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Six persons have been confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed at number 60, Odo street in Obalende, Lagos state today October 11. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, the building collapsed at about 5.55pm. Six fatalities including five men and one woman were recorded in the incident. Five severely injuredContinue reading “Six confirmed dead as building under construction collapses in Lagos (photos)”

Some of the food that we eat everyday are ruthless killers and they even constitute some of our problems that we didn’t even know about. Some of these foods cause elevated blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol, heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s disease, and even cancer. Try to avoid or limit the consuming these foodsContinue reading “5Foods You Never Knew Are Slowly Killing You”

Laycon is currently the most trending Nigerian celebrity at the moment after winning the season 5 episode of the Big Brother Naija lockdown. He has done and honoured quite a number of interview both online and in person and hasn’t for once let the fame get into his head. She had many times have outContinue reading “See What Nkechi Blessing Posted About Laycon And How People Reacted”

By Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman on Sep 30, 2020 Published in News & Featuresnull AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court, which has already turned aside one effort to expand mail-in voting during the pandemic, heard arguments Wednesday over Harris County’s plan to send absentee voting applications to all registered voters in the county. A lawyer for TexasContinue reading “Texas Supreme Court takes another look at mail-in voting”

The Federal Government has warned civil servants against participating in the planned nationwide strike called by the organised Labour. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and its affiliate unions had called on workers to embark on an indefinite industrial action on Monday over the price of petrol and electricity tariff. But inContinue reading “Do Not Join Labour Strike, Nigerian Government Warns Civil Servants”

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on Saturday said the recent increase in electricity and fuel prices will benefit ordinary Nigerians in the long-run. Mr Mohammed made the remarks while meeting with online publishers in Lagos. He also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve its industrial action planned for Monday. The planned action,Continue reading “Electricity, Fuel Price Hike Will Benefit Nigerians In The Long Run – Lai Mohammed”

Authorities in Abuja have shut two of the four isolation centres that cater for coronavirus patients in the Nigerian capital. COVID-19 isolation centres located inside Karu and Asokoro general hospitals are now closed following the reduction in the number of patients. Only the treatment centres in Idu and THISDAY Dome will now hold COVID-19 patients in Abuja. ThereContinue reading “COVID-19 : Nigeria shuts two isolation centres due to lack of patients”

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the COVID-19 pandemic is a sign that God is not happy with the world. She said this on Friday at the national mosque, during a public lecture to mark Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary. While calling for more efforts to ensure that the country succeeds in the fight againstContinue reading “COVID-19 is a sign that God is not happy with us, says Aisha Buhari”

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike scheduled to commence today (Monday). This followed an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting which started at 8.30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am this morning. After exhaustive deliberations on the issues raised by the labour centres, the meetingContinue reading “Nigeria Labour Congress Suspends Planned Nationwide Strike”

The number of deaths from coronavirus globally has crossed the million threshold, with more than 1,000,502 deaths recorded as of Sunday evening, according to worldometer.info. That includes over 209,000 deaths in the United States, which has lost more people to COVID-19 than any other country, and more than twice as India, the next most impacted countryContinue reading “Global coronavirus deaths hit one million”

South Africa’s president has docked three months of the defence minister’s pay after she allowed governing party officials to fly on an air force plane to Zimbabwe with her on 9 September. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was accused of misusing state resources for party political business. The defence force had argued she was on official business andContinue reading “Minister’s pay docked for using air force plane”

Nigeria is like a rickety secondhand vehicle sold to our people in 1960. Since then we have been trying to keep it moving and now it has dilapidated to the level of gwuragwura (an Igbo slang for an irreparable old car). What do we do? Of course, no one can buy Nigeria. It is likeContinue reading “Nigeria is like a Gwuragwura (irreparable secondhand vehicle) – By Prof. Okechukwu Nwafor”

Popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has gotten social media users especially fans worried after sharing how her face looks like currently. She took to her Instagram handle to share these disturbing photos as she added that she got to this point as a result of a product she is using. Making the post, she wrote;Continue reading “Ini Edo Gets People Worried After Sharing What Her Face Looks Like Currently”

If your husband cheats on you, wash his manhood nicely with vinegar and lime water and enjoy it Don’t leave him because men are scarce” – Lady advises her fellow ladies (Video) Nigeria Lady has dropped a bombshell statements on social media, advising her fellow Nigerians women to deal with their husbands in a mysteriousContinue reading “If your husband cheats on you, wash his manhood nicely with vinegar and lime water and enjoy it Don’t leave him because men are scarce” – Lady advises her fellow ladies (Video)”

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that there is likely to be an even more devastating second wave of coronavirus in Adamawa and other states in the country due to the non-compliance to COVID-19 health guidelines. A technical adviser in the implementation of NCDC’s action plan in Adamawa State, Fahad Mohammed, whoContinue reading “NCDC Warns Of Second Wave Of Coronavirus”

The Lagos State Government has called on stakeholders in the real estate sector to work out modalities for residents to pay house rents on monthly basis instead of yearly. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the call on Thursday in Lekki, during the Policy Roundtable Dialogue with key stakeholders in the Real Estate Sector.Continue reading “Governor Sanwo-Olu seeks monthly payment of house rent for Lagosians”

A beautiful lady on Friday, September 25, went in search of a partner online as she asked people to message her The lady’s post on Twitter got mixed reactions as some said they would not woo her In her tweet, @adethayorr raised prospective lovers’ hope as she said one of them could catch her fancyAContinue reading “Lady in need of love goes online to search for partnerLegitSep 25, 2020Read original”

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had disbursed N3.5 trillion to different sectors of the economy to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. It will also contribute N1.8 trillion into the N2.30 trillion Federal Government’s one-year Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) through its Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs). CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele stated this on TuesdayContinue reading “Central Bank of Nigeria disburses N3.5 trillion COVID-19 intervention cash”

Italians have voted to reduce one-third of the country’s lawmakers in order to save cost. Almost 70 percent of the citizens voted in favour of the move in a referendum which followed an earlier decision by the parliament. The move will see the number of parliamentarians downsized from about 945 to 600; the senators willContinue reading “To save cost, Italy votes to remove one in three lawmakers”