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A section of the Delta State Police Command headquarters was gutted by fire on Thursday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the fire started from the control room of the command around 2pm and caused panic among police personnel and passersby and raised fear of possible attack as a roadblock was mounted at the headquarters two weeks ago.
The fire was said to have destroyed property worth millions of naira at the command headquarters.
It was learnt that the early arrival of personnel of the Federal Fire Service to extinguish the fire prevented it from escalating to other parts of the command headquarters.
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Published 14 April 2021
Scores of buildings have been destroyed by rainstorm in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, while an injured man is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
A source in Aguleri said, “The structures, including residential houses and schools, are mostly located in one of the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps at the Father Joseph Memorial High School in the area.
“The storm also wreaked havoc on the Justice Chinwuba Memorial Secondary School, Aguleri, forcing some of the students to study under trees.”
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The Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has disclosed that the bond between him and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has kept the unity of Peoples Democratic Party.
Ishaku, who stated this while inaugurating road projects the state, noted that he and Okowa were instrumental to the success of the most transparent presidential primary election held at Port Harcourt in 2019.
He said, “There has been a bond between me and Okowa. In 2016, when we wanted to elect our national chairman, both of us worked together to achieve it.
“Both of us were instrumental to the emergence of our presidential candidate in Port Harcourt. That has remained one of the most transparent primary elections in Nigerian politics.