The driver of a 2010 Toyota Camry and his female companion were on Tuesday burnt to death in a road crash in Abuja.The identities of the victims could not be immediately ascertained, but the accident was said to have happened around 12.45am at the Central Business District.The car appeared to have been on high speed when it lost control, hit a tree and burst into flames. The man and his woman were reportedlytrapped in the car wreckage and subsequently burnt to death.It was gathered that a relation of the driver, who was passing by, identified the car number plate and phoned other family members who came to the scene.The engine of the car was displaced from the mounts from the impact of the vehicle against the tree. It was learnt that only the victims' legs and shards of burnt bones were recovered from the wreckage.The heart-broken relatives later left in a blue Honda CRV, taking away what was left of the deceased.The Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem confirmed the unfortunate accident.
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, has declared support for the Peace Corps bill passed by the National Assembly. The bill, which seeks to turn the Peace Corps, a non-government organisation, into a government paramilitary agency, has elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians. Proponents see it as an avenue to create jobs for thousands of youth while critics describe as a duplication of functions already being performed by existing agencies and creation of another bureaucracy at a time the country is finding it difficult to pay workers' salaries. The bill was opposed by existing military and security institutions in Nigeria and the Peace Corps leader Dickson Akoh is currently being prosecuted for alleged fraud. Apart from lawmakers, the bill is also supported by some prominent Nigerians including the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, who also asked Mr. Buhari to sign to it. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Katsina emir made a similar call on the president on Thursda...
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