Nigerian Singer, Innocent Udeme Udofot, better known as MC Galaxy has just made delivery of a brand new whip, a Mercedes AMG GLE 63S.
If there was an awards show for celebrities who blow money fast, MC Galaxy will probably cup one for his latest show of wealth and affluence.
Recall the singer also showed his benevolent side as he splashed cash prizes on some ex-housemates of BBNaija 2019.
MC Galaxy could also be heard saying that it was his third purchase of a Mercedes Benz in one month. This would be mean that singer has splashed several millions on the cars and is not looking to slow down anytime soon.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday October 14, stated that government can’t provide adequate healthcare for all Nigerians.
Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented at the national health dialogue organised by Premium Times in Abuja by his Chief Physician Nicolas Audiferren, said the best option for the nation will be an effective national health insurance scheme.
“It has become obvious that the government, both at the state and federal levels, cannot adequately provide health care services. That’s the simple truth.”
“Our view is that an effective national health insurance scheme remains the best option for the development of our sector and for efficient health care services in this country.”
Also listing some achievements of the Buhari-led administration in the health sector, Osinbajo added that the present government is dedicated to attaining universal health coverage (UHC) for all Nigerians.
“We were able to allocate 1% of the consolidated revenue fund towards the funding of key health initiative in compliance with National Health act.
“Last year we also launched the patients’ bill of right, initiated renovations and improve funding for primary health care institutions. We have been able to eradicate polio” he said.
Hate her or love her, Tacha of the Big Brother Naija fame increased the ratings of the reality show before she was disqualified.
The 23-year old came to the show with so much confident and she was unapologetic about her shortcomings.
She just dropped some professional pictures of herself and even her haters have been having second thoughts about her. Wearing a yellow outfit, Tacha didn’t fail to perfect her looks with a bright smile.
Tacha will be coming out big this week as she undertakes her media rounds to address issues that took place in the reality show.
She is presently being managed by Teebillz, the ex-husband of singer, Tiwa Savage who has promised to make her ‘one of the biggest brands in the world’.
Top Nigerian singer, Davido has just deposited One Hundred Thousand dollars (approximately 36 million naira) in cash just to get the famous 30BG luxury rings and jewelries for his gang members.
The likes of his manager, Asa Asika, his hypeman, Special Spesh, DJ Ecool and a few more would be getting the ring in a couple of weeks.
See screenshots below,
In other news, the singer’s colleague Zlatan Ibile got to meet with his billionaire father recently and the ecstatic rapper took to social media to gush over the meeting.
The Zanku crooner shared the photo with the caption,
‘once a gutter BOY !! Now rolling with omo baba olowo and baba olowo himself. Priceless moment’.
A Facebook user has given the horrific narrative of how she was allegedly held hostage, beaten, and raped by her childhood friend who she went to visit in Ghana after he promised to teach her Forex trading.
Clement Vanessa Ogechi said she knew Emusi Clinton from secondary school, where she was the head girl.
They graduated in 2014 and lost contact until they recently reconnected on Facebook.
Ogechi revealed that Clinton told her he is into Forex trading and promised to teach her how to make money by being a Forex trader if she could visit him in Ghana where he is now based.
She said before she left Abuja for Ghana earlier this month, she made him promise he will not ask for sex or anything other than the business that took her to Ghana and he promised.
According to Ogechi, on getting there on October 7, 2019, she found out he’s into online fraud and runs a house where young boys are made to work from morning till night on their laptops with the aim of defrauding innocent people online.
She said he told her that she must work to get him a client before he will give her transport fare to return to Nigeria.
He allegedly locked her in the house and only let her sleep from 12 midnight till 4am, after which she’ll wake up and start working on a laptop.
She also accused him of beating her and raping her twice. She showed photos of her injuries.
She said she eventually escaped early in the morning, on October 11, while everyone was still asleep, and she ran to a police station in Ghana. According to Ogechi, Clinton and his accomplices were eventually arrested and she was able to return to Abuja on Sunday, October 13, at about 3 pm.
She said she’s sharing her story to warn young girls about being too trusting.
Read Vanessa’s story below as she shared on Facebook,
I said I was gonna share a tragic story with you guys yesterday. Well, here it is.
