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10 Die As 21-storey Building Collapses In Lagos, Designer Warned Of Tragedy

2Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

10 Die As 21-storey Building Collapses In Lagos, Designer Warned Of Tragedy

No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead on Monday when a 21-storey building collapsed on Gerard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report, many people were still trapped in the rubble, including the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, who owned the building, and some of his clients and engineers. PUNCH Metro gathered that the building crumbled around 2pm when workers were on the site. One of the workers who survived the incident, Gabriel Bassey, told one of our correspondents that about 50 persons were still trapped in the rubble. He said, “This project, 360 Degree, was built by Fourscore Homes Limited. I was trying to plug my phone and not up to five seconds that I left the spot, I saw the building coming down and ...

Inaugurate Anambra Airport, Ex-gov Ezeife Urges NCAA

30Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Transportation

Inaugurate Anambra Airport, Ex-gov Ezeife Urges NCAA

The former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has urged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to go ahead with the inauguration of the Anambra Airport. Ezeife gave the charge on Friday in a statement issued in Enugu, saying the security situation in the South-East was not too serious to stop the inauguration of the facility. He stated that Nigeria as a nation had always faced one challenge or another. Read Also: Anambra Election: Security Agents Ready To Deal With Violent Groups, Individuals – National Adviser He said, “I have looked at the whole scenario and found that the situation looks politically motivated, and this is definitely wrong. “Anambra Airport has been under construction for a long time, and I was informed that all the relevant authorities have...

World Refugee Day: Red Cross, NCFRMI, SCORP organizes free medical outreach in Enugu

23Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fitness and Wellbeing, News, Nigeria

World Refugee Day: Red Cross, NCFRMI, SCORP organizes free medical outreach in Enugu

In commemoration of this year’s World Refugee Day, the Nigerian Red Cross Society in Enugu in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, and the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace, SCORP, University of Nigeria Medical Students Association have organized a free medical outreach for persons of concern in the state. Declaring the event open, NCFRMI South-East Zonal Coordinator, Barr. Mrs Jane Molokwu stated that World Refugee Day was an annual event to celebrate and honour refugees around the world. “Today we recognise the strength of refugees who have fled the conflict and persecution in their country in the hope of safety and a better life. Refugees and displaced persons belong to the most marginalized and vuln...

June 12 Protests: US Issues Directive to Citizens

12Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, United States of America

June 12 Protests: US Issues Directive to Citizens

The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked her citizens not to get involved in the planned protests across Nigeria on June 12. This follows the planned protest announced by various groups on June 12, designated as Democracy Day. In an advisory to its citizens in Nigeria, the US embassy advised them to lay low and avoid the areas where the protests are scheduled to hold. Read Also: June 12: Akeredolu Faults Federal Police Structure It read, “Several groups have announced their intentions to protest nationwide on June 12, Democracy Day. Police presence and response can be expected nationwide, including in Abuja where government events are scheduled to celebrate the national holiday and in Lagos where simultaneous protests are planned. “The likely locations for the protests...

Nigerian Army Debunks killing Igbo, Christian Soldiers

3May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Nigerian Army Debunks killing Igbo, Christian Soldiers

The Nigerian Army has reacted to the allegation of deploying soldiers based on ethnic and religious lines to get killed on duty, describing peddlers of such narrative as callous and cowardly enemies of Nigeria’s peace and unity. This was contained in a statement issued in reaction to a publication titled, "Secret Fulani plan unveiled – The Compromised army chief", which alleges that the military is now using its deployment to kill Igbo and Christian personnel. It alleged that "two Igbo officers, Lt Col Okeke and Lt Col Ajah alongside 44 others, predominantly Southern and Middle Belt Christian officers, lost their lives in a conspiracy hatched by Fulani senior officers." Reacting to the news, Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima, the Army's Director of Army Public Relations, in a statement iss...

PDP Asks DSS to Investigate Pantami Over Taliban, Al-Qaeda Links

19Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

PDP Asks DSS to Investigate Pantami Over Taliban, Al-Qaeda Links

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Department of State Services, DSS, to as a matter of urgency, invite and probe the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over alleged ties with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. It read, “Our party’s position is predicated on the heightening concerns in the public space and in the international arena of possible compromises by the communications minister, who has access to sensitive government documents and information, in addition to data of all individuals, including high profile personalities in the public and private sectors as well as the traditional and faith-based circles. “The PDP is particularly worried about alleg...

FG suspends Adeboye’s Helicopter from flying

18Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety

FG suspends Adeboye’s Helicopter from flying

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport. Accoeding to a report by the Punch, it was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two weeks ago, following the expiration of some of its papers and spare parts. The suspension, officials said, would also allow the regulator to conduct vital safety checks on its safety-critical components, especially some spare parts that are due for replacement. Adeboye had, last Saturday during a special meeting with all ordained ministers of the mission at the RCCG, Region 21, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, called for dr...

How Gunmen Freed Scores of Inmates at Imo Prison

5Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

How Gunmen Freed Scores of Inmates at Imo Prison

Thousands of inmates have been reportedly freed at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, Owerri the Imo State capital by a yet to be identified gunmen in the wee hours of Monday. The assailants also stormed the nearby office of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the state police command, releasing suspects there as well. Reports say the gunmen set razed all the cars parked at the command headquarters and freed all the suspects in almost all the cells at the SCID. According to SaharaReporters, the gunmen operated in over 10 vehicles, and also attacked soldiers stationed at Umuorji along Owerri–Onitsha Expressway. The operation lasted for about two hours and said to have started between 1 am and 2 am on Monday. Residents were stunned as e...

Medical Doctors in Delta Declare Indefinite Strike Over Abduction of Colleague

1Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Medical Doctors in Delta Declare Indefinite Strike Over Abduction of Colleague

Medical doctors in Delta State under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, have commenced an indefinite strike to protest the abduction of their senior colleague, Emmanuel Okpako. Okpako who is the Principal Medical Officer, PMO, of Government Hospital Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state, allegedly kidnapped last Saturday at Eku Town, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state by gunmen while he was with his wife, SaharaReporters reports. Recall that the medical doctors had in June last year embarked on an indefinite strike following the abduction of its member attached to the Central Hospital, Ojobo, Burutu Local Government Area of the state, Wisdom Iboyitete, by gunmen. He was la...

Where’s Your Faith? Pst Chris Oyakhilome Queries Christian Receiving COVID-19 Jabs

30Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Religion, Safety

Where’s Your Faith? Pst Chris Oyakhilome Queries Christian Receiving COVID-19 Jabs

The founder and pastor of the LoveWorld Incorporated, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has called into question the faith of Nigerian Christians taking the AstraZeneca Vaccine against COVID-19. The clergy urged Christians to trust more in the word of God rather than the vaccine, stressing that they are healers. He chided the Nigerian Government for asking pastors to convince their members to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Oyakhilome in a video released on Monday said, “What happened to you? Where is the word of God in your mouth? Do you realise if you believe in the word of God the way you believe in this vaccine, there will be power in your mouth? He made us healers. What’s wrong? What happened to you? When did we start making such recommendations to God’s people? For God’s sake, think again!...