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PHOTO: ChannelS TV Many children have been rescued from a three-storey building which collapsed in the Itafaji area of Lagos Island. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) as well as the police, army and National Security and Civil Defence Force, NSCDC are currently on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has set up the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee with the mandate to plan, organise and execute all approved activities for the swearing in of a new government on May 29. This was made public in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office in the office …

A Nigerian passenger travelling on Delta Air Lines Flight DL54 from Atlanta, USA was on Monday afternoon found unresponsive before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The 54-year-old (names withheld), who was ill before boarding the flight, died three minutes before the aircraft touched down at the airport. …

The Directorate of the Lagos Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, has clarified that it had not increased price for the issuance of Road Worthiness Certificate. In a statement on Monday, the Director of the VIS, Engineer Abdul-Hafeez Toriola described the rumour as unfounded and without any substance. He said in spite …

Voters in six states are to wait a little longer to know who will be their governor as from May 29 when the tenure of incumbent governors expires. Elections in the six states have been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the cancellation of votes in …

The Returning Officer for Imo State elections, Prof. Francis Otutna, has ordered the arrest of the Collation Officer of Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area (LGA), Prof. Kelechi Ehirim, for allegedly altering the results of the LGA. Otuana, who apparently had the results from the field, announced that the figures Ehirim …

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said. Ethiopia’s prime minister offered condolences to victims’ families. “We hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 9 to conduct supplementary presidential election in areas where the poll was cancelled last Saturday. Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education, said the supplementary polls will be conducted alongside the governorship and state houses of assembly elections. …

The United Kingdom (UK) says Nigerians can have confidence in the outcome of the presidential election that held on Saturday. President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coming second. Harriett Baldwin, UK’s minister of state …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared President Muhammadu Buhari president-elect. This is on account of  the collation of results of the presidential election. President Buhari crossed the 15 million mark in votes scored in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 of …