in traffic accidents in Russia last year, according to official statistics.

 Traditional Wedding Of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Daughter To Her Ghanaian Fiance (Photos) Sharon and her husband, Frimpong  Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Daughter Sharon Oyakhilome got married to her Ghanaian finance, Phillip Frimpong traditionally      Members of Christ Embassy, including popular singer Sinach, at the lavish affair which held yesterday. Other important personalities graced the occasion.    

  Debtor Governors to Sanction  Minister Of Finance, Zainab Ahmed According to Punch Metro Reports Abed  Chidi Onyeyiri,Owerri, Imo State, +2348035428:  This is a clarion call to the Federal Government to ensure that strict sanctions are applied to state governors who are owing workers’ salaries and/or pension gratuities. Since a worker deserves his wages, it baffles many Nigerians why state governors upon receipt of their monthly federal allocation will still refuse to pay salaries. The worst hit state is Imo, where the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, is owing six months salaries and over 60 months of pension gratuities to retirees. We laud a proposal made recently by the Federal Ministry of Finance to block access of erring governors from accessing remaining USD $2.69bn Paris Club refund.

In Plateau Herdsmen kill 19 at midnight attack According to report from Punch Metro, About 19 persons, including a family of seven,  have been confirmed dead after gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen launched an attack on Ariri community in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Eyewitnesses said four others were seriously injured after the attack which took place on Wednesday night in the community. Among the victims of the attack which took place at about 11:30 pm include toddlers, women, young children and local farmers. The latest attack, which threw the community into another panic, came amid condemnation of the alleged militarisation and presence of fake soldiers in the Jos metropolis. Those who died include James Chochu (60), Wah Danladi (35), Alaska Danladi (2), Washi Danladi (7), Abigail Danladi (30), Talatu Danladi (8), Mali Wah (35), Gado Danladi (7), Bulus Danladi (12), Ahmadu Mali (70) and Monday Kura (10). Others are Lami Monday (