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Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have sealed the site of a building collapse on Cardoso Street, off Martin Street, in the Mushin area of the state. The three-storey structure reportedly owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God,(RCCG) was under construction when it caved in on …

The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has opposed Governor Bello Matawalle’s directive to the people of the state to bear arms and defend themselves. Secretary of the PDP in the state, Faruku Ahmed, said in a statement that the decision to allow people to bear arms could …

Many children have been found in an apartment underneath a church in Ondo Town, Ondo State. The children are believed to have been kidnapped and held on the premises of the church which is in the Valentino area of Ondo Town. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in …

A crisis seems to be brewing in the Bauchi State House of Assembly as 22 members passed a vote of no confidence on the principal officers of the House citing ineptitude and dereliction of duty as reasons. The 22 members are also asking the leadership to tender their resignations or …

Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former aide to General Sani Abacha, says he has no regrets working with the late military dictator. Al-Mustapha who is the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 general election made the declaration on Friday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics …

An Islamic court in Bauchi state has sentenced three men to death by stoning for raping two boys, an official said Friday. Bauchi is among a dozen states in the north where Sharia law is in operation alongside common criminal justice. The court in the town of Ningi handed down …

Students from the nineteen northern states of Nigeria, on Friday, protested the lingering ASUU strike in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Under the auspices of the Coalition of Northern Groups’ Students, the undergraduates are asking traditional rulers, civil society organisations, and government at all levels to urgently intervene and end …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment along with his two companies: Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd. This was contained in a statement …

The Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd) has said that his loyalty to Nigeria is the reason he is again running for the position of president come 2023. Al-Mustapha who is presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) stated this on Friday. “I decided …

Germany signed an agreement on Friday to begin sending hundreds of Benin bronzes back to the Federal Government, rubber-stamping the biggest effort yet by a European country to return the looted artworks. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Culture Minister Claudia Roth signed the deal with their Nigerian counterparts in Berlin …