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Ibrahim Farinloye, the acting coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed a massive gas leakage around Computer Village, Awolowo Rd, Oba Akran, Medical Road, Anifowoshe, Ikeja, Lagos State.   Farinloye who called in on a live TV program on Wednesday morning informed residents of the development and the need to stay safe and avoid the affected area. ...

Facebook has changed its name to Meta in a major rebrand as the social media giant continues to face an unprecedented scrutiny over its business practices.   The company said the new name would better “encompass” what it does now. The firm has made clear its future goal to create an online world, called Metaverse, where people can work, game and ...

Members of the Senate Committee on Health, on Tuesday, knocked the federal government over the plan to borrow $200 million for procurement of mosquito nets and malaria medicines.   The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Mammam Mahmuda, had, in his presentation before the committee during budget defence session, said the loan had become necessary due to high rate of under ...

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has been summoned for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged illegal offshore activities reported in the Pandora Papers series. According to a report by Premium Times, the EFCC communicated the invitation to Mr Obi during the week and he has been asked to report at the agency’s Abuja ...

The federal government has declared Tuesday, October 19th, 2021, as public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement on Friday, congratulated all Muslim faithful both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion. He admonished all Nigerians to ...

The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by Abdulrasheed Bawa, plans to spend N920,921,105 on traning and transportation of its operatives to different locations within and outside the country in 2022.   This is part of EFCC’s budget contained in the 2022 Appropriation Bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last week. A copy of the bill, ...

Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. The platforms crashed earlier on Monday, with users unable to send or receive messages or refresh their news feeds. The company says the cause was a faulty configuration change. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be ...

The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, re-arraigned a former manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Fidelis Egueke, at a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N179.498million fraud. Egueke, who last worked as the bank’s Asaba, Delta State, branch manager, was brought before Justice Tijjani Ringim on an amended 13-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false ...

Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho, are being sponsored by high-profile Nigerians,President Muhammadu Buhari, has said. According to him, one of those found to be financing the agitators is a federal lawmaker. President Buhari spoke in his Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day broadcast. The President said those sponsoring violence and making hate speeches to instigate disorder would be arrested and prosecuted. Nigeria marks 61 years ...

Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister and former director-general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen.   This newspaper gathered that he was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State on Tuesday evening. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, a ...