•Saleh Mamman The arraignment of Mr Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was, today, stalled at a Federal High Court, Abuja, due to ill-health. Mamman, whose plea was fixed for this morning, collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called, reports NAN. The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, S...
•National grid The national power grid again collapsed for the umpteenth time, throwing the country into total darkness. The grid, according to reports, collapsed around 3 pm today. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has confirmed the development. In a statement, the DisCo said all its interface in the Transmission Company of Nigeria s...
•The heavy downpour Business and commercial activities were grounded yesterday following a 10-hour downpour in many parts of Lagos and Ogun states. The resulting flooding brought down a two-storey building in the Mushin area of Lagos, grounded vehicular movement on the roads and overwhelmed thousands of residents while pupils could not attend ...
•Building collapse A child was feared dead today when a building collapsed at 10, Cameroon street in Mushin, Lagos. Seven other residents were also reportedly rescued by sympathisers from the rubbles, reports The Nation. A resident said the building collapsed following heavy downpours in many parts of Lagos. She said the Lagos rescue team was ...
•A collapsed building Many people were reportedly trapped when a four-storey building in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed last night. An eyewitness told newsmen that, “There is a possibility that there could be some people inside the collapsed building who may have died. I saw two people being pulled out from […...
•New Delhi International Airport The roof of a terminal building at New Delhi’s international airport partially collapsed in heavy rains early today, killing one person, rescuers said, months after a refurbishment project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Images posted online showed vehicles crushed under giant steel girders at ...
•Five-storey building collapses in Uthiru Three children are among four people reported missing after a five-storey apartment block collapsed in the Kenyan capital on last night, a local official said. The cause of the accident in Uthiru, a settlement that lies to the northwest of the city centre, is not known, Nairobi disaster management chie...
Rescuers in South Africa are searching for survivors after a five-storey apartment block under construction collapsed yesterday, killing five people and leaving at least 50 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 26 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital but there were dozens more workers w...
•A collapsed building An unknown number of workers have been reportedly trapped at a collapsed building in Kano State. The building is located in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of the state, reports Daily Trust. At least, 11 persons are trapped under the rubble, sources disclosed to our correspondent. Rescue operations are [&he...
For the umpteenth time, Nigeria’s power grid experienced another collapse in the early hours today, Monday, April 15, 2024, according to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), between 2:00 am till the time of filing this report. The grid recorded an unprecedented zero Megawatts (MW) at the time and is currently...
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