Aji Agbu Ezekiel
13 Aug
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Victoria Island branch, yesterday, said it had compiled and submitted a report on how to end building collapse in Lagos State to the state government.
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More than 400,000 pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl were seized and destroyed by Mexico's Attorney General's office, along with six tons of chemical precursors for the drugs, the agency said Wednesday.
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Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst natural disasters.
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Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning Thursday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 of the 67 people onboard.
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The Gombe State Police Command has confirmed 22 persons were injured after a car rammed into a Christian procession on Wednesday in Tumfure Community, near Gombe. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gombe on Wednesday. Abdullahi stated that no death was recorded in the unfortunate incident,…
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The police command in Katsina State has foiled a kidnap attempt while rescuing 10 passengers at Kwanar Makera in Jibia Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. He said: “On Dec. 24, at 8:30 p.m., some suspected armed bandits, armed with…
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Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago.
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The 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said the party is formidable enough to relegate the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano. The leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement vowed to diminish APC's influence in the next general election, reducing its vote count below the 2023 presidential poll…
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The Nigerian military has warned that terrorist groups may exploit the recent airstrike in Silame Local Government Area (LGA)of Sokoto State to undermine its successes in the fight against terrorism and banditry. The Guardian reports that no fewer than 10 people were killed, with several injured, in military airstrikes in the early hours of Wednesday.…
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French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday.