GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has again mocked his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, this time, for allegedly neglecting the development of Egbeda, his mother’s village in Emohua Local Government Area during his time in power. Wike, at Egbeda on Wednesday to flag off Read more…
Category: Environment
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, yesterday, denied exporting 17.877 million barrels of crude oil without proper documentation from 2016 to 2020. A report, which quoted the former auditor-general of the federation (AuGF), had alleged that some exporters shipped Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The president of ASMATA in the Nnewi zone comprising Nnewi North, South, Ekwusigo, and Ihiala local government areas, Chief Leonard Onwuatuegwu (Dim Odogwu), says no illegal structure would be allowed to stand in the market. Dim Odogwu, Read more…
Ukrainians in the UK are being forced to choose between homelessness and returning to war as their sponsorship arrangements end, charities have warned. Councils have a legal obligation to house Ukrainians if they do not have anywhere to live, but Read more…
The Chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area, John Campos, has directed the naming of a street in the area after the slain 41-year-old lawyer, Bolanle Raheem. Campos made this known during a visit to the family of the Read more…
Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris. Russian military convoys are rumbling down the broad avenues of what is swiftly becoming a Read more…
Shell will pay 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta, the oil company on Friday said in a joint statement with the Dutch division of Friends Read more…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the temporarily opened Second Niger Bridge will be tolled. He said this model would be implemented to ensure the maintenance of the landmark project and to serve Nigerians for Read more…
The Rotary International District 9142 in collaboration with Rotary Club of Wuse II, Abuja and Exness Group have called on developers to desist from erecting structures along waterways which is one of the remote causes of flooding to prevent future Read more…
Some shops at the Ose Main Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, have been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, but it was gathered that it started Read more…
A group of 15 U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Gonsalves in Japan was confronted by local residents after the soldiers strayed off their training area. The Marines reportedly encountered residents of the nearby Higashi village in the Okinawa district of Read more…
Lagos State Government, yesterday, allayed fears of land owners on compensation over the proposed construction of Fourth Mainland Bridge. It gave the assurance at the panel review meeting on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the proposed Fourth Read more…