Horror In Lagos: 4-Year-Old Girl And Grandparents Critical As Three-Storey Building Engulf,/Furniture showrooms burnt at pump and sell Ajah

 Horror In Lagos: 4-Year-Old Girl And Grandparents Critical As Three-Storey Building Engulfed, 4 Year Old Girl Grandparents In Critical Condition As Explosion Razes 3 Storey Building In Lagos 

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Explosion Horror In Lagos: 4-Year-Old Girl And Grandparents Critical As Three-Storey Building Engulfed

A devastating cooking gas explosion rocked a three-storey building on Odubanwo Street, causing severe injuries to a 4-year-old girl and her grandparents, who are currently in critical condition at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The explosion also left the building in ruins, displacing approximately 11 families….READ MORE RELATED STORY HERE President Tinubu Set To Unleash Transformation: Lagos Red Line Rail Project Launch In February 2024

The tragic incident occurred on Sunday in the Gbinrinmi area of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area in Lagos State. Reports indicate that the grandmother was frying meat when the oil caught fire, and attempts to extinguish the flames proved unsuccessful, leading to the explosion of the cooking gas.

Faridat Shittu, the 4-year-old girl, was sleeping in her room at the time of the incident, and her uncle also suffered burns. Quick response from community members helped put out the fire and rescue the victims.

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Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the grim situation, revealing that the explosion was so intense that it reduced the three-storey building, which had 14 rooms and shops, to rubble.

Pa Femi Odubanwo Solomon, the landlord, shared the harrowing experience of being trapped, saved only by the quick actions of his neighbors. Currently, he is seeking refuge in a church opposite his destroyed residence. The incident leaves a trail of destruction, rendering several families homeless in its wake.

Also furniture showrooms and  houses raced at pump and sell Ajah,a popular furniture showrooms was on fire today at Ajah, the fire incident ocur without notice and before the arrival of fire fighter it was too late as billion of naira was lost, including wooden house besides the lagoon, pastor Abimbola lament that it will take years to recover from the lost of goods and money burnt by the fire.

Nigerian soldier kills senior officer before being shot dead by fellow soldiers

Nigerian soldier kills senior officer before being shot dead by fellow soldiers

In a shocking incident within the ranks of the Nigerian military, a soldier identified as James Kingsley reportedly went on a shooting rampage at the Forward Operational Base in Magami, Sokoto.

The unfortunate event occurred on Sunday at approximately 6:05 pm, resulting in the death of a Second Lieutenant identified as OC Ukachuckwu.

According to military sources, Corporal James Kingsley, attached to Team 3 for Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD), opened fire on 2nd Lieutenant Ukachuckwu, causing his tragic demise.

Subsequently, other soldiers present at the scene swiftly intervened, fatally shooting Corporal Kingsley.

The incident, detailed in a military signal obtained by SaharaReporters, described the chaotic situation where Corporal Kingsley went on a shooting spree, targeting both his senior officer and other personnel present at the Forward Operational Base.

The injured soldiers are reportedly in stable condition and receiving medical attention.

The military signal, signed by Major MD Mikaailu, stated, “While on stand-to period 03NA/53/1572, CPL James Kingsley from 26BN attached to Team 3 for OPHD fired 2LT OC Ukachukwu at Tango 2 FOB Magami. The soldiers went on firing everyone on sight, and he was gunned down by fellow soldiers present at the Tango. Both the late officer and soldier were rushed to Magami Gen Hosp where the officer was confirmed dead.”

OLAWEPO-HASHIM CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICING TO HALT BLOODLETTING.

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OLAWEPO-HASHIM CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICING TO HALT BLOODLETTING.

Sunday 04 January, 2024, Ilorin, Nigeria:

A former Presidential Candidate and a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has called on the APC leadership, President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly  leadership to as a matter of urgency, implement the party policy of decentralization of Policing to halt the seemingly unending high profile crime of killings and kidnappings across the country.

The former Presidential candidate said this at the weekend in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on the heels of the abduction and killing, last Thursday, of Olu Koro, in Ekiti Local Government Area of the State, His Royal Highness, Oba Olusegun  Aremu, a retired General.

