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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 …

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has released its audited financial results for the financial year to 31 December 2018 to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, which showed a strong liquidity position. The results, released to the Exchange on Wednesday, showed the group grew its topline earnings …

Former Deputy Speaker and governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Emeka Ihedioha has been declared the winner of the keenly contested Imo State governorship election by the State Returning Officer, Prof. Francis Otunta. Ihedioha polled a total number of 273404 to defeat his closest rival and candidate of …

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 …

Access Bank Plc has vehemently denied any wrongdoing in the alleged sale of a customer’s goods worth N2.5billion. The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos had charged Access Bank Plc, its managing director and chief executive officer, Herbert Wigwe, and others with 21 counts of conspiracy, fraudulent disposal of trust property, fraudulent …

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 …

Information reaching this newspaper revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently quizzing some officials of Sterling Bank Plc andKwara State Government following an alleged N1billion cash withdrawals by the latter from an account domiciled with the bank. According to investigations, the money which was withdrawn at Sterling Bank’s Post …