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Investors hit as frequent collapse worsen buildings’ risk profiles
collapsed building On top of rising building materials costs, high-interest rates and low demand, investors are now taking a hit from frequent building collapse that has raised the risk profiles of buildings, especially…
Reflect on your stewardship, youths urge Ortom
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom As Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, marks his 62nd birthday on Sunday, the Tiv Youth Council Worldwide has urged him to reflect on his stewardship as he prepares to hand over to a…
Abductors yet to contact Wali’s family – NBA
There is growing uncertainty and anxiety over the whereabouts of the kidnapped former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, Okey Wali (SAN). This came as the NBA Chairman, Port Harcourt branch, Viktor Benibo, said…
PSC mourns five cops murdered in Imo restaurant
The Police Service Commission has mourned five police officers killed on April 21 at Okpala junction in Ngor, Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. The Head of Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani,…
Rethinking selection process of Resident Election Commissioners
It was an unprecedented moment last Sunday when Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, was declared the winner of the Adamawa State gubernatorial election by the…
High-rise building construction meant for experts, not artisans — Ex-NIOB president
Kunle Awobodu is the pioneer President of the Building Collapse Prevention Guild. He is also the immediate past President of the Nigerian Institute of Builders. In this interview with EDIDIONG IKPOTO, he discusses the…
Lagos man stabs neighbour to death over parking space
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 41-year-old man, Tolulope Olowu, for allegedly stabbing his 33-year-old neighbour simply identified as Pablo to death. Olowu and Pablo, both residents of First Unity…
INEC Writes Police To Probe Adamawa REC Yunusa Ari
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), asking it to investigate the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari over his role in the…
Police Investigating Kenyan Cult Find 26 More Bodies
Kenyan police said Sunday they had found the bodies of another 26 suspected cult members in the east of the country, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the movement. Search teams wearing white overalls and…
Amid renewed promises, Lagos in throes of collapsed buildings
• Epicentre Of Building Collapse • Rhertorics Not Enough, Govt Must Identify, Punish Culprits – Professionals • Experts Offer Steps To Stem…
Lloris says sorry after ’embarrassing’ Spurs thrashing
Hugo Lloris apologised to Tottenham fans after his side’s humiliating 6-1 defeat against top-four rivals Newcastle on Sunday. Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris conceded five goals in the 21 minutes at St James’ Park as the north…
FG To Evacuate Nigerians Stranded In Sudan By Road
Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. Many are stranded in the North African country following a power tussle that has resulted in a crisis.…
US home purchase: Atiku’s aide dares Keyamo to publish his assets declaration form
Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, has dared Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, to publish his assets declaration form. Shaibu made the request after Keyamo said he purchased a The…
Trump’s ex-vice, Mike Pence may enter presidential race in June
Former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence may declare his intention to run for the office of the president in 2024 by June. Pence, an ex-vice-president to Donald Trump has been moving towards a run for…
I regret my altercation with Olamide at 2015 Headies — Don Jazzy
Music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has said that he regretted his altercation with his colleague, Olamide, at the 2015 Headies Awards. Recall that the 2015 Headies was widely talked…
How a mother in Isale Eko inspired Gangs of Lagos – Jade Osiberu
Jade Osiberu, the writer and director of Gangs of Lagos, the controversial movie now making waves on the international movie circuit has opened up on how a mother in a state of undress, preparing dinner for her children in…
For Nigerian Doctors; To serve Nigeria is by force
A society full of sinners judging sinners for sinning differently… Nigeria is a country where everybody is right, and everybody is wrong, it is a nation where when I am right, you…
Civil servants commend Buhari over payment of peculiar allowance
Some civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the payment of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance and the April salary. Some of them who spoke…
Lagos govt seals off three-storey building struck down by lightning
Lagos State Building Control building Agency on Sunday sealed an uncompleted three-storey building that collapsed in the GRA Apapa area of the state. The building, located on no 45, Ladipo Oluwo Street, collapsed after…
Seven burnt to death, 14 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
At least seven persons were burnt to death, while 14 others sustained injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps…
Sudan Crisis: Remain Indoors, FG Tells Nigerian Students
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has insisted that Nigerian students in Sudan should remain indoors while it continues making arrangements for their safe evacuation from the troubled country. A statement from the Embassy of…
Withdraw petition, negotiate interest of South-East with Tinubu – Nnamani tells Peter Obi
Former Governor of Enugu state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi to withdraw his petition against the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and join him in…
BREAKING: Another Building Collapses In Lagos
Barely 24 hours after Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu inspected and ordered the demolition of some buildings in Banana Island over defective structures as well as an unapproved plan, another Three-storey…
Tinubu’s emergence as President, dad’s deathbed wish – Alaafin’s son
Akeem Adeyemi, the son of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, and a member of the Federal House of Representatives tells FATTEH HAMID about his father’s family life and legacy It’s been a year since…