Residents Rescue Woman In Osun After Car Plunged Into River
A middle-aged woman was on Saturday rescued unhurt by locals after her car plunged into Osun river. The woman driving a Toyota Camry was heading towards Olaiya when the car suddenly slipped off the road on the Gbodofon bridge in Osogbo and plunged into the river. The incident according to an eye witness, Samson Owoyokun occurred around 11:40 am and was...
Tinubu Visits Scene Of 21-Storey Building Collapse In Ikoyi As Death Toll Hit 42
National Leader of the ruling APC and former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited the scene of 21-storey building collapse in Ikoyi. He arrived the scene on Saturday in company of Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu along with his Nasarawa State counterpart, Abdulahi Sule. Sanwo-Olu at the scene confirmed the recovery of 42 bodies buried under the rubble of...
NYSC Members Warned Against Involvement In Partisan Politics
Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has charged members of the Batch C Stream 1 to resist the temptation to engage in local politics because it is prohibited by the NYSC Act and Bye-Laws, as well as workplace norms and regulations. This followed as he urged the corps members to be security vigilant at...
FG Proposes More Allocations For Local Governments
Local governments should get more allocation in the new revenue formula, the Federal Government has proposed. The Federal Government also recommended a reduction in the vertical allocations to it and State Governments. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha, stated these while representing the Federal Government at the town hall meeting in Abuja for the review of...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Younger Brother Arrives Federal High Court Abuja (Photos)
Prince Emmanuel Kanu, one of the younger brothers of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is at the Federal High Court Abuja for the trial of his sibling. Emmanuel Kanu was also at the hearing in October. ABN TV reports that Kanu Meme arrived at around 8:30am. He posed for a picture with Aloy Ejimakor, a...
Nnamdi Kanu Arrives Court Amidst Heavy Security (PHOTOS)
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been brought to court by officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) for his trial, ABN TV reports. Kanu was brought into the courtroom amid heavy security around 9:50am. Kanu’s brother, Prince Meme Kanu confirmed the IPOB’s leaders presence via a Facebook post on Wednesday morning. Department of...
Moment Nnamdi Kanu Confronts DSS Officials In Court [VIDEO]
The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu confronted a security operative on Thursday for blocking his lawyers from entering the court. Kanu, who was visibly miffed was seen demanding to know why some members of his legal team were refused entrance. Kanu said: “I’m asking you, who is stopping them from entering?” To which the security operative replied:...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyers Walk Out As Judge Adjourns Trial To Next Year
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu to January 19, 2022. However, before the judge came into the court room, Kanu’s lawyers, staged a walk-out to protest the refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to...
Youth Group Hails Sanwo-Olu As Lagos #EndSARS Panel Submits Report
The Integrity Youth Alliance has commended the Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu for not interfering in the Lagos State EndSARS Panel. According to a press release on Tuesday, 16th November, 2021 jointly signed by its National Coordinator, Kelvin Adegbenga and National Publicity Secretary, Danjuma Lamido, they pointed out that the panel had operated independently while commending members of the Justice Okuwobi-led...
Four Dead, Others Trapped As Another Building Collapses In Lagos
Four persons have died and five others rescued as a building under construction collapsed in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Wednesday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the figures in an update. “Nine Casualties who were construction workers were recorded of which five adult males were rescued and taken to the hospital for medical treatment while four...
