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Two more bodies have been recovered from the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State. The latest development was confirmed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos, Gbenga Omotoso. “Two more bodies were recovered from the site today (Wednesday),” he said. “The recovery of the two bodies has brought to 45 the number of bodies retrieved from the site. “The identification of bodies of the victims of the incident has continued at IDH, Yaba, Lagos Mainland. Thirty-two families have come forward to submit samples for DNA to identify bodies that they wish to claim. “In…

Paul Pogba wants to renew his contract with Manchester United but the 28-year-old France midfielder is demanding he overtakes Cristiano Ronaldo to become the Premier League’s highest-paid player. (L’Equipe, via Metro) Barcelona are preparing to bolster their forward line in January with Manchester City’s England forward Raheem Sterling, 26, Manchester United’s Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, 34, and 25-year-old German international Timo Werner of Chelsea all being considered. (Marca, via Mirror) Aston Villa will pay Rangers around £3m in compensation if Steven Gerrard becomes their new manager. (Times) Newcastle are eyeing up a move for Juventus’ France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 26, in the January transfer window. (Calciomercato, via Mirror) But Newcastle may find it difficult to buy or loan players from Premier…

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has sold around $5bn (£3.7bn) of shares in the electric carmaker. It comes days after he asked his 63 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his stake in Tesla. The company’s shares fell by around 16% in the two days after the poll came out in favour of him selling shares, before regaining some ground on Wednesday. Tesla is the world’s most valuable carmaker, with a stock market valuation of more than $1tn. Mr Musk’s trust sold almost 3.6 million shares in Tesla, worth around $4bn. He also sold another 934,000 shares…

Aminata Diallo, a midfielder with Paris St-Germain’s (PSG) women’s team, has been arrested by French police as part of an investigation into an attack on team-mates on 4 November. Diallo, 26, was arrested on Wednesday morning. The France international had played in PSG’s 4-0 win over Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League on Tuesday. In a statement, the club said they were working with police “to shed light on the facts”. Amad Diallo sets new record as Man Utd draw with AC Milan As well as strongly condemning “the violence committed”, the club also added they had “taken all…

The Senate on Tuesday held a minute silence to mourn the killing of over 120 Nigerians by bandits at the Gorony market in Sokoto State. The attention of the upper chamber was drawn to the incident by Senator Ibrahim Gobir through a point of order during the start of plenary. According to the lawmaker, the massacre of the victims by bandits occurred on Sunday, October 17, 2021. Coming under Order 43 – Personal Explanation – of the Senate Rules, Gobir said, “on Sunday, 17th October, 2021, Gorony market was attacked, and about 120 plus people killed. “The terrorists came to…

Lagos State Government officials have visited the site of the orphanage and school operated by Mawumadoka Children Foundation at Oko-Agbon, off Iwaya Road, where pupils were shown in a video observing assembly in a water logged area of Makoko, Lagos Mainland. The foundation owners said the viral video was shot by a team from a Church to raise funds for the rebuilding of the orphanage and the small space being used as school premises. The kids were asked to pose for the video in the dirty water to attract sympathy so that funds could be raised to rebuild the orphanage.…

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in an early morning sting operation in two locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The suspects are: Michael Lelu Deedum; People Asoliagha; Joseph Ajilo; Adeyemi Gbolahan; Testimony Nna; Nnemeka Chinedu; Ejiofor Raymond; Miracle Ezenandu; Ebele Uchenna; Iyke Obioha; Ikechukwu Nwali; Okoronkwo Emmanuel; Ulu Samuel Eugene Chukwudi; Japheth Tallick; Noel George; Stanley Tallick; Saro Power Maeba; Enyio Chibuike, Ogwashi Precious and Elijah Jeremiah. Others are: Tochukwu Emmanuel; Africanus Tamunatoye Victor; Precious Presley; Tamuno Ewi West; Obu Gabriel; Wargu Prayer; Joshua…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70, 000,000.00 (Seventy Million Naira) by false pretence. The defendant allegedly presented himself as Pastor Ize Iyamu to one Alhaji Bukar Dalori and fraudulently induced him to deliver the said sum under the pretext that the money was meant to aid the All Progressives Congress 2020 gubernatorial election campaign in Edo State. Count one reads: “That you, Tope Jimi Fagun sometimes…

The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request for the sum of $16,230,077,718 (USD) billion, €1,020,000,000 billion (Euros), under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing plan. Also approved was a grant component of $125 million (USD), and the request to the Bank of Industries for the issuance of €500 million (Euros) but no more than €750 million Eurobond in the International Capital Market. The chamber’s approval to the loan requests was, however, accompanied by a resolution that the terms and conditions of the loan from the funding agencies, be forwarded to the National Assembly prior to its execution for approval and…

Justice Binta Nyako on Wednesday adjourned the trial of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu until January after the head of his legal team, Ifeanyi Ejiofor walked out in protest because security agents refused other defence lawyers access to the courtroom. At his last court appearance on Oct. 21, Kanu, a British citizen, pleaded not guilty to seven charges that included terrorism, calling for secession and knowingly broadcasting falsehoods. read more Kanu’s case underlines the government’s concern over growing discontent and insecurity in Africa’s most populous country. Ejiofor, Kanu’s lead lawyer, had planned to challenge the competence of the charges on Wednesday.…