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At least eight persons, including a mother and her child, have died from a building collapse that occurred in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State.   The three-story building, located at No. 24 Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute-Meta Sunday night at about 10.56 pm, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).   […]

The People’s Democratic Party on Friday disqualified two of its presidential aspirants while it approved the other 15 candidates.   This was announced by the Chairman of the party’s Screening Committee, Senator David Mark, who spoke to journalists after the conclusion of the exercise at PDP’s Legacy House in Abuja.   However, Mark declined to […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is yet to decide on which zone should produce its presidential candidate for the for the 2023 elections.   This was disclosed by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu who spoke to State House Correspondents after he introduced APC’s candidate for the Ekiti governorship election, Biodun Oyebanji, to President […]

…..Says It’s Difficult Decision to Run   The Minister of Transportation and Presidential hopeful of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has urged party members in Lagos State to support his presidential aspiration by voting for him in the party’s primary slated for May.   Chief Amaechi who stressed the need […]

Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is ineligible to contest the 2023 presidential election on the basis of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), says Femi Falana, human rights lawyer.   Jonathan has been under pressure to run for the presidency on the platform of the ruling […]

  …as military says it rescued 848 kidnap victims in 3 weeks   A month after bandits attacked a train in Nigeria and kidnapped scores of passengers, they released the picture of a baby girl delivered in their den by one of the female victims.   The woman is said to be eight-month pregnant when […]

…hands over College of Education Ekiadolor to FG tomorrow   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved price augmentation of contracts for ongoing construction projects in the state to enable contractors cope with the recent increase in the price of construction materials.   The Commissioner, Edo State Ministry of Roads and Bridges, Hon […]

  ….Amaechi, Malami, Ngige must Resign by Saturday   Finally, it is now clear that President Muhammdu Buhari’s ministers who have political ambitions must resign from their posts by Saturday, April  30, or forget their dreams, according to new guidelines released by the ruling All Progressives Congress.   The three prominent ministers affected by this […]

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that it is set to conduct drug tests on politicians seeking to hold public offices in the country.   To this end, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (rtd), has written to the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Sen […]

  The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, and prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country.   The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and […]

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo,  has declared that it would amount to a disservice to Nigeria if he failed to contest the presidency in 2023.   The VP said this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in an address to delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.   Osinbajo, who is […]

…as casualty figure put at about 600   …Buhari orders security agents to hunt organisers   The Imo State government has said it would give a mass burial on Monday (today) to the burnt remains of the victims of a fire outbreak at an illegal oil refinery in the state.   The explosion at the […]