Oil-producing communities in Niger Delta have threatened to sue Shell Petroleum Development Commission, SPDC, if it insists on selling off its $2.4 billion offshore assets without meeting the basic demands of the Niger Delta people. The mineral-bearing communities said it would not hesitate to drag the oil company to court if it fails to respo...
•An old transformer Eleven communities of Ali-Ara in Wara, Osin, and Egbejila wards of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara state have been plunged into darkness. It was learnt that the outage which happened six months ago was caused by the dysfunctional state of the 20 years old transformer supplying electricity to the affected [&hellip...
•Terrorists Gunmen said to be numbering well over 600 on motorcycles have surrounded some communities across three local government areas of Niger State. The mass movement of the heavily armed men into the communities have sent fears and apprehension among the people of affected communities as they flee their homes for safety, reports Daily Su...
•Bandits About six months after the imposition of economic sanctions on the Niger Republic, life in the border communities across seven Nigerian states is in dire straits. Checks across Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno, showed partly deserted border communities where smugglers and bandits alike claim territories, but muc...
•Ademola Adeleke Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has reimposed the 6 pm to 6 am curfew on Ilobu and Ifon communities, following renewed hostilities involving the towns. The governor announced the decision in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, obtained in Osogbo today, repo...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Government has asked 17 communities in Ijebu-East/North Local Government Area of the state to vacate the elephant conservation area in the Omo Forest Reserve. The communities, whom the government tagged “illegal farmers and timber contractors” were ordered to vacate the area on or before January 15, 2024, ...
•Border post Commercial activities in border communities of Katsina, Sokoto, Borno and Zamfara states have collapsed following the decision of the Federal Government to close all the country’s borders with the Niger Republic in the wake of the military takeover of power in the Francophone country on August 3. Checks on the border communities i...