I used to know a guy named EMUSI CLINTON, who now goes by the name ‘Successful OG’ We were classmates in secondary school from 2011-2014. Although we weren’t friends, but he was friends with my friends. Then From 2013/2014, I was made the head girl of the school. People like Mimi Jacobs Joy Stanley and Okwuwe Onyinye can attest to this. So because of this reason, he started talking to me more often. We spent most of our Teenage years in Agbor, Delta state where I grew up. We never dated, never had any sexual activity of any sort. Just a Hello hello kind of friends. After graduation, everybody went their separate ways…
So a few months ago, he reconnected with me on Facebook. I couldn’t even recognize him again until I went through his old photos. We exchanged pleasantries. I asked him what he does for a living, he told me he was into an online trading. So I told him I was interested in learning FOREX trading. He said he could teach me but he is not close. And that it’s not something he’ll be explaining to me on the phone. That he now base in Ghana. That if I can find my way to Ghana, his base, he promise he can help me with it.
I told him to give me some time to run around to see if I can get some money from a few friends to complete my T.P. Trust me I didn’t get any help from any friend. Maybe this was Gods own way of asking me not to go, but I didn’t listen. I told him I didn’t get help from anywhere. So he told me to find my way to Lagos, that if I can get to Lagos, he will pay from Lagos to Ghana. I got ready and traveled from Abuja to Lagos on 5/10/2019. To cut the story short, I got to Ghana the next day. I started calling him when I got there, but he didn’t pick my call again. I stayed in the park so late that the people there started talking shits like ‘she’s a prostitute, ‘she came to see a Facebook friend’, ‘she’s an abandoned runsgirl’. I was so ashamed of myself that day. I slept in that park till the next morning. He called me by 5am and started apologizing, that he was sleeping. I was just so perplexed that I didn’t even know what to say to him. I got to his house on 7/10/19. This was the last time I saw outside the house or it looked like from outside. Before I left Abuja, I made sure we had a mutual agreement like he wouldn’t ask me for anything other than the reason that made me leave. And i accepted to embark on this journey because I thought I knew him based on the fact that we were old secondary school buddies.
I got to his house that very day and the story changed. He said my Transportation back to Abuja depends on what I can do using the laptop. That if I can’t make clients pay, that means I am stocked with him. This was the day my doom began. I met three other guys in the house. All of them were working under him. He said I’ll sleep 12am and wake up by 4am, same with the other guys. We do this every day. I fell ill the second day. The same routine every day. I chatted him the 4th day and told him I wanted to go back that I couldn’t continue.
He said he already told me that my T.P depended on the clients. He even said he didn’t want me to be pressing laptop anymore, that I should move to his room. I should pretend to be his girlfriend while we engage in a sexual relationship. I told him I can’t do that. I begged him to send me back that I’ll send him back the T.P he paid both to and fro when I get back home. He refused and kept quiet.
On thé 10/10/19 around 1:am midnight, he woke me up and asked me to leave his house. He pushed me out of his house, collected my phone and locked his gate. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I even thought I was dreaming. I pinched myself to make sure what was happening wasn’t true. I just realized it was true.
So I stayed outside for 30mins. He later opened the gate. He pretended to be sorry. Started apologizing to me. I followed him back inside again. immediately we got into the room, started pounding me. I was just begging the ground to swallow me. I prayed to die than let him touch me. Unfortunately my prayer wasn’t answered. I ended up being raped. He was raping and beating me at the same time till he spilt his disgusting fluid on me. I cried myself till the next day morning.
The next day, been the 11/10/19, he repeated what he did to me the other day again. This time it was 2:13am. The other guys were just quiet in their room. This time he made sure he raped me till I stopped talking. He beat me till the left side of my face got swollen. You can see the bruises on my lips, that’s because he hit my mouth. I prayed for death, I didn’t see it.
As early as 5:am, I woke up. Seems the other guys didn’t work that day because they were busy sleeping. I opened the door. I looked for a means to leave the compound. God did it, I was able to jump out of the house. Immediately I saw a man taking his child to school, I pleaded with him to give me a lift. He directed me to the nearest police station. I reported to Ghana police station in the area. So took some police men to the house. They got him arrested and the other guys. The police officers asked me if I wanted to make a case. I refused because that would have delayed my return. I didn’t want to waste any more time. I just asked them to tell him to give me my T.P. They released the other guys because they were innocent. I took my T.P from the police men and left while they still negotiating how much he will pay to be released. I left that same day. I got back to Abuja yesterday around 3pm.
