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One person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustaining injuries after a building collapsed at Kabak Village, Kirikasamma local government area of Jigawa State. The mud house collapsed on Sunday following torrential rainfall in the area. LEADERSHIP reports that the incident occurred in one of the areas predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) […]
The third Briton who was killed in the Lisbon funicular crash has been named by police.
Osun State Government has launched Imole Wi-Fi, a free public internet service designed to expand digital access for residents, students, businesses and communities across the state. The State Commissioner for Information and Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Alimi stressed that Imole Wi-Fi was conceived to facilitate digital access and increase […]
Tunisia have qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after scoring a dramatic stoppage-time winner away against Equatorial Guinea. The North Africans came under pressure for most of the game in Malabo, with the hosts needing victory themselves to keep alive their own hopes of reaching the finals. Tunisia had goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen to thank […]
It was another tense evening in the Big Brother Naija Season 10 house as housemate Rooboy was evicted by show host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu via the Red Phone. The unexpected eviction caught both the housemates and viewers off guard, as Rooboy had managed to stay in the game despite several twists in previous weeks. The Red […]
Motor traffic on Third Mainland Bridge came to a grinding halt earlier on Monday as hundreds of residents displaced by the ongoing Oworonshoki demolition exercise took to the highway in a dramatic protest against the Lagos State Government’s forced evictions. The protesters, largely women, children, and the elderly, occupied the outbound lanes of the bridge, […]
Parts of Oduduwa Way GRA in Ikeja Local Government area of Lagos was submerged with floodwaters after heavy downpour on Monday. Our correspondents report that aside from Oduduwa Way GRA, Ladipo and adjoining streets were also flooded, disrupting movement of motorists and pedestrians. The flooding, which reached knee-level in some spots at Ikeja GRA, started […]
Bayer Leverkusen have appointed Kasper Hjulmand as head coach following the sack of Erik ten Hag last week after just two games in charge. The former Denmark coach has signed a contract until the summer of 2027 with the Bundesliga club. The 53-year-old Dane guided his country to the European Championship semi-finals in 2021, where […]
Two persons lost their lives in a fatal crash that occurred along the Bauchi – Jos highway in Miri area of Bauchi State on Sunday. The crash involved an ash-coloured Toyota bus with registration number GME 342 YX and an Opel Vectra with registration number BLD 336 AA, driven by one Alhaji Abdu. Bauchi State […]
A total of 3,544,850 Nigerians have pre-registered online in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in three weeks. Similarly, 288,614 citizens have either completed the pre-registration process or registered afresh in the in-person registration aspect of the exercise. LEADERSHIP reports that while the online pre-registration started on August 18, […]
