The Federal Road Safety Corps in Osun on Monday said a road accident has claimed one life on Osogbo-Gbogan road, due to speeding and non-adherence to the road traffic regulations.
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A fatal crash at the Tirwun suburb of Bauchi, about three kilometres to the state capital, has claimed the lives of 20 persons, who were burnt beyond recognition.
Our correspondent learnt that the crash involved two vehicles.
It was gathered that only two females survived without the accident out of the 22 passengers in the two vehicles.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the crash in a telephone interview with
PUNCH Metro.
He said the accident involved a Borno Express Mass Transit bus, which had a head-on collision with a Golf car.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it had made the presentation of a valid National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory for all
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Following directives by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami that all telecommunication service providers link all active Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards to National Identification Numbers (NIN) of the owners, the rush to enrol for these numbers began.
The penalty of not carrying out the directive was that the lines of active subscribers were going to be blocked. A 14-day ultimatum which was meant to elapse by December 31, 2020, was initially given.
Statistics showed that as of October 2020, the total number of mobile network connections was 207.58 million. With only 43 million of those being linked to valid NINs, it was estimated that 164 million telephone users would face disconnection.