Tayo Olanipekun Nigeria has been ranked as the third happiest country in Africa and 85th in the world, behind Mauritius and Libya, the latest U.N. Happiness Report 2019 has revealed. In the report released on Wednesday, Finland topped as the world’s happiest country, scoring 7,769 points and was followed by fellow Scandinavians, Denmark and Norway that rank second and third …

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A two-storey building has collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday evening with many site workers fared trapped. The incident occurred at Sogoye, along the Idi Arere- Molete Road, at 5:50pm and three persons have so far been pulled out of the debris with serious injuries. According to an eyewitness, the property was being developed for commercial purpose …

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chidi Lloyd, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of abandoning members of the ruling party in Rivers State. He was guesting on the Lagos-based Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday evening when he said the plight of his party in the state was due to the support members gave to the President in …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, on Wednesday, visited the scene of a three-storey building which collapsed in Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island to commiserate with families of those who lost their lives. The three-storey residential building, located at No 14, Massey Street, Opposite Oja, Ita-Faaji, housing a primary school on its penthouse, caved in at about 10am on Wednesday, …

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Nine bodies have so far been recovered with many people still trapped in the debris of a collapsed building in Lagos as rescue operation is still ongoing. The news broke on Wednesday that a building housing a school on its uppermost floors collapsed  on Mercy Street, Ita-Faaji Lagos Island. The three-storey building reportedly collapsed at about 10.30 am. Search and …

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  Dayo Emmanuel Spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Mr. Kehinde Adebayo, has confirmed a building housing a school on its topmost floor collapsed today at Ita Faji, Lagos Island. Adebayo who was mentioned by the Punch’s report today on the incident did not give casualty figure which some unauthorised sources have been reeling out. The building …

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Following the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing aircraft crash yesterday, management of Air Peace Airline has said that the 10 units of brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 it ordered have not been delivered. In a statement by its Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, the airline said it thought it imperative to clarify the air over the order it placed for the …

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The All Progressives Congress, (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has won the governorship election in the state by a landslide. He defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)candidate, Jimi Agbaje, in all the 20 local governments of the state. After announcing results in all 20 LGs by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sanwo-Olu polled 739,141 votes to defeat …

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  **As ADB’s Adesina Mourns Dayo Emanuel with Agency Reports President of the African Development Bank (ADB), Akinwumi Adesina, has sent his condolences to the government and people of Ethiopia over the crash of the Ethiopian airlines aircraft early Sunday. “Our prayers and condolences are with the families of those who lost their lives In the tragic crash of the …

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The lawmaker representing Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Olatoye Sugar, has been shot dead, according to reports. A source told National Wire that although the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has not confirmed the lawmaker’s death, it has revealed to some of its worker Sugar has actually died. “They’re yet to put him in …

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