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By Toheeb Omotayo The Kwara State Government has warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse on road medians and other unauthorized locations across the state, saying the practice poses serious environmental and health risks capable of triggering disease outbreaks. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Press Secretary of the Ministry, Muritala Shakirat, the warning was given by the Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Buge, during a review of reports submitted by Environmental Health Officers and members of the ministry’s task force. The commissioner said the renewed enforcement drive was necessary to improve public health, prevent flooding caused by…
As part of his push to drive industrial transformation in Ogun State, the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has launched a two-pronged strategy to achieve 24-hour electricity supply: building independent power plants and carrying out a comprehensive electricity consumption audit. The goal is to cut industrial costs, eliminate outages, and ensure no community is underserved. The cornerstone is the Ogun State Light-Up Project. The first phase is a 30-megawatt plant located in Onijanganjangan, near Ewekoro, Abeokuta. During an inspection penultimate week, the Governor confirmed that turbines were being installed and the control room and installed equipment were ready for testing. He…
Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian has raised more than $12.3 billion from venture capital firms, as well as from strategic and institutional investors for his three — and counting — startups. If the latest $400 million raise for his new venture Mind Robotics is an indicator, investors are still happily piling in. Outsized raises for newly minted startups have become more common in recent years. But those hundred-million-plus seed rounds have generally been reserved for buzzy defense tech…
The Oyo State Police Command said it has launched an intensive manhunt and rescue operation following a coordinated attack by armed hoodlums on schools and surrounding communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued on Friday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the attack occurred in the early hours of May 15, 2026, and led to the death of an assistant headmaster. The police said preliminary investigation showed that the attackers, who operated on motorcycles, simultaneously invaded Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, as well as Community Grammar School/L. A Primary School, Esiele,…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said Nigeria is on course to attract close to $20 billion in foreign direct investment in 2026 alone. He attributed the figure to his administration’s systematic removal of regulatory bottlenecks, macroeconomic stabilisation, and transparency reforms. Tinubu stated this while making a case for African self-reliance and continental resource integration at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking on a presidential panel moderated by British journalist Zainab Badawi alongside Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Tinubu asserted that Africa must refuse to export raw materials while importing finished products. He also argued that the continent…
There are many endearing aspects of the Igbo business culture. But few, in my opinion, are more endearing than the apprenticeship system. It is a system that teaches and then empowers. The two most important requisites in successful entrepreneurship are knowledge and finance. The Igbo apprenticeship system provides both. This system, which has become a case study in many business schools the world over, has made billionaires out of enterprising young men and women who might otherwise have amounted to very little in life. It has also led to the dominance of its graduates in certain key areas of the economy. It…
An outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus disease has been reported in Uganda, following the deaths of scores of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan health ministry, per Reuters, said the patient died in intensive care on May 14 after developing hemorrhagic symptoms. The case was an imported infection from the DRC. On Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced a new Ebola outbreak in the remote Ituri province in Congo. Nearly 250 suspected cases of the virus and 65 deaths have been reported in the Central African nation, recorded mostly…
News » Premier League news » Chelsea newsMay 15, 2026 20:41 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets Tosin ruled out of FA Cup final Chelsea centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo is poised to miss the FA Cup final against Manchester City after picking up a hamstring injury in training. The Blues have had a dismal calendar year thus far, and they are currently on a seven-match run in the Premier League without picking up a win.Hence, they are huge underdogs for the FA Cup final tomorrow. Ahead of the game, the club have suffered a further injury setback in training.Adarabioyo sustained…
The family of Nollywood actor Alexx Ekubo has released an official statement confirming his death following a struggle with a terminal illness. In a statement posted on Alexx’s Instagram account on Wednesday, the family revealed that the actor passed away at Evercare Hospital in Lagos. The cause of death was attributed to complications arising from advanced metastatic kidney cancer. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, son, brother, and friend, Alexx Ikenna Ekubo-Okwaraeke,” the statement partly read. “After a brief but courageous battle, Alexx passed away at Evercare Hospital due to complications arising…
Across the Gaza Strip, vast piles of debris scar the landscape. More than two years of war between Hamas fighters and Israel have left the enclave covered with nearly 57 million tonnes of shattered concrete and other rubble.With three quarters of Gaza’s built environment now destroyed, several reconstruction scenarios are under consideration. One of the most technically and politically sensitive options is to recycle debris to extend the enclave’s Mediterranean coastline and create artificial islands offshore.Recycling constraintsThis approach has the advantage of absorbing part of the enormous volume of war debris while reducing the need for dredging and the extraction…
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