Many pupils are feared dead after a three-storeyed building at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, collapsed some hours ago. According to a witness, no fewer than 10 pupils had been removed from the collapse building so far. . The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Kehinde Adebayo has confirmed the collapse, also stating that…
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The Oyo state Police command on Tuesday said it had arrested a suspect, who was helping policemen track down the killers of a lawmaker in the state, Temitope Olatoye (Sugar) The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, told Punch on Tuesday that a team of police investigators, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police…
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Imo state governor, Rocha Okorocha has been surprisingly left out of the INEC senators-elect list published on its website on Monday. . Okorocha’s name was missing in Box 47 where his name ought to have been printed. Instead, INEC replaced it with a “Declaration made under duress” statement. According to the commission “only members- elect…
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Airlines across the world grounded their fleets of the Boeing 737 Max 8, the plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash which killed 157 on Sunday. Ethiopia Airlines announced they had grounded all Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft on Monday, as they marked a national day of mourning. China ordered domestic airlines to suspend commercial operations of…
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Collation and announcement of results have been suspended in Imo following protests at the INEC collation centre in Owerri on Monday. Acoording to the NAN, it reports that trouble started when the returning officer from Ideato South was asked by the Imo REC Prof. Francis Ezeonu to commence the announcement of Ideato South result. No…
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The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje has linked his defeat at the gubernatorial poll to the suppression of votes where he was strong. Speaking with Punch, shortly after the governorship election results were announced, Agbaje lamented on the low voter turnout in Lagos State which was less than 20…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, revealed the reason why Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State rejected the presence of the military in the state during the election. Amaechi alleged that Wike had planned to kill the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and chase them away. Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is…
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, voted in Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Adamawa State with expression of loss of faith in the electoral process. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in penultimate Saturday’s presidential election Atiku Abubakar…
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A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has said Senator Oluremi Tinubu hails from Delta State, describing her as “a beneficiary of Nigeria’s integration.” Odinkalu said this on Twitter while responding to a trending video showing the wife of the ruling All Progressives Congress National Leader accusing Igbo of not…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials, on Saturday, stormed the polling unit of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Officials of the anti-graft agency were spotted at the polling unit at Sunday Adigun Street, Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos in the morning before Tinubu cast his vote. It…
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