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Multiple fire on Mount Kilimanjaro have ravaged vegetation and wildlife, Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday as hundreds of soldiers and volunteers try to defuse the blaze that broke out two weeks ago. The fire started on October 21 near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending Africa’s highest peak, at about 4,000 metres […]

About 18,406 persons across 14 local government areas of Borno State have been displaced by the flood with properties worth millions of naira destroyed as a result. The victims, comprising women, children as well as elderly, have been forced to relocate from their homes since the commencement of the rainy season. The Director-General, State  Emergency […]

The death toll from the floods in Jigawa has risen to 51 as residents continue to recover from the havoc wreaked by the menace. This was disclosed to journalists on Tuesday by the Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Sani Yusuf. According to him, about 2,051 people have been displaced in […]

At least one person has been confirmed dead after a three-storey building collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja. Earlier reported was that two persons were trapped and three persons rescued after the collapse. The building, which was under construction, collapsed at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado Nasco Road. According to the Nigeria Security and Civil […]

Fire on Wednesday gutted a part of the shopping complex on Ligali Ayorinde Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops where combustible items such as tyres and car batteries were stored. The South-West Coordinator, National […]

An explosion on Tuesday rocked Lokoja the Kogi State capital causing palpable fears and panic among the people. Newsmen gathered that the loud explosion occurred around 8:30 am and was heard on the premises of the State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. The premises also housed the office of the Secretary to the […]

The Anambra State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Mr. Tony Collins Nwabunwanne has urged Anambra Traditional Rulers to be good ambassadors of the StateMr. Nwabunwanne made this call while addressing Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council during their monthly meeting at the Government House Awka. The Commissioner commended the monarchs for their efforts […]

A fire incident that happened in a branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA) close to Onitsha main market on Friday caused heavy pandemonium. Customers of the bank upon learning of the fire incident scampered in various direction as they ran for their lives. Newsmen gathered that the incident happened at about 10am, and bank […]

Fifteen-year jail threat on landlords for renting homes for Yahoo boys may end up an EFCC grandstanding On an E-flier on Twitter, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) threw a warning to landlords. If anyone rents a home to partisans of the advance fee fraud community, often called Yahoo Boys, they will risk 15 […]

The Defence Headquarters says a notable commander of Boko Haram terrorists, Saleh Mustapha, has surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in the North East as 51,114 terrorists have so far surrendered. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this while addressing  newsmen on the operations of the military between March 25 and […]