Property was destroyed by fire at the Rivers State Secretariat Complex in Port Harcourt on Monday evening when a section of the Podium Block was destroyed.
The Rivers State Pension Board’s headquarters are located in the affected area.
Iyingi Brown, the head of service, attributed the incident to an electrical fault in a voicemail to Channels Television.
She claimed that firefighters from the military, the Federal Fire Service, and the State Fire Service battled the fire before it was finally put out.
The Rivers State Pension Board was disbanded shortly after Governor Siminalayi Fubara without giving a reason for the decision.
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It also came in response to the governor’s recent warning to permanent secretaries, who he claimed, performed poorly during the state’s emergency rule period.
Fubara had stated that the appropriate response would be to use such records against the erring officers.
The timing of the fire incident has raised public questions about whether the board’s dissolution was a coincidence or an attempt to destroy important documents.
On Monday, demonstrators marched through the streets of Kaduna, Nigeria’s capital city, under the aegis of Partners for National Economic Progress (PANEP), to demand that President Bola Tinubu stand down from what they termed “economic sabotage.”
The protesters demanded that local production be prioritized and that practices that they felt would harm national development be carried out on placards with the slogans “Support Local Refining,” “Crush Economic Saboteurs,” and “Protect Dangote Refinery.”
alleged Sabotage
Igwe Ude-Umanta and Dahiru Maishanu, the leaders of PANEP, claimed the protest was intended to draw attention to what they termed the “powerful interests”‘s activities, which are allegedly opposing Nigeria’s petroleum refining independence.
It’s about Nigeria’s economic survival, not just Dangote alone. Mr. President must rise up and overthrow those who are abusing our nation’s effort to become self-sufficient in the refining industry,” Ude-Umanta said.
According to him, the demonstration, which is themed “National Unity Against Sabotage: Reclaiming Our Petroleum Sector for the People,” is a part of a nationwide campaign to fight local refineries, which he claimed keep the nation a dependent on imported fuel.
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Further, Ude-Umanta claimed that some oil unions and importers were “colluding with foreign interests,” retaliating against the Dangote Refinery’s operations and threatening to turn away future investors.
No investor will ever bring money to Dangote Refinery again, he claimed.
He also accused the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) of “economic sabotage,” alleging that its recent actions had hampered refinery operations.
Ude-Umanta remarked, “What PENGASSAN did was sabotage, not unionism,” and that it was sabotage.
“To deter others, the Federal Government should have arrested their leaders. No one should “hide” to commit crimes against the economy under the guise of labor activism, he continued.
Over employee unionization, PENGASSAN and the private refinery have been at odds with one another.
At the time of the report, PENGASSAN had not yet responded in public to the accusations.
Ude-Umanta made a further appeal to the President, who also serves as the minister of petroleum resources, to ensure that local refineries, including Dangote’s, receive crude oil at the same price as foreign refineries to maintain operations and increase investor confidence.
The group also praised Dangote Refinery for its reportedly beginning to decline prices for Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) for what it described as a positive impact on domestic fuel supply.
The appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally as Canterbury’s new archbishop has been criticized by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).
The Anglican Communion’s announcement of her emergence was described as a “devastating” development that “ignores the current situation and challenges being faced.”
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The announcement of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, October 3rd, 2025 is devastating and ignores the difficulties and current state of the Anglican Communion.
It is a “double jeopardy,” first of all because the majority of Anglicans are unable to support female episcopate leadership, and second, because Bishop Sarah Mullally is a strong supporter of same-sex unions, as demonstrated in her speech in 2023, when she described the outcome as a “moment of hope for the Church.
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The election of Mullally was also seen as confirmation that the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury could no longer accept one another as their leaders, according to the statement.
The Church of Nigeria, on the part of the GAFCON family, affirms unwaveringly that, despite the ongoing revisionist agenda, the Church of Nigeria “has built His church and”the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
Mullally’s appointment
Mullally was recently given the title of new Archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to lead the Church of England, which has roots in the world’s Anglican community and the Roman empire.
King Charles III, according to the UK government, gave her a recommendation from a committee tasked with finding a successor to Justin Welby, who resigned earlier this year over an abuse scandal.
The birthplace of global Anglicanism is the Church of England.
