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Three persons escaped death when a section of a storey building collapsed in Tanke area of Ilorin South Local Government, Kwara State. According to an eyewitness, Joy Williams, the building which was among five gigantic structures collapsed on Thursday morning. Williams said: “I was inside when I heard a loud voice and when I came out, I saw a section of the building collapsing. After then, I heard someone calling for help and passersby came to his rescue”. “While rescuing him, the people also found out that there are other people trapped in the building. The third victim was seriously injured while we watch them rush the victims to the hospital,” he added. source : ChannelsTV

Some aggrieved soldiers held Usman Durkwa, deputy governor of Borno state, to ransom at a military checkpoint in Yobe state on Sunday. A source who witnessed the incident which occurred in Buni Gari town in Gujiba local government area of Yobe, told TheCable that the security personnel threatened to kill Durkwa. reported that, Durkwa was returning from Adamawa state, where he had attended the turbaning ceremony of Martins Babale, his Adamawa counterpart. The ceremony took place in Ganye local government area of Adamawa. However, Durkwa’s convoy reportedly ran into the military checkpoint, where no soldier was in sight. A policeman attached to the deputy governor’s office had attempted to remove the barricade on the road when the military personnel started springing out from different directions. They reportedly asked him who gave him the order to dismantle the barricade, and in the process started manhandling the policeman. One of the soldiers was said to have used the butt o...

Nigerian Air Force Direct Short Service Cadets Training for Consultants, Medical officers, Dental Officers, Nurses The NAF is enlisting graduates and post-graduates for training as Direct Short Service Cadets. ELIGIBILITY 1. All applicants must be Nigerians, not less than 1.66m tall for male and not less than 1.63m tall for female. Applicants should be between 22 and 30 years by 31 December 2017 (22-35 for Consultants). QUALIFICATIONS 2. Interested applicants must possess Bachelor's Degree with second class Upper division or HND with Upper credit in the following fields: B Ed in Mathematics, English, Guidance & Counselling (Female), Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science. BSc/BA in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (IT Specialist), Peace & Conflict Resolution, Sociology, Psychology and Physical and Health Education; Medical Doctors (Consultants, Medical officers and Dental Officers, BSc Nursing (Any other qualification in Nursing field such as ICU, A&E, The...

A Kwara born neurosurgeon, Prof. Wale Sulaiman, on Saturday, said he had successfully performed a minimally invasive spine surgery. Sulaiman, who is from Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, added that it was the first time the MIS technique had ever been performed in Sub-Saharan Africa. The medical practitioner told Punch.com correspondent in Ilorin, the state capital, that the surgery was performed at EuraCare Specialist Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos State. He said, “The surgery went successfully and the patient had immediate relief of his symptoms, walking on day one after surgery.” Sulaiman, a world-renowned professor of neurosurgery from Ochsner Health System in the United States, explained that MIS surgery was a modern surgical treatment of back/leg pain and neck/arm pain. He added that patients recover quickly and can return to their daily activities faster. The neurosurgeon described minimally invasive technique as the future of spine surgery,...

President Buhari has headed back to London for "follow-up medical consultation" with his doctors. According to his spokesman,Femi Adebayo, President delayed his trip due to the Chibok girls' arrival in Abuja. Buhari's trip is of indefinite length, just like his last trip, that ended up lasting 5 months. Buhari was seen in public on Friday, but appeared frail and weak. VP Osinbajo is in charge again.

Senior sources in Nigeria’s military have told SaharaReporters that the 82 Chibok girls released today by dreaded Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, regained their freedom after intense negotiation with a faction of the militant group. The sources disclosed that the deal involved the Federal Government’s release of two senior Boko Haram commanders who had been in detention by the Nigerian security services. According to one of the sources, a combined team of military and Red Cross negotiators flew the two detained Islamist commanders to Banki town in Borno State where they were handed over to a team of Boko Haram representatives. The Boko Haram team had, in turn, brought the 82 Chibok girls to the outskirts of Banki where a heavy contingent of Nigerian troops took custody of them. The sources said the negotiators included operatives from military intelligence as well as officials of the Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police. A resident of Banki told our co...