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Gunmen Attack Kogi Community, Kill 19, Burn Houses

January 3, 2020 8:51 am

Gunmen have killed no fewer than 19 people in Tawari community in Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State, burning buildings, including the palace of the king of the community.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kogi State Police Command, Mr Williams Anya, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Friday.

He said that a police assessment team had visited the community, adding that many buildings, including places of worship had been burnt.

Tawari community is a few kilometres off Gegu town along the Lokoja-Abuja highway.

A resident of Tawari community, …

How Inmates Make Millions, Build Houses From Prison

December 27, 2019 10:29 am

Inside Nigerian prisons, some inmates are breaking new grounds and making millions of naira by venturing into productive ventures.

The most outstanding are two inmates who took to agriculture and invested their earnings on education and transportation while still in the custodian centres set up by the authorities of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

The two inmates have also become their families’ bread winners with one of them maintaining two of his children up to the university level.

Although the NCoS did not disclose the record-breaking inmates’ identities, NAN learnt that one of them is at the Kaduna State Custodial Camp …

Building Collapse: Lagos Seals Off Houses In Ikeja

November 12, 2019 3:54 pm

The weekend began the sealing of suspected substandard buildings in the state. Officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) on Saturday sealed off several buildings in Ikeja area for breaching the building control laws of the state.

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Some other structures suspected to have changed the residential approval granted to them and converted for commercial use were also served notices to present their documents within 48 hours for regularisation.

LASBCA General Manager, Ms. Abiola Kosegbe, who led the enforcement team to parts of Ikeja, said structures found to …