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Four Ondo officials died in the plane crash. The Ondo State Government welcomed several dignitaries on Saturday as sympathizers thronged in to condole with Governor Olusegun Mimiko and the people of the state over the death of four of the state’s officials in Thursday’s Associated Airline plane crash in Lagos. The state’s Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Deji Falae; Senior Protocol Officer, Daji Bernard; and two Ondo State liaison officers in Lagos, Esther Alabi and Deji Afolabi, died in the air mishap which had the body of late former governor of the state, Olusegun Agagu, and 20 people on board. Among the early callers at the Government House on Saturday were representatives of Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, led by Tunji Onileaja; wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi; traditional rulers from Akoko area of Ondo state, led by Akadiri Momoh, the Olukare of Ikare; and the Chairman of the Ondo State League of Imams...

Guard rail turns into a launch ramp, and the world loses a 964 The 964 RSR, driven by Harry Kleinjan, locked its brakes just before a big right-hander, got launched from a guardrail, lost a pair of wheels, then landed in a nearby river on its roof. Which looks precisely as terrifying as it sounds. This   Porsche   911   was racing in the Dutch Rally Hellendoorn in Aadrop over the weekend, and had a bit of an off... Both the driver and co-driver walked away uninjured.   Bet they're glad they weren't in the new 911 Turbo cabriolet...

No fewer than 11 people were burnt to death on Sunday in an auto accident at Macmillan area, Soka bus stop, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan. According to eyewitnesses, the accident happened after the propeller of a commercial bus (Mazda) from Ogido in Ogun State broke and hit the fuel tank. An eyewitness, who gave her name as Jelila Adekeye, said, "The vehicle went up in flames in the process. The burning bus also veered off the road. "The driver and the two passengers on the front seat escaped. The others were not so lucky as they were unable to open the side door." Eight adults and three children were said to have died with 13 passengers, including the driver, sustaining various degrees of injuries. The casualties were rushed to Adeoyo and University College Hospital, Ibadan. The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Oluyole/Toll Gate, Ibadan, Mr. Adeoye Sanya, said, "The FRSC was informed about the accident around 1pm."We gathered that the pr...