Author: Vincent Osuwo

No fewer than nine persons, on Monday, narrowly escaped death when a four-storey hotel building under construction in Abuja’s Lifecamp neighborhood in the Federal Capital Territory collapsed. Chronicle NG reports that the building, which collapsed around 4 p.m. when workers were working at the building site in the swampy Dape Area near the Berger Clinic, trapped some people beneath the debris. Officials from the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) rushed to the collapsed structure to begin rescue efforts. Four-storey building collapse in Abuja, traps over twenty persons Amiola Adebayo, the FCT Fire Service’s Head of…

President Bola Tinubu has tasked the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police to work together to solve insecurity on Monday in Abuja. Tinubu also guaranteed them of his full support, notwithstanding the gravity of the task at hand. “He told us that we must work as a team and that there’s work to be done,” Ribadu told State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President and Service Chiefs at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Tinubu is repeating a similar command he issued to the immediate past Service Chiefs on June 1, in…

Over twenty persons have reportedly been trapped in the debris of a four-storey hotel building that collapsed on Monday, July 3, 2023. Building collapse kills 5 in Egypt The collapsed hotel, located in Dape, Life Camp, Abuja, is believed to be owned by Summit Villa Hotel Services. The hotel, which is said to have an underground, has trapped more than twenty people. More details later…

A woman named Nnaemaka Nwosu is alleged to have burned to death a policewoman and her two children in Anambra State. According to reports, the arson occurred on Sunday in the Nnokwa village in Anambra State’s Idemili South Local Government Area. The suspect, a divorcee, is said to have been homeless following the divorce from her husband. However, she was offered to stay with the deceased policewoman after she confided in her. According to an unnamed source in the vicinity, the trouble began when the suspect got into a disagreement with the policewoman, leading to a scuffle and the suspect…

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs, and the Inspector General of Police. NLC meets Tinubu over 65-year retirement age raise This is the President’s first meeting with the Security Heads since their appointment last week. More details later…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss raising the retirement age for civil officials to 65 years. The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, told newsmen on Sunday that the agitation, which began during the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari, would continue during Tinubu’s administration. During the 2023 May Day celebrations, the NLC urged Buhari to raise the retirement age for federal officials. Tinubu rejects European Union conclusions on 2023 elections However, Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour, warned our correspondent that Buhari, who is nearing the end…

The management of Innoson Automobile Company says the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme will be withdrawn if she is found guilty of fraudulently manipulating her JAMB score. This was communicated to newsmen in a statement by Mr. Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group. Chronicle NG reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had accused Ejikeme of fraudulently manipulating her score to 362 as against 249 in a bid to get financial rewards from Innoson Group and other well-meaning Nigerians. UTME: JAMB set to prosecute Mmesoma for fraudulently increasing score Baffled Osigwe stated…

A fire in the early hours of Monday gutted the popular Sopurum Hotel, located in the Nkwelle community, Onitsha, Anambra State. The inferno resulted in the destruction of a large portion of the hotel building. At the time of filing this report, firefighters from Delta and Anambra states were on ground, tackling the issue. Nightclub fire outbreak kills six DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen, stating the situation is under control. He said “The situation is under control”. He added that the inferno “started around 4:30 am on Monday, and when…

Over the discontinuation of budgetary allocations to professional bodies and councils in the country, healthcare professionals in the country may face increases in practising licence fees, fees for the letter of good standing, verification fee, registration fee, and licence renewal, among others. In a letter dated June 26, 2023 and issued to professional bodies and councils, the Federal Government said that funding contributions to professional groups and councils would be discontinued beginning in January 2024. The letter, DG/BDT/GEN. CORR/2016/XII/3067, was issued by the Federation’s Budget Office and signed by its Director General, Ben Akabueze. “The purpose of this letter, therefore,…

Estate owners in the Trademore area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have protested against the planned demolition of houses in the area. The Federal Capital Development Authority plans to demolish approximately 2,000 houses in the Trademore area of the Federal Capital Territory on Monday, July 3, 2023. The President of the Trademore Resident Association stated that 40,000 residents would be relocated if the scheduled demolition exercise goes through. NEMA and the flooding menace: prevention and warning as panacea – Toni Kan Adenaike, on the other hand, highlighted that alternate options may be explored as he refuted the assertion that…