Wednesday, 19 August, 2026

Category: Environment


The former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu has called for external investigation, adding that Nigerians won’t accept any report emanating from the Navy. On Wednesday, the Tanita Security Services said it intercepted the MT Praisel, a Read more…


One of two strings of the Russian ‘Druzhba’ oil pipeline passing through Poland to Germany has been closed off following a leak, the Polish operator PERN said on Saturday. “PERN’s automation systems detected a leak” on Saturday evening, leading to Read more…


Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, disputing the involvement of the vessel in oil bunkering, said, “The attention of the naval Headquarters has been drawn to publications and news reports in the media on the arrest of Motor Read more…


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…


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…