The Nnewi Crown Prince, Dr Obi Orizu inspected the massive construction work to permanently solve the problem of erosion devastating Egbu-Umuenem and Obiuno. The project opened up an old road which had been closed by the erosion, and a sense Read more…
Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place — where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he played with his 5-year-old nieces, where he helped his 1-year-old nephew Read more…
The federal government is set to commence the implementation of the ‘Pulaku Initiative’, a large-scale resettlement programme aimed at addressing the root causes of farmer-herder conflicts and fostering national unity. Accordingly, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, inaugurated Read more…
THE United States authorities said rain , winty weather could be responsible for the crash in the helicopter that claimed the lives of Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, his wife and son, including Abimbola Ogunbanjo, immediate Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Part of Dunukofia Local Government Headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra State, has been gutted by fire. The fire outbreak, which occured on Wednesday was said to have emanated from unknown person(s) who put fire in a bush close Read more…
Oyo State Government has identified three suspects in connection with the recent explosion at Bodija, Ibadan for possible prosecution. The three persons of interest comprise immediate and extended family members of the main person who rented the property but said to have Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has sympathized with the timber dealers in Nnewi over a fire incident in the section of the market. The State Commissioner for Industry, Mr Christian Udechukwu who delivered the governor’s Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Men of Anambra State Fire Service on Tuesday battled fire outbreak at Timber Market, Nnewi, industrial town of the State. The fire which started around 11. 30am on Tuesday, reportedly emanated from a gully heep of saw-dust Read more…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that construction on the 4th Mainland Bridge will begin in March. The governor who disclosed this at the Lagos West Senatorial District town hall meeting, also said that the government had budgeted Read more…
The Russian embassy in Kabul has confirmed the death of a Russian businessman and his wife in a plane crash in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. Taliban authorities earlier reported that four people had managed to survive the accident, which Read more…
In the aftermath of last Tuesday’s explosion at Bodija, Ibadan, about 230 properties within a 250-metre radius of the site of the explosion are being subjected to structural integrity tests. The tests being conducted by the Nigerian Society of Engineers Read more…
A fire has erupted at the export terminal of Novatek, Russia’s second-largest natural gas producer, the governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko confirmed early Sunday morning. There were no casualties reported as a result of the blaze in the commercial Baltic sea Read more…