Okorocha’s House Collapses In Abuja
News Source: The Nation.
A five-storey building owned by the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has collapsed along Ahmadu Bello Way in Abuja.
The building, according to the report, collapsed around 9:pm yesterday sending panic to the entire neighbourhood.
In a swift reaction, personnel of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command immediately cordoned off the entire area.
It was gathered that the collapsed building was under renovation.
Eyewitnesses said some persons might have been trapped in the building.
Lagos reacts as heavy rains flood city
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The Lagos state government has called for calm, reassuring residents that the “flash flood” on Wednesday, July 3, will recede with time.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, attributed the flooding to the state’s topography and climate change.
He said: “The Agency and other key responders are on high alert in case of any emergency. We urge the good people of Lagos to remain calm and refrain from any non-essential travel due to the incidence of flash floods across the State. They are already beginning to dissipate.”
Bauchi Gov Tasks Corps Members On Community Dev’t
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Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has called on the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members deployed to the state to work for national transformation and development.
The governor made the appeal yesterday in his address at the swearing-in of the corps members for their three-week orientation course at the state NYSC Camp, Wailo.
He charged them to work towards achieving the NYSC’s national unity and development objectives.
Foundation Decries Prison Congestion
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CLEEN Foundation has declared that the congestion in Nigerian prison facilities has reached a crisis level, with many inmates languishing behind bars due to the non-implementation of parole.
Its director of programme, Salaudeen Hakeem, said several lives had been lost in prison jailbreaks across the country in the past five years, with 17 attacks recorded during the same period.
At a two-day performance appraisal workshop on the legal framework of parole and the administration of criminal justice law in Nigeria, Hakeem attributed the congestion and subsequent jailbreaks to the failure of many states to implement parole.