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Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:35

Lagos building collapse: 10 dead, 24 injured as rescue operations wind down

Death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in Lagos has risen to 10, an official has said. Margaret Adeseye, director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, via the agency’s Twitter handle on Monday said that responders were already concluding their operations. A three-storey building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute-Metta on Sunday night. The incident happened when the residents had gone to bed, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Adeseye said that 10 bodies had been recovered – six males and four females. “24 (twenty-four) were rescued with varying degrees of injury…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:34

What to know after Day 68 of Russia-Ukraine war

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Monday at the Capitol after leading a surprise delegation trip to Ukraine, vowing the U.S. Congress has “more to do” to help the country fight the Russian invasion. Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to touch down in Kyiv since the start of the war and she called the congressional delegation’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “informative and it was inspiring.” The trip with Democratic lawmakers comes as Congress is preparing a $33 billion package of military and humanitarian aid, but now some lawmakers also are discussing a “Marshall Plan”-type effort to…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:31

Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile - Report

The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware — hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia. The game-changing impact of those arms is exactly what President Joe Biden hopes to spotlight as he visits a Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama on Tuesday that builds the portable Javelin anti-tank weapons that have played a crucial role in Ukraine. But Biden’s visit is also drawing attention to a growing concern as the war drags on: Can the U.S. sustain…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:29

Russia will quit international space station over sanctions

Head of Russia’s space program said Moscow will pull out of the International Space Station, state media reported, a move it has blamed on sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. “The decision has been taken already, we’re not obliged to talk about it publicly,” Tass and RIA Novosti reported Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin as saying in an interview with state TV on Saturday. “I can say this only -- in accordance with our obligations, we’ll inform our partners about the end of our work on the ISS with a year’s notice.” Rogozin earlier this month threatened to end…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:56

Edo jerks up workers minimum wage to N40,000 - N10,000 more than what FG, other states pay

Godwin Obaseki, Edo governor, has approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Obaseki made the announcement on Sunday while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. He said his government will continue to prioritise the welfare of Edo workers and equip them with the capacity to deliver quality service. “As we all know, the minimum of N30,000 can barely sustain a family. It will be immoral and mindless of us to continue to pretend that we do not know that our workers are suffering,” he said. “The government of Edo has now decided to review the…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:55

Soyinka visits Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has met with Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho. Also at the meeting include Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye. Our correspondent learnt that the meeting took place on Sunday in neighbouring Benin Republic where Igboho is being restricted to after his bail on medical ground. Details of the Sunday meeting were, however, sketchy as of press time. Akintoye had on March 7, 2022, announced the release of Ighoho in the neighbouring Francophone country. Declared wanted by the Department…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:52

UN chief calls for debt relief, post-Covid investment on West Africa trip

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more investment to help their economies recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and weather the impacts of the Ukraine war. The United Nations chief spoke in Senegal on the first leg of a trip that will also include Niger and Nigeria, where he will visit communities affected by conflict and climate change. Supply disruptions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have caused simultaneous food, energy and finance crises in Africa and beyond, Guterres said. The coronavirus pandemic pushed many poor countries into debt distress and the Ukraine war…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:51

Dozens trapped as 3-storey residential building collapses in Lagos

A 3-storey building has collapsed in the Ebutte Meta axis of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. The building located on Ibadan Street caved in around 9:30pm on Sunday. Occupants of the building were still trapped as of the time of filing this report. Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are already at the scene. A source said nine residents have been rescued from the building. In a video of the incident shared on social media, a large crowd was seen in front of the building. The state fire…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:50

What to know after Day 67 of Russia-Ukraine war

Around 100 civilians evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were due to arrive in a Ukrainian-held city on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Kyiv. * Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out a missile strike on a military airfield near the port city of Odesa, destroying a runway and a hangar containing Western-supplied weapons and ammunition. * Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov warned residents in the north and east of the city of Kharkiv to remain in their shelters due to heavy Russian shelling. Reuters could…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:36

Sultan declares Monday Eid-el-Fitr

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Monday as the day for the celebration of eid-el Fitr. The national moonsighting committee disclosed this in a tweet Saturday night. The Sultan’s confirmation signals the beginning of Shawwal and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto has declared Monday 2nd May as the first day of Shawwal. No positive sighting claims were received from members of the National moonsighting committee and other Emirates,” the moonsighting committee posted on Twitter. The development comes after Haramain Sharifain, an Islamic news agency in Saudi Arabia, declared…

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Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:34

Gumi floats nomadic rights organisation to address grievances by Fulani cattle herders

Popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has formed an advocacy group aimed at championing the rights of Fulani herders. Gumi announced the creation of the group known as Nomadic Rights Concern (NORIC) during his Ramadan sermon at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna. He said it will bring attention to the abuses and violations of rights of Fulani herders. “We found it worthwhile to establish Nomadic Rights Concern (NORIC) to be headed by Umar Labbo. NORIC is supposed to be a channel whereby Nomads will have their complaints and agitation addressed to the right authorities. “So many have complaints about the…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:30

What to know after Day 66 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy switched into Russian in his nightly video address to urge Russian soldiers not to fight in Ukraine, saying even their generals expected that thousands of them would die. He said Russia has been recruiting new troops “with little motivation and little combat experience” for the units that were gutted during the early weeks of the war so these units can be thrown back into battle. He said Russian commanders fully understand that thousands of them will die and thousands more will be wounded in the coming weeks. “The Russian commanders are lying to their soldiers when…

Saturday, 30 April 2022 06:08

NLC to embark on three days warning strike in solidarity with ASUU, students

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a communique jointly signed by its President, Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and issued to journalists Thursday in Abuja. The communiqué was issued at the end of the Congress’ Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting. NLC had on April 13, given the Federal Government 21 days within which to set up a ‘High-Powered Panel’ to resolve the issues that were causing incessant strikes by the Academic Staff…

Saturday, 30 April 2022 06:06

Sallah: IBEDC felicitates with Muslims, urges safety during celebration

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has congratulated all its esteemed customers and Nigerians on a peaceful and joyful Eid-fitri. The distribution company, in a good will message signed by its Chief Operating Officer (COO), John Ayodele, congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, which marks the end of the fasting period. Ayodele while reflecting on the lessons of Ramadan, such as empathy, unity and mutual respect, said the fasting may have ended but it is important to sustain the virtues, ideals, and values beyond the month of Ramadan, considering the benefits to individuals and the…

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