An oil production and storage vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early on Wednesday with 10 crew members on board though it was unclear if there were any casualties or how much crude might have spilt into the sea. Nigeria’s Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) said on Thursday that flames had engulfed Read More…
Day: 4 February 2022
Lagos prosecuted 1,120 traffic offenders in 2021, says official
Mrs Arinola Ogbara-Banjoko, the Coordinator, Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile Court) , says that the court prosecuted 1,120 traffic offenders in 2021. Ogbara-Banjoko stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday during the 3rd Mobile Court Quarterly Sensitisation and Awareness Exercise Zero Tolerance for Violation of Traffic Offences. She said that of the prosecutions carried Read More…
CCB to deploy online assets declaration portal
As part of reforms at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), the Federal Government has said that the Bureau would soon deploy an Online Assets Declaration Portal that would allow for enhanced storage and retrieval of data. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made this known at a media briefing in Read More…
Don says growing firewood wholesale markets threat to dwindling forest ecosystem
A university lecturer, Prof. Christian Madu, says growing firewood wholesale markets in the country remained a great threat to the dwindling forest ecosystem. There had been emerging wholesale markets for firewood across the country recently. On the stretch of Nike Lake-Nsukka Road, there are about two major emerging wholesale firewood markets with at least 30 Read More…