The Anambra State Enforcement Team of the State Physical Planning Board has sealed the site of the collapsed five-storey building in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. Nigerian Tribune had earlier reported that the building, located near Read more…
More than half of some major roads in Anambra communities have been taken over by heaps of refuse thereby making both human and vehicular movement almost difficult. Our correspondent who went around some locations on Wednesday observed that major drainage Read more…
A Boeing 737 airliner with 132 people aboard has crashed into a mountainous area in southern China in what looks set to be the country’s most deadly plane crash for decades. The aircraft, on a flight from the city of Kunming Read more…
Some parts of the country were on Tuesday thrown into darkness following another system collapse of the National Grid. Mr Felix Ofulue, Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria Read more…
The Director of Forestry and Wildlife, Ministry of Environment, Borno State, Mr Peter Ayuba, has confirmed the killing of a lion by hunters in the Konduga Local Government Area of the state. Ayuba, who spoke to the News Agency of Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said the Nigeria’s economy would remain vulnerable and weak, if illegal bunkering and artisanal refining of crude oil continue unabated. Governor Wike made the observation at the commissioning and presentation of 14 ballistic gunboats, donated Read more…
Belarusian experts have been instructed to restore the energy supply to the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant, in the north of Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We can Read more…
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari, has declared that the second Niger Bridge will be completed in October 2022. Mr Gambari disclosed this on Tuesday when he led Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babajide Fashola, and his Read more…
Fuel scarcity worsened across Nigeria weekend despite repeated assurances from the government that the crisis would soon be over. Queues persisted in Abuja, Lagos and several other cities throughout last week and early Monday as people scrambled to get petrol Read more…
In a renewed attack on innocent citizens, bandits have killed five persons, injured many and set a fuel tanker carrying 33,000 litres of fuel ablaze in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed in a statement Read more…
The Nigerian government has threatened to revoke the licences of a total of 4,011 mineral title holders for alleged failure to pay up mandatory annual service fees. A document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES noted that the defaulters have been given 30 days Read more…
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted a garnishee order absolute, mandating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release the sum of N81.9 billion standing to the credit of the Nigerian National Read more…