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A collapsed building in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Council of Delta State, has left no fewer than four persons dead. It was an emotion-laden sight,    The one-storey building collapsed on Tuesday evening, while over 150 worshippers of the Salvation Ministry Church in Okpanam, near Asaba, were waiting inside to take Holy Communion.   The sympathisers, who were shocked at the turns of events, alleged that the collapsed building was marked for demolition in 2016, and questioned why the demolition order was not carried out.     They, however, called on…

Federal Government has finally lifted the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria after 222 days and economic losses of about N546.5 billion. The lifting of the suspension was announced yesterday, via a statement by the Chairman Technical Committee, Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. Abdullahi said the Federal Government directed him to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the ban effective from 12:00 a.m. this morning. He said the approval was given following a memo written to…

A loan company has been accused of declaring defaulters dead, designing and circulating the obituaries of such persons to family and friends. A customer, Azuwuike Chinedu Achiever recently shared his experience with the loan company on social media. He said he had defaulted in his repayment plan for five days and the next thing he saw was his obituary. On a public group on Facebook, another customer of a loan app, Victoria Eyo Ekpo revealed she was also a victim and vowed not to repay the loan. She said, “This…

Christopher Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State, is dead. Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71. The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Dr Olatunde Abdluazeez, said that “the news of his death is out.” He said, “The news of his death is out. He did his best for the state. May his soul rest in peace.” Alao-Akala was a former police officer and a former Deputy Governor to Chief Rashidi Ladoja. He became…

Tributes flowed, yesterday, as Nigerians mourned the death of former Head of Interim Government in Nigeria, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who passed away in Lagos at the age of 85. President Muhammadu Buhari also directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast from today till Friday as a mark of respect for the former elder statesman. Buhari, who received the news with sadness, recalled that the late Shonekan left his flourishing business career to become Head of Government at a delicate time when the country needed someone of his calm…