No death reported – Police Five trapped workers rescued, hospitalised Search for victims ends I am grateful I came out alive – Survivor Emergency workers deployed to carry out rescue operations at the site of the collapsed building in Bode area of Ibadan have left the site after concluding their search for trapped victims and […]
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150 structures to go, officials say ‘House smashed my grandmother next door’ Pained by the unfortunate collapse of a three-storey building at 14, Massey Street, Lagos Island on Wednesday, March 13, where about 20 people, including school pupils, were reportedly killed, the Lagos State Government, yesterday, commenced the demolition of distressed buildings in the area. […]
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Transportation minister, Mr Rotimi Amaechi on Friday apologised to Nigerians over the suspension of the Iju-Abeokuta free train ride during the 2019 general elections. He tendered the apology during the monthly rail inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan modernisation project in Ibadan. He explained that the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) suspended the three months free […]
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Presidential Campaign Director General of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the February 23 election, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has quit active and partisan politics.. He conveyed this decision in a letter addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, stating his resolve to deepen himself “in some other vocations and take […]
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By Kemi Ajiboye Every morning when I rise, I pray this thought be present in “all women” and be “OUR” first thought after gratitude….. ‘I am rising to the “work” for which I exist and for which I was brought into the World, this realm of existence called Earth. May I be enabled, Ase Edumare.’ “A woman […]
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Scientific, Cultural and Spiritual perspectives By Abayomi Aiyesimoju There are many sayings that attest to special powers with which the feminine folk are endowed. Sayings such as: “Behind every man, there is a woman;” “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world;” There are in the Yoruba Language sayings like “Iya ni wura, baba […]
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The battle for the Senate Presidency is gaining momentum by the day. With certificates of return issued to senators-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, the battle for the nation’s number three seat has shifted to the geo-political zones. Impeccable sources listed North East, South South and South East geo-political zones as […]
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The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABSCA) yesterday began the demolition of defective buildings on the Lagos Island. Men of the agency’s task force pulled down a three-storey building on 60A, Freeman Street, Epetedo area. The demolition exercise is not unconnected with the Wednesday incident around the same area, where a four-storey building collapsed, killing […]
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The Taraba State government has cried out that innocent people were being killed since the day Governor Darius Ishaku was declared winner of the governorship election in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Simon Dogari, who briefed reporters on the incidents trailing the outcome of the election, said the attacks were being masterminded by the […]
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By Kemi Ajiboye Sometimes one knowingly or without intending to hurt and wound self through some error(s), might struggle with dealing with the consequences and forgiving self. To withhold forgiveness keeps alive emotions of hurt, anger and blame which discolours your perception of life. Toxic and destructive emotions have the potential to activate certain diseases. […]
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