The Federal Fire Service has said that rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023, at 8.a.m. Mr Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the disaster, that all the agencies involved agreed to resume the rescue operation on Tuesday morning. NAN reports that the building, which was said to be a hotel under construction, collapsed around 4 p.m. on Monday, 3 July, 2023, trapping undisclosed number of labourers. David, who led the team of…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The fifth yearly lecture of Freedom Online, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing online newspapers, will hold on July 18 in Lagos. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, says former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Gbenga Daniel, is the Chairman. Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State is the Special Guest Speaker while Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State is the Special Keynote Speaker. Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, is the Special Guest of Honour. Theme of the lecture is ‘2023 – 2027: Nigerians, elected leaders and expectations’. Also expected are: former Police…
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, has charged a high-powered committee to speed up ongoing reconstruction of Maiduguri Monday market towards resumption of traders for business activities. Governor Zulum gave the task on Sunday, 3 July, 2023 in Maiduguri during an unscheduled visit to assess progress of work at the market. The Maiduguri Monday Market, a bustling centre of trade and commerce was severely impacted by a fire disaster on the 26th of February, 2023. The wild fire razed the market completely with property worth billions of Naira destroyed. Zulum in response took measures including the release of N2…
The Prayer And Support For The Nigerian Armed Forces And Other Security Agencies, PSNAFSA, has called on Nigerians to keep praying and supporting all security agencies to carry out their duties effectively. The organization made the call during a special session in Lagos to mark the 2023 Army Day celebration, with the theme; Sound Administration As A Panacea for Effective Military Operations. Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, represented by the GOC, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Ajunwa assured all personnel of the Federal Government’s commitment to the welfare of officers and men of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Coca-cola Nigeria Plc to pay a sum of N3 million to Abdulmumineen Onilemarun as compensation for using his work without his authority or consent. Justice Daniel Osiagor made the order in the judgement he delivered on the suit filed against both Coca-cola Plc and its bottlers, the Nigeria Bottling Company, accused of copyright infringement on Abdulmumineen Onilemarun’s published work Coca-Cola and Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), were dragged to court by Onikemarun over the use of his calendar work on fasting time for Muslims for religious purposes without his authority or consent.Onilemarun…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is, hereby, restating its earlier position that the UTME result being paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake. Consequently, the Board would like to reassure Nigerians that its system was neither tampered with nor compromised as the candidate simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named “Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle”, who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138. It is also instructive to note that the candidate, in her statement, has inadvertently revealed the rightful owner of the result she is parading when she pointed out that the…
Interesting times are here for the the Under-20 team in Nigeria, as a new kid on the block emerges. His name is France, Israel Olaoye, a striker, who plies his trade in France. The young talented player plays for the youth team of Quevilly Rouen Metropole Ligue 2 outfit in France. He is one of the utility players in the team and score goals regularly. A video of his exploits both on the pitch of play and training sessions showed him displaying his dexterity on the ball, juggling ability and flexibility on the pitch, in addition to his being a…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike As Arsenal now look to make the leap and become regular title contenders, they are prepared to once again dish out salaries befitting of elite players, German newspaper Bild reports, saying Kai Havertz, a new signing from Chelsea, is the first beneficiary. According to the newspaper, the 24-year-old will reportedly take home a salary of £330,000-a-week, though that figure could get even higher when bonuses are factored in – making him the club’s highest earner since Mezut Ozil. Declan Rice has been offered a virtually identical salary and Arsenal are prepared to create a new band of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Chelsea Football Club of England have confirmed the signing of two more youngsters have been announced as Chelsea players on Saturday, 1 July, 2023 in Diego Moreira and Alex Matos. Moreira, 18, joined Benfica from Standard Liege in 2020 and was part of the side which won the 2022 UEFA Youth League. Having made his senior debut in May 2022, Moreira featured regularly for Benfica B last season. The teenage winger is part of Portugal’s squad at the European Under-21 Championship, where they will face England in the quarter-finals on Sunday. Matos, 18, meanwhile, is yet to…