Families
Disasters Environment

Woman, 80 dies in Lagos building collapse

By Our Correspondent An 80-year-old woman has died in a building collapse that also displaced seven families in Oyingbo, Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State on Thursday. Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development. Farinloye said the building had shown signs of distress for […]

Read More
Climate Change Environment Foreign News

Tunisia reports 10 wildfires in past 24 hours

Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday. “These wildfires broke out in Jendouba and Beja provinces in northwestern Tunisia, in Bizerte in the north, in the central province of Kairouan and in Ariana province in […]

Read More
General Local

Initiate support programme for twins, OYSG urged

An appeal has gone to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to initiate a policy to support twins and families with multiple births with a view to stopping the culture of using twins to beg for alms. A twin brother, Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye, made the call at the 2022 World Twins Festival, an event […]

Read More