Modupe’s husband, Samuel Bankole, a teacher, told journalists the family had been living in the building in Olomore for over 12 years.
He said he was preparing his lesson note when the incident happened adding that the owner of the building had died two and half years ago while the building was being managed by a caretaker.
He said: “My wife told me in the house that she was going to prepare food. After finishing the preparation, she came to me and took a small mat and a pillow and spread it out to take breeze. She spread it even very far away from the collapsed decking.
“I was preparing my own note of lesson that time. I told her that when I finished writing, I would join her there
“When I finished, I came out. Few children were moving up and down there until suddenly a neighbour called them and sent them on errand.
“My last born came back from his place of apprenticeship and even slept beside the mother. He later left to see a friend.
“Shortly after, I just heard the sound of the collapsed decking over my head. I believed that since my wife was not directly under that thing, she was safe and I just ran outside and started shouting: ‘thank you Jesus’.”
He added that his wife died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
The permanent secretary of the ministry of Urban and Physical Planning, Yetunde Dina, who visited one of the scenes, said the state government would investigate the incidents and decide if to bring down the remaining part of the collapsed building
Fayose has demanded the unconditional release of embattled former NSA of Nigeria, Sambo Dasuki. The Ekiti state governor has urged President Buhari to reciprocate the mercy of God upon his life by also showering mercy on his fellow citizens. Fayose says that Buhari's continued disregard for court injunctions is a sin
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to unconditionally release former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
Fayose also called for the clause-less release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu from prison custody.
In a statement on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose admonished Buhari to reciprocate the mercy of God upon his life by also showering mercy on his fellow citizens.
Fayose said: “You have received the mercy and favour of God. You have come back from medical vacation alive. By what people had said and by your own account, it is the mercy and favour of God that have seen you through as well as the prayers of everyone.
“It is incumbent on you to now also show mercy. I advise you to show mercy to Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki and such other Nigerians that are suffering unjust, punitive, illegal, and unconstitutional incarceration under your directive or administration.
“Allow all those who have been granted bail by the court to enjoy their bail while their trial continues. This is the right, just, and merciful thing to do. To continue to disdain the court is reckless and unconstitutional. Moreover, it is a sin and it is oppressive.”
The Naira on Monday, March 13, appreciated in all the major segments of the foreign exchange market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Nigerian currency gained three points to exchange at N460, from N463 posted on Friday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N550 and 476, respectively.
At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira was sold at N399 to a dollar, CBN controlled rate, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N547 and N482, respectively.
Trading on the floor of the interbank market saw the Naira closed at N306.00 to a dollar.
Traders at the market expressed delight in the interventions the CBN had made so far in boosting liquidity, adding that its sustenance would turn the economy around in the short to medium term.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), said the association was expecting an increment in dollar sales to its members this week.
Gwadabe said that due to the stability in the oil sector and the increase in the price of oil at the international market, the CBN was now comfortable in entertaining ABCON’s request to increase the volume of dollar sales to its members.
The ABCON boss said that a boost in its weekly volume from 8,000 dollars weekly to 15,000 dollars would sustain the existing efforts in stabilising the Naira exchange rate at the FOREX market.
The financial expert added that the Naira was expected to extend appreciation across the major segments of the FOREX market this week.
NAN also reports that since the CBN began intervening at the FOREX market, it had spent an excess of 1.4 billion dollars in boosting liquidity at the market.
Some concerned Nigerians have hailed the effort of the CBN in boosting liquidity at the FOREX market, but added that the liquidity boost had not yet translated to the reduction in the price of goods and services in the country.
Nigeria and South Africa would launch a jointly run "early warning" system to track and deter xenophobic attacks against Nigerian migrants. This was the resolution after a meeting between Nigeria's minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and his South African counterpart, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Monday, March 13
The meeting was to diffuse soaring tensions over a recent string of attacks on migrants living in South Africa which has elicited reactions in Nigeria.
"The early warning centre would allow us keep each other abreast of issues and help prevent violence," Nkoana-Mashabane said.
The new violence-busting forum will meet every three months and will be made up of representatives from both countries and include immigration officials, business associations and civil society groups.
Nkoana-Mashabane denied that the attacks on foreign nationals were targeted at Nigerians, adding that citizens of other countries were also affected.
On his part, Onyeama said he had received assurances that Nigerians in South Africa would be able to live in peace, even as he called for an end to the "mass attacks".
He added that groups in Nigeria calling for the retaliatory expulsion of South African residents and businesses "do not speak on behalf of government".
Last week, militant groups in the Niger Delta instructed have 18 South African companies and personnel to leave the region or risk attacks because of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Similarly, business activities at MTN headquarters in Falomo, Lagos, on Friday, March 3, were disrupted over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa by protesters under the aegis of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre.
