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Kano Lion Found in Goat Cage Kano Lion found in Goat cage Kano Zoological Garden: Lion lost and found The lion that reportedly escaped from the Kano Zoological Garden has been found, right inside the zoo. It was found resting inside a cage that belongs to goat. The lion had devoured all the goats. Head of the zoological garden, Sai’du Gwarzo confirmed the finding told BBC Hausa on Sunday. “The rangers had succeeded in locking up the cage before the lion was shot with an injection which made him less harmful before it was captured and returned to its cage,” he said. The escape was said to have occurred around 9 pm on Saturday when rangers were trying to put the lion back to its cage after returning from the national agricultural show which took place in Nasarawa State. The incident caused panic among residents of Zoo Road. “My entire family members will be indoors even if it will take one month to recover the lion. I have not experienced this kind of fear sinc...

Nigerian Engineer draws attention to 'two metal steels'' protruding from a pothole on Ososa-Ijebu bridge which cause vehicles to plunge into Ososa River An Electrical Engineer, Adekoya Hardeymorlah has raised alarm over what he suspects to be the reason vehicles have been plunging into the Ososa River. Recall that a bus plunged into Ososa river on Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway last Wednesday while attempting to overtake other vehicles on the bridge. Before that, Tajudeen Oropo, a non-academic staff member of Tai Solarin College of Education, plunged into same river. Adekoya claims that two metal steels protruding from a pothole on Ososa-Ijebu bridge could be the cause. He wrote; Attention please... I wish to draw the attention of the general public to the cause of accidents on the Ososa-Ijebu bridge that has claimed many lives recently. Please check the picture, and enlarge it. You will see two metal steels protruding from the pothole section of the bridge, t...

20-year-old secondary school student killed after customs seize cars from smugglers in Ogun State A 20-year-old secondary school student has been killed after a Mercedes Benz ML rammed into a group of people. The vehicle had been intercepted by men of the Customs Service in Ogun State, from smugglers, before the incident. Customs Public Relations Officer, Abdulahi Maiwada, who confirmed the incident, said it happened when students of the Ojumo Community Secondary School were closing from school.   According to him, three others sustained injuries. “Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service Ogun Command on routine patrol intercepted a vehicle (Mercedes Benz ML) suspected to have been smuggled into Nigeria,” he said. In the process of conveying the said vehicle driven by an Officer of the Service fully escorted by official patrol vehicle, an okada man conveying a passenger crossed their path.  In a swift response by the driver to avoid collusion with the ...