ABUJA, July 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state oil company has yet to assess the damage to a key pipeline carrying gasoline to Lagos and the southwest region following a major explosion, a spokesman said on Thursday.
The trunk line was shut down on Wednesday following an overnight blast near the town of Arepo on the edge of Lagos state as a result of a clash between groups of vandals.
The National Emergency Management Agency said that it could not provide a death toll over a day later as its workers could still not safely access the swampy area, known to be dangerous.
"The fire is out but the terrain is difficult to access ... We still need to assess the damage. The line has been shutdown and there is no effect to gasoline availability as we have full depots," Nasir Imodagbe, a spokesman for the products and pipelines subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said.
Imodagbe added that the depots had enough to last a few days.
Nigeria frequently suffers fuel shortages, which worsened this year around the general elections that took place at the end of March.
The shortage became acute in May due to a stand-off between fuel importers and the out-going government over subsidy debts and concerns over whether President Muhammadu Buhari's new administration would continue the subsidy scheme. (Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church chased away their pasto for allegedly impregnating his housemaid. It was learnt that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy. Andrew had lived with his wife, children, wife’s cousin, Favour, and Grace in a three-bedroomed flat on the church premises before the incident. It was gathered that the members had petitioned the Central Conference of the church in Taraba State to investigate the alleged accusation. Then sought the service of another pastor three weeks ago when the district reportedly failed to probe Andrew. At 10 am on Sunday, members of the church showed up for Sunday service only to see that Andrew and some “unknown” people had commenced the service. This angered the congregation which proceeded to cha
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