From Ifeoma EjioforThe hilly town of Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State is currently experiencing a mass exodus of indigenes, residents and industrialists. The mass exodus of the people is occasioned by a persistent power outage Read more…
The federal government has taken a strident step on management of plastic waste in the country by inaugurating a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for Promotion of Sustainable Plastics Value Chains through Circular Economy Practices. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, Read more…
Multi-million naira worth of goods have been destroyed when fire gutted some shops at a timber market known as Ogbo Osisi Bridgehead Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened late on Saturday and about 28 Read more…
Some 3,305 ‘warm banks’ have been opened across the UK, as millions of people face the prospect of fuel poverty this winter. The Met Office predicts that temperatures could drop to -10 degrees Celsius in some locations over the next Read more…
THE Federal government has banned articulated vehicles from plying the second Niger Bridge when it is temporarily opened for use during the festive period. The Anambra State Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Adeoye Irelewuyi, made this known Read more…
A human rights activist, Osita Obi, has lamented the demolition of his house by the officials of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, an Anambra State agency. Obi told journalists in Awka on Saturday that the structure, a newly-constructed duplex was Read more…
Community Leaders of Ejama-Ebubu, in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State have appealed to the Inspector General (IG) Police, Usman Baba, the state commission of Police Okon Effiong, to restrain their men from incessant harassment and arrest of its indigenes Read more…
The Nigerian Navy has absolved the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) of any culpability in the lingering crude oil theft, which has led to humongous loss of revenue to the government and disturbingly polluting the operating environment. The Director Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo One Mrs. Okeke, mother of the late Charlie Accord and Emma White Okeke, died in the fire inferno that killed her and engulfed the family bungalow. The incident took place at Ezekwuabor Otolo Nnewi at about Read more…
A British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court case in which $11 billion are at stake said on Friday the trial would reveal corruption “on an industrial scale”, not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers. The Read more…
Over 2,000 land owners affected by the construction of the second Niger bridge on Thursday protested non-payment of compensation in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The land owners whose property fell within the right of way corridor leading to the Read more…
Squelching through thick mud on Tuesday, Petro, a Ukrainian soldier dug in not far from Russian positions in the Donbas, recounted matter-of-factly how his unit had to use buckets to clear out water-logged trenches. “We’re more or less okay, but Read more…