The Nigerian government last month called for the African Union to step in to stop xenophobic attacks on its citizens in South Africa.
Resonding to the crisis, President Jacob Zuma condemned the wave of xenophobic unrest and called for calm and restraint, saying that migrants should not be used as a scapegoat for the country's widespread crime problem.
There were several incidents last month of South African locals attacking migrants from Africa and elsewhere and their businesses in both the administrative capital Pretoria and the commercial capital Johannesburg.
According to the Nigerian Union in South Africa, there are about 800,000 Nigerians in the country, many of them living in Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) on Friday, March 11 staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
The students in their hundreds went round the metropolis to demonstrate against what they called inhuman treatment of Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa
A Jos State High Court on Monday dissolved the marriage of a university lecturer, Dr. Evelyn Iyah, over her husband’s alleged cruelty and incessant violence.
Iyah, on March 10, 2016 petitioned the court through her Counsel, Mr G. O Izere, to dissolve her marriage with Mr Iyah Iyah, because he had “lost his desire to love me”.
She further accused him of violence, cruelty and inability to live with her peacefully.
The lecturer also pleaded for an injunction restraining the husband from further threatening her life, or even entering her house.
“My husband behaves in a way that I cannot reasonably be expected to live with him.
“He is violent, cruel, shows open disregard for me and clearly does not love me anymore,” she told the court.
She also asked the court to compel the husband to return her monies – 13,090 British Pounds and N320,000 “with immediate effect”.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, reports that since the case was filed, Iyah never entered any appearance and did not even acknowledge the court’s repeated summon notices sent to him.
NAN also reports that the court had to serve him by pasting the notice at his residence and office, which all came to nought as he did not show any interest on the matter
When the case came up on Monday, the Presiding Judge, Mrs. Christine Dabup, entered judgment in the applicant’s favour and dissolved the marriage.
She also granted all the wife’s prayers and gave an order to the defendant to pay up all monies in his possession.
“All the reliefs sought are hereby granted to the petitioner,” Dabup declared.
She accused the defendant of utter disrespect to the court, saying that he had not behaved in a way that suggested that he was reasonable enough for the petitioner to live with.
“The case has been in this court for one year now, but the defendant has not shown any interest in the allegations.
“I hereby order that the marriage stands dissolved,” she declared.
She also gave an injunction restraining Mr Iyah from further threatening the life of the lecturer, and barred him from entering her house.
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news.
In an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, Sir Tim has set out a five-year strategy amid concerns he has about how the web is being used.
Sir Tim said he wants to start to combat the misuse of personal data, which creates a "chilling effect on free speech".
He also called for tighter regulation of "unethical" political adverts.
The British computer scientist said he wants the people who have helped develop the web with blogs, tweets, photos, videos and web pages to help come up with practical solutions to make a web "that gives equal power and opportunity to all".
Users are often unable to tell outlets what data they would not like shared, Sir Tim said. Terms and conditions were "all or nothing.
Sir Tim said he wants to work with companies to put "a fair level of data control back in the hands of people".
He also expressed concerns that government surveillance is going too far and stopping the web from being used to explore topics such as sensitive health issues, sexuality or religion.
Social media sites and search engines must be encouraged to continue efforts to combat the problem of fake news, Sir Tim said.
However, central bodies deciding what is true or not should be avoided, he added.
Certain algorithms can favour sensationalist information designed to surprise or shock users rather than reflect the truth and can "spread like wildfire", Sir Tim said.
What is fake news?
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The arrival of social media - and the fight for clicks - has meant real and fictional stories are presented in such a similar way that it can be hard to tell the two apart.
So-called "fake news" could be false information deliberately circulated by those who have scant regard for the truth but hope to advance particular (often extreme) political causes and make money out of online traffic.
Or it could be false information circulated by journalists who don't realise it's false.
Fake news has become so prevalent that the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee is now investigating concerns about the public being swayed by propaganda and untruths.
The committee was spurred by claims that voters in the US election were influenced by fake news, it said.
Pope Francis was reported to have backed Donald Trump's presidency campaign, for example, when he had not made an endorsement.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump himself has used the term fake news to refer to critical stories about his administration, picking out organisations such as CNN and BBC.
Sir Tim advocated transparency so users can understand how web pages appear on their devices and suggested a set of common principles for sites to follow.
And he raised concerns about how online political advertising had become a "sophisticated" industry.
Sir Tim said there were indications some targeted advertising was being used in "unethical ways" to keep voters away from the polls or directing people to fake news sites.
He suggested companies could put subscription payments and small automated charges in place to make money without these types of adverts.
However, despite highlighting issues on the world wide web which be believed need addressing, Sir Tim has admitted the solutions "will not be simple".
