An oil spill in Nigeria’s Delta region that has been spewing for more than two weeks will be “speedily addressed,” President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement on Wednesday. Nigerian oil firm Aiteo Eastern E&P reported the spill on Nov. Read more…
Category: Environment
As Nigeria joins the world to world mark the 2021 World Toilet Day, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) office in Nigeria announced, on Thursday, that its data indicated that 46 million Nigerians lack access to toilets which is key Read more…
The Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe, has called on the Federal Government, Anambra government and the South-East governors, to show more interest in the take-off of the operations of the Zik Mausoleum and Conference Centre which now appear Read more…
A Nigerian engineers association said the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos early this month was originally designed for only six floors before more were added to the structure. The high-rise building was still under construction in the upscale Ikoyi Read more…
A gas explosion in Lagos Nigeria’s biggest city, on Tuesday killed at least five people, including a child, an emergency services official told The Associated Press. “There are four adults dead — three males and one female — and a 10-year-old boy Read more…
Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has called on Lagos State government to make the sitting of the panel set up to probe the circumstances that led to the collapsed of 21-storey building on Read more…
At least 250 animals in the Imo State Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park have died from starvation according to an inside source from the park located at Nekede,Owerri west council area of the State. The source put the loss of Read more…
From David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi Alleged incessant Fulani herdsmen attack is said to have made residents of Mmiata community in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State to flee their Ebenebe farm settlement and homes. The residents said the development had Read more…
Camille MALPLATWed, November 10, 2021, 5:09 AM·3 min read On the site of a luxury shopping centre under construction in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, a young builder steps gingerly along the top of bamboo scaffolding. Barefoot, with no rope to Read more…
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has emphasised the need for sellers of flammable materials to be segmented outside the markets to prevent fire outbreaks. The Director-General (D-G) of FEMA, Alhaji Idriss Abbas, made the suggestion in a statement on Read more…
Nigerians have been lining up to buy Adunni Abdul’s moimoi – black-eyed peas steamed in leaves – for more than a decade in the vast tech accessories market in Lagos. Five years ago, she ditched the smoke that came with Read more…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has given an update on the number of casualties and survivors of the recent collapsed building at Ikoyi. On Saturday evening, Governor Sanwo-Olu giving an update on the Ikoyi building collapse said, the number Read more…