Setonji Koshoedo, Deputy National Secretary-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi last week was a result of negligence on the part of Lagos State Government. The yet to be completed skyscraper owned by Fourscore Heights Limited collapsed on November 1, trapping over 50…
public commentator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar has blamed the lingering banditry activities and uncontrollable Almjeri system in the state on lack of education and proper upbringings of children by parents and guardians. The commentator stated that the children did not start these dastard acts from their mothers’ wombs or even after they were born but their…
ABoeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. The amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges for 40 days, at the rate of €5,000 (N2.4 million) at the official rate of N473.75 to €1)….
States recorded N849.12bn Internationally Generated Revenue in the first half of 2021 financial period. Figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics on Internally Generated Revenue Report at State level for Half Year 2021 revealed on Monday. Lagos led the states as it recorded N267.23bn IGR, while Yobe had the least of N4.03bn. The NBS…
As predicted by PREMIUM TIMES, the Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, around 12:20 a.m., said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on be represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Accra, Ghana on the political situation in the Republics of Guinea and Mali. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide otitoju The death toll in a high-rise collapse in Ikpyi, Lagos State has risen to 43, the state government has announced. Lagos Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The 21-storey building under construction in the upscale Ikoyi district crumbled on Monday afternoon, trapping…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ordered his lawyers to initiate legal actions against news website, Sahara Reporters over a story claiming that he is the owner of a collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos. The website had published a report that Osinbajo was the owner of the property and that the late developer, Femi Osibona was…
According to PUNCH, Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC’s director-general (DG), spoke when he appeared before a house of representatives committee on youth development on Wednesday. Ibrahim said the extant N650 daily feeding allowance for corps members is “grossly inadequate,” adding that with the arrangement, they only get a meal worth N216. The NYSC DG called on the…
