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Probe begins as worker dies after jumping into melting pot

The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, said it had begun an investigation into the yet-to-be-identified 25-year-old contract employee, who died after he jumped into an iron melting pot of his company. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria, said the safety officer of the company, whose name also was not mentioned, reported the case to the Sagamu Road Police Division on August 3, at about...

President Bola Tinubu’s government is attempting to discredit Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and former presidential candidate, and the Take-It-Back movement, which has been calling for the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.    SaharaReporters has discovered that the government has reached out to bloggers, offering them N750,000 per post to publish damaging content about Sowore and the TIB movement.    A receipt obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday confirms one such payment, exposing the government’s plot to undermine...

LASG begins probe as five killed in building collapse

The Lagos State Government has initiated an investigation to determine the causes behind the collapse of a two-storey building on Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, area of the state, which resulted in the death of five construction workers. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the fatalities in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Thursday noting that five other workers were rescued from the rubble. Speaking with...

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has set up a 13-man committee to probe the financial dealings, loans, grants and other project implementations from 2015-2023 under former Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure.   The House also mandated the committee to invite notable personalities that served during the period, including contractors, to explain how the loans and grants received during the period under review were spent.   The Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, who is also...

The review will entail exploration of the option of appeal and possible change of counsel in view of the Commission’s dissatisfaction with the handling of the case by Uket.  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated an investigation into the dismissal of charges against former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke, in the Malabu Oil Fraud case. This was stated in a press statement made available to SaharaReporters...

Nwachukwu explained that no casualty was recorded in the incident, even as he noted that there are concerns among the general public as a result of the historical antecedent of explosion within the Cantonment.  The Nigerian Army has called on residents and the general public not to panic over with it described as “minor explosion” that occurred within its Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday.   A statement by the Director Army Public Relations,...

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.” Her diagnosis follows that of King Charles III, who announced his own cancer diagnosis and treatment in early February. It comes after a period of intense uncertainty about the health of Catherine, who underwent abdominal surgery in January and largely disappeared from...