No fewer than six persons have been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak, on Tuesday, at the Adeola Odeku area of Victoria Island, Lagos. An eye witness said that the fire gutted a building suspected to be occupied by a bank in the area and that an unspecified number of vehicles were seen burning in […]
Ghana required a minimum of two billion U.S. dollars in capital investments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on universal sanitation coverage, a senior official has said. Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, announced the figure in his keynote address at the annual national conference of the water, sanitation and […]
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ratified the UN Water Convention on the Protection and use of Trans-Border Water Courses and International Lakes. Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, told newsmen in Abuja that Nigeria has three trans-border waters viz the Rivers Niger and Benue and the Lake Chad. “This is a UN Convention […]
Two persons died after a diesel-laden tanker crashed and exploded at Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Tuesday. It was gathered that the driver of the truck, with number plate DTM 109 XA, lost control while going toward Ogun State. Eyewitness said the driver crashed the truck against the railings of the […]
Tanzanian authorities have mobilised more than 600 firefighters to put out a fire on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, an official said in Dar-Es-Salaam on Sunday. Nurdin Babu, the Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner, told Xinhua in a telephone interview that the firefighters have been drawn from the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force, the Tanzania National Parks, police, […]
A Ugandan court on Friday in Kampala sentenced a man to life in prison after he was found guilty of illegal possession of ivory, a wildlife regulation authority said. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said Pascal Ochiba was found guilty of possession of two pieces of ivory weighing 9.5 kilogrammes without a wildlife use right. Offences […]
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed that the construction of the second Niger bridge has reached its completion stage. Fashola announced this at an ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard. According to him, the bridge will soon be released to the public for use. […]
Veld fires in Zimbabwe have killed 18 people this year, with the hectarage burnt up 58.6 per cent from last year, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday. “The nation is being informed that the year 2022 is showing an upsurge in uncontrolled fire problems threatening the gains made in the past,” said Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister […]
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria (CoSAP) has called for an immediate investigation into the fire that gutted the Kogi Assembly Complex last week Monday in Lokoja. Mr Abubakar Sulaiman, Chairman of the CoSAPmade the call in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Abdul Bura in Bauchi. Recall that on […]
The Nigeria Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa says two teenage girls drowned in separate incidents in Dutse and Kafin Hausa Local Government Areas of the state. The NSCDC spokesperson in the state, Adamu Shehu, confirmed the incidents to the newsmen on Tuesday in Dutse, the state capital. Shehu said the deceased, Maimuna Hassan, […]