•Inner gates in the Lekki area of Lagos State The Lagos State Government says all gates removed from the Lekki area are intact and will be returned to the various zones of the residents association immediately after an amicable agreement is reached on modalities for re-installing the gates. Lagos Commissioner for the Environment and Water [&he...
•People sit in front of a fan during a heatwave in Beijing The year 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth’s surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said today. Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global...
Most infectious diseases endemic to Nigeria become more virulent during the dry season. Consequently, they leave high-level complications and deaths in their wake. This realisation questions the country’s preparedness to prevent, detect, and contain these diseases, as well as other emerging respiratory and infectious ailments emanating from ot...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunny and hazy weather for the North and North Central states of the country beginning from today Wednesday, January 3, 2024. NiMet also warned about cloudy and hazy weather, with slim chances of isolated thunderstorms over the coastal cities of Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers states during the after...
•Scene of the explosion Piqued by the spate of gas explosions, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, has warned persons storing gas cylinders indiscriminately without following safety rules and regulations to desist or face sanctions. Oke-Osanyintolu gave the warning during an assess...
•Demolition site Traders at the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos counted their losses following the demolition of the complex yesterday. It was gathered that demolition took place in the early hours of Sunday with armed security operatives supervising the operation, reports The PU...
•Collapsed building The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has said there are feelers that cement manufacturers are planning an upward review of cement prices in early January 2024. In the interest of safety in the Nigerian built environment and in the general interest of the public, the BCPG appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to [...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted the likelihood of dust haze today nationwide. NiMet’s weather outlook released today, in Abuja predicted the prevalence of dust haze across various regions of the country. The agency attributed this to a high concentration of dust in the atmosphere. It added that horizontal visibilities will ran...
•Tony Nwoye A Nigerian-born United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador, Ikenna Offor, has appealed to the senator representing Anambra North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Tony Nwoye, to repair the deplorable Ikenna Offor Road, off Anam Street, in Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. Offor made this ...
•Festus Keyamo Owners of abandoned aircraft littering the various airports across the country have continued to ignore the 90 days ultimatum issued by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for the evacuation of their airport. Despite the expiration of the ultimatum, which came to an end last November, the abandoned...

