•Sun Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said today, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service [&hellip...
•Oil theft Leaders and activists in the South-South region said the massive networks of the “big players”, who steal the nation’s crude oil in politics, and the oil industry have made the government, which lacked political will, powerless in halting their activities over the years. The stakeholders, speaking to our correspondents, on the backd...
•Lagos floods Amid the perennial floods that have ravaged parts of Lagos, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has faulted the state government’s efforts in tackling the menace. Several cars and houses were submerged with millions of commuters and workers stranded in many parts of the state following yesterday’s torrential rains. A day after the incident,...
•Illegal waste disposal Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has issued a 48-hour abatement notice to Oyingbo market executives over indiscriminate waste disposal and other environmental infractions. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Commissioner for the ministry, Tokunbo Wahab, today. This development wa...
•Floods Residents of Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki in Eti – Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State have called on the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu to save them from imminent death as a result of incessant flood in the area. It was gathered that a resident of the estate simply called Mr. Shakiru […]
•Used plastic containers at a dumpsite The federal government yesterday banned single-use plastics in ministries, departments and agencies of government. The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, stated when he briefed reporters at the Presidential Villa after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tin...
•The victims Some victims have narrated how the officials of the Lagos State task force threatened to kill them in Osun Forest after they were allegedly arrested in the Marina area of the state and later dumped at the forest in Ilesha, Osun State, on Saturday. The state government had vowed to clamp down on […]
•Governors Adeleke and Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government yesterday confirmed relocation of 371 miscreants, beggars and destitute persons back to their states. This followed an outcry by the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, over alleged eviction of Osun-born youths from Lagos over the weekend, reports Daily Trust. Reports say many indig...
•The 86 rooms found under Lagos bridge Gbenga Oluwafemi, purportedly the landlord and alleged leader of the suspected gang renting out 86 apartments under Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, has refuted claims by Lagos State Government of receiving N250,000 per annum as rent. In a video posted by News Central on its X handle late yesterday, [&hellip...
A downpour today left some major roads in the federal capital of Nigeria Abuja flooded, making it difficult for motorists to drive. Among the affected roads was Solomon Lar Way, Utako, Abuja.

