The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said four persons died while one was rescued in the building collapse at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The NEMA South West Zonal Cordinator, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
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The Lagos State Government says it has directed prompt investigations to unravel the cause of the building collapse at 2/4 Oye Sonuga Str., Palmgroove, Mushin Local Government on Friday. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said this at the site. He said the incident,...
The PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said he was marvelled by the level of mobilisation of party members in Lagos State ahead of the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who arrived the state early in the day to attend series of activities, spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday commissioned Government Day Secondary School Buratai in Buratai Community of Biu LGA, as part of government efforts to enhance quality and standard of education in the state. The governor was received on arrival in Buratai by the...
Chieftains and members of the PDP on Tuesday, trooped out en mass to receive the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport 2 in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that cheerful party leaders and members, who gathered as early as 7.00a.m.,...
Nine persons have been rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos on Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday. He said, “NEMA received a distressed alert...
FCT Minister, Alhaji Muhammad Bello, and the Federal Housing Authority, have asked a High Court to dismiss a suit challenging an illegal demolition of the residence of Abuja socialite, Joseph Kpokpogri. Other Defendants in the suit are the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja...
The police command in Lagos State on Sunday said 35 suspected armed robbers were arrested between June and August in the state. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said 13 other suspected armed robbers were killed in different parts...
The Lagos State Police Command says it has reduced crime to the barest minimum in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the assurance during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Saturday. He said that criminal activities in the state had dropped much...
The Lagos State Government on Friday vowed to strengthen its enforcement mechanism and collaboration with experts to check collapse of buildings in the state. The newly appointed Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said this during a roundtable discussion with stakeholders, in Ikeja, on ending...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has approved the appointment of Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido as the new Secretary for the Transportation Secretariat of the FCT Administration. Born on the 3rd of December 1965 in Jiwa, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad has charged the newly inaugurated Executive Committee members of the FCDA Staff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society to refrain from anything that will further dent the image of the Cooperative Society and by...
A sixth corpse has been recovered from the rubbles of a seven-storey uncompleted building, which collapsed on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki in Lagos on Sunday. Emergency response agencies recovered two bodies from the site on Sunday and recovered three others earlier on Monday. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, South West...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, has resigned from his position. The state Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. He said: “the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted...
Death toll at the seven-storey building that collapsed at Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki, Lagos State on Sunday has risen to four. Excavators of emergency response agencies in search of corpses at the site retrieved two more bodies from the rubble on Monday. Two corpses had earlier been taken...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has ordered for the arrest of the developer and building professionals working on the seventh-floor structure that collapsed in the early hours on Sunday. The collapsed building, which is under construction, is located at Oba Abiodun Oniru road, Iru/Victoria Island...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it had apprehended 19 vehicles over indiscriminate and illegal parking at garages and parks in Lagos Island. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a statement through the Director, Public Affairs Unit LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, Lagos...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – At least 9 passengers have been confirmed dead and ten others injured in a fatal crash at Yangoji-Abaji road, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed this in a statement on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, has disassociated the corps from the alleged interference with the election results of Feb. 12, chairmanship election of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The FCT NSCDC Commandant, Dr. Peter Maigari made the denial, when he paid a courtesy call...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and The Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) have carried out an environmental sanitation exercise in some parts of the capital Maiduguri and Jere LGA host communities of Bulumkitu, Dakar and Bulabulin areas. The sanitation exercises...