Metro

By Samuel Oyadongha NEMBE CREEK — The stench of crude oil hangs heavy over the Nembe Creek communities, coating mangroves, centuries-old trees, and the waterways that have sustained generations of fishermen.  For more than 20 fishing settlements along the waterway, the latest oil spill represents a severe threat to their livelihoods and environment.  The incident […]

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•We call NEPA Light Trafficator — residents •Say transformer replacement has become a business •Demand transfer of BEDC staff By Jimitota Onoyume At 7.30pm, Warri, in Delta State, should ordinarily be alive. The streets should be glowing with electric lights. Shops should be open, cold drinks should be chilling in refrigerators, barbing salons and hairdressing […]

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By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ogun State Command, has arrested a female visitor, identified as Mrs Iyabo Sowunmi, for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta. Sowunmi was arrested at about 1:33 p.m. on Friday during routine screening at the facility’s main entrance […]

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A growing social media trend in Nigeria has seen people accused of theft being made to dance after they are apprehended, with videos of the incidents attracting widespread attention online.

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For more than two decades, pupils of Clementine Schools in Agbado Oke, Lagos resumed each morning beneath the shadow of twin high-voltage electricity transmission lines.

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