Russian maritime rescue units were deployed early on Saturday to assist an oil tanker off the coast of Crimea. The tanker was left without propulsion after what reports said was a strike by an Ukrainian drone. “The crew is safe, Read more…
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The Nigerian Navy said the vessel arrested for allegedly transporting stolen crude on Thursday was certified by the agency of government responsible for regulating midstream and downstream petroleum operations in Nigeria. The Navy in a statement said the vessel “MT Read more…
President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening at the State House, Abuja, assured the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress led by its President, Joe Ajaero, and that of Trade Union Congress, Festus Usifo, that the Port Harcourt refineries will start production Read more…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), on Tuesday, said it has commenced probe into an accident involving a Jabiru J430 light single airplane, asking members of the public to assist with recorded evidences in form of pictures or videos, to Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged the people of the South-East to be burying their dead ones within three days as it was done in the olden days. The group noted that keeping the corpses for too long, as Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa said a leaked Lagos State Government memo on secret mass burial of 103 victims of the October 2020 EndSARS protest is one of the many surprises to come. Adegboruwa stated this while speaking Read more…
Reports had it that the victims were scooping fuel after a petrol tanker fell and spilled it’s contents and exploded after the driver lost control. The incident, it was gathered happened along Showboy road, opposite Optima filling station in Ore, Read more…
The Lagos State Government says the recent demolition of distressed buildings in Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Council was neither a witch-hunt nor intended to acquire the land but done to protect lives. Mr Gbolahan Oki, General Manager, Lagos Read more…
DANIELS IGONI examines the Bayelsa State’s Oil and Environmental Pollution Commission’s findings on the devastation caused by oil exploration in the state, the culprits and the way forward Bayelsa State holds the enviable record of being the first state in Read more…
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that a couple, their two children and others died from suspected generator fumes in their residence at Nkwele Ezunaka, near Onitsha. The Onitsha-based trader, his wife, two children, mother in-law and newly arrived Read more…
Australian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean
An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, the fishing vessel’s owner said Monday. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his incapacitated Read more…
Former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has described the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as a cash cow organisation that needs to be reviewed. Wike stated this while speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s N195.3bn Port Read more…