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Nine people are reported to have been killed and some 20 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico. Local media said 49 people were taken to hospital, after the collapse at Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero. Police in the coastal state of Tamaulipas said around 100 people were at a mass at the time. Local media reported it was a baptism. A number of children are believed to be amongst those trapped and rescue efforts are ongoing. Images on social media showed the church building in ruins as people crowded around the rubble, desperately searching for those…

By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the federal government and the leadership of the labour unions at the Presidential Villa. “Going from the meeting with Labour today, President Bola Tinubu has agreed to increase the provisional wage award for all treasury-paid Federal Government workers to N35,000 for 6 months,” he said At the meeting, the Federal…

By Hallimah Olamide Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has congratulated Ilebaye Odiniya, the winner of the Big Brother Naija All-stars Season Reality Television Show, which ended Sunday. Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja by his Media Aide, Onogwu Mohammed, said her victory confirmed her brilliance, perseverance and humility. The governor described Ilebaye, a criminology graduate of Salem University, Lokoja, as a true trendsetter and Kogi’s pride. “I am delighted to congratulate one of our own in Kogi, Ilebaye Odiniya, for emerging as the winner of the Big Brother Naija Allstars Season reality television show. “Ilebaye, you are a…

By Halimah Olamide The Kwara Executive Council has approved over N239 for Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to present to the State House of Assembly as a draft revised 2023 budget. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bola Olukoju, on Sunday in Ilorin. Olukoju said the revised budget of N239,084,199,757.00 has a capital expenditure taking 50.2 per cent of the chunk, while recurrent expenditure took 49.8 per cent. She said the revised budget is 27 per cent larger (N50,238,596,196.00) than the approved 2023 budget earlier approved by the House. ”The approval followed a submission from…

By Kamil Opeyemi Ilebaye Odiniya has been announced as the winner of BBNaija All Stars, the eighth season of the reality television series. The 22-year-old took the highly coveted top spot at Sunday’s finale, leaving 2019 winner Mercy Eke, 33, in the number two position. Ilebaye goes home with a cash prize of N120 million, a weekend getaway for two, and an SUV, among other rewards. Cynthia Nwadiora aka CeeC came in at number three behind Ilebaye and Mercy Eke. The 30-year-old was the runner-up of the third season, Double Wahala, in 2018 while 28-year-old Adekunle Olopade was revealed by…

By Kamil Opeyemi The management of Bua Cement Plc has announced reduction in price of cement N5,500 to N3,500. Annoying this in a statement on Sunday, the management said the new price will take effect from October 2, 2023. “We refer to our previous pronouncements regarding our intent to reduce cement prices upon the completion of our new lines at the end of the year, in order to spur development in the building materials and infrastructure sectors,” the statement reads “As per the commitment made to reduce prices and following a periodic review of our operations for efficiency, the management…

By Kamil Opeyemi A United States Court has ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar by Tuesday. The presiding judge, Nancy Maldonado, dismissed Tinubu’s objection, issuing a two-day ultimatum to CSU to release the documents to Atiku. She also upheld the September 20 ruling of US Magistrate Judge, Jeffery Gilbert, who ordered the CSU to release Tinubu’s academic records as requested by Atiku, stressing that the PDP candidate Atiku had the right to have access to the records. “For the reasons stated in the Court’s accompanying Memorandum Opinion…

By Kamil Opeyemi Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, has renamed the state’s International Passenger and Cargo Airport after late Chinua Achebe, a novelist, to immortalise him for making an indelible mark on the history of human civilisation. Achebe a native of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, died on March 21, 2013, at age 82, in Boston, Massachusetts. Soludo said this on Sunday in Awka at the Independence Day parade, to mark Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary, describing Achebe as an example of Africa’s unsung hero. “Achebe, a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic, gave the African literature…

By Kamil Opeyemi Justice Minister Lateef Fagbemi has distanced the Federal Government from the N50 billion planned non prosecution plea bargain with the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Justice Mrs Modupe Ogundoro on Sunday in Abuja. Emefiele was reported to have entered a plea bargain with government on condition of surrendering N50 billion to facilitate his early release from the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS). The plea bargain was also said to be aimed at…

By Kamil Opeyemi Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says no amount of sentiments, emotions will be considered in his efforts to do the right thing in the FCT. Wike made this known on Saturday in Abuja, while reacting to a trending video on social media showing the staff of Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company (AUMTCO), crying over the sack of the company’s Managing Director. The MD and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Najeeb Abdussalam, was among the 21 heads of parastatals, agencies, and companies of the FCT Administration that were sacked by the minister…