Guys this is a true story of what happened to me live. This one is not audio. I am not sharing this to draw any attention of any sort, I am sharing this story so you can learn from it. If you don’t have a family, and you know you can’t take care of yourself when the worse happens, don’t embark on that trip. Don’t think you know him since child hood will save you. You can forward to anyone important to you, who knows you might save a life.
The Ekiti State police command on Monday, 14th of October, paraded some suspected hoodlums arrested for malicious damage and unlawful possession of firearm.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the arrest in a statement, said the hoodlums suspected to be Aderiye Adebayo A.K.A OJUIGO thugs, barricaded the roads at Oke-Iyinmi, Old garage, Post office, in Ijigbo area of Ado-Ekiti.
“Immediately the information was received, the operative of the Police Command responded to the scene of incident. On getting there, The hoodlums Had already blocked OKE-IYINMI post office, Old garage and Ijigbo Roads with logs of woods: burning tyres at the centre of the road” said Ikechukwu.
“On sighting the police, the hoodlums were Firing sporadically and shouting ‘we are for OJUIGO, Police no road for you’.
“Three suspects have been arrested with two cutlass and 5 empty shell of expended cartridges, one bottle, axe.
” The three Suspects are in our custody. as soon as investigations is concluded the will be charge to court.” he added.
Big Brother Naija sweethearts, Teddy A and BamBam are serving couple goals in new photos which were shared on her Instagram page not too long ago.
The lovely pair donned casual urban outfits and looked like super cool 21st century couples and their fans are here for the love… A visible baby bump can also be spotted on BamBam further proving the speculation of the couple expecting their first child.
BamBam shared the photos on her page with no caption but they certainly speak more than a thousand words of love.
Ojuolape Veronica Asuquo, the wife of talented Nigerian singer and music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, has opened up in a new interview that their son was born blind.
Veronica went on to reveal how her son’s blindness has made her closer to God – Veronica, a PR expert, got married to Cobhams Asuquo in 2010.
A year later, they welcomed their first child on Nov 30th, 2011, in the US. It wasn’t until months later that she discovered he was visually impaired.
She said,
“The elephant in the room in my life in the past six years is pretty much… So, I got married, and we got pregnant. My pregnancy was fantastic, I didn’t even know I was pregnant, found out I was pregnant, still wasn’t sure I was pregnant because I didn’t have any symptoms.
After the “smooth” pregnancy and an even smoother delivery that happened “under 45 minutes”, her baby was checked abroad and she was told he is OK.
She continued,
“Everything was so smooth. And then fast forward to four months after my son was born and the doctor was like ‘his eyes are not following’ and I was like, ‘What do you mean he’s not following?’
“And then suddenly, as a mother, your heart just starts palpitating.”
She said the doctor, who is a gynaecologist, was concerned and sent her off to a paediatrician. After a series of tests in Nigeria and abroad, it was confirmed that her son, David Asuquo cannot see with his physical eyes.
She said the experience made her question her spiritual strength. However, in spite of all that has happened, she said she believes she is making progress which is why she can finally share her story in the open.
David Asuquo, 7, is an excellent pianist just like his famous father Cobhams Asuquo, who was also born blind.
Rapper, Chinko Ekun is here with a fresh tune, and he tags this one, Mafo. This new jam was produced by BigDre.
The rapper goes profound advises his fans not to rest on the cash, put all expectations on inspirational discourse without working and get use to your usual range of familiarity.
The Zanku crooner shared the photo with the caption, ‘once a gutter BOY !! Now rolling with omo baba olowo and baba olowo himself. Priceless moment’.
Davido’s Unborn Child bags Endorsement Deal
Afropop superstar Davido has announced a receipt of an endorsement deal for his unborn child from a diaper-producing Nigerian brand.
The ‘Assurance’ crooner took to his Instagram page on Tuesday to share pictures of himself flanked by two men as he shows off a pack of diapers.
“I’m super excited my unborn son, OBO Jnr, already getting big bags. Dude coming into the world super-rich, Mario & Juliet Baby Diapers & Wipes,” he captioned the post.
This comes after Davido, 27, proposed to Chioma Rowland, his fiance, with the marriage set for 2020.
Recently, the award-winning singer also claimed that U.S. pop sensation Chris Brown, with whom he collaborated on ‘Blow my Mind’ indicated interest to be on his groomsmen.
