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Southwest Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, says five people were rescued alive while four dead bodies were recovered from the debris of the 21-storey building that collapsed this afternoon on Gerald road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Farinloye told the Vanguard that the rescue operation is still in progress as they are getting closer to where some of the …

Lagos State Building Control Agency General Manager, Mr. Gbolahan Oki, says the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building, under construction in Ikoyi, was given approval to construct only 15 floors. Oki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the owner of the property has been arrested and would face the law because people have died in the …

Anambra Police Command says it has recovered locally fabricated Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) from group suspected to be members of ESN. The police said the explosives, including RPG Bomb and a hand grenade, were recovered at Afor Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, location of the fierce exchanges between security agencies and the suspected insurgents, according to …

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have approved a huge national security-sensitive maritime contract to a medical company in a process the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says is “embarrassing” and illegal, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has revealed. The development has unsettled the Buhari government, with senior officials sparring and trading accusations of bad faith and …

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Strong indications emerged on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party might no longer give preference to retired generals and other former military officers in the sharing of positions. Olagunsoye Oyinlola and David Mark Sources, who confided in The PUNCH, explained that the party’s 13 governors were unanimous in their conviction that it was time to allow “politicians to play politics and …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration has restored 218 hectares of forest land across the state in furtherance of efforts to boost the state’s green economy. The governor said, while addressing participants at the Wood Expo 2021, in Abuja, that part of the state’s strategy on reforestation include replanting of the degraded forest compartments of 256 …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Sen. Iyorchia Ayu as its National Chairman, as Taofeek Arapaja emerges National Deputy Chairman (South). Sen. Iyorchia Ayu has been elected the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Taofeek Arapaja also emerged the National Deputy Chairman (South). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayu, who was the consensus candidate …

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, Saturday, slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for what he termed its poor management of the nation’s economy, stressing the need to rescue the nation and set it on the path of prosperity. Atiku who stated this at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP national elective convention in Abuja,  scored the All Progressives Congress, …

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) National Convention gets underway, here are images from the Eagles Square venue of the event, as captured by Vanguard News Nigeria. Before the convention, the 13 PDP governors made it clear they weren’t interested in a fierce political contest but in a consensus arrangement that would see them pick the 21-man national officers’ list …