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Ondo govt links naming ceremonies to 29 deaths from ‘Monkey Tail’ consumption

By Dayo Johnson Akure The Ondo State Government has confirmed that 29 people died from the consumption of local herbal alcoholic mixtures, commonly called “monkey tail” in Odigbo council area of the state. Health Commissioner, Dr Banji Ajaka, said weekend that there were 60 suspected cases linked to two naming ceremonies. He said the fatality […]
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Lagos demolishes more weak buildings

Barely 24 hours after pull ing down four defective buildings, Lagos State government, yesterday, demolished another three buildings that posed threat to lives and property.
Recall that Lagos State government, Friday, commenced the demolition exercise in which four defective buildings were demolished to prevent loss of lives.

Search ends in Lagos building collapse as anger flares

Emergency services on Thursday said they had called off the search for survivors of a building collapse that killed nine in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, as anger mounted over dilapidated property and unscrupulous owners.

Anambra community protests ceding of 8500 hectares forest reserve to individual

HUNDREDS of placard-carrying men, women and youths from Ozzu –Ndiukwuenu community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday stormed the Government House in Awka to protest the alleged ceding of part of 8,500 hectares of Mamu River Forest Reserve in the area to an individual by the Anambra State Government.

Imo community demands end to political killings

Hundreds of community leaders from Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, have begged security agencies in the state to end killings in their area which they alleged to be politically sponsored. 

IPOB searches for bodies of members allegedly killed in Imo

Following the reported clash between the police in Imo state and the members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the group has pleaded to the Imo state commissioner of police, Dazuki Galadanchi, to come out clear on the whereabouts of the bodies of their members said to have been killed in the incident. 

Blind indigenes of Enugu get free skills acquisition, football training

IN it’s commitment to endear better life for people with special needs, the   management of Bina Foundation, a Non governmental organization based in Enugu said it is not relenting it’s policy of offering free education and skill acquisition for people with special needs, especially the blind.

‘Native and settler cults’ in battle for supremacy

The rivalry between the two cult groups assumed a new dimension as they are believed to be fighting over the “ownership” of the land. Members of Aye are alleged to be fighting alleged attempts to dominate the ancient city by the Eiye Confraternity which they believed is a migrant cult group that came into the city from another region of the country while Aye, they say, was formed in Benin-City and should therefore have unfettered control of the land.

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