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Over 20 workers narrowly escaped death today when a two-storey building under construction on Daily Independent Street, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, collapsed. The collapse occurred during the early morning downpour in the area. Daily Independent Street, which is opposite Asaba Airport and leads to Vanguard Newspapers Press and the Nigeria Police Station (former SARS office), was thrown into panic on Saturday morning. It was gathered that some of the trapped workers have been rescued, while the search for others continues. One of the workers at the scene, who pleaded anonymity, said that some workers were injured…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has admitted the government cannot force landlords in the city to reduce rent. According to Wike, the cost of rent is market-driven. The minister stated this while speaking during the inspection of the Zeberced Quarry in Kubwa on Saturday. Wike said: “No government puts a cap as regards the cost of rent. It is the market forces. “You are aware that everything has actually increased because of costs. The man who built the house didn’t build that he would not make profit at the end of the day. “I don’t…

A Lagos-based senior lawyer, Barrister Vincent Okafor has been remanded in Enugu Correctional Centre for allegedly promoting local war in his hometown, Agunese Mmaku community, Awgu Council Area of Enugu State. The legal practitioner’s arraignment brings to three natives of the locality currently in custody for the same offence. The two other accused persons are Mr. David Okeke and Chukwu Theophilus, while others are at large. Okafor’s arrest in Lagos and subsequent arraignment on Thursday in Enugu before an Enugu Magistrate Court was based on a three-count charge, bordering on alleged “felony and carrying out a warlike undertaking against the…

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Akwa Ibom Command said it has rescued a 12-year-old girl, Bright Sunday, who was locked up in a dilapidated building and tortured for two years by her father in Ikot Ukporo Idoro village, Ibiono Ibom local government area of the state. Addressing newsmen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Saturday, the State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, said the victim’s father, Ndifreke Sunday – 38 years and her stepmother, Victory Sunday – 28 years had accused her of being a witch. He said the rescue and subsequent arrest…

Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has revealed that he plans to have children in the next five years. He disclosed this in a recent interview with content creator, Egungun of Lagos. Egungun: “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Bobrisky: “I see myself in five years with beautiful children.” The cross-dresser also revealed that he spent 6 million Naira on butt enlargement surgery. “My BBL cost about 6 million Naira,” he said.

The head of the Hausa community in Alubarika Rice Farm Cluster, Bello Zabarmawa, has refuted claims of complete ownership and management of a 200-hectare rice farm located in Magboro, Obafemi – Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. A media report had quoted Zabarmawa accusing Governor Abiodun of inappropriately taking possession and glory of the rice farm and tagging it a project funded by his administration with the support of the World Bank. Dismissing the report, the Kebbi State-born businessman and farmer denied claiming ownership of the farm. Zabarmawa, who spoke to newsmen on Friday at the rice farm located…

The Borno State Police Command has recovered eleven decomposed bodies from various locations in Maiduguri, the state capital, as rescue operations continue across the affected areas. DAILY POST reports that the massive flooding in Borno State has caused a lot of damage as it ravages through the state. Thousands of families trapped in Maiduguri flooded areas were evacuated to safer areas by the military, volunteers and other security agencies. The Supervising Police Public Relations Officer for the Northeast, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a statement issued to journalists in Bauchi on Friday, assured that the Command remains committed to minimising further…

A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that no governor in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can say he (Wike) is an outsider in the party. Wike, who stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s on Friday, insisted that no man born of a woman can refer to him as an outsider. Addressing the cliam that he’s a mole in the party with one leg in APC, Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said he wrote the party before taking up the appointment. “There is nobody, no governor today in the…

Former Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has cautioned against godfatherism in selecting leaders in Nigeria. Shekarau said godfatherism would lead to picking inexperienced and morally bankrupt leaders. He noted that the pattern of godfatherism in selecting leaders in Nigeria must change. Shekarau spoke while delivering a paper titled, ‘Challenges of Operating in Political Environment by Public Officers’ at a 4-day retreat organised for members of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) and National Assembly’s top management staff which started in Abuja on Friday. According to Shekarau: “Though it (public service) represents just a minor fraction of the population it…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed never to support Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in his political life again Wike made the vow on Friday, while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He accused the governor of lying against him, saying he (Wike) asked him for N20 billion and N100 billion, respectively. When asked if he will support Fubara in 2027, Wike said: “I will never support Fubara in my political life again. No, I won’t do that. That’s why people should know me, I am not a man who deals with left hand. I…