Chioma, 24, is reported to have met Davido while studying economics at Babcock University.
Reality Star, Nina Ivy, who is currently in the United States on vacation has shared photos from her skydiving experience in Dallas, Texas.
Nina could not hide her excitement/fear and the photos she shared captured the perfect moment she was ”diving”.
In her words ;
The Other Day , I Experienced The Most Daring and Scariest But Fun Adventure Of My Life I Even Pulled The Golf Ball ? ? Couldn’t Believe I Could Conquer My Fear… But I’m Glad I Did.
Nollywood screen goddess, Ini Edo has stunned her fans on social media with a recent photo she shared.
Actress, Ini Edo shared this beautiful photo on instagram and declared that it’s her best photo of 2019.
Her caption reads ;
So my baby sis @isaacnsikan who is an amazing photographer for @leiacolestudios came by mine, and offered to take photos of me..ofcourse I wasn’t in the mood,so I hesitated and she persisted…and finally I grudgingly obliged ..And Behold this masterpiece….So far my best picture this year,I totally want this framed..so guys what do you think???…rate @isaacnsikan ‘s photography…
Details of Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko’s love story has been made public much to the delight of their fans.
Popular Media-Personality, Daddy Freeze and his fiancé visited Dubai courtesy of CoolFM.
They went ahead to visit Ned Nwoko who is currently in Dubai to celebrate his wife Regina‘ birthday.
During the dinner, Ned Nwoko and Regina Daniels reveal several exclusive information about themselves, how they met and the romantic names they call one another.
Regina Daniels and Hubby, Ned Nwoko
Regina Daniels insisted that she married Ned Nwoko mainly for love and couldn’t have marry a younger man because she is a very stubborn girl and won’t listen to a man that is same age as her.
The 20-year-old actress revealed she calls the 58-year-old billionaire – her baby, and they met and got married all within 3 weeks of relationship.
Ghanaian actress, Vicky Zugah who recently made headlines after undergoing a deliverance process for snatching the husband of a lady who placed a curse on her, has shared her thoughts on sexual harassment in the Ghanaian movie industry.
In an interview with Naa Ashorkor on Joy FM, Vicky Zugah said if an actress has not been asked out by any movie producer or director, then something is wrong with her.
Her words ;
“ Sex for roles in the movie industry is very real. I won’t lie about. It’s happened, it’s happening and it will happen again tomorrow and it’s normal.
“If you are a woman and you are in the industry and no one is asking you out like a producer, a director or someone who is in charge isn’t asking you for sex then there is something wrong with you”.
Controversial Nigerian actress, Regina Daniels has in a recent mini-interview with Daddy Freeze stated how she respects her husband a lot and calls him baby.
The media personality organized a dinner meeting with the young actress and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko, and in the course of the meeting, a mini interview began.
Regina Daniels revealed how she never intended to get married to someone at her age, and how she prefers her husband’s age because she respects him and and he’s capable of taking care of her.
Daddy Freeze went further to ask her what she calls her husband. Responding to this, the young actress said, ‘hes my baby’.
Her husband funnily reacted to this, saying she should organise a baby shower for him then, since he’s a baby.
Following their exit from the Big Brother house, it looks as though the ‘ship’ of Khadoni ship will still be smooth sailing after all… as Khafi has confirmed she is still with Gedoni who was her love interest while still in the house.
It should be recalled that speculation of the couple’s split came after a video of Gedoni and mystery woman surfaced.
But in a recent development, Khafi dispelled the rumours of their split as the housemates continued their media tour yesterday. Gedoni had a teary moment after she described him as the “salt of her life.
Mrs Abigael Shona, a medical expert, has peculiarly stated that breastfeeding a baby and not men could prevent breast cancer in women.
Shona spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin and said that contrary to popular belief that men sucking their wife’s breasts could prevent breast cancer, it could only help detect it.
She said mothers who breastfeed lower their risk of pre- and post-menopausal breast cancer.
“Most women who breastfeed experience hormonal changes during lactation that delay their menstrual periods.
“This reduces a woman’s lifetime exposure to hormones like estrogen, which can promote breast cancer cell growth.
“And what sucking the breast by a man can only do is to detect breast cancer by feeling the lumps early enough so as to seek medical help,” Shona said.
She, however, said it was encouraged that women allow their spouses to massage and handle their breasts to detect cancer early.