Before the Olu Koro incident, on January 29, gunmen also killed two Ekiti monarchs – the Onimojo of Imojo, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin. Also in the same area, the assailants attacked a school bus and whisked away five pupils of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, three teachers, and the bus driver.

Civil society groups, under the aegis of the Civil Society Joint Action Group, said on Monday that 2,423 persons had been killed, while 1,872 others had been abducted in the eight months since President Bola Tinubu’s administration began.

The group added insecurity had persisted over the last three administrations, with 24,816 Nigerians killed and 15,597 persons abducted in the last administration of President Buhari, between 2019 and 2023.

Olawepo-Hashim maintained that the barbaric killing is condemnable and represented another sordid episode in the unending killings of community leaders and their subjects by rampaging gangs of terrorists/kidnappers moving like a guerrilla movement round most states in Nigeria.

According to him, “I really do not understand the hesitation on the part

 of the President and the party leadership to lead the charge. Many State governments and Local Government Councils are being controlled by APC. The Party also controls the National Assembly and Majority of State Houses of Assembly. So, it means the party can obtain the Legislative consensus within one week to bring to birth State Policing.”

For some time now, there has been a clamour for the establishment of State Police Force as opposed to what was laid down in Section 214 of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution. This is as a result of the deteriorating situation of the security system in Nigeria. Some other reasons for this clamour are that: the geographical area of Nigeria is too large for a Central police command; Policing citizens should be the responsibility of the respective states and not that of the Federal Government.

Not a few Nigerians had argued that centralized police system is not only inadequate but cannot meet the security need of the country and the people. They insisted that the police should be under the control of the State and Local  governments since they are closer to the people instead of the Federal Government.

Olawepo-Hashim argued that while immediate creation of local police would not stop all the problem of insecurity in Nigeria, it would solve about fifty percent of it, adding that “we cannot let the bloodletting continue and carry on as if we are confused on what is to be done to stop  it".

               

Fulani Jihad Issue Threats: We’re going to Aso Rock, nobody can stop us

Fulani Jihad Issue Threats: We’re going to Aso Rock, nobody can stop us

Amidst terror war and brutal kidnapping and killing of innocent Nigerians across country, group purported to be Fulani jihad said they’ve declared full blown jihad on the country and have no apology for their actions.

The statement dated January 26th, 2024, issued and signed by Umar Amir Shehu and Badu Salisu Ahmadu, is allover social Media in northern Nigeria, has also threatened to take over Aso rock. It reads in parts:

‘The Fulani Jihad: Full blown and we have no apologies.

“It is like the present Government wants to dare us. Let them be told that we shall burn down everything in Nigeria and we don’t care.

This present President is not our President. He is deceiving himself with this so called Muslim/Muslim arrangements. Who cares? We care only about what our Father Uthman Dan Fodio laid down. Not your religion.

We are going to Aso Rock and nobody will stop us. We shall take over the seat of Government which is our right and we shall direct every other operations from there.

Forget the Military. Are they not in our pocket? Are they not working for us?

As for the Hausas those fools know better. They either live under this Jihad or perish like the rest of the unbelievers. We don’t care their religion. We are burning down both their Mosques and Churches. They are weak and stupid. They present no resistance.

The Yorubas think they have a President. Let them sleep and enjoy themselves. What we did to them in Ilorin shall be child’s play. They have seen what we are able to do in recent times to them. They are cowards and weak.

But the Middle Belt think they are strong. But what type of bravery without weapons? We shall make sure they have nothing to defend themselves with. We are almost done with them. They should remember what we did in Kaduna through our brother when we were in Government. These are very good lands.

We have no apologies and we have started. Our Royal Father’s are proud of us. History has bestowed in our hands to accomplish. There is no going back.

You would be too old to rule Nigeria in 2027, shelve your ambition” — Bode George advises Atiku

You would be too old to rule Nigeria in 2027, shelve your ambition” — Bode George advises Atiku

Chief Bode George, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Deputy National Chairman has appealed to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to shelve his 2027 presidential ambition, saying that he would be 81 years old by then and too old to govern Nigeria.

