Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may take at least 20 years to clean up. Experts who studied video footage of the spills at Bodo in Ogoniland say they could together be as large as the 1989 Exxon ...
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Bishop Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, did not get carried away with all the blings and swags of the popular Nigerian musicain, Dapo Oyebanji, known as D’banj when they came in contact. D’banj was recently contacted to perform at a Youth Program in Covenant University where the Bishop was also a special ...
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About 50 Nigerians were run over by a bus during a robbery incidence yesterday, which left 14 people dead. Police commander Sunday Maku said it happened around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday. An unidentified bus ran over them after they were forced to lie down on the road by armed robbers at Zariagi, on the Okene-Lokoja road, Kogi State. “The armed robbers ...
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The Managing Director of Megamound Nigeria Limited has urged the Federal Government to repair the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and save commuters from untimely deaths and sufferings due to frequent fatal accidents. Otunba Olumide Osunsina made this plea at the inauguration of the new executives and fund raising of Ibadan Recreation Club. He described the expressway as an eyesore. “As at today, ...
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10 people have been arrested for an attempted coup, says the president of Niger. According to his statement on Tuesday, this is the first time the nation has confirmed a failed plot. The West African republic has had repeated coups since its independence in 1960. An additional suspect is on the run, said President Mahamadou Issoufou in a message broadcast ...
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