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Four feared dead, four injured in Kwara two-storey building collapse

Four persons are feared dead while four others sustained injuries following the collapse of a two-storey building in the Popo-Giwa area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State. The collapsed structure, which comprises approximately 26 rooms, is located adjacent to Masalasi Gogoro in the Popo-Giwa, Abemi area of Ilorin. Eight rooms caved in at ...

Atiku’s $1.2m lobby fee a demonstration of desperation — Tinubu’s Aide

...dismisses report as false, lacking merit The Presidency has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s alleged engagement of a United States lobbying firm on a $1.2 million retainer as a clinical demonstration of desperation, dismissing recent reports emanating from the firm as false, unverified, and lacking substantive merit. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday ...

Energy security: Why Africa must prioritize grid infrastructure, system resilience — Tegbe

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has called for a fundamental reset in the global energy security paradigm, demanding that grid infrastructure and system resilience receive the same strategic priority historically accorded to hydrocarbon reserves. Delivering a keynote address titled “Energy Security and the Effect of Geopolitics” at the 50th Middle East Energy Leadership Summit ...

Living on the margin: A review of JC Amaechi’s Black Ink, White Paper

By Nket Awaji The metaphor embedded in JC Amaechi’s title is quite striking, especially in the way it hints at the social anxiety of the story: being black in a white-dominated society. The writer may be writing from within the line on this “white paper,” but the protagonist’s experience, as the story depicts, is lived ...