The National Arts Theatre in Lagos would be among 200 iconic monuments, buildings, statues, bridges and other landmarks across the world to be lit up blue on October 24 to mark the founding of the United Nations. The theatre, located in Iganmu, Lagos State, was completed in 1976 in preparation for the Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977. ...
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Ambode inaugurates Commissioner for housing, special advisers and others
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday swore in 23 Commissioners Including the commissioner for Housing, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure and 14 Special Advisers, charging them to work ceaselessly to ensure that the state lives up to its potential. Speaking at the ceremony held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, at the secretariat in Alausa, Mr. Ambode told the ...
Read More »Top 5 weirdest nations
This article briefly takes a look at the top 5 weirdest nations in the world and why they are actually being referred to as nations. What makes a country weird? Is it the geographical size of the country, the population, the location, the government or the citizens of such countries? I can’t tell you for sure how these countries made ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE breakdown of the N10billion assets Saraki declared as governor
As the country adjust to the corruption fighting Era, The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, currently facing corruption charges, was worth N10 billion (by current exchange rate) at the time he assumed office as governor of Kwara State in 2003 according to an exclusive report of the N10billion assets Saraki declared as governor published on Premium Times this ...
Read More »Valuers Seek Responsibility in Fight Against Corruption
Fight against corruption can be more successful if the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers is made partner in the struggle. Speaking at the opening of the 2015 Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Seminar in Abuja last Thursday, National Chairman Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Elder Williams Oruka Odudu reminded the gathering that only Estate Surveyors and Valuers ...
Read More »Reasons behind traffic gridlock on Apapa-Oshodi & Lagos-Abeokuta expressway – LASG
Lagos State Government yesterday, blamed the persistent traffic gridlock on the Apapa-Oshodi and Lagos-Abeokuta expressway partly on the failure on the road as well as the poor design. The state government stressed that the roads were not designed for the pressure they are presently subjected to. Also, the state government said litigations and slow pace of work by contractors appointed ...
Read More »“NIESV is not just an institute but an institution” – Femi Atoyebi
An Estate Surveyor and Valuer, a member and an associate in view of the National Institution of Estate surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), an associate member in the institute of strategic management of Nigeria (ISMN) whose background experience is spanning 8years in real estate and the Owner of Magnagate integrated Services, Mr. Femi Atoyebi, in an interview with Nigeria Real Estate ...
Read More »The Best Investment You Can Make For Your Kids
This is the best investment you can make for your kids! You may wonder why I am asserting this, but I want you to patiently follow as I reveal some salient facts to you. By virtue of my job, I usually have the opportunity of talking with elderly folks who seems to have always invested. I know of one who ...
Read More »Swedish private housing sector accused of profiting from refugees
Sweden is in the grip of a row over housing for refugees, with private accommodation providers accused of making fat profits while the country struggles to find beds for tens of thousands of asylum seekers before winter. Housing is so limited for record numbers of arrivals – 9,000 are arriving in Sweden every week – that the authorities are using ...
Read More »FMBN to partner Local Governments on housing initiatives
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, is set to engage with the 774 local government areas in the country on how best the bank’s housing initiatives can be extended to them. Managing Director, FMBN, Mr. Gimba Yaú Kumo, who disclosed this in an interview with a news portal, listed various ways of addressing the housing deficit in the country. ...
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