A few days after his body was recovered from the rubble, the wife and brothers of Femi Osibona, owner of the 21-storey building that collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State on Monday, November 1, are reported to be at loggerheads over his properties. SaharaReporters reports that the wife, who had just flown in from the United States, tried gaining access to her husband’s apartment along Mosley Road, Ikoyi but was denied access by some of Osibona’s brothers. …
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Actress Zainab Balogun has mourned her cousin, Samuel Iwelu, who died in the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, The body of the UK returnee was retrieved from the rubble of the collapsed bulding and confirmed dead. Recall that Samuel’s sister, Ann Iwelu, had shared the last video he made while entering the structure on Monday, November 1. Read HERE Samuel, 35, was said to have come to Nigeria from the UK for a wedding in Abuja. There he met …
Onyinye Enekwe, a graduate of the Nnamdi Azikwe University, is one of those buried under the rubble of the collapsed Gerrard terrace building in Ikoyi. Onyinye, 26, worked as a second personal assistant to Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes who is also buried beneath the rubble. According to her cousin, Chinedu Enekwe, Onyinye joined Fourscore Homes just the week before the tragedy. She had taken a picture of herself at the site that morning and sent …
A wedding was momentarily stalled today, Sept 29, at the Ikoyi Registry after the registrar refused to officiate the couple’s wedding unless the groom does something about his hair. The groom wears dreadlocks. When he arrived for his civil wedding clad in his usual hairstyle, the registrar asked him to cover his hair as the dreadlocks doesn’t sit well with him. Ubi Franklin, who was there as the witness, had to go out to purchase a traditional cap for the groom …
The Lagos State Police Command has debunked claims of a robbery attack along Kingsway road in Ikoyi. On Wednesday, June 17, a video was shared online, claiming 7 men blocked Kingsway road with a water disposal truck and began robbing commuters. However, the police has said the report is completely false and explained what actually happened. A statement signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, reads: “Attention of Lagos State Police Command is …
Motorists who violated the curfew order in Lagos state last night, were forced to sleep at Osborne Road in Ikoyi area of the state. LIB reported earlier that the federal government declared a nationwide curfew of 8pm to 6am, as part of new measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. An Instagram user @Femiolasebikan who was among those stuck at the spot last night, wrote; Make una help us beg Governor @jidesanwoolu oooo. We won’t do it again.. I want to go home .We’re all sleeping …