By Henry Oladele The Director, Lagos State Fire Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, says firefighters and other relevant agencies are on the ground to put out the Mandilas fire. Adeseye, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said the fire service received a call by 13:15hours that a 10-storey building warehouse in Mandilas was on fire. […]
By Stanley Nwanosike The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, announced plans to commence the Token Identifier (TID) rollover for all its prepaid meter customers by end of February 2024. The EEDC also urged its customers to update their information as a prerequisite for the meter upgrade as part of the implementation for the Standard […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The UN aid office (OCHA) says unprecedented flooding in the Republic of the Congo has left more than 350,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Some 1.8 million people have been impacted by torrential downpours that have dumped double the usual amount of rainfall on the Congo, impacting nine out […]
The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced registration of distributors for its products, a statement by the outfit said on Friday in Lagos. According to the statement, members of three prominent associations that constitute 75 per cent of the total market in Nigeria have been registered. The associations are Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers […]
By Sunday John The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state. The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial Centre. They were charged […]
By Celine-Damilola Oyewole First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has pledged to address environmental sustainability and eradication or gender inequality through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). This is contained in a statement by Busola Kukoyi SA Media to the First Lady, on Friday in Abuja. The first lady stated this at the Launch of the We […]
By Taiye Agbaje A legal practitioner, Mr Eric Ifere, has threatened to proceed with pending committal proceedings to prison against Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the newly appointed Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Ifere, counsel for Nkrah Marine Limited and its CEO gave the warning in a letter addressed to Aliyu […]
By Monday Ijeh The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbeokun, has hailed operatives of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit for bringing an end to the incessant bombings in the country. The I-G said that the operatives have also been outstanding in safeguarding the country against evolving threats associated with explosive materials. Egbeokun, in […]
North Korea on Friday claimed to have tested an underwater system capable of delivering nuclear weapons. The system, known as Haeil-5-23, is currently under development, state media said. North Korea used the term “Haeil’’ to describe underwater attack drones, which it claimed, can also be equipped with nuclear warheads. Pyongyang didn’t say when the test […]
Pakistan will hold a security review on Friday amid global calls for calm a day after the Sunni-majority nation launched tit-for-tat airstrikes against Shiite-dominated Iran. The Muslim neighbours appeared to have toned down their rhetoric overnight on Friday after regional power China offered mediation and global bodies and nations urged restraint. Murtaza Solangi, Information Minister […]