SOME leaders of the Niger Delta, yesterday, pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to allow the people of Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, who fled their homes about 12 days ago, following the siege to the community Read more…
Category: Environment
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has taken decisive action by suspending all mining activities in the state. The governor’s announcement came on Friday during the launch of the initial 60 Mining Marshalls tasked with the crucial responsibility of combating Read more…
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over the state of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region particularly roads and railway projects, which he, pointed out, had been planned but abandoned. However, Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka(Ogilisi Igbo) has expressed his full support for the Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo who recently celebrated his two years in office. Ogilisi Igbo, in a statement said that he knew the overwhelming capacity Read more…
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’s spokesman has said that all sides are responsible for maintaining security of Russia’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, after the facility’s staff accused Ukrainian forces of dropping a bomb near fuel tanks containing diesel for Read more…
A South-West group, Conscience of Yoruba Nation, has opposed the proposition by the Federal Government to create ranches in regions of the country as part of measures to resolve the deadly farmer-herder clashes in the country. This was the separatist Read more…
Banks and telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria have been down with internet outages due to damage to international undersea cables supplying them with connectivity. It was learnt that damage affected major undersea cables near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and is Read more…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Dr. Mele Kyari, revealed on Wednesday that the corporation recorded 9,000 infractions on its pipelines within one year. Dr. Kyari made this disclosure while addressing the House of Read more…
11/03/2024Press Statement Ajaokuta steel, Iron Ore : Ohanaeze Youths back Senate Probe Panel Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has faulted traditional rulers in Kogi State for kicking against the Senate investigative panel on Ajaokuta Steel Company Read more…
Following the collapse of a five-storey building in Onitsha on Sunday, the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered that all ongoing building projects in Onitsha be subjected to integrity tests. Recently, another two-storey building in Ochanja Market in Read more…
Some yet-to-be-identified number of persons may have been trapped as a five-storey building under construction collapsed at Basden Street, Fegge, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the building, meant to serve commercial purposes on Read more…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, on Sunday, declared that one of its critical infrastructures, the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, was vandalised, making it the fifth of such incidents between February and March this year, leaving the country in the perpetual Read more…