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September 17, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Creates Disaster Relief Fund For Flood Victims

President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced a disaster relief fund in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He said the relief fund is already expedient as the climate becomes more unpredictable and many...

March 2, 2022 No Responses

Ship Carrying 4,000 Luxury Cars Sinks

A cargo ship that was carrying thousands of luxury cars has sunk off the Portuguese Azores archipelago, nearly two weeks after it caught fire. The ship, named Felicity Ace, was transporting around 4,000 cars such as Porsches and Bentleys. The...

February 19, 2022 No Responses

Luxury Cars Up In Smoke After Ship Catches Fire

Thousands of Porsche and Volkswagen cars have been abandoned on a cargo ship after it caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean en route to the US. The ship, named Felicity Ace, was travelling from Emden in Germany before it caught...

February 13, 2022 No Responses

Fire Destroys N200m Yams In Taraba

Yam sellers at the famous Wukari Yam Market in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State on Saturday counted losses, following a fire outbreak that destroyed over N200 million worth of yam tubers. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

NPA Explains Fire Outbreak At Headquarters In Lagos

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, in a statement explained that the fire incident ...

October 21, 2020 No Responses

Hoodlums Invade Customs Warehouse, Cart Away Seized Contrabands

Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday under the guise of the #EndSARS protesters invaded the Benin out station of the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC) and carted away some seized contrabands in the warehouse.Mr Meshach Uban, the Officer in charge of the outstation,...

April 22, 2017 No Responses

Buhari laments death of football fans in Calabar

Pesident Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shocked to learn of the tragic event that took the lives of several Nigerians at a football viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River State, Thursdaynight. In a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the...