BREAKING: Many Causalities As 20-storey Building Hotel Collapses In Delta Eight persons are reportedly battling death after a 20-storey hotel building undergoing construction in Asaba, Delta State collapsed Thursday evening. The multiple billion naira hotel building is directly opposite Delta Mall, Asaba (Shoprite). The building is owned by billionaire businessman and founder of Rain Oil Group, Chief Gabriel Ogbechie. An eyewitness said they suddenly heard a loud sound while workers were engaged in construction work. The eyewitness, who identified herself as Onyinye Okei, said about eight persons sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital by their colleagues. Speaking with…
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Buhari Is Human Like You, He May Have Made One Or Two Mistakes In His 8 Years In Office –Garba Shehu Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said that during his administration, he may have made one or two errors but no one could question his intentions. Buhari said this on Thursday in a statement issued by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu to mark 100 days after the former President left office and handed over to Bola Tinubu. He said, “In the eight years he led the country, Muhammadu Buhari had taken many decisions and…
Tears As Teenager Nigerian Boy Reportedly Commits Suicide The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said that a 17-year-old boy identified as Betwom Timothy, committed suicide. Regretting the tragedy, the command said the teenager who hailed from Bombar in the Bogoro Local Government Area of the state hanged himself on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, for unknown reasons. The Command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed the unfortunate incident to journalists in Bauchi, said the deceased left his house for a stream to take his bath but did not return home. This development, however, prompted his family to…
JUST IN: Power Supply Restored Nationwide Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Power Supply Restored Nationwide The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced that the power supply has been restored. There was a widespread blackout across the country following the total collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid early Thursday morning. Naija News House earlier reported that the grid collapsed totally around 12:40 a.m. on September 14, 2023, leading to the massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide. Multiple sources in the power sector, as well as electricity distribution companies, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday morning. The Enugu…
Chicago University Document Showing I Was Female Not My Fault, Tinubu Begs Judge President Bola Tinubu on Monday begged a federal judge in the United States to ignore records that suggested the person who was admitted into Chicago State University in the 1970s was a female, saying his Nigerian political rival Atiku Abubakar was trying to sandbag him in the ongoing case over academic documents. “It is established beyond peradventure that it is improper to sandbag one’s opponent by raising new matter in reply,” Mr Tinubu said in a September 11 filing before Judge Jeffrey Gilbert of the United States…
Tears Flow As Tailor Beaten To Death The police command in Lagos state has begun an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a 22-year-old male tailoring apprentice, identified as Hakeem Mujib. The police public relations officer in the State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Monday. Mr Hundeyin said that the command got information about the incident on Sunday night, but no arrest had been made in connection with the incident. He said that the command was on the trail of those suspected to be responsible for the death, assuring that no stone would be left unturned…
BREAKING: PDP Chairman Resigns The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, Mr Adinoyi Aroke has resigned from his party. Adinoyi has been with the PDP since 1998. Aroke, who served as former state financial secretary of the party and as former Special Adviser to former Governor Ibrahim Idris on poverty reduction, conveyed his resignation in a letter dated 7th September, 2023, and addressed to the ward chairman of the PDP in Oboreke Eba Ward, Okehi Local Government. According to him, he has been a loyal and dedicated member of the party since 1998,…
‘If You Don’t Want To Work, You Leave’ – Wike Sends Strong Warning To FCDA Officials Over Microphone Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, lost his cool at the flagging off of road rehabilitation project in Abuja on Monday. The minister was addressing guests at the event when the microphone stopped functioning properly. Wike, who tried effortlessly to communicate with the audience, went down hard on staff of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). He warned the staff to either sit up or find their way out of the Administration. He said, ‘’Let me express my displeasure to…
Tinubu Approves Construction Of Ranches For Fulani In States, 1000 Houses The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said on Friday that President Bola Tinubu has approved the construction of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger and Benue States. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, in a statement, said Shettima stated this at the commissioning of projects executed by Borno State Government in the last 100 days. The Vice President explained that the housing projects were part of a broad plan by the Federal Government to address conflicts in the north. Shettima also revealed…
Ex-RCCG Pastor Who Was Installed As Monarch In Ogbomoso To Spend Seven Days A former pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ghandi Laoye, was on Friday installed as the new Soun of Ogbomoso in Oyo State. The PUNCH had reported that Laoye, who was based in the United States, arrived in Ogbomoso early in the morning in a private chopper, which landed at the Ogbomoso Grammar School, before moving to the palace. The Soun of Ogbomoso stool became vacant after Oba Jimoh Oyewumi passed away on December 12, 2021. Our correspondent also gathered that the new monarch would…