The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced a ban on the use of laterite as a base in road construction. He directed that henceforth, contractors should use lumps, sharp sand and stone base to form the base before Read more…
Category: Environment
Rosatom is looking for ways to reactivate the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) over the next year, the head of Russia’s atomic energy corporation said on Thursday. The plant’s six reactors have been idling for months due to concerns over Read more…
Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, over alleged environmental infractions including reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non-payment of waste bills, among others. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, Read more…
A swift military operation Azerbaijan conducted this week to establish full control over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh might trigger a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians living in the area, Reuters reported, citing the breakaway region’s leadership. As many as Read more…
At least 34 persons have died in Seme Podji, a border town in Benin Republic, when a contraband fuel depot exploded into flames, sending up a black cloud of smoke into the sky and leaving dozens of charred bodies at Read more…
National power grid collapse is it! It is dropped on our laps again. They are feasting on it covetously. It has been heavily commercialised. The avarice in us has come into the open one more time. They are fast turning Read more…
The Eze Ndigbo Ifako Ijaiye Lagos State, Eze Michael Ezekwobi (Oyiomanatumba Ndigbo Gbaagburugburu) has called on governors of South East to adopt the Lagos state light rail mode of intra- city transportation in order to ease transportation and boost the economy Read more…
THE horror caused by the perennial Oshodi-Apapa Expressway gridlock continued yesterday, with the traffic snarl stretching to the Second Rainbow bus stop. Commuters wailed as the Task Force set up by Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu to clear the traffic and Ports Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State government has awarded the contract for the control of erosion in Nnobi in Idemili South LGA of the state. Also awarded for reconstruction is the popular Bank Road to St Mary’s Cathedral in Nnewi. Read more…
The rains which started in the early hours of Saturday continued till very late in the afternoon, leaving many road unpassable while many resident were sent out of their apartments. At the Ile-Epo area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Read more…
Businesses and homes were again left without power supply for several hours yesterday after the nation’s national grid collapsed twice in less than six hours, dropping power generation by 93.5 per cent to 273MW. The latest collapse came barely two Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has raised the alarm that all federal roads in the state have failed and are begging for the attention of the federal government. Gov Soludo raised the alarm while speaking at Read more…