Monday, 23 December, 2024

Category: Environment


Angry youths protesting the upsurge of bandits attacks in Benue State have burnt down the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) office in Sankara, headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Read more…


Federal Secretariat in darkness, workers resort to generating sets, solar sources | AEDC mum on situation For the second week, most ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government located in the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, have been without electricity supply from Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Founder of the Cleaner Neighbourhood Initiative (CNI), Rotarian Gloria Obuekwe has blamed the increase in environmental pollution and climate change on human activities. Rotarian Obuekwe, who was speaking at the recent flag-off ceremony of “All Anambra Read more…


Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on Monday tackled the senator representing the territory, Ireti Heebah Kingibe, saying she would lose the support of the people in the next election. Speaking at the Flag-off of the Mabushi Bus Read more…


Minister of Works, David Umahi, has expressed dismay at the slow pace of work on the Akwa Ibom and Cross River states section of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project and given the contractors one week to return to site or Read more…


Pope Francis met Friday with former US vice president Al Gore, who is in Rome for a three-day summit sponsored by his “Climate Reality Project.” According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, Gore praised the Pope for Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has sympathised with traders affected by Thursday’s fire incident in Karu Market and urged caution and adherence to essential safety measures to forestall a recurrence. This is contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the Read more…


Politics is said to be holding down the takeoff of the Onitsha River Port after it has been commissioned three times since 1983; BusinessDay report. The port, described as a potential cash cow for Nigeria if it becomes operational, may Read more…


Vice President, Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Devakumar Edwin, has accused the International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of plotting to cripple its operations. Edwin said the IOCs are deliberately frustrating the refinery’s efforts to buy local Read more…


Abdulmumuni Abiola, son of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, has opened up on how the family detected paternity frauds committed by some of the late patriarch’s widows. The late politician’s son Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor An early morning fire has on Wednesday destroyed two shops housing clothing materials at Afor Nnobi market, by Nnobi roundabout, in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State. Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, Chief Fire Officer, Anambra Fire Service has Read more…


A three-storey building under construction inside Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State (AE-FUTHA) 1, has collapsed. One of the workers was first rescued and taken to the hospital where he is receiving medical attention while the second person Read more…