Governor Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa said his administration had awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 46 kilometres of road networks in Yola, Jimeta and Mubi since his inauguration seven months ago. He stated this while interacting with some editors in Yola, the state capital. Mr. Bindow said that most of the roads across the state were in disrepair when he ...

Former President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV)  Bode Adediji has said replicating FESTAC town is no longer feasible. He said what the government needed to do is to have the right policy and enabling environment for the private sector to thrive in the real estate sector by liberalising land and property ownership through the reduction of bureaucracy ...

A prosecution witness, Abu Sule, on Monday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was used as a proxy by former Gov. Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State to acquire N270 million home in Abuja. Mr. Sule gave the evidence at the resumed trial of Mr. Ohakim on charges of money laundering and false assets declaration preferred against him by ...

A serial entrepreneur and Real Estate key player, Mr. Debo Adejana has said that the price raise of construction raw materials by Governor Fayose of Ekiti state is a direct infringement on the people’s pocket stating that the move is a case of double taxation. As much as the housing deficit in Nigeria remains at an almost stand still despite ...

Hundreds of residents of Amuzu community in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have protested plans by the state government to take over a vast expanse of land belonging to the community. Reports said the state government was planning to use the land, among many other hectares of land across the state, for mechanized farming to improve the ...

The Rivers State Government has renamed the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, as the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, in honour of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. The 30,000 capacity stadium which has been serving as home ground for Nigeria Premier League side, Dolphins FC, for over two decades has also hosted matches involving the various national teams including the ...

An official has said that Nigeria needs N23 billion annually to meet its infrastructure financing needs. Adekunle Oyinloye, the Chief Executive of The Infrastructure Bank, TIB, who disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend, said that infrastructure decay in the country was massive and required huge funding. He said that the Federal Government, through the National ...

The residents of the 10 estates around Jakande Roundabout in Lekki, Lagos State, said RMB West Port, owners of Circle Mall, should provide them alternative routes before it opens its mall on December 17. The residents from the 10 estates from the area said that this would enhance effective traffic control. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos ...

The Chairman of Ondo State Board of Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, Akin Akinsehinwa, said on Sunday that the state generated not less than N10 billion between January and November. Mr. Akinsehinwa, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure, said that the amount was 85 per cent of the amount targeted for the year. He said that ...

The Publishers of the Lifestyle magazine, Genesis International have named IG of police, Mr. Solomon Arase the Genesis Magazine’s “Man of the year for 2015”. During a briefing, the publisher, Dr. Yomi Agababiaka, while urging other members of the force to emulate the IGP’s dedication to duty observed that the choice of Arase as its “Man of the year for ...