Three-storey Building Collapse Sparks Fear In Lagos
Around 7 p.m. on Sunday, a three-storey building on Jebba Street near Cemetery in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State collapsed. There was no casualty in the incident because the occupants vacated the building three years ago. Olalekan Fatai, an eyewitness and local resident of the area, said in a chat with The Nation that […]
Akeredolu Extends Medical Leave As Ondo Deputy Gov Continues As Acting Gov
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has requested that his medical leave be extended by the state House of Assembly. In his letter, he stated that his request was based on doctors’ advice, implying that he needed more rest after his recovery. In Akure, the state capital, the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt Hon Olamide Oladiji, […]
Tinubu Appoints 20 New Aides
President Bola Tinubu has appointed twenty new aides. The new appointments include those of Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), Personal Assistants (PAs), personal physician, and photographers. Tinubu has issued some of the new aides’ appointment letters after he made the last set of major appointments about three weeks Here is the list of Tinubu’s new appointees. […]
US: Orange County Flooding Leaves 1 Dead As Torrential Rain Falls On Hudson Valley
Rain continues to batter an already severely damaged Hudson Valley on Monday morning. Hours of heavy rain produced life-threatening flash flooding across the region on Sunday sparking flash flood warnings and a rare flood emergency. A woman in her 30’s was killed in rushing floodwaters in Orange County. She was trying to escape her flooding […]
Erdogan Says Turkey Could Approve Sweden’s NATO Membership If Europeans ‘open way’ To Turkey EU Bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country could approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. Erdogan, whose country has been holding off its final approval to Sweden’s NATO membership, made the comments in Ankara on Monday before departing to the alliance’s summit […]
Biden Is Off To Windsor Castle To Have Tea With King Charles And Promote Clean Energy
President Joe Biden’s itinerary this week in Europe is dominated by the ongoing war in Ukraine and his continued efforts to rally an international coalition against Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. But first, some tea. The U.S. president’s initial stop on his three-nation trip is Britain, where he’ll meet with King Charles III for the first time since the latter was […]
Threads App Signs Up 100m Users In Less Than A Week
Threads, the social media app aimed at rivalling Twitter, has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, according to new data. It means Threads, launched by Instagram-owner Meta, has beat a record set by Open AI’s ChatGPT app. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries […]
APC Postpones The National Caucus And NEC To 18 And 19 July
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting scheduled to hold Monday and Tuesday to allow President Bola Tinubu participate. The party had in June hard fixed the National Caucus and the NEC meetings 10th and 11th of July but in a statement issued around 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, the […]
2023 Election: “I Worked for Tinubu Against PDP“– Fayose
The former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose has revealed that during the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, he worked for the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fayose made this disclosure during an interview with Channels TV on Sunday, July 9, where he claimed he would not accept a ministerial appointment from President Tinubu. The […]
Katsina Govt To Demolish Buildings On Waterways To Control Flooding
The Katsina State government has endorsed the demolition of structures built on waterways in the state by the state Urban and Regional Planning Board (URPB). The approval came after the deputy governor, Hon. Faruq Jobe inspected some flooded areas in Katsina city stating that the decision was to control flooding in the state. He asked […]
