A three-storey building in the Mushin area of Lagos State was on Wednesday gutted by fire following the explosion of a tanker discharging Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at a nearby petrol station. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office,National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos. Farinloye Read More…
In picture above: File photo: A demolished building in Ogombo, Eti-Osa Local Government Area. Credit: FIJ Three persons impersonating staff of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have been arrested for the illegal demolition of a property in Ogombo, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Read More…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday in Abuja updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the availability of 1.9 billion litres of petrol. He said the quantity was enough to last the country for 32 days. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, accompanied the minister to the Read More…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Mr Eric Igwe have asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which ordered their removal from office. The governor and his deputy, in a notice of appeal filed by their counsel, Mr Chukwuma MaChukwu- Ume, SAN, on March Read More…
Developing countries should not have to target renewable energy sources and turn away from fossil fuels, Nigerian energy officials said on Tuesday, joining other emerging oil-producing nations reluctant to embrace the global energy transition trend. Some 900 million people in the world, most of them in Africa, still have no access to energy for basic Read More…