The 2016 edition of the Refined Investor Series (RIS), promoted by Fine and Country International Realty will hold at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos next week. The programme, which is coming on the heels of Fine and Country West Africa’s 8th anniversary in Nigeria, will be chaired by the Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Mrs. Bola Adesola , who will discuss the ...
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Is the Concept of Neighbourliness a Thing of the Past?
Do we still trust our neighbours, talkless loving them the way we love ourselves? Can we even wine and dine with the present neighbours we have? Are our neighbours people we will naturally love to have as neighbours or are we left to just cope with the choices made by our landlords? This article addresses the concept of neighbourliness in ...
Read More »Amnesty International Calls On Nigeria To Halt Lagos Demolitions
Amnesty International has frowned at the recent demolition carried out by the Lagos state Government, after 30,000 people had been rendered homeless, a recent report in today.ng confirms. Amnesty International called on Nigeria to shelve plans to demolish more illegal settlements in the megacity Lagos as several hundreds of thousands of people could be made homeless, it said on Friday. ...
Read More »Oba Elegushi launches Imperial City land promo project in Lekki
Vanguard reports that the ancient Ikate Elegushi Kingdom has launched an Imperial City Promo project, which would give hard working Nigerians the chance to own a plot of land worth N42m in one of the high brow areas of Lagos State. According to Vanguard, the Imperial International Business City (IIBC), which is the first self-sustaining eco-friendly smart business city in ...
Read More »COREN raises alert about crack at Akanu Ibiam Airport
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has revealed that a crack at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport is a threat to people and it should be investigated further. Vanguard reports that COREN attributed the number of collapsed buildings and failed roads in Nigeria to poor engineering works and supervision. According to Vanguard, this was made known ...
Read More »Okorocha to invite EFFC to probe contractors who didn’t complete roads
Vanguard reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday said his government would invite the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe contractors who handled rural roads in the State and did not complete them. According to Vanguard, Okorocha stated this at the Imo International Convention Centre, IICC, in Owerri, during a meeting with the members of the State Development ...
Read More »Top 10 Best Holiday Resorts In Nigeria
Despite the fact that our citizens would have said ten bad things about the country before they even reflect on one good thing, the nation has been making a lot of progress in some key sectors of the economy over the years. One of such is tourism. This article showcases the top 10 best holiday resorts in Nigeria There are ...
Read More »Experts urges govt to adopt small hydropower tech to improve power supply
According to The Guardian, experts at the ongoing Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction Exhibition and Seminars have urged government to consider the adoption of small hydropower technology to improve power generation in the country. They maintained that since the focus of generating bulk power to be fed into the national grid had not improved electricity supply, government ...
Read More »Cross River begins construction of rice mill
As part of efforts to boost its internally generated revenue, the Cross River State government has commenced the construction of an ultra-modern rice mill in Ogoja. The Guardian reports that the commissioning of work on the rice mill by the state governor, Ben Ayade on Wednesday is in line with his promise to avoid dependence on monthly allocation from the ...
Read More »FERMA commences repair of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, yesterday, commenced palliative measures to fix bad portions on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway. Vanguard reports that the agency began the repairs from the Joju area filling up the craters which had been causing serious traffic jams on the road. According to Vanguard, the Progress Officer of the agency, Mr. Monday Olaogun, while speaking with newsmen at the ...
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