Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Governing Council, Plateau State University, Bokkos, on Thursday inspected some projects and presided over the council’s meeting in Bokkos, near Jos. The projects inspected by the former boss of the Independent National Electoral Commission shortly after their inauguration by Governor Simon Lalong, include the N114 million TETFund Lecture Halls and Office. Others are the N72 million ...

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State last Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 250-unit estate for workers in the state’s civil service. The estate, to be sited at Karasawa, on the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport Road, consists of four-bedroom detached duplex, three-bedroom detached bungalow and two-bedroom semidetached bungalows. Speaking at the event, Tambuwal said the state government would ...

Nigerian conglomerate BUA Group has signed $600 million worth of contracts with China’s Sinoma International Engineering Co. to double capacity at its flagship cement plant as it seeks to expand market share in Africa’s biggest economy. BUA group, with interests in cement, pasta, steel and real estate, said on Sunday it expected to double capacity at its Obu cement plant, ...

The Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr. Gimba Ya’U Kumo, has said government has concluded arrangement to launch its home renovation loan to help contributors of National Housing Fund (NHF) improve their living conditions at affordable cost and its offshore mortgage scheme for Nigerians residing abroad. The Nigeria Diaspora mortgage scheme, THISDAY learnt will provide opportunities for ...

To tackle the indiscriminate handling/management and disposal of spent/waste oil, a major contaminants of its ecosystem, the Lagos State Government has said it will partner with Ecocycle Technology, to begin a recycling programme aimed at ensuring a cleaner environment. The General Manager/CEO, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Adebola Rasheed Shabi, said the move was aimed at protecting the environment ...

Worried by the spate of flagrant abuse of the fire safety laws by owners of some petrol stations and companies across the country, the Ogun State Director of Fire Services, Mr. Akanbi Obiwunmi, has advocated the need for state governments to domesticate the recently approved National Fire Code Laws by the Federal Government in order to put an end to ...

The Kwara State House of Assembly has summoned the state management of the Town Planning and Development Authority over non-enforcement of town planning regulations in towns and cities in the state. This is part of resolutions of the House of Assembly after considering a motion titled: “Conversion of residential buildings to hotels, club houses and beer parlours.” The motion was ...

As the week comes to an unavoidable end, we’ve decided to serenade you with some real estate intrigues that will help you relax from the hassles of the outgoing week. Here are 11 amazing real estate gist to give your weekend a head-start.                             Those are the ...

According to wiki, “A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated.” That definition does little or no justice to what the word ghetto ...

Residents of Gombe communities affected by flood are counting the loss of shelter, property, farm produce, among others after a heavy downpour that lasted eight hours. Communities affected by the flood are located at Nafada, Funakaye, Akko and Gombe Local Government Areas of the state. A resident of Bajoga village of Funakaye Local Government Area, Usaina Musa, told premiumtimes correspondent ...