•Oil spill site A fresh oil spill has destroyed farmlands and boreholes in Rumuoduwere community in Elelenwo clan, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The spill which occurred on Sunday is alleged to be from a Shell Petroleum Development Company facility and has already sent the community members fleeing from the affected area, r...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has decried the destruction of section three of the newly rehabilitated Kano-Maiduguri highway by flooding. In a statement by the minister’s media aide, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi said it was unfortunate that completed roads in the country did not last five years, reports Daily Trust. Umahi, who stated that [&...
•Illegal crude oil refinery The Nigerian Navy has continued its onslaught on crude oil theft in the country with the destruction of illegal refining sites in Bayelsa and Delta States yesterday, Wednesday, June 19. In a release yesterday, the Navy said its Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO discovered and deactivated a newly established illeg...
No more than 200 houses including a healthcare centre, classrooms, business premises as well as poultry farms were destroyed by a rainstorm that blew off rooftops in the Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Though no one died in the early downpour yesterday, three persons were injured and receiving treatment while [...
Electric poles and cables worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday, as a result of a rainstorm in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. This incident has plunged over 40 communities in the council area into darkness till the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) can fix the damaged poles and cables, reports [&hell...
•Fire Several shops were this morning razed by a fire outbreak at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State. It was learnt the inferno resulted in the destruction of numerous shops, reports The Nation. A video of the incident seen by our correspondent captured the moment some of the shop owners watched their properties destroyed by […]
•Troops burning terrorists camp The military Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji said yesterday, that it neutralised scores of bandits and rescued eight kidnapped victims in Zamfara State. The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Lt. Col. Suleiman Omale, stated this in a statement yesterday in Gusau. Omale said, “On th...
•The destroyed bridge A section of the pedestrian bridge at the Alapere Estate, Ketu area of Lagos, collapsed following a collision involving a truck. The incident occurred around midnight yesterday when the truck collided with the bridge. Two persons were reportedly injured during the accident. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LA...
•Fire razes market An early morning fire yesterday destroyed goods worth millions of naira in Oja Tuntun, the biggest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Between July 2019 and December 2020, the market experienced three fire incidents, which destroyed many shops and goods, reports The Guardian. Although the cause of the latest incident was not know...
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