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Aware that the obvious absence of strict enforcement of laws, especially as it relates to building control is responsible for frequent incidences of building collapse, loss of lives and properties in the state, Lagos state governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said he would enforce the state’s law on building …

Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the United States picked new city leaders from candidates defined mainly by their stances on police and crime. Adams, who will become the second Black mayor of the nation’s largest city, …

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Osborne area in Ikoyi has threatened to jail executives of banks who fail to disclose the amount to the credit of Imagine Global Holding Company Limited, Imagine Global Solutions Limited and the Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi. The two firms and …

University of Abuja main gate The Vice Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Gwagwalada Branch, Abuja, Ebosetale Aigbefoh, has called for increased security surveillance in the Federal Capital Territory to help address security challenges. Aigbefoh made the call on Thursday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gwagwalada, to …

Gunmen who kidnapped six persons from the University of Abuja Staff Quarters on Tuesday have demanded N300 million ransom. It was gathered that the gunmen contacted the mother of one of the kidnapped boys and asked for N50 million each for the abductees. A source in the university said that …

R-Ll: Mrs. Bosede Coker, Mother of Abiodun Coker; Christopher Tokunbo Peters; Francis Tokunbo and Abiodun Coker at the burial ceremony in Lagos, recently. Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Eminent personalities from all walks of life, on Friday 22nd October, 2021, converged in Lagos, for the burial ceremony of …

Rescue operations at the site of the 21-storey building collapse. PHOTO: Sylvester Okoruwa The death toll from the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday has risen from 22 to 36. Out of the 36 deaths recorded so far, three are females while the remaining 33 are males. …

Reels out election guidelines David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Usman Alkali Baba, has said that the heavy deployment of security to Anambra for Saturday’s election is not meant to intimidate voters, but to reassure them. Baba, who was speaking to stakeholders in the state …

Slain Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau’s mother, Falmata/SOURCE: DailyTrust Falmata Abubakar, mother of the slain Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, says she had disowned her son long ago. Falmata, who said this in an interview with Daily Trust TV, maintained that whether dead or alive, there is nothing between her …

A group known as South-South Youth Movement for Wike 2023 has urged the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, to contest in the 2023 presidential election, assuring him of their total support. The group disclosed this in a communique issued and signed by the Director General Hon. Ogidi Ben Bara …