As queues resurfaced in most filling stations across Delta State, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Friday urged residents not to panic-buy assuring that there was enough sufficiency of the product in stock. The Operations Controller (NUPRC), Warri Zonal Read more…
A pathologist, Dr Sokunle Soyemi, has revealed that five deceased victims of the 21-storey building, which collapsed on November 1, 2021, at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, are yet to be identified. Soyemi, who is the acting Chief Medical Examiner of Read more…
Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has summoned officials of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over contracts scandal worth over N100 billion. The Committee relied on special periodic checks on the activities and programmes of NDDC for the period between 1st Read more…
Renowned Muslim scholar; Sheikh Ahmad Gumi whose Kaduna home was gutted by fire, has appealed to the concerned authorities to educate the public on the use of fire prevention appliances and extinguishers. He told journalists that it was part of Read more…
At least three people died in Nigeria when the oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, exploded last week and four crew are still missing, the operating company said on Monday. The vessel had 10 crew on board when Read more…
Some oil communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have initiated garnishee proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to enforce an N82 billion judgement debt. Ibeno Read more…
There are concerns over the possible environmental impact of an explosion on an oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria. It is still not clear how much oil has spilled into the sea, and the fate of its 10 Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said illegal crude oil refinery operators are causing great health hazard to residents in the State and destroying the national economy, which his administration will not tolerate. Governor Wike made the declaration when he received Read more…
The residents of Obodoukwu road, along Onitsha-Owerri, Anambra State on Friday count their losses as a petrol tanker fell and sparked into flames destroying several properties worth millions of naira. A source told Tribune Online that the fire started after Read more…
No life was lost in the incident, according to the police. Provisions and food items were on Saturday destroyed when fire razed the Total Foodstuff Market in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State. The market is close to the Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared 19 persons wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites responsible for the soot pandemic in the State. The governor has also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Read more…
Suspected Fulani herdsman, armed and dressed in military uniform, on Sunday reportedly invaded a farming community, 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in the Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State. The marauders were said to have chased the villagers away Read more…