A pregnant woman, the proprietor of a Nursery/Primary School and 19 others, including no fewer than 12 pupils, died in the collapsed building at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island, Lagos State on Wednesday, witnesses and hospital sources said. However, the National Emergency Management Agency said eight persons died, while 34 others were rescued in the wreckage of the building ... Read More »
Oyo State Police Command has arrested the Chief Whip of the state House of Assembly, Wasiu Olafisoye Akinmoyede, in connection with the murder of a senatorial candidate, Hon. Temitope Olatoye a.k.a. Sugar. Akinmoyede’s arrest brought the number of those held to two. Olatoye was representing Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency in the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Akinmoyede is representing Lagelu ... Read More »
An interest group, Integrity Leadership Organisation (ILO), has faulted the stance of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Director Prof. Ishaq Akintola on the appointments made by the Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi. The group, which described the position as unwarranted criticism that lacked content of validity, added that any statement capable of instigating religious violence should be censored. Akinola had in ... Read More »
My late father was once the Honorary Secretary-General of the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control, a position he held for many years. Some of the boxers the Board was set up to regulate used to come to our house, and it was rather amusing to listen to their boasts about how they would beat this opponent or that to ... Read More »
Iseyin (Oyo State) – The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Akin Oke, on Wednesday said his party may challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Oke, who made the disclosure in an interview however, urged party members to remain calm and ... Read More »
By Ismaila Chafe and Esenvosa Izah President Muhammadu Buhari says he is extremely saddened by the collapse of a building housing a school in Itafaaji area of Lagos, which left fatalities, particularly, small children. President Buhari made his feeling known in a press statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, in Abuja on Wednesday. The President sympathised with the ... Read More »
Billionaire industrialist and philantropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is not involved in any purpoted meeting of “Committee of Elders of Kano” over the postponed Governorship election in Kano State. The social media had been awashed with information purporting the creation of a “Committee of Elders of Kano” to address the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Kano elections, which the Independent National Electoral Commission ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday, March 13 , 2019 visited the scene of a three-storey building which collapsed in Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island, where he commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives, most of whom are children. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2 left), addressing residents and journalists during his visit to ... Read More »
Olowu of Kuta, His Royal Highness , Oba Hammed Adekunle Makama, has warned unscrupulous politicians to stop politicising the army. Olowu in a statement issued on Tuesday said the report from some states in the south south indicated that military were used to perpetuate violence on the innocent citizens. He warned desperate politicians to stop dragging our military into ... Read More »
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kogi West, Tuesday said that arrangements have been concluded to put in place, a conference that would check what he described as incessant and indiscriminate harassment of the people by governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and ... Read More »
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