Saturday, 13 June, 2026

Category: Environment


Thunder struck on Saturday evening and reportedly killed 15 cows in Ikogosi community in Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State. The Asaoye of Ikogosi-Ekiti, Chief Ayo Ademilua, described the incident as a natural occurrence, which he said was Read more…


The House of Representatives’ Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Tuesday, hosted the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to a closed-door meeting for over three hours. The meeting, which held in the office of Mr Read more…


The South-East chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria on Monday said its interest in the region was purely economic and nothing more. The Chairman of MACBAN in the zone, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, stated this while briefing Read more…


The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday demolished a Mega-Store in Dawaki Relocation Scheme of Abuja, for allegedly failing structural integrity test. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FCTA officials who were accompanied by a combined team Read more…


The last may not have been heard of the landslide incident that occurred at Okohia, Akwakuma last week Sunday where over 25 families were trapped and some victims managed to save themselves by breaking through a fence at the backyard. It Read more…


No fewer than 50 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said on Saturday. The accident occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga in South Kivu Read more…


Anambra State Government has organized a-three-day intensive training for farmers on the use of local materials to design and fabricate agro-dryers and bio-gas technology. The farmers who attended the training in Awka, were also taught how to mitigate post-harvest losses Read more…


President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria ”not to issue a kobo” of the country’s reserves for the importation of food items and fertilizer. Buhari’s directives came as the Federal Government rolls out the Economic Sustainability Read more…


The people of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised the alarm over the alleged clandestine sale of the Kolo Creek Gas Turbine at Imiringi, which supplies electricity to the area and Read more…


Okowa with the Country’s Representative of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Mr Vladimir Kreck, and the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar SuleimanGov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday blamed the high rate of Read more…


The Kebbi Government has begun the screening of 500 herders for animal feeds loan, to encourage livestock production in the state.Dr Usman Rambo, a Project Consultant on the loan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Read more…


A 37-year-old man, William Madu, was, yesterday electrocuted in Sapele area of Delta State. The victim was said to have been electrocuted while effecting a switch over from a power  generating set to public power supply. The incident, which has expectedly Read more…