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The number of people rescued from the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi has increased to 15, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Saturday. Sanwo-Olu, while giving an update on the search and rescue operation at the scene, said additional six people were evacuated alive from the collapsed structure and …

By Olayinka Owolewa/Yinusa Ishola Omu-Aran (Kwara), Nov. 6, 2021 Remains of the late Chief Jide Adebayo, a former Acting Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), were on Saturday evening committed to mother earth at his residence in Omu-Aran, Kwara. Adebayo’s body was lowered into the grave at …

  By Deji Abdulwahab Abuja, Nov. 6, 2021 Dr. Camillus Ukah, President, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), says reading of creative literature will assist in shaping the minds of Nigerians to prevent their involvement in violence. Ukah said this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, Nov.6, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in Anambra governorship poll to Sunday, to allow voters who were not able to vote due to malfunctioning of the Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS) to vote. Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Nov. 6, 2021 The UN Security Council has expressed support for Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s role aimed at brokering peace in troubled Ethiopia. In a press statement, released in New York, members of the Council expressed “deep concern” about the expansion and intensification of …

Lagos State Government on Friday said dead bodies recovered from the Ikoyi collapsed building are ready for identification and therefore called on families of the deceased to go to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba for identification of the corpses of their loved ones. The State Government said 38 bodies …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51b to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. The 2021 remittance, according to a statement by Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, is in line with Prof. Is-haq Oloyede’s avowed commitment …

Former Vice Chancellor of the Imo State University (IMSU), Professor Bertram. E. B. Nwoke, Thursday, November 4, 2021, gave a glowing account of the pioneering efforts of late Professor Celestine Onwuliri in the areas of research, control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The occasion was the 9th Edition …

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sensitised bakers and caterers in Akwa Ibom on the benefits of the inclusion of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree in bread baking. Hajia Karima Babangida, Director, Federal Department of Agriculture said this in her keynote address at …

By Deborah Coker Benin, Nov. 5, 2021 The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Benin Zonal Command, says it has rescued about 96 victims of human trafficking in the zone. Mrs. Chidiebere Oruruo-Ifudu, Zonal Commander of the zone, comprising Edo and Delta States, disclosed this in an …

  By Deborah Coker Benin, Nov. 4, 2021 The International Organisation on Migration (IOM) on Thursday said  it has assisted no fewer than 18,000 Nigeria returnees towards reintegration into the society. Mr. Franz Celestine, the Chief of Mission, IOM, Nigeria disclosed this at the 20th anniversary of the organisation in …

   Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Nov. 5, 2021 Gospel singer, songwriter, independent recording artiste, Uduak Daniel, on Friday announced the release of her fifth album, titled Prodigal Grace. A statement issued by the artiste in Yenagoa stated that the album was a production of the Dlyte Sound & Arts label. Daniel …

Momentum continued to build for Valentine Ozigbo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s Anambra governorship election as Chidozie Nwankwo, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), stepped down from the race and endorsed Ozigbo. This is even as the Labour Party (LP) and Social Democratic …

  By Gami Tadanyigbe Gwagwalada (FCT), Nov. 5, 2021 The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has rescued all abducted victims of the University of Abuja and have reunited them with their families through a joint operation with other security agencies. Spokesperson of the Police Command Josephine Adeh …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dismissed as fake news a trending picture of socialite, Obi Cubana, with people said to be the Commission’s staff. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity, EFCC said that “The caption is as fake as any fake news can ever be …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Nov. 5, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed sadness over the collapse of a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Nov. 1. The vice president also condoled with families that lost loved ones and relatives in the ‘horrible tragedy’. Osinbajo’s …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on all eligible Anambra State voters to come out and vote in the governorship election holding tomorrow. A statement by the pan Igbo organisation, endorsed by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, its National Publicity Secretary, which commended the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for cancelling its earlier sit-at-home …

On 1st of November, 2021, the Chairman of The Nation’s Editorial Board, Mr. Sam Omatseye, dedicated his back page column to the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. The latter had emerged as the new PDP helmsman only a day earlier i.e. 31st October, …

November 5, 2021 In my days as a music critic and a columnist in foremost Nigerian newspapers many years ago, I avoided reviewing gospel and Islamic songs because of their spiritual contents. I believe that the songs were meant to propagate the gospel, teach doctrinal precepts and promote moral rectitude …

He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies the words of the prophet that “he shall not strive, nor cry; neither …

The Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, has made a change of heart by suspending the proposed Sit At Home Order billed to commence on the fifth of November. Recall that the Director of Publicity for the body had earlier announced that it would commence a Sit At Home strike on …

Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, founder of  Elizade Group of companies has denied being the owner of the property on which the 21 storey building that collapsed in Victoria Island, Lagos killing several people was built. The business magnate, in a personally signed statement, also dismissed as untrue the news story which …

  Crowd at the gate of the collapsed building in Ikoyi Lagos on Wednesday (NAN) By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, Nov. 4, 2021 The dead body of the developer of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Mr. Femi Osibona, was retrieved from the rubbles on Wednesday. A reliable …

    Ogoni stakeholders have met with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and unanimously agreed that he lead a multi-consultative forum to discuss with Federal Government on the planned resumption of oil production in OML 11. The stakeholders said the choice of the governor was aimed at preventing saboteurs who may want to adopt divide and rule tactic to …