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OKPOKO BUILDING COLLAPSE: ANAMBRA COMMISSIONER CONDEMNS ILLEGAL STRUCTURE, ORDERS DEMOLITION. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Okpoko Building Collapse: Ojukwu Condemns Illegal Structure, Orders Demolition ‎ ‎By Chukwuka Ugokwe ‎ ‎The Anambra State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Bar. Chijioke Ojukwu, has on Oct 8, described the collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area, as unfortunate. ‎ ‎The incident, which occurred in the Anata Anaba area of the town, claimed the lives of a middle-aged woman and her 14-year-old daughter, amid allegations that warnings about the safety of the building had been ignored. ‎ ‎The victims, identified as Happiness Ugoagu and her daughter, Chikaima, were reportedly asleep in their bedroom when the building collapsed onto their residence. ‎ ‎Ojukwu, who visited the scene alongside officials of the ministry, alleged that substandard materials had been used in the construction. He also disclosed that a stop-work notice had previously been served on the building. ‎ ‎Describing the structure as illegal, ...
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MTN BEGS FOR LENIENCY TODAY,IN A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES.

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                   MTN,a telecommunication company from South Africa has written to authorities in Nigeria asking for leniency and requesting a review of a $5.2 billion fine imposed on the company,for failing to cut off unregistered SIM card users,a regulatory source said today tuesday.MTN sent a copy of the letter addressed to telecommunications regulator NCC to Nigeria's presidency.Without providing specific details about the review.A  second source confirmed that MTN had sent the letter.Sorry guys i am not feeling so good,i was just discharged from the hospital.Till tomorrow.One more photo below.                                                                                                 ...
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AMAECHI AND OTHERS,CONFIRMED AS MINISTERS,AS SARAKI PRESENTS THE LIST TODAY TO BUHARI.

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               Senate President,Bokula Saraki has presented the list of confirmed ministerial nominees to President Muhammadu Buharahi.The first batch of confirmed ministerial nominees are Senator Udoma Udo Udoma,Dr John Kayode Feyemi,Chief Audu Ogbeh,Dr Ogbonnaya Onu,Osagie Ehanrie.Others are Lt Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,Adamu Adamu,Ibrahim Usman Jubril,Babatunde Fashola,Dr Ibe Emmanuel Kwachikw,Abubakar Malami,Dr Chris Ngige,Dr Aisha Alhassan,Barr Solomon Dalung,Kemi Adeosun,Hadi Sirika and Engr Suleiman Adamu.The second batch of ministerial nominees were confirmed by the senate on 29 October and they are Barr.Adebayo Shittu,Prof.Isaac Adewole,Adijat Abba Ibrahim,Heineken Lokpobiri,Prof.Claudius Omoleye Daramola,Shehuri Mustapha,Ocholi James,Bawa Bwari,Geoffrey Onyeama,Hajia Zainab Ahmed and Monsur Mohammed Dan'Ali.Also confirmed for appointment as minister are Pastor Usani Usani Uguru,Dr Okechukwu Enelamah,Prof.Anwuka A...
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A 4 YEAR OLD BOY WAS KIDNAPPED YESTERDAY FROM HIS HOME AT ABEOKUTA,OGUN STATE.

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       The 4year old boy was said to have gone to open the gate of his father's compound at Laderin estate,Abeokuta yesterday monday evening when he heard visitors knocked.After opening the gate,the strange visitors grabbed the boy and took him into a waiting vehicle on the street and sped away to unknown location.The abductors are yet to contact the family or demand ransom.It was gathered that the father of the boy,Dr Mucipay Kanu was in the sitting room while his wife was also in the kitchen busy with cooking when the incident occurred.I am sure the kidnappers knows that they do send the little boy to open the gate any time a visitor knocks and they capitalized on it.I pray they find the little boy ohhh.
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RAY BAN SUN GLASSES WAS PERMANENTLY TATTOOED ON A MAN'S FACE,WHEN HE WAS DRUNK IN A PARTY.

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                                                                           According to sources,a party goer could not believe his eyes when he woke up with a pair of glasses tattooed onto his face.He looked in the mirror after the night out and thought his friends had drawn around his eyes with a marker pen,but when he tried to was the markings off,he realized it was a permanent tattoo,which included the word Ray ban etched into his skin.The man who is in his fifties has since spent two years getting the sun glasses tattoo lasered off his face.The man who is from Swansea,South Wales was on a stage weekend in Blackpool when he had the tattoo inked,on to his face as a drunken dare.Sources said he has agreed to speak about his ordeal on condition that he is not named.He said ''I had no memory of gettin...
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14 HUMANITARIAN WORKERS WERE KIDNAPPED YESTERDAY,IN CONGO.

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                      The United Nations and local activists said today monday that fourteen humanitarian workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.U.N mission in Congo's humanitarian coordinator Mamadou Diallo said ''The employees of a Congolese non-governmental organization were abducted on sunday in the Rutshuru region in North Kivu province.The kidnapping confirms the fragile security situation in which the various humanitarian organizations work and whose victims are the local population.I call for the liberation of these humanitarian workers''.Diallo did not say what organization the workers belonged to or who is believed to be responsible for the attack.A local activist group,the Centre of Study for the Promotion of Peace,Democracy and Human Rights,said in a statement today monday that the aid workers were taken in the town of Makoka,60 miles northeast of the provincial capital Goma,by a dozen armed ...
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AMBODE SACKED LASTMA BOSS ''ARABAMEN'' & APPOINTED A NEW PERSON TODAY.

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                         Today monday,Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,sacked Young Arabamen as the Chief Executive Officer,CEO of LASTMA {Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Governor appointed ex-Assistant Inspector General of Police,AIG,Christian Akioja Olakpe as the new LASTMA CEO.The appointment of Olakpe is in a bid to revamp LASTMA for improved performance and better relations with the public.Arabamen had been the CEO of LASTMA for eight years,but the governor needed a change for improvement,especially as the administration is working frantically to improve the lots of LASTMA to dislodge traffic nuisance in the state.The appointment of Olakpe,according to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,Mr Habib Aruna,is in strong response to the consistent complaints by the public on the situation of traffic on the streets of Lagos.Olakpe's wealth of experiences was said to have situ...
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THE NIGERIAN ARMY SAID TODAY,THAT THEY HAVE CLEARED A BOKO HARAM CAMP IN BORNO.

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                      This information is contained in a statement issued by Col.Sani Kukasheka,the Army Acting Director,Public Relations today monday in Maiduguri.''In continuation with the fight against Boko Haram terrorists,on sunday,troops of 243 Battalion,5 Brigade Nigerian Army on fighting patrol encountered some suspected elements of the terrorists holed up at a primary school in Duwabafi village in Borno.There was heavy exchange of gunfire in which the patrol killed four suspected Boko Haram terrorists,recovered two AK-47 rifles,four various sizes of solar energy panels,several types of drugs and five motorcycles''.One more photo below.                                                                                    ...
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