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08/08/2023

° Sets 18% tax to GDP target in three years President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his commitment to break the vicious cycle of over reliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited government reven...

02/08/2023

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the list containing his second batch of ministers to the senate. The president submitted the list through his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday. Gbajagbiamila was accompanied to the Red Chamber by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Senator Hassan Hadejia. T...

19/07/2023

A team of technical experts from India has arrived Ogun State to begin the process of converting vehicles from fuel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The move signals the commencement of the E-Mobility and Gas Mobility Programme of the state government, which involves the conversion of mass transit b...

19/07/2023

The Mayor of Houston, Texas, United States, Sylvester Turner, is presently engaging with the Nigerian government for the establishment of a Consular Office in Houston and direct flight to expand trade, relations with Nigeria. Turner made this known while addressing some reporters in Abuja on the out...

19/07/2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the current N617 per litre price of petrol as not only extortionist but an act of provocation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Nigerian people. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement, i...

19/07/2023

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has said that Nigerians are being deceived on the issue of petrol pricing. Speaking during his appearance on a programme, Ajaero said the masses are being punished unnecessarily. On Tuesday, petrol pump price surged to N617 per litre in the....

17/07/2023

Deputy national chairman (north) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari has assumed office as acting chairman of the governing party. In the same vein, deputy national secretary of the party, Festus Fuanter has assumed office as the acting national secretary. Kyari hails from...

14/07/2023

The rising security situation in Enugu State has hit hard on the judiciary, as magistrates and judges working outside the state capital have abandoned the courtrooms and now handle their cases online. This has mostly affected those who are working in the Nsukka judicial division, whose operations ha...

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Governor speaking to family members of victims at the site of the collapsed building
Governor speaking to family members of victims at the site of the collapsed building

IKOYI BUILDING COLLAPSE: SANWO-OLU SETS UP SIX-MAN PROBE PANEL, APPOINTS TOWN PLANNERS’ PRESIDENT AS CHAIRMAN •Inquiry Team Has 30 Days to Submit Report •Governor Cuts Short Official Trip to Rome to Attend to Emergency The six-man independent investigation team set up by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to probe the remote and immediate cause of the collapse of a 21-storey building in Ikoyi has 30 days to submit its report. Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, named members of the probe panel at the scene of the incident, with the list comprising professional builder, town planner, structural engineer and legal practitioners - all from the private sector. President of Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), President of Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Mr. Toyin Ayinde, is the chairman of the panel, while Ekundayo Onajobi, a lawyer in private law firm, is the Secretary. Other panel members are a structural engineer, Dr. Akintilo Idris Adeleke; an architect, Yinka Ogundairo; representative of Institute of Builders, Mr. Godfrey O. Godfrey, and Mrs. Bunmi Ibrahim, a property lawyer. The panel’s terms of reference also include ascertaining whether there was a compromise of the building codes by the developer, his contractor and statutory regulatory agencies. Already, General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Arc. Gbolahan Oki, has been suspended indefinitely by the Governor. Sanwo-Olu was on an official visit to Rome in Italy for G-20 Summit when he learnt of the incident on Monday. The Governor cut short his trip and returned to Lagos on Tuesday to attend to the emergency. Arriving at the scene, the Governor met with the victims’ family members, raising their hopes and showing compassion to calm them. Describing the event as “a monumental disaster”, Sanwo-Olu hinted that mistakes must have been made in the process of developing the collapsed structure. The Governor promised a thorough inquiry into the m

Coup in Guinea
Coup in Guinea

The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé has been arrested by his military. Special forces that rebelled against him went to arrest him at the Presidential Palace. The 83-year-old president is seen in mufti looking harassed a little bit.

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