Collapsed building leaves one dead, 2 injured in Lagos

Two persons have injured and one confirmed dead on Tuesday after a building collapsed in the Agindigbi area of Lagos State.

The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

The agency said it received a call through its emergency toll-free line 112/767 about a sinking building in the Mechanic Village area of Agidingbi, Ikeja.

 It said; “Three persons were discovered trapped under the mud.

We have not sacked Adeyanju as PDP New Media Director - Ahmed Makarfi

Chairman of PDP caretaker committee, Ahmed Makarfi, has refuted claims that the party has sacked its Director of New Media, Deji Adeyanju.

The party in a statement released by its Head, Publicity division, Chinwe Nnorom yesterday, dissociated itself from Deji Adeyanju, adding that the position of Director of New Media which he occupies is non-existent.

Minister of Agriculture warns of imminent food crisis

Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has warned of an imminent food crisis following the possible invasion of quelea birds, locusts and grasshoppers from neighboring Niger Republic into the country.
Ogbeh gave the warning during an emergency meeting with state commissioners of Agriculture in 12 states in Abuja.

Commissioners of Agriculture in Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto and Jigawa states who spoke at the meeting, confirmed the presence of quelea birds in about six -seven local governments areas in their states.

Nigeria military denies arresting Ahmed Salkida

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it has no knowledge of the arrest of Ahmed Salkida, a journalist declared wanted by the military over alleged connections to Boko Haram militants.
The Defence spokesman, Brigadier General, Rabe Abubakar told Daily Trust that the military has no knowledge of his arrest as at the time of filing this report.

Buhari won't spare anyone, even his cabinet members found to be corrupt - Amaechi

The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says President Muhammadu Buhari will not spare anyone involved in acts of corruption.

The minister said this on Monday while delivering a keynote speech at Cambridge University.

Amaechi said before the president was elected, he did not leave anyone in doubt that the fight against corruption would not only be taken seriously but would form a cardinal plank of his policy direction.

He also said Buhari had made pronouncements that set the tone for anti-corruption agencies to go after anyone who has questions to answer, including members of his cabinet.

You are hypocrites, you condemn me for wearing T-shirt but hailed Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, says Fayose to Nigerians

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, yesterday in his regular #FayoseSpeak series took a swipe at Nigerians who condemned him for wearing T-Shirt to the state House of Assembly in December last year but praised Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who arrived Lagos last week in T-Shirt and jeans.

Buhari not to blame for economics woes, Jibrin tells Melaye

Former house of representatives chairman on appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, reacting to the statement by Dino Melaye accusing President Buhari's economic team ‎of the current economic woes says it is unfair and wicked to blame the bad state of the economy on President Muhammadu Buhari, who is just over a year in office.

According to Jibrin, even a magician cannot not turn around the economy within a period of one year in office.

In a statement he released on his Facebook wall, Jibrin argued that the economic team members are competent to manage our economy.

It reads; I'm compelled to say a few words on the attempt by some people to apportion blame on President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the economy and also share my view on the call by Senator Dino Malaye on the President to sack some ministers and Central Bank Governor as the solution to the problem.

Kachikwu, Baru denies reports of possible increase in prices of petroleum products

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Monday denied media reports of the intended increase in the prices of petroleum products within the country due to media reports that oil marketers were planning to increase the prices of petroleum products due to the scarcity of foreign exchange to procure the necessary products needed for their business.Dr. Kachikwu told state house correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari and the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Alhaji Maikanti Baru in Abuja on Monday that there was no truth in it asking them if they had seen any memo to that effect.

PDP shuts official Twitter account, launches new handle

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has announced the closure of its offiicial Twitter Handle @pdpnigeria and the launch of a new handle @officialpdpnig.

The party also disowned its Director of New Media, Mr Deji Adeyanju. The party said the position of director of new media is alien to its organisation.

In a statement issued Monday night by Chinwe I. Nnorom, Head, Publicity Division, the party said the decision became imperative as as a result of frequent unauthorized tweets from the handle.

The statement reads; 

Wanted Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida arrested at Abuja airport

According to Sahara Reporters, Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian Journalist with access to Boko Haram,was yesterday arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Salkida was arrested as he arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport aboard Emirates flight EK 785. He was reportedly taken into custody from the door of the aircraft by members of the security forces.

It will be recalled that Salkida, for his access to Boko Haram commanders, was declared wanted in August 2016 by the Nigerian Army in connection with the abducted Chibok girls and the terrorist group.

Militants tells residents around major oil facilities in Niger Delta to vacate residence

Urhobo militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), yesterday asked residents around major oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta to evacuate with immediate effect in order not to end up as casualties of militancy.

According to a statement signed by its spokesman, Aldo Agbalaja, the group said the warning became necessary since most of the marked facilities in all the states in the region had been rigged with explosives waiting for detonation, adding that the detonation was being held back because of the people in the environment.