The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, yesterday, made it known that it had arrested over 2,600 motorists for not installing the speed limiting device in their vehicles. According to Vanguard, the Commander of Rivers State Sector Command, Andrew Kumakpayi, spoke in Port Harcourt during a health programme organized for tanker drivers in conjunction with Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and Medical Women’s ...

The Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Prof Mohammed Al-Amin has made it known that FHA is to work with other agencies on the development of a national housing profile for the country. The Nation reports that Prof Mohammed Al-Amin, made this known during a visit to the UN-HABITAT Programme Office in Abuja, where he received by its Programme Officer, ...

The Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), has called on the Federal Government to look into several options to tackle the country’s housing deficit. NIA made this known during a visit to the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. The Nation reports that NIA’s President, Tonye Braide, said the institute had developed concepts on mass housing, which proposed an ...

The Federal Government has invited experts to make vital inputs into its Medium Term National Economic Plan. Vanguard reports that the experts include Prof. Akpan Ekpo; Prof. Olu Ajakaiye; Prof Joe Umoh; Dr. Obadiah Mailafia; Dr Ayo Teriba; Dr Dotun Sulaiman; Dr Ayo Salami; Mr Boda Agusto; Mr Bismarck Rewane; Mr Frank Nweke; Engr Mansur Ahmed; and Mrs Adepeju Adebajo. Vanguard ...

The Guardian reports that Frontline Primary Mortgage Bank (PMB), Lagos Building Investment Company Plc (LBIC), has kick-started the renewal of all estates under its purview to enhance their economic value and make them safer for residents. According to The Guardian, the company also repositioned itself as the premier mortgage institution creating opportunity for ownership of good quality, contemporary and well-maintained ...

Solonzo and Deji were back from prison, this was bad for Martins because both of them had scores to settle with him. He was really in a dilemma and he feared the worse. Though he could understand why Deji had a personal vendetta with him but he wasn’t sure what it was Solonzo wanted with him. Martins had been summoned ...

Despite the economic downturn in Nigeria, and its impact in the real estate sector, senior officials of Grenadines Homes say the current economic climate is providing opportunities for developers and investors. According to The Guardian, the Lagos-based firm is preparing to start construction on its premiere facility early 2017, a high-rise structure combining features of an apartment complex and a hotel ...

According to a field report by the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), oil leak from Tebidaba-Ogboinbiri crude line operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) has discharged massive volumes of crude into the surrounding environment. New Telegraph newspaper states that according to the report, officials of NAOC had commenced recovery of the spilled crude from ...

Why should entrepreneurs invest in the first place? The answer is: to have enough money to live on when we no longer can or wish to work. To put that money aside, however, we have to accumulate enough to offset inflation, stem the tide of the economic recession and other expenses that erode our savings. And for that purpose, real estate is ...

Vanguard reports that the Senate has said it would soon begin moves to amend the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, Act No. 81 of 1992. The Senate also said it would carry out a holistic amendment of the Act setting up the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO, and other agencies under the purview of the Ministry of Culture and ...