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Two Italian prosecutors, Fabio De Pasquale and Sergio Spadaro, have been sentenced to eight months in prison for concealing vital evidence in the high-profile trial involving Shell, Eni, and the controversial OPL 245 oil deal. According to reports by Italian news outlet, Ansa, the Brescia court handed down the sentence on Tuesday. The jail term
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AS the world marks the 2024 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the sad reality of massive destruction of lives and property caused by disasters, particularly climate-related hazards, again stares humanity in the face. Reducing global disaster risks and losses is the centre of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2024.The theme is
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AS the world marks the 2024 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the sad reality of massive destruction of lives and property caused by disasters, particularly climate-related hazards, again stares humanity in the face. Reducing global disaster risks and losses is the centre of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2024.The theme is
No fewer than 90 people were confirmed dead following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa State on Tuesday. Mr Shi’isu Adam, the Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, confirmed this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday. He also said that 50 other persons had been hospitalised for various degrees
Over 90 persons confirmed dead as explosion rocks Jigawa
No fewer than 90 people were confirmed dead following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa State on Tuesday.
Mr Shi’isu Adam, the Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, confirmed this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday.
He also said that 50 other persons had been hospitalised for various degrees of injuries due to the explosion.
”At about 11:30pm on Tuesday in Majia Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa, the tanker driver lost control near Khadija University and exploded.
“The driver left Kano and was heading to Nguru in Yobe when the accident happened,” Adam said.
He said: ”we are worried that in spite of police warning people to stay clear from scenes of accidents involving fuel tankers, they still engage in such acts.
”People gathered around the accident scene, that is the reason for the mass casuality”.
The spokesperson said that a mass burial of the victims would hold by 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
He added that the injured were receiving medical attention at the Ringim General hospital.
A former spokesperson for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ima Niboro, has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. for its professional management of petroleum supply in the country. In a statement obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, Niboro highlighted that despite numerous challenges, NNPC has successfully navigated the process of delivering petroleum to the nation. According
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A former spokesperson for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ima Niboro, has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. for its professional management of petroleum supply in the country. In a statement obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, Niboro highlighted that despite numerous challenges, NNPC has successfully navigated the process of delivering petroleum to the nation. According