A Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, opposite Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja on Thursday night, injured 13 persons. The incident, which occurred at a out 10.32pm, also left 25 cars destroyed. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development on Friday. Farinloye said the explosion threw the environment into panic due to the huge fire caused by the incident. He said the explosion was alleged to have been caused by leakage while the LPG tanker was in motion. “The resulting fire travelled with the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) of N322 million money laundering charge. Details later…
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Maiduguri for a one day official visit. The president, whose visit is to assess security situation in the North East, will address troops at Maimalari Cantonment, and also inaugurates some completed Federal and State Government projects. Some of the projects to be inaugurated include the 4,000 housing units for displaced persons out of the 10,000 units being constructed by the Federal Government in Borno and the Senate building of Borno State University, Maiduguri. Others are the Borno State Vocational Enterprising Institute, Muna, Government Day Technical Secondary School, Njimtilo, Dr Babagana Wakilbe Memorial School, Abbaganaram Maternal Healthcare…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has called on Canadian government to support the National Assembly, NASS, to expedite action and pass the Electoral Act that has been lying before it. The governor made the call when he received the Acting Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Nicolas Simard at the government House in Sokoto on Wednesday. According to Tambuwal, facilitating the passage of the bill would guarantee stable democracy, strengthen democracy and guarantee the delivery of good governance. “Nigerians are interested in deepening the nation’s democracy and that could happen where there was free and fair election. “Free and fair…
The Police in Imo have confirmed an attack on the country home of Mr Ekene Nnodimele, lawmaker representing Orsu constituency in the Imo House of Assembly. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. Yaro said the attack which took place at about 1.00am on Wednesday also had a security guard on duty in the compound beheaded. He also said investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause and perpetrators of the attack and bring them to book. “We can confirm that there was an attack on the country home of Nnodimele, resulting in the death…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sharada Ward, Municipal local government of Kano state, has suspended its representative at House of Representatives, Sha’aban Sharada for alleged anti-party activities. Sharada is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence. A statement signed by the party’s Ward Chairman, Abdullahi Umar on Wednesday, said that Sharada had been completely banned from participating in all affairs of the APC at the ward level for one year. He added that the party at the ward level had received series of complaints brought by some aggrieved members over Sharada’s character. “APC has been…
A Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Dr Ephraim Ohazurike, says Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine cannot be taken as a protective immunisation against ovarian cancer. Ohazurike, who works at the Oncology and Pathologist Studies Unit, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, spoke in Lagos on Wednesday. According to him, most cervical cancers were associated with HPV, a sexually transmitted infection, saying HPV vaccine reduces the chances of having cervical cancer. Ohazurike said that HPV vaccine has no effect on ovarian cancer. He said that they were unrelated, pointing out that currently, there was no vaccine or medically validated screening for diagnosing ovarian cancer.…
The Appeal Court sitting in Akure has upheld the victory of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State as the winner of Oct. 10, 2020 governorship election in the state. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede had approached the appellate court, alleging that Akeredolu’s nomination by his party was unconstitutional. The Justice Umar Abubarkar-led three man panel of the tribunal, had on April 20, dismissed Jegede’s prayer on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction on the matter. The appeal court judge, Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua, in a virtual judgment, upheld the judgment of the tribunal, which validated the re-election…
The National Agricultural Seed Council of Nigeria (NASC) on Wednesday in Kano presented certificates to 125 community-based producers in North-Western region of Nigeria. Presenting the certificates to the groups, the North-West regional manager of the NASC, Mr. Hudu Ubandoma, said that the effort was an approach to empower farmers to produce high yield seeds locally. He said that the producers were trained and monitored for five years before they were given certificates by the only body approved by the government for certification of seed producers in the country. According to him, Community-Based Seed Production (CBSP) who are mostly groundnut farmers…
Dangote Cement Plc has announced the successful issuance of N50 billion series 1 fixed rate senior unsecured bonds, under its new N300 billion multi-instrument issuance programme. Mr Michel Puchercos, Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Cement, disclosed this in a statement made available newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. Puchercos said the bonds were issued on May 26 at coupon rates of 11.25 per cent, 12.50 per cent and 13.50 per cent for the 3, 5 and 7-year tranches, respectively. He said the bond issuance was well received and recorded participation from a wide range of investors, in spite of the market headwinds.…