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64 Killed In South African Building Fire : Pictures
Not less than 64 persons including children on Thursday died in a five-storey building engulfed by fire in central Johannesburg South Africa. The city’s Emergency Management Services spokesman, Robert Mulaudzi said another 43 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and have been taken for treatment at local hospitals, AFP reports Thursday. Robert said, “The death toll is at 64…(including) seven...
FG Close Down Murtala Muhammed Airport, Suspends Contracts, Concessions
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, from October 1, 2023. According to him, this became necessary to give room for total maintenance work at the airport. The minister disclosed this during a tour at the international airport in Lagos, where he was accompanied by the Federal...
APC Expels 84 Members For Alleged Anti-Party Activities In Osun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun on Wednesday, announced the expulsion of 84 of its members for engaging in alleged anti-party activities. In a statement by the Osun APC Chairman, Sooko Lawal, the party took the decision following complaints of anti-party activities against those expelled. “Following complaints of anti-party activities, the State Executive Committee of the Osun State chapter of the All...
Lady Set Ablaze By Pastor During Deliverance In Ogun
According to reports, Taiwo Odebiyi, an Ogun State-based pastor, set Sukura Owodunni, 21, on fire while conducting a deliverance session on her. According to reports, the occurrence happened on August 17, 2023, in the Cherubim and Seraphim Maberu Parish in Offin, in the Sagamu region of Ogun State. On the pastor's request, the victim came to the church for a special...
NIMC Issues 102.39m Identification Numbers In August
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has issued 102.39 million National Identification Numbers (NIN) to Nigerians as of August 28, 2023. The commission disclosed this in its NIN enrollment data released on Wednesday. The data revealed that Lagos state maintained the top spot by recording the highest number of enrollments in the country with 11.17 million Nigerians...
Lagos NUJ Honours Dangote As Highest Private Employer In Nigeria
It was a night of accolades for Africa’s foremost business conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited, (DIL), as journalists in Lagos State conferred an award of excellence on the Group for its outstanding contributions to the economic development of Nigeria and Africa. The award, according to the journalists, was because of Dangote’s aggressive employment generation drive, which has seen thousands of able...
Jigawa Govt Rolls Out Palliatives For Undergraduate Students
Jigawa State government has rolled out palliatives for undergraduate students in some universities. The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Honorable Sagir Musa Ahmed stated this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the resolution of the Executive Council presided over by Governor Umar Namadi. He said the State Executive Council approved the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Million, Twenty-Four...
Sexual Violence Against Women, Girls Rising In Communities – Survey
A recent survey on sexual violence against women has indicated an increase in the number of incidents in Nigerian communities. The survey conducted in three Nigerian States- Enugu, Nasarawa, and Kaduna, showed that about 49 percent of women and girls under 40 years had been sexually abused. Codenamed Kasa, (voices), the survey created to help amplify voices living in violence for...
23,000 People Missing In Nigeria – FG
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, disclosed on Wednesday that 23,000 people have been reported missing in less than a decade due to the insurgency in some parts of the country. Edu stated this in Abuja at a stakeholders’ engagement with the theme “Where are you now”, to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. She...
Gabon Coup Leaders Name General Transitional President
Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, was declared the winner. The claimed takeover sparked condemnation from the African Union and alarm from Nigeria over “contagious autocracy” in a continent where military forces have seized...
