Saturday, 11 January, 2025

Category: Environment


The body of the Managing Director, Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has been recovered in the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building. Fourscore Homes is the firm constructing the 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday, on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. Read more…


A 21-story apartment building being built in an upscale area of Nigeria’s largest city collapsed on Monday with dozens of workers feared trapped under the rubble, witnesses said. Construction worker Eric Tetteh, 41, said construction teams were waiting for an Read more…


Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his country is leading the way in switching to greener energy, calling on other nations to follow suit as part of a meeting of world leaders focused on tackling climate change on Sunday. “We believe Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor Nigerian business mogul, Valentine Ozigbo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6 election in Anambra State, has sent his condolences to the victims of a market fire which gut the popular Nkwo Read more…


A 39 year-old scavenger, Basiru Ibrahim, has been arrested by the the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing a 45 year-old man, Arise Ikuesan. Ibrahim was said to have committed the crime in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo local Read more…


The 82 Division Nigerian Army Enugu, yesterday said it was not building Ruga settlement in any part of the South East region. Debunking allegation that the Division was currently constructing a Ruga Settlement at Igbo-Etiti community in Udi Local Government Read more…


Russia and its OPEC partners are working hard to keep the oil market stable, but it is entirely possible that the price of crude could rise to $100 per barrel, President Vladimir Putin told a Moscow energy conference on Wednesday. Read more…


Ebonyi State Ministry of Solid Minerals Development yesterday warned residents of the state against storage of solid minerals in residential buildings, insisting that such unhealthy acts are prohibited by the law. The special assistant to the state governor on solid Read more…


Villagers of the oil-rich Izombe community in Oguta LGA of Imo State have deserted their homes over the alleged killing of security personnel and youth. A report has it that the personnel this morning confronted a youth engaged in bunkering Read more…


Protesting Trailers, Tankers and other articulated vehicles drivers on Friday, blocked all entrance routes to Minna, the Niger state to register their displeasure over the closure of the dilapidated 82 kilometers Minna-Bida highway. The hitherto ever busy highway was closed Read more…


A Beluga whale, born last month at the Primorsky Aquarium in Vladivostok, has been shown to the public for the first time in its short life, the facility announced on Wednesday, marking a historic event for the tourist attraction. Jessica, Read more…


Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Wednesday, knocked the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria for saying that a cow may cost up to N2 million with the anti-grazing law. According to Adams, the people of Southern Nigeria, especially Read more…