“We are encouraging women not to deprive their husbands from the pleasure of breast sucking and handling as it will also be beneficial to them.
“This is because in as much as we preach self examination by women for early detection, most women don’t do it.
“So, if they allow their husbands help them with it, it will help a lot because early detection is the major panacea to address the scourge.
“If breast cancer is detected early before it gets to an advanced stage, it could be survived,” Shona said.
The medical expert, however, noted that men can also have breast cancer, advising them to also be on the look out.
The Nigerian Federal Government seems to be unperturbed by the widespread condemnation of the current border closure, as it has categorically stated that the exercise will remain until neighbouring countries respect the laws of Nigeria against food smuggling.
This is even as he ruled out hunger issues affecting Nigerians, claiming that Nigeria is food sufficient.
On August 20, 2019, Nigeria closed her borders in four geopolitical zones across the country: South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-West.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, who spoke at a press briefing to mark the 2019 World Food Day, in Abuja, argued that it was laughable when Nigerians cry of hunger, because, according to him, they do not know what hunger is all about.
According to him, the problem of overweight or obesity could be attributed to the lack of exercise and not lack of the intake of a balanced diet.
“I think so long as these bordering countries do not respect our protocols on these very important issues of bringing food into Nigeria, border closure will remain.
“I think we are producing enough food to feed ourselves. There is no hunger in the country and when people talk about hunger I just laugh because they do not know hunger. They need to go to other countries to know what hunger is all about.
“If you say I miss my breakfast and I get lunch and dinner, then that is alright.”
He continued,
“Part of the problem of overweight is not necessarily the issue of a balanced diet, but some of us stay put without knowing that Nigeria used to be a former zone for migration in the sub-Sahara Africa.
“The problem of obesity is not necessarily the issue of a balanced diet but because some of us just decide to stay without doing exercise often,” he said.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Country Representative of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA), Suffyan Koroma, has appealed to the government to adopt policies to prioritise the availability and affordability of safe nutrition because of the increase of malnutrition.
“One in three children is stunted and underweight is currently at 19.9%, which is higher than the globally accepted numbers,” he added.
Footballl star, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his professional career during Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifying loss to Ukraine on Monday, October 14th.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner brought up his septuple century for club and country when he converted a second-half penalty in Kiev, awarded after Taras Stepanenko handled the ball inside the box.
It was his 95th goal for Portugal, with only Iran’s Ali Daei (109) ahead of him on the all-time international goals list.
Ronaldo is just one of six footballers to have hit the 700 mark, with Josef Bican estimated to be the top goalscorer in history with 805 goals.
Behind him is a pair of former Brazilian stars in Romario and Pele, who finished their illustrious careers with 772 goals and 767 goals, respectively. Ferenc Puskas’ 746 career finishes and Gerd Muller’s 735 round out the top five.
Ronaldo’s long-time rival, Lionel Messi, looks set to join the 700 club imminently, as the Argentine is currently sitting on 699 career finishes.
The bulk of Ronaldo’s goals came for Real Madrid, 450 over the course of nine seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu between 2009 and 2018.
The Ekiti State police command has arrested one Adeyemi Eniola Feranmi, for defrauding a Corps member and three others by parading himself as a legal practitioner on Facebook.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the arrest on Monday, said the suspect from Kogi state falsely presenting himself as a coordinator of a non-governmental organization rendering legal services to the people.
“On July 2019, The suspect ADEYEMI Eniola Feranmi, a native of Ayetoro- Gbede in Yagba, Kogi State posted himself on social media (Facebook )as a legal practitioner in legal practitioner’s regalia, which he used as a display profile (DP)” the statement reads.
“He falsely represented himself as the coordinator of an NGO tagged “Total Motivation Network” in Nigeria. Under the false pretence of rendering legal services, he has defrauded several persons of their hard-earned money. Among the victims are Miss Buhari Safurat Temitope ‘f’ a youth corper, Mr Steve Rose Ayokunle, Omisore Eniosi Funmilayo ‘f’ and madam Oke Bamidele. Some other persons paid several thousands of Naira to Adeyemi Eniola Feranmi on behalf of assisting an NGO coordinated by the suspect. The suspect confessed to the crime and will be charged to court at the end of police investigation,”
The suspect confessed to the crime and will be charged to court at the end of police investigation.
