Video: I won't go back to Aso Villa, Nigeria's stress too much - Patience Jonathan
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Former First Lady Patience Jonathan says she has no plans to return to the Presidential Villa, citing the overwhelming stress associated with being constantly in the public eye.
At a public event on Friday, Mrs. Jonathan said, "If you call me now for villa, I won't go there. I won't. Don't you see how young I am? The stress is so much.
"The stress of Nigeria is so much. If God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify God and thank him. It is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes.
"He has taken you there once, why do you want to go there again? Me I won't go oo!!!''
One dies in Third Mainland Bridge accident
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One person, was confirmed dead in an accident, that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday morning.
The fatal accident involved a Mini Truck (MUS 489 XS) and a Toyota Camry (KRD 470 JD).
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the accident was caused by excessive speeding during a heavy downpour this morning,” the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said in a statement.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa, in the statement signed by Mr Adebayo Taofiq, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA, said that three others were rescued at the accident scene.
Lagos pledges completion of road, bridge projects
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The Lagos State Government, has assured residents of the state of its resolve to complete all ongoing road and bridge infrastructure projects across the state.
Cabinet members of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led government, including the Special Adviser, Office of Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola and the Commissioner For Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, and other officials, gave the assurance during a tour of five strategic road infrastructure projects on Friday.
Some of the projects visited during the tour include the ongoing construction of the Abiola-Onijemo Link Road with bridge, the Ikeja Urban Regeneration Project spanning 5 kilometres consisting of five roads such as Oduduwa Way, Oduduwa Cresent, Oba Dosunmu, Sobo Arobiodu, and Sasegbon Streets.
Also visited during the tour were the Opebi Mende-Link Bridge and Roads, Arowojobe Link Bridge and Approach Road in Maryland, as well as Agidi Demurin and Church Street Network in Kosofe Local Government Area.
Deputy senate president mourns 14 worshippers killed in Kano mosque
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has mourned the death of 14 worshippers who were killed by a trailer following an accident after Juma’at prayers on Friday, in Kano.
The Federal Road Safety Corps had on Friday, confirmed the death of 14 worshippers, when a trailer ran over them after Friday prayers at Imawa town in Kura LGA of Kano State.
Barau, in a statement on Saturday, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, commiserated with the families of the deceased.
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and the speedy recovery of all the injured persons.