No Oil Spillage From Any Of Our Facilities, Claims ExxonMobil As House Of Reps Orders Company To Clean Up Communities By Akanimo Kufre (Uyo) Contrary to a motion adopted by the House of Representative demanding the oil giant, ExxonMobil to clean up the communities affected by the recent oil spill from its facility, the oil…
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution, a move that will spell doom for oil producers, such as Nigeria. The measure, 23 years away, could herald the end of over a century of popular use of the fossil fuel-guzzling internal combustion engine.…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has assured that the emergency repairs on failed portions of the East West Road, between Eleme Junction and Onne Junction in Rivers State will be completed within three weeks. Mr. Ekere gave the assurance while inspecting work on the road yesterday. He…
Moscow, on the Moskva River in western Russia, is the nation’s cosmopolitan capital. In its historic core is the Kremlin, a complex that’s home to the president and tsarist treasures in the Armoury. Outside its walls is Red Square, Russia's symbolic center. It's home to Lenin’s Mausoleum, the State Historical Museum's comprehensive collection and St.…
A three Storey building under construction at Richard Abimbola street, Ilasa, Lagos state collapsed today with many people trapped under the rubbles. The incident reportedly occurred around 2:00pm. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Response team arrived at the scene at about 2:30pm after the wreckage to rescue injured victims. Thirty people were reportedly rescued…
Blame Real Estate Operators of Only Building for The Rich (Which Accounts for Just 30% of The Entire Lagos Population) By 'Dotun Akintomide As the population of Lagos races towards 300 million by 2050, experts and the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode have said the growing development concerns making 70% of Lagosians live in slums,…
By 'Dotun Akintomide The adoption of anaerobic digestion of food waste as a sustainable technology for waste management system will ensure a reduction in tonnages of unmanaged wastes in Lagos State, a chemical engineer, Dr. Olorunwa Tijani had said. Anaerobic digestion of food waste is a series of biological processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the…
As the 2017 rainy season gathers momentum, the Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the State on Thursday, saying that necessary steps had been taken to avert any incidence of flood disaster in the State. The State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, in a…