Ogun State Government has restated its commitment in the provision of more affordable housing units for the people of the State. The General Manager of the State Housing Corporation, Arch. Jumoke Akinwunmi stated this while playing host to a delegation from the West Africa Portland Cement Company (WAPCO) operations, a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa PLC in Abeokuta. Akinwunmi, in a ...

Investors in real estate products stand to benefit from security of their investments and good and stable returns on their investments. Head, Treasury and Investment, Resort Savings and Loans Plc, Mr. Jeff Ejemai, said for many investors who may still be in a quandary as to where to invest their money, investment in real estate is the way to go. ...

According to Wiki, World Heritage Sites are places (such as a buildings, cities, complex, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, or mountains) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance Our society is defined not only by what we create but also by what we refuse to destroy. ...

Dams are barriers across flowing water that obstructs, directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impediments. Water is a critical natural resource. Without it, life could not exist and people could not survive. For more than 5000 years, dams have provided people with reliable sources of water for their survival. Most dams have a section ...

The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, ADSEMA, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency will close down all Internally Displaced Persons camps in the state by the end of December 2015. The Executive Secretary of ADSEMA, Haruna Furo, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yola. Mr. Furo said that the decision ...

The frequency and severity of “Urban Market Fire” incidents in Nigeria is becoming worrisome.  This article attempt to analyse the market fire disaster that has occurred this year and the measures that could be taken to forestall future occurrence. Frequent fire disasters in crowded urban business and market structures have become a major concern to Nigerian urban planners. Urban renewal ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria said on Friday that the monthly contributions to the National Housing Fund by civil servants were inadequate to guarantee full and prompt access to the housing loans (funds) by contributors.   The FMBN’s Managing Director, Gimba Ya’u Kumo, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.   Kumo urged ...

The Central Naval Command, CNC, in Yenagoa, on Sunday destroyed 50 illegal oil refining camps and 150 drums of locally refined diesel at Asiagbene in Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that CNC conducted the operation in collaboration with Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta. Real Admiral Apochi Suleiman, the Flag Officer Commanding, Central ...

A 46-year-old landlord, simply identified as Sunday, was last Friday arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old daughter of his tenant at Bonugo village in Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A source who craved anonymity disclosed this to our reporter on Sunday, saying the incident happened after the victim’s parents, who are tenants in Sunday’s house, went ...

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will debut in three new African markets over the next four years as its plans to establish a presence in key cities across the continent’s thriving Sub-Saharan region come to fruition. In a move that will take its Africa portfolio to 28 properties strong, the expansionist Swiss hospitality brand will open three upscale hotels across Kenya ...