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Buhari condemns Kaduna attacks

Mar 17, 2019 topnews

The endless killings and reprisals in Kaduna State has been condemned by President Muhammadu Buhari, advising the perpetrators to sheathe their swords. The President, who said he was deeply troubled by the killings, noted that violence could only leave sadness on its trail for the attackers on both sides of the divide. “I am deeply troubled by the fact that the sanctity of life is now treated with such reckless disregard that people derive joy in shedding the blood of others or perceived enemies,” Buhari was quoted as saying…

Gbenga Daniel resigns from active politics

Mar 17, 2019 topnews

Gbenga Daniel, the director-general of Atiku Abubakar’s campaign organisation and former governor of Ogun State has retired from partisan politics, a letter he sent to the PDP leadership on Thursday shows. The reason for his retirement, he said, were “personal”. “This is to inform you of my intention to resign from active and partisan politics with effect from today, the 14th day of March 2019,” Daniel said in the letter. “My decision in this regard is entirely personal to me.” His move away from politics, Daniel said, will allow him…

FIFA to Consider Expanding 2022 WC to 48 Teams

Mar 16, 2019 topnews

The FIFA Council has approved working with Qatar to explore the possibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams through the addition of one more host country. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is keen to expand the tournament and says a feasibility study shows it can be achieved with a second host. The announcement was made at a FIFA Council meeting in Miami, though a final decision will not be taken until a full meeting of FIFA Congress in Paris in June. The feasibility study said Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi…

Three-strorey building collapses in Ibadan, many trapped

Mar 16, 2019 topnews

Scores of victims were trapped in a three-storey building which collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. This came barely four days after a collapsed building in Lagos led to the death of at least 20 people. The incident happened around 5:45pm in Sogoye area of Molete. The number of affected victims could not be ascertained yet. The Oyo State Government spokesman, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said the government was on top of the situation. Arulogun said, “We have deployed two excavators there. Our officials are right there now, to rescue…

GTBank 2019 Food And Drink Festival Gathers Momentum

Mar 16, 2019 topnews

After three stellar exposés of the biggest culinary experience in Africa, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is getting bigger for the 4th edition, which will hold for 4 days from Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Walter Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. Created in 2016 by leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival has become the premier culinary event in Africa, bringing together tens of thousands of people from across the continent and beyond to support…

Akwa Ibom Ranks Highest In HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate In Nigeria

Mar 16, 2019 topnews

The Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has shown that Akwa Ibom has the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country. The result indicates that about 5.5 per cent of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in Akwa Ibom State, followed by Benue State, which has about 5.3 per cent prevalence rate. It also states that while the North-West has the lowest prevalence rate at 0.6 per cent, the South-South geopolitical zone has the highest with 3.1 per cent. Speaking during the announcement of the NAIIS…

Four more suspects arrested over Oyo Rep murder

Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019 topnews

Oyo state police command have arrested four additional suspects for the murder of House of Representatives member for Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency, Temitope Olatoye, popularly known as ‘Sugar.’ This brings the number of suspects in custody to five. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba, confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Thursday, noting that efforts to apprehend other accomplices were in top gear. Mba listed those in custody as “Lafisoye Akinmoyede, 54; Alh. Rafiu Adebayo, 68; Taofeek Adebayo a.k.a Ejo, 39, Alh. Rasheed Oladele, 66 and Mutiu Oguntola, 28,…

Gunmen attack INEC office, Police Station, kill DPO, 3 officers

Mar 14, 2019 topnews

Gunmen attacked the Divisional Police Command at Afuze, headquarters of the Owan-East Local Government Area of Edo, killing the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and three other officers on duty. Reports have it that the hoodlums also attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the town, and destroyed electoral materials. They equally burnt a police van in the compound. The officers killed in the attack were: Supt. Tosimani Ojo, the DPO of the station; Sgt. Justina Aghomon, a pregnant woman, Insp. Sado Isaac and Cpl. Glory David.…

Collapsed building kills pupils in Lagos, Buhari, Ambode, others mourn

Mar 14, 2019 topnews

A collapsed building on No. 63 Massey Street, Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island, has left ten persons, including four pupils dead on Wednesday. About 50 other persons had been pulled out of the rubble alive. It was gathered that the three-storey building, which housed a school, Ohen Nursery and Primary School, and residential apartments, caved in around 10am. Rescue equipment from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency had been deployed in the site. Other emergency responders such as the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State…

EFCC Reopens Erastus Akingbola’s Trial 10 years after

Mar 13, 2019 topnews

Trial of a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola has been reopened by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos, 10 years after. The trial, in the charge marked FHC/L/CS/443c/09, reopened on Monday before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun. In the 26 counts filed before the court, the prosecution alleged that while he was Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Bank, Akingbola, between November 2007 and July 2008, was involved in reckless approval of credit facilities, without adequate security for…