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged women to prioritize their health by conducting regular self-examination and timely medical screening as Nigeria joins the rest of the world in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
In a message sent on Monday to mark the 2025 edition, Tinubu made the call, stressing that early detection is still crucial to saving lives.
Our health must continue to be a top priority for us as mothers, sisters, and daughters. In the fight against breast cancer, she said, early detection saves lives, regular self-examination, and timely medical screening are essential.
She urged Nigerians to use Awareness Month to support survivors, raise public awareness, and encourage proactive measures to improve their health.
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Let’s collaborate to maintain good health. She continued, “Happy 2025 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”
See the following statement in its entirety:
SENATOR OLUREMI TINUBU’S MESSAGE ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (OCTOBER 2025) IS ACCESSIBLE BY THE FIRST LADY OF THE FIRST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October.
Our health must continue to be a top priority for us as mothers, sisters, and daughters. In the fight against breast cancer, early detection saves lives, regular self-examination, and timely medical screening are essential.
Let’s raise awareness, offer assistance to survivors, and encourage one another to take decisive actions to improve their health this month.
After unexpected heavy snowfall hit China’s northwest and western mountain regions over the weekend, one hiker died and hundreds of others were saved, according to state media reports.
State broadcaster CCTV reported late on Sunday that more than 200 hikers who had been stranded by the weather near the eastern face of Mount Everest were expected to make their way to safety gradually.
In recent days, outdoor enthusiasts have flocked to the nation’s famous beauty spots, taking advantage of an eight-day national holiday, but many have fallen victim to unexpected extreme weather.
According to a report released on Monday by CCTV, a hiker in northwest Qinghai’s Tiger Valley died from hypothermia and altitude sickness.
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After hundreds of rescuers and two drones were deployed, it added, more than 130 others were recovered from the same area.
Without specifying how many hikers were there, the report claimed that searches were ongoing to find more in the area.
350 walkers trapped in a valley leading to the eastern slope of Mount Everest were safely located in the town of Qudang, according to CCTV’s report from Sunday night.
More than 200 hikers are still climbing the slopes of Karma Valley, which has an elevation of over 4, 000 meters (13, 000 feet), according to CCTV, and have made contact with them.
Local authorities, according to the broadcaster, said the walkers were supposed to progress slowly to Qudang.
On Monday, the situation didn’t get updated, and AFP was unable to contact the area’s local authorities.
A hiker who was saved shared photos of tents that were almost completely submerged in snow on social media from Saturday through Sunday.
He claimed he had arrived in Qudang on Sunday after being contacted by AFP.
More than 70 people have died as a result of landslides and floods caused by heavy downpours over the border of Nepal and India, according to officials as rescue workers struggled to reach remote mountainous communities on Monday.
Victor Umeh, the former All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) national chairman and senator representing Anambra Central, has criticised the recent demolitions of the Lagos Trade Fair Complex, calling them unlawful and a grave violation of law.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning allegedly violated the law by acting in an insult.
Senator Umeh criticized the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning for what he called an unlawful exercise of power in a statement released on Monday from Channels Television’s breakfast program, The Morning Brief.
“The problem is in how to treat people with due regard for the law.” According to Umeh, the country is governed by a set of laws and a constitution. “It is disappointing to hear that the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning came out to defend his illegal behavior.”
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According to him, the Federal Government continues to run the Trade Fair Complex.
The Lagos State Government moved in with heavy machines without justification to destroy people’s investments and buildings, he claimed.
Federal agencies, not the state government, are in charge of federal lands, he explained. State lands are both federal lands and state lands. Any property owned by the Federal Government is recorded in the Ikoyi Federal Land Registry, but not in the Alausa Federal Land Registry.
Umeh, a member of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, claimed that the Lagos authorities had no legal authority to use federal property.
He claimed that the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning’s actions were an offense and a lawbreaker.
He added that the Trade Fair Management Board was in charge of managing the complex, including setting up development approvals, property rates, and collecting ground rent.
He noted that the Lagos State government has never been there to carry out any of those duties until about two weeks ago when they moved in to tear down the buildings on September 25.
The senator called the incident “an intrusion” and claimed neither the board nor the traders had been informed prior to the demolitions.
They were also shocked that the Lagos State government had the right to relocate there without prior notice. Even the traders were not questioned or written about, he claimed.
