The Chairman of the Committee on Recovery of Missing Government Movable Property in Imo State, Chief Jasper Ndubuaku, has disclosed that officials of the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha left with the state government’s property worth N50bn. The state governor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, set up the committee shortly after he was sworn in. Addressing journalists in Owerri, the state ...
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Heavy rainfall leaves buildings, cars damaged in Ilorin
Residents of Olunlade Area in Ilorin on Thursday lamented the havoc wrecked by flood on their property as buildings, cars, and shops were destroyed after heavy rainfall. It was reported that the area experienced downpour around 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday and it lasted for about three hours. Some of the victims, who spoke separately with newsmen expressed sadness over the ...
Read More »Another three-storey building collapses in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said that a three storey building at Iju area of the state collapsed. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the newly appointed General Manager of LASEMA confirmed the news to journalists. He said, “This is just to inform you that a three-story building collapsed at K Farm, Fagba, Off Iju Road. “It was a building under ...
Read More »Railway construction: Lagos to close Ashade for two days
The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of Akanni Doherty Street, Ashade, from June 28 to June 30, 2019. The state government said this was due to preparation for the ongoing Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project. In a statement on Tuesday signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Salaam, the state government explained that the closure was ...
Read More »UNILAG Library Collapse: Panel recommends contract termination, wants university officials punished
The panel set up by the Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, to probe what led to the partial collapse of the institution’s seven-story library under construction, has submitted its report. The 40-page report has recommended termination of the contract with the contractor – Dutum Company Limited (DCL). It also recommended that seven key actors in the transactions who ...
Read More »NGO embarks on school, housing projects
Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Mohak Foundation has commenced school and housing projects meant to accommodate the 13.2 million out-of-school children in Nigeria. Hoping to contribute its quota in nation building, the foundation resolved to construct 48 blocks of classrooms for nursery, primary and secondary pupils/students, hostels for male and female students with recreational/religious centres and halls for youth hub. These were ...
Read More »Kaduna pastor wields support for construction of mosque
Yohanna Buru, a Kaduna-based pastor, has appealed to public spirited Muslims to assist in building a mosque for members of the Centre for Muslims with Disability in Nigeria in Kaduna. Buru made the appeal when executive members of the centre led other associations of physically-challenged persons to his residence in Kaduna south on Tuesday. The pastor called on Muslims, who ...
Read More »SCOAN Collapse: Building Showed No Defect Sign Before Collapse ― Witness
A witness in the ongoing matter filed by the Lagos State Government against the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), over the collapsed building that killed 116 worshipers in the church on September 12, 2014, Architect Dayo Olatunbosun Fabiyi, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere that the SCOAN building was in generally good conditions with no defections ...
Read More »Five people killed, several houses burnt in Taraba clash
Five persons were killed on Tuesday and several houses burnt in a fresh crisis between the Tivs and Jukuns in Rafinkada Village of Wukari local government area of Taraba. Mr. Daniel Adidas, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Council confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the newsmen in Jalingo. Adi alleged that gunmen in Army camouflage attacked Rafinkada ...
Read More »Two jailed for stealing pumping machine
An Akure Chief magistrate Court has ordered the remand of two men, Peter Felix, 35, and Isaac Shedrack, 22, in prison for alleged burglary and stealing of pumping machine and electrical switch worth N200,000. Felix and Shedrack were dragged before the court on a four-count charge of conspiracy, burglary, and stealing. According to the Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Adebayo Suleiman, the ...
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