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No fewer than forty persons are feared dead when a tanker truck exploded after it broke down in central Liberia.    The petrol tanker crashed and tipped into a ditch along a road in Totota, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital Monrovia.   Videos shared online showed residents …

In order to restore the state’s masterplan and ensure a healthier environment, the Lagos state government on Saturday, December 23, dismantled closed inner roads gates mounted by some residents of Lekki phase 1 that has hitherto caused untold hardship of inaccessibility to residents.   Roads and streets already enforced since …

View from the area of La Puntilla, in the bay of the Peruvian town of Chancay, of the beach eroded as a result of the construction of the breakwater that is part of the mega-port built by a Chinese company, whose work is in its first phase. CREDIT: Mariela Jara …

Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, of Niger State has asked residents of the state to stop referring to him as ‘His Excellency’ but should henceforth refer to him as ‘Farmer Governor.   Bago stated this during the presentation of the 2024 budget to the state House of Assembly said that the …

Women and children in Afghan cities endure hours-long queues for a vital resource—water. Credit: Learning Together Thursday, December 14, 2023 Inter Press Service Dec 14 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasonsAccording to …

Gunmen abducted twenty-three residents in Dei-Dei community under Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory.   According to Daily Trust, the victims were taken from their apartments within a single compound between 8 and 9 pm of the day on Saturday, December 9, 2023.      Mai Unguwar Dei-Dei …

Suspected bandits have chased out residents of Kidandan community in Giwa Local Government area of Kaduna State from their homes for failing to pay taxes to them.   According to residents of the community, the bandits who had previously terrorized the community, increased their aggression after some farmers failed to …

Residents of Olupitan area in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have apprehended a suspected “serial burglar” who identified himself as Sunday Joseph.   It was gathered that the suspect was caught in the early hours of Saturday, December 2, 2023, after he allegedly broke …

Bandits believed to have been led by notorious commander, Damina, have killed a resident and abducted over 100 villagers, mostly women and children, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.   It was gathered that the bandits raided four villages, Mutunji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi and Unguwar Kawo, all …

Residents of a building in Lagos state went online to lament as they hurriedly removed their properties from their home which was set to be demolished.   The house, located on the mainland in Lagos State, is one of those the state government marked for mass demolition.   According to …