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Point News247 reports that the Lagos State government has arrested the developer of the three-storey building, under construction, that collapsed at No. 16 Akanbi Crescent, Onike Area, Lagos, on Saturday afternoon. The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, in a statement, said “the government moved in swiftly to minimize impact at the site around 3.30 p.m. on Saturday. According to the National Emergency Management Agency, at least four bodies have been recovered from the rubble. ”Preliminary findings indicated that the site had been sealed off twice by the Lagos State Building Control Agency in 2021 for…
Point News247 reports that the United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) has, on Monday (today), called for an end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Nigeria, and the release of those in the custody of such groups. They also urged support for former child soldiers in north-east Nigeria. The call came on the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, otherwise known as “Red Hand Day”. For 13 years, armed conflict in north-east Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives and disrupted livelihoods and access to essential services for children and their families. Nearly one million…
The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn toDr. Nnaji Ebenezer Chibueze, a police corporal, who is still in the same rank three years after bagging his doctorate degree. Reports indicate that attempts at regularising his rank with his educational qualification has yielded no success. However, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) organisation has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to intervene in Ebenezer’s matter. Point News247 reports that MURIC made this appeal in a statement issued on Sunday, 13th February, 2022 by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola. The statement by…
Point News247 reports that President Muhammadu Buhari in a drastic move on Saturday, approved the appointment of former lawmaker, Muhammad Zorro, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady. This is as the President temporarily redeployed three aides of the first lady to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled, ‘President Buhari Approves Sami Zorro SSA to First Lady, Redeployment and Disengagement of Others’. At…
The Enugu Chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has condemned the attacked on Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officers in Enugu, which led to the death of one officer, while another was injured. Point News247 reports that the ANLCA, Enugu Chapter Chairman, Prince Alex Nwokeabia also commiserated with the NCS over the sad incident which occurred on Thursday, along the Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway and called on the Nigeria Police to fish out the attackers and bring them to justice. According to a press statement by the NCS, the sad incident occurred on Thursday, 10th Febuary 2022…
Point News247 reports that no fewer than six human bodies have been consumed after an inferno gutted the mortuary at the Agagbe Community in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria. The fire was reported to have started in the late hours of Friday, burning to ashes the bodies deposited at the morgue. The mortuary was said to belong to St. Francis Xavier Parish Agagbe and the fire broke out at about 5:00 pm on Friday. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, a Superintendent of Police said that six corpses were burnt.
Point News247 reports that winners have emerged in the Access Bank Lagos Marathon 2022, with two Ethiopians, a male and a female taking the gold prices of the event which featured both male and female contestants. Ulfata Deresa, who won the male event with a time of 2.11.58 beats David Barmasai of Kenya who clocked 2.13.27 to take the second medal and Naibe Emmanuel, also of Kenya with a time of 2.14.42 finishing 3rd on the log. MALE: 1st: Ulfata Deresa, Ethiopia (2.11.58) 2nd: David Barmasai, Kenya (2.13.27) 3rd: Naibe Emmanuel, Kenya (2.14.42)
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun state, Southwest Nigeria, said this shortly after he appeared before the APC Screening Committee at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. Point News247 reports that this was contained in a statement shared on the State Government Facebook’s page titled, ‘I remain the aspirant to beat – Oyetola’. Oyetola, who was accompanied to the party secretariat by party leaders, supporters, and loyalists, including cabinet members, said his performance in the last three years put him ahead of other aspirants. “Recently, I began a strategic consultation with the party members to seek their support ahead of the primary…
Point News247 reports that Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi has said only Brittania-U imported the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with higher concentrates of methanol. The Consortium made this clarification in a statement signed by the Lead Consortium, Emadeb Energy Services Limited on Thursday, February 10, 2022. The statement read, “… the blanket claims made against the consortium by the NNPC are misleading and contradict the actual events that happened; they do not fully reflect and/or represent what transpired. It is important to inform the public of these facts and provide clarifications relating to the delivery of the said contaminated PMS to the…
Point News247 reports that Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,NNAMDI KANU, has again, raised the alarm that despite court order, the Department of State Services, DSS, has not allowed Kanu access to his new clothes. Kanu’s brother told Vanguard that he had in three occasions, personally taken new clothes to the IPOB Leader currently detained at the DSS headquarters Abuja, but was not allowed by the secret police to hand over the clothes to him. “I was at the DSS headquarters today (Thursday) to give my brother his new clothes…