Peter Obi calls for building safety measures after Onitsha tragedy

Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of lives in the Ochanja Market building collapse in Onitsha, while urging the general public to adhere strictly to engineering and building standards for people’s safety.…

Many trapped in Anambra building collapse

Some yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons have been trapped as a building under construction caved in near the Ochanja market in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the building, meant to serve as a market on completion, collapsed at about…

FCT Police rescue 14 hostages, kill abductor; scores wounded

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police command says it has rescued 14 abducted persons at Ukya village in Nasarawa State, bordering Abuja. The victims were rescued by operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit and the Rubochi Division Police Headquarters at about…

3 victims of Ebonyi church attack buried amid tears

Tears flowed freely as the remains of three victims of gunmen attack at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Nkwagu Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, were laid to rest, weekend, at their respective family compounds. The attack which occurred as the vigil mass…

Police intensify rescue operations for abducted Abuja sisters -FPRO

Following the abduction of six young girls in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, the Nigeria Police Force said it is intensifying plans to rescue the victims. The force also assured Nigerians that plans are ongoing to…

Gunmen kill 4 in Plateau village, burn monarch’s house

Gunmen have killed no less than four persons in Dungwel village,  Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday evening. One of the relatives of the victims,  Shedrack Gambo, who spoke with our correspondent said the victims all died…

Unmasking the shadowy web of blackmail in our society’s underbelly — Tara Aisida

I had a friend in secondary school who one day sent a message to all her close friends that she was ill and on the sickbed. We all raced to her bedside only to discover that she was hale and…

LASTMA rescues 3 wounded crash victims at Dopemu area

The operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Tuesday rescued another 3 serious accident victims at Dopemu underneath the bridge inward of the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos. The lone accident which occurred around 3:15 pm involved a…

Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerians are the real victims — Tara Aisida

Like most of us I have been following the travails of the Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his Wife Beatrice. As we are all aware, the Senator and his wife were arrested in the United Kingdom on their…

My life as a female gang leader (Refinery29)

With gang related crimes on the rise, this could easily have happened in Lagos Nigeria. Growing up, I was part of a neighbourhood group of three girls and four boys, which we didn’t call a gang. We’d look out for…

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