Friday, 19 April, 2024

Category: Environment


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has explained what transpired between him and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the SNECOU Group Limited, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, who decried the demolition of his investment on 214 Read more…


Amid a nationwide energy crisis, Nigeria finds itself grappling with a peculiar irony as gas meant to alleviate power shortages is instead being wasted through flaring, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. Natural gas estimated at $205.7 million Read more…


Senator Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West said some very important personalities (VIPs) from Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are behind oil theft in Niger Delta. Dickson stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. The two-term Read more…


The Transmission Company of Nigeria says it has successfully restored the national power grid following its collapse at 4:28 pm on Thursday. TCN, in a statement on Friday, said the grid attained full recovery by 10 pm on the same Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital NAUTH Nnewi, Anambra State, Prof Joseph Ugboaja (Ochinanwata Nnewi) recorded another milestone on Wednesday as the Orthopedic Outpatient Department of the health institution was commissioned. The Read more…


The Anambra state government has addressed reports circulating online concerning the Ochanja-Iweka road project in the state. A recent video trending on social media showed a washed-out portion of the road as a result of flooding. The video was accompanied Read more…


SOME leaders of the Niger Delta, yesterday, pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to allow the people of Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, who fled their homes about 12 days ago, following the siege to the community Read more…


Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has taken decisive action by suspending all mining activities in the state. The governor’s announcement came on Friday during the launch of the initial 60 Mining Marshalls tasked with the crucial responsibility of combating Read more…


Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over the state of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region particularly roads and railway projects, which he, pointed out, had been planned but abandoned. However, Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka(Ogilisi Igbo) has expressed his full support for the Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo who recently celebrated his two years in office. Ogilisi Igbo, in a statement said that he knew the overwhelming capacity Read more…


The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’s spokesman has said that all sides are responsible for maintaining security of Russia’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, after the facility’s staff accused Ukrainian forces of dropping a bomb near fuel tanks containing diesel for Read more…


A South-West group, Conscience of Yoruba Nation, has opposed the proposition by the Federal Government to create ranches in regions of the country as part of measures to resolve the deadly farmer-herder clashes in the country. This was the separatist Read more…