A two-story building under construction in Abuja collapsed on Saturday trapping 10 persons with one seriously injured. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN), reports that the incident happened behind Dawaki Modern Market, in the Galadima area of the Federal Capital Territory. The incident occurred at about 10:40am and the building suffered a total collapse, leaving some of its occupants, who were workers at the site, injured. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), FCT...
Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State says security is not an issue on the Abuja-Kaduna rail service but that of people obeying the Federal Government’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidelines. El-Rufai made this disclosure while briefing newsmen on Saturday at the testing running operation trip of the Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC) in Kaduna. “The train is secure, the train is well protected, even the Abuja-Kaduna highway is well protected, and there has not been a kidnapping case...
The Nigeria Police have cleared popular Nigerian singer and songwriter D’banj, of the rape allegations leveled against him by a twitter user Miss Seyitan Babatayo. This was contained in a report signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Umar Sanda on behalf of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday. It would be recalled that the allegation led to strong social...
Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have given a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet their demands or face their wrath. The National President of NARD, Dr Sokomba Aliyu, gave the ultimatum at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja. The news conference was called to read a communiqué issued by the association after its six-day virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and scientific conference, held in Gombe recently. Aliyu...
The United States Navy has awarded a Nigerian officer, Lt Victor Agunbiade, its medal of commendation for his meritorious service. The U.S Navy said Agunbiade effectively managed its largest cash disbursing office handling 45 million dollars (N17billion) in cash transactions. This, it said, accounted for around 70 per cent of its overseas disbursing volume. According to the award citation, Agunbiade earned the honour while serving as cash Disbursing Officer at the navy’s Camp Lemonnier in...
Rangers FC of Glasgow in Scotland have signed Nigeria’s international defender Leon Balogun on a one-year deal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Scottish giants announced the signing of the Super Eagles’ defender on its website www.rangers.co.uk. “Rangers are today delighted to announce the signing of Nigerian international defender, Leon Balogun, on a one-year deal, with Rangers having an option for a further year. “Balogun, 32, arrives in Glasgow with experience both in...
Security was tight outside the United State consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave. This is coming a day after China ordered it to close in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its consulate in Houston. The tit-for-tat consulate closures have brought a sharp deterioration in relations between the world’s two largest economies. A consulate emblem inside the compound was removed as staff could...
Brazil has recorded over 50,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the third day in a row, the Health Ministry said in the capital Brasilia late Friday. An increase of 55,891 cases was announced, as well as 1,156 more deaths from the virus. In total, more than 2.3 million infections have been registered in the largest and most populous country in Latin America. At least 85,238 people have died in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to reverse the six per cent tenancy and lease stamp duty agreement in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Wabba said that the Congress noted with dismay the new policy by the Federal Government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stipulating a six per cent stamp duty fee for every tenancy and lease agreement...
Abdul-Ganiyu Abdul-Razaq, father of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara is dead. The deceased’s first son, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, who announced this in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin, said his father passed on at the age of 93. Abdul-Razaq said in the statement that the late SAN died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja. “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, the AbdulRazaq family of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State, hereby...
