The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has refuted reports of an explosion at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) in Rivers. The company, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, clarified that what occurred was a flare incident, which has since been fully contained….
The Police Command in Rivers, says it has commenced investigation on the explosion that occurred at the Trans-Niger Pipeline in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s Spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the explosion affected a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) facility. Iringe-Koko stated that…
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed an explosion at the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s Spokesperson, made the confirmation while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. She said that details of the explosion were still…
Yahaya Yari, Chairman, Talata Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, confirmed the death of two persons following a locally made gun powder explosion that occured on Tuesday at a weekly market in Talata Mafara town. Yari, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday, said the ugly…
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 Wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has donated N100 million to victims of tanker explosion in Niger State. She announced the donation when she visited Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger at the Government House in Minna on Tuesday, to commiserate with him over the recent tanker explosion in the state. The News Agency…
