BREAKING NEWS: Fire guts building at Allen Avenue

A fire outbreak has been reported at a building at Allen Avenue, Ikeja.
The building which is located on 11, Wole Ogundimu Street off Awosika, Allen Avenue,is currently smoke logged.
Men of the fire service have arrived the scene as at the time of filing this report.

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N1.9b Ebola Fund: ICPC interrogates perm sect, others

Heads may roll in the Ministry of Health over the management of the N1.9billion Ebola Fund, it was learnt yesterday.
Already, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Linus Awute, and other key figures in the ministry were grilled for hours on Monday over the Ebola spending by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

Nigeria - Armed men invade bank in Ikorodu

Suspected armed robbers Wednesday morning invaded a major commercial bank at Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb, scaring people away with gunshots.
This attack is coming barely three weeks after a group of armed robbers attacked two commercial banks -First and Wema banks- in Ikorodu.
It was learnt that the bank is located close to Dangote factory in the area, just as sources said the hoodlums have held the area hostage for close to an hour.

Empty Treasury: Experts advise FG on economic policies

Prof. Afolabi Bello, Consultant, European Union Federal Governance Reform, on Wednesday advised Nigerian government to ensure effective economic policies to boost the economy.
Bello, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said committed efforts and good policies were panacea to nation’s economic growth.

Adopt APC decision, governors tell senators

overnors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged Senators and House of Representatives members of the party to always abide by the wish party.
Tension has been brewing in the Senate over filling of the remaining four key leadership positions of the 8th Senate.

Queen may have to leave Buckingham Palace because it needs repairs

LONDON — It's one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world, but beyond the gold painted gates and fine stone facade, Buckingham Palace is just like any other ageing building — it's in need of some serious repairs.

Migrants use Eurotunnel chaos to try board trucks bound for Britain

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Traffic has resumed in the tunnel beneath the English Channel, but lines are still long for trucks traveling between Britain and France following a day of disruption by striking port workers.

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Illegal migrants trying to cross into Britain are taking advantage of the snail's-pace traffic to sneak onto trucks boarding the shuttle trains that carry them through the tunnel.

Nigeria-42 killed as Boko haram loot homes, shops, set fire to buildings

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead at least 42 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, with no let-up in sight to the Islamist group’s targeting of civilians. The attacks in the remote villages of Debiro Hawul and Debiro Biu in Borno state on Monday and Tuesday came before at least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in neighbouring Yobe.