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 a telephone interview. He said two males and two females died, while one person was rescued in the building collapse. Earlier, the Lagos State Government also said it would investigate the cause of the building collapse. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, made this known in…
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The Lagos State Government says it is collaborating with the Lagos Urban Development Initiative (LUDI) to observe the first ever ‘Car Free Day’ in Lagos on Sunday. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a statement through the Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit of the Ministry, Mrs Bolanle Ogunlola, in Lagos on Friday. He said that the initiative was to encourage road users and motorists to set aside their cars for a day. Oladeinde said they were, on that day, encouraged to take up active and inclusive means of transport such as cycling and walking,…
The Federal Government has approved the introduction of a new programme- FunSTEM in public schools to enhance the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Dr Elizabeth Eterigho, President, Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria(APWEN) said this when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the closing of the 2022 APWEN national conference and AGM on Friday in Abuja. Eterigho said that the gesture would help improve the teaching and learning of STEM especially for the girl child in Nigeria.She said that the girl child deserved access to quality education that would equip and prepare…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the suit filed by Udom Ekpoudom challenging the APC’s failure to summit his name to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s candidate for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District for the 2023 general elections. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, held that the plaintiff’s action was not justiciable, hence, the suit was incompetent. Justice Okorowo, who said that the matter bordered on the internal affairs of a party, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ekpoudom, a retired DIG, was the plaintiff…
The National President of Wushishi Old Students Association, Dr Zubairu Tswachi on Friday, congratulated Prof. Faruk Kuta over his appointment as the new Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna. A statement by the national president made available to newsmen, said that the members of the association were thrilled to hear that Kuta, “a compatriot of the association and a Prof. of Microbiology, was appointed as the eighth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university. “The emergence of Kuta in a highly comparative process was a testament to his long years of academic excellence, hard work and demonstration of great leadership skills.…
The Federal Government has announced the arrest of 210 suspects in its efforts to combat crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the figure on Friday in Port-Harcourt after undertaking an aerial assessment of some hotspots along the Right of Way of the Trans-Niger Pipeline. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the minister, accompanied by some journalists in the surveillance also covered the Nembe Creek Trunk Line leading up to the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal that has been under force majeure since March 2022. Briefing the newsmen after…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council says with the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the latest bid by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to become Nigeria’s president in 2023 has hit the rocks. Mr Bayo Onanuga Director, Media and Publicity of the council said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.He said by the development, Atiku deserved to be pitied as his yet another bid for the country’s presidency was slipping away. “This is unraveling before our very eyes even before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blows the whistle for electioneering campaign, his party, the…
An exhibition to showcase historical portraits, artifacts and paintings that chronicle Nigeria’s history from the 1914 amalgamation to independence in 1960, will debut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Akin Laniyi, the Project Director, tagged: “Nigeria 1914’’ disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The exhibition with the theme: “The Story of Nigeria’s birth, history, milestones and icons” is scheduled to hold from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. Laniyi said the project was part of events to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary, and had received the endorsement…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its Meeting shared a total sum of N673.137 billion to the three tiers of government, as federation allocation for the month of August, 2022. This was contained in a statement issued by Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, Director of Information/Press in Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in Abuja on Friday. From this stated amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), and an Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue, the Federal Government received N259.641 billion, the States received N222.949 billion, the Local Government Councils got N164.247 billion,…
Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udom Udo Ekpoudom’s attempt to truncate former Governor Godswill Akpabio’s bid as All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for the Akwa Ibom State North West senatorial district in the forthcoming general election has hit the rocks. An Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice David Okorowo, Friday, September 23, 2022, dismissed Udom Udo Ekpoudom’s suit against the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission which suit was to compel his acceptance as the senatorial candidate for the Akwa Ibom State North West senatorial district. The court upheld the preliminary objection filed…