Lagos To Observe Car Free Day on Sunday The Lagos State government says it is collaborating with the Lagos Urban Development Initiative, LUDI, to observe the first ever ‘Car Free Day’ in Lagos on Sunday. Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, made this known in a statement made […]
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Four Confirmed Dead As Lagos Suffers Another Building Collapse
Four people have been confirmed dead in yet another building collapse in Lagos. The three-storey building located at Oye Sonuga Street, Off Oye Roundabout in Isolo Road, Mushin collapsed on Friday afternoon trapping an unidentified number of persons. The latest update from the Lagos Territorial Coordinator of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, […]
Anambra student kills parents, police hunt suspect
An unidentified student of one of the institutions in Anambra State has allegedly killed his father and mother and abandoned their corpses in a room. The incident happened in the Nnewi area of the state. It was gathered that the corpses of the deceased had already started decomposing when they […]
RSA holders can now use contributions for mortgage – PenCom
The National Pension Commission, has commenced approval for workers to use 25 per cent of their Retirement Savings Accounts as mortgage. It disclosed this in a statement on Friday, titled, ‘PenCom approves guidelines on accessing Retirement Savings Account balance, for payment of equity contribution for residential mortgage by RSA holders’. […]
Ondo police deny ISWAP attack on personnel, vehicle
Ondo State Police Command on Friday denied a social media report that the terrorist group, the Islamic State West Africa Province attacked, its vehicle and personnel in the state. Media reports stated that the terrorists group attacked the patrol vehicle of the police at Ipele area of Owo Local Government […]
Address brain drain, FMC chairman tells FG
The Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Tosan Ideh, has urged the Federal Government to address the recent surge of brain drain in the health sector, which has affected health service delivery. This was as he lamented that scores of health practitioners were leaving the country for other countries. […]
ASUU files 14 grounds for appeal
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has filed an appeal challenging the ruling of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court Abuja which ordered the lecturers to call off their seven-month-old strike and return to the classrooms. The Counsel to ASUU, Femi Falana, SAN, based their appeal on 14 […]
In Russia-Ukraine war, Medvedev Says Russia can defend new regions with nuclear weapons
From the foriegn scene Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president, has said that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories incorporated into Russia from Ukraine. Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, also said on Thursday that referendums being organised by […]
PDP Crisis: Wike Promises Not To Leave The Party.
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says contrary to some expectations, he and his loyalists in Rivers State will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party but remain to continue the fight for internal democracy. Governor Wike stated this during a meeting with stakeholders of the party across the 319 wards of […]
14 Killed As Suspected Herdsmen Attack Benue Community.
Suspected herdsmen have killed 14 people in a fresh attack in the Mchia community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. Mchia is a settlement between Abeda and Anyiin, located on Ugba-Anyiin road, Logo local government area in the north-central state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security […]