Breaking: Collapsed Building Owner, Femi Osibona, Is Dead
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Bayo Adetu
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November 4, 2021
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Femi Osibona, the owner of the collapsed 21-storey Ikoyi building is dead. Popular journalist, Dele Momodu, confirmed Mr Osibona’s death via his Instagram page on Thursday evening. Osibona’s body was discovered among others during the rescue process at the site of the building on Thursday. The late Osibona owns the popular Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based real estate firm located along …
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Native Doctor Escapes Death as Aggrieved Residents Raze Shrine, 300 Pictures Found
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Bayo Adetu
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November 4, 2021
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A native doctor, identified as Mike India, escaped death by a whisker in Edoha community, in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State following the discovery of about 300 pictures of residents in a shrine he allegedly operated. PUNCH Metro gathered that some youths in the area intercepted India at midnight while he was performing a ritual. The …
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Lagos building collapse: RCCG pastor, 22 artisans stuck in rubble
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Bayo Adetu
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November 4, 2021
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By Mboutidem Emma-Ukpanah A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ola Ogunfuwa, and 22 of his workers are among those stuck in the rubble of the Ikoyi building which collapsed on Monday. A friend of Ogunfuwa and an RCCG pastor, Omotosho Shola Emmanuel, confirmed it. He said the pastor, who is in charge of the Living Water Parish …
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Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s human rights suit to November 19
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Bayo Adetu
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November 2, 2021
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A Federal High Court in Abia State has adjourned a suit filed on behalf of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government on matters relating to infringement of human rights. A member of Kanu’s legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday. Newsmen had reported that Kanu through …
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Ooni of Ife Commissions Community road donated by Senator Omoworare
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Bayo Adetu
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November 1, 2021
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Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife commissioned the Odo-Ogbe road, Oja Tuntun, Ile-Ife donated by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare on Sunday. The more than 500 meters road which was personally financed by Senator Omoworare is described by Ooni Ogunwusi as a strategic infrastructural development. While speaking at …
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Corpses Recovered From Collapsed Building In Lagos
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Bayo Adetu
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November 1, 2021
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At least three corpses were recovered from the rubbles of a 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos on Monday. The building, which was under construction, collapsed along Gerald Road, Ikoyi, a highbrow area in Lagos. Officials confirmed that three bodies have been recovered and have been handed over to a medical team of the Lagos State General Hospital. The Coordinator …
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Just In: Dozens Trapped As 21-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos
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Bayo Adetu
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November 1, 2021
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Dozens of people are currently trapped as a 21-storey building collapsed in Lagos on Monday, 1 November, 2021. The incident happened at about 3pm today, and scores of people are being trapped under the rubbles. The building, which is under construction, is located on Gerard Road in Ikoyi on Lagos Island.
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Bad Roads: I Don’t Know Our Offence In Ife, Ooni Laments
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Bayo Adetu
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November 1, 2021
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By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has decried the poor state of roads in the ancient city, saying “the town has never had it this bad”. The monarch in a statement issued by his media aide, Moses Olafare lamented the abandonment of roads by both the state and federal government, thereby movement of goods …
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Buhari travels to UK, addresses delegates Tuesday
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Bayo Adetu
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November 1, 2021
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By Stephen Angbulu President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, 31 October departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland to attend the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari to attend Climate Change Conference in Glasgow; participate in …
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Just In: Yinka Odumakin’s Widow, Joe Okei-Odumakin Gives Birth To Twins
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Bayo Adetu
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October 31, 2021
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Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins – a boy and a girl – at a United States of America hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. This is according to a release posted on her Facebook account on Sunday. According to the release, the mother and the babies are …
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