The first female professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria, Stella Okunna, has donated a multimillion naira building tagged ‘Professor Chinyere Okunna legacy building’ to the Mass Communication Department of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. New Telegraph reports that the building which comprises of a one thousand sitting capacity hall, a studio with state of the arts equipment, was single-handedly built by ...

New Telegraph reports that Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has appealed to the federal government to urgently address the deplorable state of the federal roads in the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones. He made the appeal at the Government House, Umuahia, when he received in audience the Senate Committee on Works, led by its chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya. ...

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, has revealed that the ministry would require N1 trillion to enable it complete all ongoing and abandoned projects across the region. Vanguard reports that Pastor Usani, in his maiden press briefing in Abuja, said that the ministry was determined to complete all projects awarded by the previous administration but abandoned ...

There are many environmental factors that affect rental value of properties, albeit, in this article we will be taking a look at the effects of open waste dumps on rental values The issue of waste disposal and management were not problems to early humans, due to the fact that there were no population explosion and technological advancement at that time. ...

Residents of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has appealed to the state government to repair the Otuoke-Onuebum road that has been in a deplorable condition a long time ago. The residents made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otuoke. Mr. Ologi Damiete told NAN that the condition of the ...

Substandard imported building materials remain one of the ingredients that lead to failed structures. We take a critical look at the ban on the importation of substandard building materials and why the action taken by the Federal Government will do us a lot more good than harm. Some Nigerian tenants and property owners have in recent times experienced collapse of ...

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, has made it known that his government is set to renovate 420 classrooms across the 16 local government areas of the state. New Telegraph reports that Ahmed disclosed this while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the monthly stakeholders’ meeting of the party held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Ilorin. Although, ...

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Monday, restated his commitment to resuscitate the Gateway Hotel in Ota, Ogun. Vanguard reports that Amosun disclosed this during the Opening Ceremony of the First Shoprite Plaza situated at the Toll-Gate in Ota. According to Amosun, the resuscitation of the Gateway Hotel would complement the new Shoprite Plaza in bringing development to Sango-Ota, ...

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, has revealed that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway. Vanguard reports that Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry out total re-construction on the ...

Vanguard reports that due to difficulties faced in the acquisition of pre-paid meters, Ikeja Electric wants the credited advance payment for metering implementation, CAPMI, scheme to be brought back to discourage estimated bills. According to Vanguard, the Chief Executive Officer, Ikeja Electric, Anthony Youdeowei, speaking when the House of Representatives Committee on Power visited the company’s Head Office at Ikeja, implored the ...