George made this appeal while appearing on Arise Television on Thursday, begging Atiku to allow younger Nigerians to rule the country.

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Deputy National Chairman, Chief Bode George

In his words, “My brother Atiku Abubakar was 77 years old last year, and by 2027 he will be 81 years old. Atiku should give room for younger Nigerians, who still have the energy and the brain to develop the country,” he said.

“Atiku should be in a situation where he plays like the big uncle in the room or the elder in the room.

“What would anybody carry me now to do because I’m heading to 80 years old and I want to go and be a minister? To do what?

“Let’s mentor the younger generation, and let’s be consistent with our strong belief in our party norms.”

JUST IN: Lagos Police Limits Vehicular Restrictions To Surulere Ahead Bye-election

JUST IN: Lagos Police Limits Vehicular Restrictions To Surulere Ahead Bye-election

Following complaints raised by residents on restrictions placed on movement across Lagos ahead Saturdays bye-election in Surulere Federal Constituency 1, the Lagos Police Command has disclosed that restrictions would only be limited to the affected election areas.

The command said that movements within Surulere Federal Constituency 1 would be restricted between 12am.and 6pm when the exercise is expected to have been completed across the polling units.

The clarification by the Command Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, came barely 24 hours after the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, placed restrictions on movements across the 26 states where bye-elections and re-run poll would be held on February 4th, 2024.

In a short statement released on Hundeyin’s official social media handle, he stated that there is no restriction of movement in other parts of the state where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not schedule election to hold.

According to the statement, “CLARIFICATION: In the forthcoming bye-election in Lagos State, restriction of movement is applicable only in the election area, Surulere Federal Constituency I.

“There is no restriction of movement in other parts of the state”, the statement added.

AFCON 2023: Why we relocated to Ivory Coast – Nigerians reveal, praise Ivorian government

AFCON 2023: Why we relocated to Ivory Coast – Nigerians reveal, praise Ivorian government

Nigerians living in Ivory Coast have showered praises on the Ivorian governmnet for providing basic amenities and enabling environment for the people to eke out a living and make businesses thrive.

Some Nigerians living in the country made it known that they made the decision to relocate fully to Ivory Coast after considering these factors.

They added that the availability of electricity is making doing business in the country  very easy.

Mr Johnson Abiodun who sells beverages and soft drinks in the country noted that he doesn’t have to bother about light to get his drink chilled and ready to be sold.

” Once I buy my drinks, I’m very sure it would be sold because the stable electricity makes it possible for them to get chilled and buyers would throng my shop to buy in their numbers”.

Another business woman, Stella Amarue said she runs a computer center but doesn’t have to bother herself with generator or petrol, saying light hardly goes off in the country.

”I can always work freely without bothering myself with generator or fuel. The stable electricity here helps business to grow faster”.

“The profit I have made in three years i have been here is much bigger than what i made in 10 years that i ran same business in Nigeria, reason is that much goes on fixing generator and buying of fuel”. She said.

Mr Olaoye Akinbamidele runs a restaurant in Cocody, Abidjan and he disclosed that he can always buy raw food and store in his freezer knowing full well they will not get spoilt anytime soon.

He added that ease of doing business is very okay in the country as compared to Nigeria where you have to provide some necessary amenities by oneself.

However, Madam Titi  Amora a fashion designer in Liberte, Abidjan decried the expensive accommodation in the country, saying that what she pays monthly for accommodation can actually pay a good rent annually in Nigeria.

Adekunle Karim popularly known as Benzema in Adjame, Abidjan noted that he relocated to the country because he was told the fashion designing business is booming in Ivory Coast.

According to him, he charges his customers twice what he makes in Nigeria to sew a cloth, adding that the materials he uses are far cheaper in Ivory Coast.

Akeem Janatu who fixes faulty electronics in Abidjan also praised the government for providing electricity and water for the people of the country. According to him these two things have made life very easy for him and others living in the country.