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The identification of bodies of the victims of the Ikoyi building collapse has continued at the IDH, Yaba, Lagos Mainland. Twenty-nine families have come forward to submit samples for DNA to identify bodies that they wish to claim. In cases where identification is clear and there are no arguments, the …

Pastor Taiwo and Nomthi Odukoya Nomthi Rosemary, the second wife of the founder of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, Taiwo Odukoya, is dead. Pastor Odukoya’s first wife, Pastor Bimbo, died on December 10, 2005 in a plane crash in Port Harcourt, Rivers Pastor Bimbo flew on Sosoliso Airline, from …

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said there is a new android malware gaining access to smartphones and taking control of infected phones. In a statement signed by the commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, the NCC said the malware is called AbstractEmu and can gain access to smartphones, take …

The House of Representatives has urged all security agencies in the country to investigate and find a missing journalist,  Todue Salem, a reporter with Vanguard Newspaper, who disappeared on Oct. 13. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of an Urgent Motion of Public Importance raised by Ndudi Elumelu …

President Muhammadu Buhari (left) The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Professor Ayo Omotayo as Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. The request was contained in a letter read on Tuesday during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, moments …

The federal government has dismissed the rumour circulating on social media that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos state has “opened up”. On Monday, a post asking motorists to take alternative routes from the Third Mainland Bridge to avoid “major disaster” appeared on WhatsApp. Reacting to the rumour, Boade Akinola, …

There was a mild drama on Tuesday when a federal high court sitting in Abuja convicted and sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, to eight years in prison for money laundering. The court, in the judgement delivered by Justice Okon Abang, found …

Nigeria’s private sector concluded the third quarter of 2021 with a modest expansion in business conditions. Quicker uplifts were seen in new orders, employment and stocks of purchases, but output growth moderated for the second month running. Nevertheless, optimism improved to a seven-month high. Material scarcity and unfavourable exchange rate …

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the wake of the recent collapse of the 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. In a release …

The trial of a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd for an alleged N1.35 billion fraud continued today November 5, 2021 before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the …