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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has thrown his weight behind national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In a statement on Sunday titled, “Illness of those stubbornly against Oshiomhole deadlier than coronavirus” he said those attacking Oshiomhole are plotting 2023, three years before it happens. Tinubu said, “Due to alert responses of Lagos and Ogun state governments, actively supported by the federal machinery, Nigeria was able to quickly identify and isolate the two cases of the novel coronavirus 19. “This action, thus far, has stopped the spread of the disease into the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with victims of Sunday morning explosion which occurred at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The explosion resulted in at least 15 deaths and many injuries. Churches, schools and businesses were also destroyed. In a statement on Sunday by Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, national publicity secretary of APC, the party commended the emergency response. Lagos explosion blast kills 15 – NEMA “We commend the emergency response led by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the Fire Service and other agencies in quickly containing…

An explosion on Sunday morning killed at least 15 people and destroyed over 50 buildings after a fire broke out in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Several people were injured and taken to hospital, according to Ibrahim Farinloye, zonal coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Mr Farinloye said the cause of the explosion could not be ascertained at the time of this report. Plumes of smoke billowed into the air as people watched, while firefighters tried to quench the flames, a Reuters witness said. Farinloye said some of the buildings collapsed while many roof-tops were blown…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says over 50 buildings were destroyed in the explosion that rocked Abule Ado, near the Trade Fair Complex on the Lagos-Badagry highway. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Sunday. Farinloye said that the cause of the incident and casualty figure were currently unknown as “rescue operations are still going on in the affected area’’. Cause of Abule Ado explosion unknown – Security agents He said the resulting fire, from the explosion, later spread to the Nigerian National…

Security and emergency personnel at the scene of Abule Ado explosion in Lagos on Sunday said they were yet to ascertain what caused the explosion which claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of property. Muawiyah Halilu, Assistant Commander, Police Area ‘E’ Command, Festac Town, told NAN at the scene of the explosion that the cause and casualties were yet to be ascertained. “From eyewitnesses, nobody can tell if it was a pipeline vandalisation or not, all that we heard was a loud explosion and vibration. #Update on Abule-Ado Pipeline fire and explosion in Lagos. Our Men are still at the…

The headquarters of the Lagos Province 3 of the Redeemed Church of God (RCCG) located on 24 Road, Festac Town, Lagos, is among over 70 buildings affected by a pipeline explosion that occurred in the area on Sunday morning. The explosion which occurred more than a kilometre away from the church premises, shattered its glass windows, injuring worshippers. A parish of the First Baptist Church near the RCCG parish also lost a part of its roof to the explosion. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by the pipeline explosion at Abule Ado, Satellite Town, Festac and Bethlehem…

The national vice chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the South-west, Mr. Bankole Oluwajana Saturday disputed claims that the party’s acting National Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom had resigned from the National Working Committee (NWC) before the 2019 general election. Oluwajana added that the NWC under the chairmanship of the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, granted waiver to the acting national secretary to contest the 2019 election as the running mate to the governorship candidate in Rivers State, Mr. Tonye Cole. He made the clarification in response to THISDAY inquiries yesterday, faulting the claims of the APC Deputy National…

Chief Bisi Akande, a former acting national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned feuding members of the party against approaching the courts. Chief Akande said he had noticed with growing concern the increasing number of court cases being filed pertaining to disputes regarding the leadership of APC. “Competition and different views on leadership are inherent in political parties. Thus, the fact that all party members do not agree on all things is not abnormal,” he said in a signed statement. “Politics after all is, in significant degree, the art of resolving conflicts and disputes in a manner…

Royal Dutch Shell’s onshore Nigeria subsidiary saw a 41% rise in the number of crude oil spills due to theft or pipeline vandalism in 2019, the group said in its annual report. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) also recorded a rise in the volume of oil spilt in the Niger Delta as a result of illegal activity to 2,000 tonnes in 2019 from 1,600 tonnes a year earlier. Of a total 164 SPDC spills of more than 100 kilograms in the delta, 157 were due to theft and sabotage, Shell said. That compared with 111 spills due to…

The Federal Government has told Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) that it “has no records of the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and no records of the spending of about $5 billion recovered loot for the period between 1999 and 2015.” The government’s response followed SERAP’s Freedom of Information (FoI) requests sent to Mr Abukabar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, requesting: “information on the exact amount of public funds stolen by Abacha,…