Building collapses in Abuja hours after FCTA sealing
A building has collapsed in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, barely hours after the Development Control Department in the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA sealed the structure and directed occupants to vacate the premises.
One dead, 8 rescued as another building collapses in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday confirmed the death of one person following the collapse of a three-storey building in the Apapa area of Lagos. LASEMA also said eight others were rescued alive from the rubble. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos. According […]
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Four die as truck plunges into lagoon on Kara Bridge
It was a tragic Thursday in Lagos as separate incidents claimed five lives — four in a multiple auto crash on Kara Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and one in a building collapse in Apapa.
Outrage as youths seize Lassa fever victim’s corpse in Benue
By Peter Duru Makurdi—There was outrage and growing health concern in Benue State after some misinformed youths allegedly seized the corpse of a Lassa fever victim, preventing health officials from conducting a safe burial in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the deceased, a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo, died at the Benue […]
9 die, 2 injured in Lagos, Ondo auto crashes
By Dayo Johnson & Olasunkanmi Akoni No fewer than nine persons lost their lives, while two others sustained injuries in separate auto crashes in Lagos and Ondo states. In Ondo State, five persons were confirmed dead, while two others were injured in a fatal accident at Ilu-Abo, along Oyin Junction in Akure North Local Government […]
100 years after: How Oyo empire resisted Britain’s 1895 invasion
More than a century later, historians, cultural advocates, and the current Alaafin of Oyo seek to preserve the memory of that struggle
