Igbo businessmen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to consider the ethnic group for the post of FCT Minister. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, the Chairman of Zaudan Pazeri Property Owners Association, Elder Friday Ugoala, said Igbos have massive investments, a factor Buhari should consider. He recommended that an Igbo ...
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TUC urges Buhari to make the National Housing Fund useful
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday urged the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to address the plight of workers in the country. Mr Ifeanyi Okechukwu, the Chairman of TUC in Anambra, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. The labour leader called on the president-elect to make the National Housing Fund useful ...
Read More »Real estate agent accused of trying to lure a 15 year-old boy for sex
Real estate agent busted, accused of trying to lure a 15 year-old boy for sex. Douglas Jodoin is charged with luring a minor after police say he was caught on an under cover scene. Watch report below:
Read More »Luxury student pods in Manchester set for online property auction
Six luxury student pods in Manchester are set to go under the hammer in an online property auction. The investment opportunity, brought by John Pye Property, is one from a lot of 30+ worth more than 3.4 million to go to auction this month. Considered a ‘hands off investment opportunity’ the six rooms are available with a guide price of ...
Read More »Nigerian Religious Centres and their Neighbours (Part 2)
The reality of noise pollution as a major threat to the environment is no longer questionable. Experts have said that its effect ranges from sleep disturbances, speech impairment, to other health and psychological challenges. Taking root from industrial activities, automobile, air traffic, all night disc jockey ‘gbedu’ of hotels and bars, and household generator sets, the environment suffers the aftermath ...
Read More »The BROUHAHA of OGA MARTINS – Episode 12
Martins stared confused and utterly at a loss on what to do. His rent was not due yet and although the landlord had been harassing him about it, he shouldn’t have gone as far as locking his room since he did not owe yet. Martins wanted to ask Rotimi if he had an idea of why the landlord locked the ...
Read More »Dr. Femi Johnson re-elected as MBAN president
MBAN is the Umbrella body for all mortgage banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to engage in Mortgage Business in Nigeria. Its main focus is to ensure the access to mortgage finance for provision of affordable housing through effective advocacy for improved legal/regulatory/operating environments for home-ownership finance in Nigeria. The association was incorporated on August 6, 1992 under ...
Read More »‘Government should focus on Infrastructure’ – Moses Ogunleye
In an interview with The Guardian, Moses Ogunleye, the president of Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON) highlights the needs for synergy between infrastructure master plan and physical development plan, including other related issues. Stating that the government should focus more on social housing, targeted at low-income earners because these groups of people constitute the largest proportion of ...
Read More »The history of Lekki Peninsula and what you should know
Since her grand introduction into the Lagos metropolis, Lekki has become a haven for the high and mighty. Lekki Peninsula is an area on the Lagos Island in Nigeria which contains expensive residential suburbs that throws poverty into the Atlantic Ocean. The Peninsula adjoins the commercial Victoria Island district and the residential Ikoyi area. It has got a reputation as an ...
Read More »Refuse Usage In Swampy Land Reclaim Is Like Sitting On Time Bomb
The Apapa Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr. Olalekan Taiwo, advised the public not to use refuse to reclaim land in some parts of Lagos. Taiwo told newsmen in Lagos that the practice was “like sitting on a time bomb“. Refuse is used to reclaim land in Akute, Ajah and other swampy areas in Lagos. “Refuse ...
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