earth tremor

THE Federal Government has partially lifted the initial suspension imposed on all blasting and mining activities around the areas affected during the recent earth tremors in Abuja. Arising from a crucial meeting held in the Ministry of…

THE Federal Government is to conduct further research and monitor earthquake-prone areas in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria so as to predict and forestall probable negative fallouts in future. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr…

THE Presidential Committee recently set up by the Federal Government on earth tremor, on Thursday, submitted its report with the confirmation that the probability of recurrence in the very near future is fairly high in the country. It…

MINISTER of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Friday, ordered the immediate suspension of further quarrying and mining activities and borehole drilling in the affected areas of Mpape, Gwarimpa and Garki…

THE Federal Government, on Friday, disclosed that it had not conclusively established the cause of earth tremor in some parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Thursday and Friday morning respectively. It said…