Friday, 17 May, 2024

Category: Environment


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…


Two pilots on Thursday escaped unhurt when a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crashlanded on Kaduna. The minor accident, according to the NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Edward Gabkwet, occurred around 2:35pm at about 3.5 nautical Read more…


Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Friday, signed the New Enugu City Development Agency Bill, Enugu State Geographical Information System Service Bill, and Enugu State Independence Electoral Commission, ENSIC, (Amendment) Bill into Law. Speaking during the signing, which Read more…


Two persons were on Friday killed in a road accident at Azia junction, Ihiala, by Owerri-Ihiala Expressway, Anambra State. City Round learnt that the lone accident involving an unidentified commercial driver of a Mercedes truck with registration number: XD131NSHU343RE occurred Read more…


Shell Nigeria Plc says it will assist the Nigerian government in providing electricity for millions of people, using renewables. Renewable energy sources include solar, wind, water and other sources that are naturally replenished. Renewable energy is different from non-renewable energy Read more…