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The Oando tank farm along Gaskiya road, Ijora Badia area of Lagos on Thursday was gutted by fire, the Lagos state emergency agency said. The cause of the fire is not known at the time of filing this report but the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the situation was under control. “A combined response team of public and private stakeholders have managed to localize the fire and prevent it from spreading to any secondary sites or adjoining locations,” LASEMA said. Although the emergency agency did not provide update on the extent of damage done, it explained that it…

A mob has lynched the driver and conductor of a water truck after their vehicle crushed five pupils to death in Ebonyi state. The incident happened in Oshiri in Onicha Local Government Area on Monday. Police spokesman, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident. “On Monday through a distress call, the DPO of Onicha was contacted that an accident happened killing five school children and angry youths attacked the driver and killed him,” Odah, said in a statement. “The driver, Ewa Innocent, is from Ameka Ikwo while the conductor, Ojim Danis, is from Agharazo, Iyiemgu Izzi.” It was gathered that the children…

An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has granted the request of the police to detain the three alleged masterminds of looting. The police, in a motion ex parte, numbered MOS/M312/2020 filed by the Commissioner of Police against the alleged masterminds identified as Aishat Mutiu (21), Segun Oyewale and Idris Yinusa sought for more time to keep the three in custody till investigation and others now at large are arrested. The motion ex parte deposed to by Inspector Adebayo Sunday attached to the Crime Scene Section, Osun Police command sought for ten reliefs which were brought under section 4…

The trial of former Plateau State governor, Senator Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam before Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos continued on Thursday, November 5, 2020 with the testimony of prosecuting witness two (PW2), Uchenna Innocent Igwe. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting the duo for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion. Led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacob SAN, Igwe, who was a senior manager…

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday warned parties against contempt of court in a suit filed by the embattled Managing Director of HealthPlus Limited, Bukky George, to stop her removal. The judge gave the warning in a ruling, following a complaint by George’s lawyer, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), that policemen were on the court premises on Wednesday attempting to arrest his client. Ayorinde’s complaint came after the judge had earlier adjourned the matter till November 16 to decide the valid counsel for HealthPlus Limited. The plaintiff’s lawyer said the attempt to arrest George was…

*Disbursement of funds ongoing in several states The N30, 000 one-time grant for artisans, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is real and the disbursement of funds under the scheme is going on across the first set of States, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande. Mr. Akande stated this in Abuja on Thursday during Radio Nigeria’s live phone-in programme “Have Your Say”, where he was featured alongside the Special Assistant on MSMEs, Mr. Tola Johnson and a number of the FCT-based beneficiaries of the N30,000 grant. According to him, “I…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday officially received materials for the party’s nationwide membership registration, update and revalidation exercise to be conducted across thirty-six states and the Federal capital Territory (FCT). During the handover ceremony at the party’s national secretariat, Governor Buni was accompanied by the Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and CECPC Secretary, Sen. John James Akpanudodehe among other senior party officials. Governor Buni disclosed that the APC membership registration, update and revalidation exercise will be conducted across the country’s 119,973 Polling…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the Federal Government’s plan of using hunger as a weapon to weaken its agitation and demands will not work. This is as the Union said it is ready to suspend the seven-month-long strike but cannot work on empty stomachs. Ibadan Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Ade Adejumo, made the disclosures on Wednesday during a press conference to give an update on the strike action. Adejumo who spoke through Prof Moyo Ajao, Chairperson, Unilorin ASUU urged well-meaning Nigerians to compel government to release the withheld salaries of its members, remit the check-off dues of…

GOtv promises an entertaining week of topflight football matches, exciting TV series, thrilling movies, entertaining and informative kiddies show plus other programmes to have you at the edge of your seat! Here’s your guide on what to watch on GOtv this week: Catch ‘Sistas’ (S2), on BET (Channel 21) at 9:30 pm on Thursdays. ‘Sistas’ is a comedy-drama tv series that centers around careers, friendships & romances of a group of single black women. The story follows the women as they navigate romantic link-ups, ambitious careers, and complicated friendships. This new season will pick up right where it left off,…

Social media influencer, Japheth Omojuwa has apologized for an insensitive tweet directed at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the woes of Modupe Odele known as Moe. Omojuwa who has led calls against police brutality on Twitter and who was one of the #EndSARS leaders said he now knows that the VP has been championing an end to police brutality. In a series of tweets, he explained that there was no malice in his earlier tweets which he has now deleted. “I’d love to withdraw this tweet about the VP Osinbajo and also apologise for it. I have a better understanding…