The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four people in a lone accident involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi. The FRSC also said that two persons were severely injured in the accident. The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the incidence to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Obololi community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa has reported that no relief has reached them following the Feb. 16 oil leak, which discharged crude and polluted the River Nun. The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) traced the spill to a 16-inch Nun River-Kolo Creek underwater pipeline operated by…
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has paused the development of a plan to resolve the Ukraine conflict in order to take into account the opinion of European allies. The Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has promised to hold individual talks with NATO allies before finalising the…
No fewer than three persons sustained various degrees of injuries in a tanker explosion along Numan Road, Jimeta in Yola. The Police and the Federal fire Service in Adamawa, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that no life was lost in the incident. Aliyu Abubakar, Deputy Superintendent of Fire…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has requested an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss the situation in the eastern city of Goma. A UN spokesperson on Tuesday said the meeting was paramount after Goma was seized by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. According to the spokesperson, Congo requested the session to take place…
Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic of Congo city, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis. Congo’s communications minister Patrick Muyaya on Tuesday confirmed the mass burial, adding that relative calm has returned to Goma, where the rebel alliance that includes M23 declared a ceasefire for…
Singapore said it would allocate approximately 150 million Singapore dollars (about 110 million U.S. dollars) for six new drainage upgrading projects in the 2025 fiscal year. This would be part of the ongoing efforts to mitigate flash floods, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu told the parliament on Tuesday. This comes as Singapore…
No fewer than four persons lost their lives during a building demolition exercise at Rimin Zakara village in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred at about 10:00 pm on Sunday, when government officials accompanied by security operatives stormed the area for building demolition. According to eyewitness account, Ishaq Mohammad, the demolition…
The death toll from the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area has risen to 29. One person died in hospital over the weekend as a result of the “Palisades’’ fire on the western edge of Los Angeles, the coroner’s office announced on Monday evening. All residents of the Pacific Palisades district were allowed to…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 1,313 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. IOM said in a statement, that from January 19 to 25, 1,313 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya, “The migrants include more than 160 women and over 60 children, IOM said,…
