NIGERIA NEWS

JAMB CANDIDATES DIE IN AUTO CRASH

No fewer than nine candidates going to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations  were feared dead in an auto crash on the Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway.

The Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, said seven persons, including the driver died instantly while two others died later in hospital. The police did not identify the victims.

Mr Ogbonna said that the candidates were travelling in a Hiace bus with registration number Rivers XY 249 from Port Harcourt to Aba. Ogbonna said that the driver of the bus rammed into a truck with registration number Lagos XC 109 SLK, parked off the road.

He said that the accident occurred at Obeaku-Ihie in the Ugwunagbor Local Government Area of Abia at about 10.40 a.m.

Ogbonna said that the dead had been deposited at the mortuary while six survivors of the accident were in critical condition and receiving medical attention in a hospital Aba.

He said that the 15 seater-bus was conveying mainly people, going to sit for the JAMB examination, slated for 27 April.

According to him, the clue comes from the items recovered at the scene of the accident.

 

CONTROVERSY TRAIL 2FACE’S DONATION TO CHARITY

Following 2face’s decision to donate his traditional wedding cap and shoes with the inscription “2Baba” to charity,  his fans have been divided  over the action.

While some of his fans are wondering what the helpless children would stand to gain from  inheriting his cap and shoes, many others believe that 2face’s shoes and cap worth a million naira.

According to criticisms that have continue to trail the gesture, fans expected 2face to  put the items up for auctioning before donating the proceeds to charity.