Thursday, 23 January, 2025

Category: Environment


There is no gain in saying that Benue State is currently the hub of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the country. With about 17 or more IDPs camps housing over 1.5 million IDPs, including those sheltering in the host communities, Read more…


Northern senators and senators from other geo-political zones of the country clashed on Wednesday when a bill for an act to Establish National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation and Control of Ranches throughout Nigeria; and for Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Nnewi Five people have been sent to their early graves on Sunday in Anambra State, following an early morning multiple accident. The accident happened at Oba in Idemili South LGA of the state. Sources claimed that government Read more…


The Russian military has carried out a series of long-range strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and warehouses storing Western-supplied equipment, the Defense Ministry has said. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that high-precision air- and sea-based weapons were Read more…


Many trucks, petroleum tankers and vehicles were reportedly trapped around the Oyigbo axis of the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway in Rivers State on Friday. It was gathered that security operatives blocked the Imo River border between Rivers and Imo over the Read more…


The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has disclosed that the Federal Government has secured a $500 million loan from the World Bank in a strategic move to address the identified gaps in the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). According to the Read more…


The Israel Defense Forces announced that they have established complete control over the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt. The statement comes amid the growing pressure on Israel to halt its war on Hamas in Gaza, which is on track to Read more…


In a significant update, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu has highlighted recent strides in addressing the issues that have plagued Nigeria’s national power grid. Speaking on Friday at the ongoing Ministerial Sectorial Update, an initiative by the Federal Government to Read more…


LIVE Russia-Ukraine conflict24 May, 2024 19:07HomeRussia & FSU Russia proposes global space monitoring system The early warning system would track both “natural and artificial” threats, Roscosmos boss Yuri Borisov told RT FILE PHOTO. Mission Control Moscow. ©  Sputnik / Grigory Sysoyev Russia Read more…


Of the dozens of people hurt Tuesday during turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London, more than 20 have suffered spinal injuries, according to a Bangkok hospital that treated some of the passengers. Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, director of the Samitivej Read more…


Iranian state media have confirmed that President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwestern province of East Azerbaijan. His entire entourage, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati have also perished, Read more…


State media reports that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and entourage traveling in by helicopter entourage encountered a “hard landing.” President was in country’s East Azerbaijan province, located in Iran’s northwest. It is unclear what happened to the helicopter, and semi-official Read more…