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AN Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Dr. Tony Okoye, has identified industrial wastes and emissions from vehicles as major causes of environmental pollution in Nigeria. Okoye, who is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), ...

Experts in the construction industry have proffered solutions to delay in projects delivery in the country. Highlighting the solutions at a forum in Lagos, first Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIB), Kunle Awobodu, blamed the situation on ...

Following the degrading situation in some areas of Owerri, Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has directed the suspension of all dredging activities within the metropolis. The governor has also ordered immediate re-opening of Douglas Road, which was closed by immediate ...

The Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the Edo APC stakeholders, which called for resignation of its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. State Publicity Secretary of APC, Chris Azebamwen, who disclosed this in a statement, said the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted to a recent emergence and spread of new strains of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in southern Nigeria and, especially Lagos. WHO disclosed that there is evidence of missed transmission in Nigeria and ...

The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State. This gives ...

The six officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) who brutalised and almost killed a journalist, Kofi Bartels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, are to appear before the Commissioner of Police (CP), Usman Belel, today. Bartels, an employee of Nigeria ...

· Air pollution kills seven million yearly Environmental activists have urged the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the environment to check climate change, environmental degradation, diseases and deaths. They made the call on the sidelines ...

The Gombe Diocese of the Anglican Communion has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the nation’s security architecture to effectively tackle the precarious situation at hand. In a communiqué issued after the Second Session of its Seventh Synod with the ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has called for stiffer laws against kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crimes, including possible seizure of questionable assets and proceeds. This, he believes, would act as a strong disincentive to potential kidnappers ...