Lekki Gardens’ collapsed building: Death toll now 30, contractor held
Senate backs Buhari on prosecution of looters hiding abroad
he Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the death toll at the collapsed building had risen to 30 as at 4 pm yesterday.
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The General Manager of LASEMA, Michael Akindele, said as at 12.40 p.m. yesterday, 13 other people had been rescued, while one more dead body was brought out Continued on Page 2
he Senate, yesterday, boosted President Muhammadu Buhari’s effort at bringing to justice Nigerian looters hiding abroad by passing for second reading, a
Bill which seeks cooperation with other countries to repatriate and prosecute alleged corrupt Nigerians and their accomplices who Continued on Page 4
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Reps take over Kogi Assembly 2UGHU ,*3 WR VHDO RII FRPSOH[
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A cross-section of ministers observing a one-minute silence during a special session of the Federal Executive Council meeting in honour of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barr. James Ocholi, in Abuja…yesterday. INSET: President Muhammadu Buhari signing the condolence register.
he House of Representatives, yesterday, at plenary resolved to take over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly. The decision follows the adoption of recommendations by the Pally Iriase-led Ad-Hoc CommiĴee set up to investigate the process of alleged impeachment of Hon. Jimoh Momoh as Speaker of the assembly. The House of Representatives acted in accordance with section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The House also directed the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to seal oě the Kogi House of Assembly Complex pending when the issue is resolved. The commiĴee, in its recommendations, stated that, “In view of the fact that the Kogi State House of Assembly cannot perform its legislative functions due to the intractable crisis and the volatile security situation in the state, the National Assembly should invoke the powers conferred on it by section 11(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to take over Continued on Page 4
Ocholi’s driver not licensed, car tyres wrongly fixed, FRSC reveals TAIYE AGBAJE, Abuja
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he Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, yesterday, presented the interim report of the auto crash that claimed
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the lives of the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, his wife and son, with startling revelation that the driver of the ill-fated car, Mr Taiwo James Elegbede, has no driver’s licence. The corps marshal,
who said the FRSC Investigation Team (FIT) discovered that burst tyre coupled with excessive speeding led to the fatal accident which occurred on Sunday on the Kaduna-Abuja Road, dis-
closed that the name of Ocholi’s driver could not be found in the corps’ database. Oyeyemi, who stated that the investigation team discovered that the vehicle conveying the late minister and his family had no walkie-talkie otherwise known as a hand-
held transceiver for easy communication, added that the tyres of the SUV were not properly ęxed and had no proper alignment. “Information gathered revealed that the driver of the crashed vehicle was actually moving at excess of the stipulated speed when
he had a tyre burst. The crashed vehicle driver was driving too fast and he slammed on his brake so hard. These two factors materially contributed to the inability of the driver to maintain control when the left rear tyre burst. Continued on Page 2
Fuel scarcity bites harder in Lagos, Warri as NUPENG continues strike
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