•The protesters Residents and property owners in the highbrow Guzape District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concern over the indiscriminate blast of rocks in the area by a firm, Gilmor Construction Limited. The residents and property owners, who suspected that the firm has the backing of the FCT Administration, are appe...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and sunshine across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released yesterday in Abuja predicted a sunny atmosphere over the northern region throughout the forecast period today. The agency envisaged isolated thunderstorms over parts of Kebbi, Zamfara and Kaduna during the af...
Officials of the Lagos State Task Force have removed squatters along the newly commissioned Red Line rail in the Fagba area of the state. They also impounded approximately 425 commercial motorcycles whose owners were using restricted routes in the vicinity, reports Daily Trust. As part of the operation, several shanties used by beggars and woo...
The Osun State Government has concluded plans to commence planting of over 100,000 trees to tackle challenges related to climate change. Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mayowa Adejoorin, made this known while speaking with reporters in his office, saying that Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the planting of over 100,000 tree ...
•Rubble As Nigerians battle with housing deficits, slum settlements have been an alternative option for low-income earners. Dayo Oyewo in this report writes about the forceful eviction of residents of the Mosafejo community in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State and the inhumane living conditions they have been subjected to thereafter On Thurs...
Some residents of Gberigbe in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday, narrated how their businesses were held to a standstill following the continuous flooding of the community road after heavy rains. This is as residents in the area are relocating in large numbers as a result of the dilapidated road, reports The […...
•Scene of the building collapse Less than two weeks after a building collapse at the Oduigbo section of the Ochanja market, Onitsha, a five-storey building, this morning, collapsed at on Garden Street Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Chike Mmaduekwe, decried the ...
•Lokpobiri and Diri The Minister for State Petroleum Resources (Oil) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has promised to look into the issues surrounding the ownership of Atala Oil Field said to belong to Bayelsa State government. The Minister of State made the commitment today when Governor Diri Douye of Bayelsa State paid him a courtesy visit, reports ...
•Global warming Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into “uncharted territory”, Europe’s climate monitor said today. The last year has seen an onslaught of storms, crop-withering drought and devastating fires, as huma...
•Gas flaring A school was forced to go on recess while the environment has been adversely affected by a gas flaring operation conducted by Shell, an international oil company, in the heart of a community in Bayelsa State. Residents of Gbarantoru Community, in Ekpetiama Kingdom of Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa State, have expressed shock over the [&hell...