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Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after Israeli missile strike in Gaza City on Saturday. — Reuters An Israeli air strike Saturday demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said. Israel “destroyed Jala Tower …

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday, explained why the forum placed a ban on open grazing. Akeredolu, who presided over the Asaba meeting of the governors on Wednesday, during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said …

There are heavy gunshots going on in Ogba, Ikeja area of Lagos which started in the morning hours of today, Friday, May 7, 2021. Unconfirmed sources told this newspaper that two commercial motorcycle (Okada) riders have allegedly been killed by policemen from the Ogba Area Command of Lagos State, leaving …

Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Daily Trust reports that a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ and a Mazda bus with unidentified number, were involved in the …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended indefinitely its ‘Naira 4 dollar scheme’ earlier scheduled to end on May 8, 2021. It disclosed this on Thursday in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks, International Money Transfer Operators and the general public, titled ‘Re: Introduction of the CBN’s …

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday, gave the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Danladi Umar, two weeks to defend a petition against him. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ayo Akinyelure, issued the directive when Mr Umar appeared before the committee on Tuesday in …

Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the N100 million demanded by the abductors of Greenfield University students, Kaduna state.  Several students were abducted on April 18 when gunmen attacked the school. The kidnappers have since killed five of the students and …

The Presidency has said some “disgruntled religious and past political leaders” are plotting to convene an illegal National Conference where a vote of no confidence would be passed on President Muhammadu Buhari with a view to overthrowing his government. It said the purpose of the move was to further throw …

Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended three local government council chairmen over alleged disregard for the guidelines governing their activities. The House said it can no longer continue to watch while the council chairmen stubbornly flout the state’s local …

On the occasion of International Workers’ Day commemoration, Lagos workers, yesterday, reaped a bumper harvest of welfare packages – thanks to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Governor approved 10 hectares of land in Idera, Ibeju Lekki, and Badagry for workers housing schemes. Sanwo-Olu handed over the title documents to chairmen of Nigeria …