Church building collapses in Edo




A one- storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church of God has collapsed in Edo State.
The building served as offices to pastors in the church.
Two bodies are still trapped in the debris, according to survivors.
Three persons were rescued alive from the collapsed building.
Details later…




 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

84-year-old Kenyan man who returned home after 47 years is disappointed his two wives remarried; says they should have waited for him

Image
  84-year-old Kenyan man, Peter Oyuk, is disappointed after returning home to find that the two wives he abandoned 47 years ago have remarried.   According to The Standard, the octogenarian had walked out of his Makale village in Malava, Kakamega county in 1974 at aged 37.   He told his people that he was going in search of greener pastures because he needed to take care of two wives and five children, although details of where he was headed and his expected return date were scanty.   Oyuka visited Kakamega in 1983, 1992 and 1996, but never set foot in his home despite being in close proximity to the family. After waiting for many years, his wives moved on and remarried.    On Tuesday, September 21, Oyuka returned to his village where only a few individuals could recognise him. One of his daughters-in-law was said to have almost raised alarm over fears that he was a stranger who had trespassed into the compound. In line with th...
Read more

Newly elected Nigerian president has directed the removal of oil subsidy.

Image
The downstream end of the Nigerian petroleum industry has gone into a frenzy as operators respond to the immediate removal of subsidy on petrol with a sharp hike in pump price just as consumers crowded to the petrol stations. Commercial transporters have also hiked their trip fares across the country in response to the developments. On his inaugural speech yesterday, the new president, Bola Tinubu, had stated that “petroleum subsidy is gone”.Some marketers responded by increasing their prices by about 100 percent to N370 from N185 per litre. However, few other stations especially the major marketers, sold between N195 and N220 per litre across Lagos and Abuja. Our findings also showed that some of the petrol stations operators simply shut their filling stations, thus leading to the emergence of long queues. This is even as depot owners shut their operations, arguing that further clarification was needed to guide activities on the implementation of the new order. In Abuja, long queues r...
Read more