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SAD! Train crashes into family of six in Delta
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
A passenger train returning to Ujevwe Train Station, has reportedly crashed a family of six along its track, leaving them with various degree of injuries at Odijpata area of Orhuwhorun, Udu local government area of Delta State.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that the train driver crashed the vehicle carrying a man and his wife including their four children on Friday evening.
It was gathered that the Ill-fated vehicle driver had stopped at the train terminal in Odijpata waiting for the train to pass but unfortunately the train was said to have rammed the car and flinged it into a nearby ditch.
The husband and wife including their four children were said to have survived the fatal accident but were badly injured and rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
Witness said, “It happened on Friday here in Odijpata. The train driver almost killed the full family, a husband and wife and their four children were in the car heading towards the Odijpata railway area after the flyover when suddenly their vehicle was crashed and almost killed all occupants.
“There is a terminal there to barricade the road from vehicular movement but the terminal is not functioning, the community people used two caravan to block the front and the workers that are supposed to barricade the road are ghost workers, they don’t come to work
“So whenever a train is passing, any vehicle near the track is at risk. If the terminal was functional accident of these nature wouldn’t have occurred so easily because vehicles would be barricaded a distance from the train track but because the terminal is not functioning people stopped close to the track thus end up been crashed by the moving train unknowing to them that they are too close.
“The man and wife who had the recent accident were not on the track at all, they packed at where the road met the track waiting for the train to pass but unfortunately they got crushed badly and the train driver didn’t even bother to stop. If the vehicle was on the train track the train could have grounded it but it appears they stopped too close to the track.
“It was passerbys that rushed in and rescued the man and his wife and the kids. They were rushed to one hospital but no one can tell if they survived or are died now.
“The vehicle damaged beyond repair, the windscreen are scattered and it appears the occupants had a bag of bean and rice in the vehicle because the whole road littered with the items when the train flung the vehicle into the ditch”.
“Police and vigilante people who came after the accident stopped residents from taking pictures or making any video recordings”, the source said.
Meanwhile despite the severity of the train crash, the Delta State Police Command claimed no report of the incident was filed at the Ovwain police station, which covers the area.
When pressed further by our correspondent, noting that even minor car accidents are typically reported to the nearest police station, let alone a fatal train accident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, maintained his stance, simply stating “no report of such” without providing further clarification or explanation.
Kabiru Adamu Abdullahi, a long-time ally of Kwankwasiyya leader and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abdullahi, who previously swore on the Qur’an to affirm that Kwankwaso did not send Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to the APC earlier this year, announced his resignation from the NDC in a letter addressed to the party chairman of Kofar Ruwa Ward in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State.
He said his decision was prompted by frustration over what he described as “failed promises” within the NDC, adding that he would now support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid under the APC.
“I have been with Kwankwaso for 29 years but have only benefited from failed promises. I will go to where I will be respected more,” Abdullahi said.
In his resignation letter, he thanked the NDC for the opportunity to serve the party but announced his immediate resignation from its membership.
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Alleged Christian Genocide: Trump reviews U.S. designation of Nigeria as ‘country of particular concern’
Second Session of the U.S.-Nigeria Joint Working Group to Address Nigeria’s Country of Particular Concern Designation
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker hosted the second Joint Working Group (JWG) with a Nigerian delegation led by Nigerian National Security Advisor Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in Washington on August 12, 2026.
The engagement builds on progress made since the first session held in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2026.
Discussions centered on three priority areas: protecting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, holding perpetrators of violence accountable by strengthening judicial and security institutions, and military-to-military cooperation.
Under Secretary Hooker and the Nigerian delegation reviewed progress on internally displaced persons’ (IDP) resettlement to their ancestral homes, counterterrorism prosecutions, and combatting the financing of terrorism.
The JWG identified continuing challenges, including reports of civilian fatalities and gaps in humanitarian expenditure transparency. Discussions on military-to-military cooperation continue today at the Pentagon.
The United States noted Nigeria’s reported efforts to date, including the prosecution of hundreds of Boko Haram and Islamic State-West Africa (ISIS-WA) suspects, expansion of judicial capacity, and recruitment and training of 50,000 additional police officers. Both sides acknowledged that more work lies ahead, particularly with supporting IDPs.
The two sides also discussed continued cooperation on countering terrorism financing, biometric information sharing to support accountability measures, and law enforcement capacity building through the Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT).
Under Secretary Hooker separately met with NSA Ribadu to further advance bilateral priorities and reaffirm the United States’ commitment to working with Nigeria to protect Christian communities and to deepen joint security cooperation.
Fire has gutted one of the hostels at St Louis College, Jos, Plateau State, destroying furniture, mattresses and other valuables.
The fire reportedly broke out at the school, located after Standard Junction, Jos, at about 6pm on Thursday.
The incident occurred while the students were on holiday, averting possible casualties.
An eyewitness, Taiwo Olayinka, who spoke to our correspondent, said several properties were destroyed in the affected hostel.
He said, “An unfortunate fire gutted one of the hostels in the school. Thankfully, students are on holiday, but furniture, mattresses and other valuables are being consumed by the inferno.”
The cause of the fire was not immediately known as of the time of filing this report.
Olayinka, however, said security operatives, including men of the fire service, had been deployed to the school to put out the fire.
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