DSP Ikechukwu advised members of the public to avoid interacting/ communication with strange people on social media platforms, as they may become victim to such cyber crime.
Controversal pastor, Emeka Odumejeje is trending on social media after he was filmed choreographing with dancers to Peter Okoye’s One More Night during Sunday service in his church.
The controversial prophet was marking his birthday and he had dancers in church to make the day a memorable one.
The Pastor and his dancers, stepped to Peter Okoye and Niniola’s One More Night, a song that talks about sipping Hennessy in the club and getting “down at the back of the club tonight.”
They also did the song’s signature dance during their performance on the pulpit, in addition to a bit of Zanku and Leg Work dance.
A 94-year-old father of over 100 children, Nulu Ssemakula, recently expanded his household by marrying four new wives in Ruyonza, a largely polygamous village in Uganda.
Ssemakula has been successful in expanding his family boasting of more than 19 wives with whom he has had more than 100 children and is still counting. His youngest child is 10 months old now and the youngest wife, who is 24 years old is pregnant. He currently lives with 66 of his young children. While some of his children have grandchildren, the 94-year-old says he still hopes to have more children and even marry more women.
Ssemakula married his first wife in 1952, who was soon joined by five others. They still live together.
“I unfortunately lost four of my wives while others who needed more than I could afford, I let them go. But they left me with children; I will still marry more if I still have more years and even have more children. In children and wives, is where I find my pleasure. That is my true wealth,” Ssemakula says.
According to Daily Monitor, Ssemakula has set up a mosque and a primary school (Kiyombero Primary School), a coffee huller and a dairy milk cooling machine in the village to cater for his family. Surrounded by the homes of his children and grandchildren, Ssemakula’s home is a relatively huge house with red ironsheets. The house is accessed by only one entry where the old man is often seated on a bench as he watches over his “empire”.
It is a typical agricultural homestead and the family provides the much needed manpower for the vast coffee plantation.
Music Mogul, Michael Ajereh Collins A.K.A Don Jazzy has come out to say he’s not living his best life.
Don Jazzy might have the fame and affluence any young Nigerian person might be hoping to get but the Mavins boss has said there is more to that.
Don Jazzy complained about the state of the poverty in the nation and feels helpless in trying to help the situation and thus is not able to live his best life.
In a series of tweet he posted, he hinted that Nigerian’s standard of living is just ‘Sad’.
His tweet reads ;
”I am not living my best life”
We are not living our best life in Nigeria.
No matter the amount of money you have. You will still ball mediocre balling in that Nigeria.
You will have money sef and you will just be seeing people suffering and your money no go sweet you spend. Our standard of living in Naija is sad o ahhhh. It’s not fair
EME Boss, Banky W recently schooled an upcoming musician who boasted about pirating his movie on Instagram.
Banky, who has successfully broken into Nollywood took to Instagram to reveal that the movie is now available to watch on Netflix.
Replying to the post, Kennie, an upcoming musician wrote: “I already have it on my phone.”
And Banky replied by telling him to do unto others as he’d have them do to him. He also told him he prays for him that no one pirates his song after he has put in the work.
As many as 29 persons have escaped death after a commercial bus plunged into a canal in front of the National Theatre in Lagos.
According to a report by NAN, the 29 passengers on a board a commercial bus that plunged into a canal in front of the National Theatre complex, Iganmu, Lagos, on Monday were all rescued unhurt.
NAN reports that the vehicle, with registration number MISA 68 XH, suddenly developed technical problem and plunged into the canal opposite National Theatre entrance.
The driver of the bus, Mr Augustine Okorie, who spoke to NAN, described the survival of the passengers as a “miracle’’.
“I was bringing in 29 passengers from Shinbiri area in Okokomaiko along the Badagry Expressway and on getting to the front of the National Art Theatre, I lost control and the vehicle plunged into the canal.
“As I was about to change the gear and could not do that immediately, the vehicle started to swerve uncontrollably and before you know what was happening, we found ourselves inside the canal.
“In spite of the situation, I was so worried about my conductor who was hanging by the door, but we thank God none of us sustained injury,” Okorie said.
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who refused to be identified, told NAN at the scene of the accident that they quickly alerted other emergency and traffic management agencies who assisted in the quick rescue of occupant of the vehicle.
NAN, however, reports that the vehicle was brought out of the canal 30 minutes later by officials of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).
