Tag: Collapse
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BREAKING: Zambian President, Lungu collapses at Defence Force Day event
Zambian President, Dr Edgar Lungu collapsed while officiating at the country’s 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture Ceremony. According to a statement by Dr Simon Miti, Secretary to the Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary to the President, Lungu collapsed due to sudden dizziness he experienced. Miri announced on Sunday that the President was, however,…
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VIDEO: Obaseki’s ADC, paramilitary officer collapse during inauguration
The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in ceremonial police uniform, and a female para-military officer, also in uniform (names withheld), earlier Thursday collapsed at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, during the second-term inauguration of the governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, thereby causing commotion. The collapse of the ADC, a Superintendent of Police…
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#ENDSARS: A pointer to Nigeria’s imminent collapse
…Nigeria comfortably sitting on a keg of gun powder …60 years marriage can be renegotiated …Boundary adjustments not cast on stones …Restructuring is the ultimate goal …El-Rufai C’ttee report can bail us out By Emman Ovuakporie There has been call across board from religious leaders, political leaders and even zonal groups that Nigeria is…
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NDDC MD, Pondei discharged from hospital after collapsing during probe session
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, has left the hospital. Prof Pondei, who slumped early Monday afternoon as the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC grilled him on alleged mismanagement of funds up to the tune of N81.5bn in NDDC, is said to have left the hospital where…
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Nigerians suffer another nationwide blackout as electricity grid collapses
Nigerians on Tuesday suffered another nationwide outage occasioned by the collapse of the national grid, operated from Osogbo in Osun State. Managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), sources at the firm confirmed the development saying some distribution companies (DisCos) had already notified consumers of the total blackout. While the grid experienced collapsed in…
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FCMB speaks on customer who collapsed while using ATM, dismisses COVID-19 insinuations
First City Monument bank (FCMB) on Tuesday reacted to reports of a customer who collapsed at its Onipanu Branch in Lagos while using the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Recall that TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had exclusively reported how the unidentified customer collapsed and was assisted by the bank’s security officials. However, in a swift response on Tuesday…
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[Update] Coronavirus: 10 feared dead as quarantine facility collapses in China
At least ten people were killed in the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, authorities said Sunday. Rescuers retrieved 48 people from the rubble, of whom 38 are still alive, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on social media. The building in the coastal city of Quanzhou had…
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Many collapse as fire guts popular Lagos plank market
About 15 shop owners were said to have collapsed due to the wildfire that razed Amu Timber, a Lagos popular plank market on Saturday morning. Residents were divided over when the fire started. Some said the fire started around 11pm while others said it was around 12am. Goods worth hundreds of billions were lost to…
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Nigeria experiences first blackout of year as national grid collapses
The national grid on Thursday experienced its first collapse in 2020 resulting in blackout across the country. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed the development in a statement on its Twitter page on Thursday. “There was system disturbance which occurred at about 12.34 p.m affecting some parts of the country. “As at 1:10 p.m,…
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Synagogue Church building in perfect condition before collapse, says witness
An Igbosere High Court heard on Thursday in Lagos that the Synagogue Church of All Nations’ (SCOAN) building was in perfect condition before the deadly collapse of the building that killed 116 people in 2014. Dayo Fabiyi, a seventh witness in the ongoing trial of the trustees of SCOAN made the disclosure while being led…