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Six people were killed and 10 are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed on Friday in northwest China, state media reported. A video published by state broadcaster CCTV showed the middle of the bridge’s arch section suddenly giving way and plunging into the waters of the Yellow River below. The cause was a steel cable failure, state news agency Xinhua said. The People’s Daily newspaper said 15 […]
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his second anniversary in office. President Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria's President on May 29, 2023 having overwhelmingly won the presidential election. In a statement to commemorate his second year in office, Kalu said that the coming of President Tinubu saved the nation's economy from collapse. He particularly hailed the courage displayed […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, indicated that another nationwide strike might be impending as negotiation for a new minimum wage deadlocked again. The NLC’s Deputy President of Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, spoke to The PUNCH at the end of Tuesday’s meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage, where Labour rejected the Federal Government’s fresh offer of N60,000, up from the N57,000 earlier proposed. “This government needs to […]
The bodies of two people were discovered from a red pickup truck, which was underwater where the Baltimore bridge collapsed. Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search continues for the other four - all presumed dead. Salvage crews are working to address hazardous materials and accident investigators […]
Worried by the increasing incidents of building collapse, the FCT Department of Development Control has met with experts in the building sector to brainstorm on possible ways to address cases of building collapse and abandoned structures in the territory. Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting with members of the professional bodies, the Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima said the meeting became necessary in view of the series of […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has visited the site of the collapsed building and ordered that the landlord be identified and arrested with immediate effect. He also said that the FCT Administration would pay the hospital bills of the victims. The minister who wondered why the villagers were yet to be compensated and resettled, stressed that Government will take over the area and ensure that no further […]
Two people are said to have died in a Two storey building plaza that collapsed in Lagos Street, Garki Village. Confirming the development to journalists in Abuja, the Director General of Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dr Abbass Idriss said thirty Seven person have so far been rescued with two people dead. According to him, the affected persons have been evacuated to various medical facilities. The DG commended the efforts of […]
A railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s northeastern Mizoram state has collapsed, killing at least 26 labourers working on the project, officials said, with many others reported missing. The accident happened at Sairang, a town about 20km (12 miles) from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram which lies in the far east of India, bordering Myanmar. State Transport Minister T J Lalnuntluanga, who was at the site, said […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has called on the Federal and Kaduna state governments to carry out thorough investigation into the causes of the collapse of a section of the historic Zaria Central Mosque. CAN President, Most Reverend Daniel Okoh in a condolence message in Abuja says the investigation will help in preventing such incidents in the future and ensure the safety of worshippers in all places of worship […]
