Federal Government has assured that Ajaokuta Steel Company would operate at full capacity in the second quarter of 2017. Vanguard reports that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this when giving a scorecard of his Ministry’s performance in 2016 and projections for 2017 in Abuja, also disclosed that the government had made progress over ...

New Telegraph reports that Justice Chukwuemeka Chikeka of an Owerri High Court has granted an order of interim injunction, restraining Governor Rochas Okorocha, the Attorney General of the State and the Commissioner for Works and Housing from unlawfully demolishing the Bar centre of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) situated within the state judiciary complex in Owerri. The judge in a ...

The Guardian reports that the Federal Government through the office of the Head of Service (HOS) has entered into an agreement with a housing developer, Brains and Hammers to build at least 3,000 housing units in 72 hectares of land located in Bwari, Abuja. The housing units which are to be completed within 6 months is to enable the civil ...

The Guardian reports that a frontline Real Estate Operator and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Propertygate Development and Investment Plc, Mr Adetokunbo Ajayi has identified some structural problems affecting the government’s mass housing project and proposed measures to revamp them. In an interactive session with the media on how Propertygate has fared despite the recession, Ajayi explained that lack ...

Nigeria is pursuing international partnership with Morocco to create collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance security and sustainable development, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed who disclosed this, while giving account of one-year stewardship, said investments in the power sector is to encourage the implementation of renewable energy ...

Towards ensuring Nigeria fully adapt to climate change, stakeholders have called for a new line of thinking that support a green economy. According to them, such initiatives could be enshrined within reviewed national laws, and local councils’ action plans, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the call was contained in an interim report from the workshops held in Lagos by ...

As part of efforts to improve livelihoods of about 40 million people living around the Lake Chad basin, Governments of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm, Powerchina International Group Limited to transfer water from the Congo Basin into the receding Lake Chad. According to The Guardian, the project, which worth $1.8million, ...

Do you know that Christmas is barely 10 days away? Yeah! I know a lot of us have lost track of time, blame it on the recession. I have not even started hearing Christmas carols on auto-play in the various CD shops around Lagos, albeit, the jingle bells are ringing all around the world. While we are still expectant, some ...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday, announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed, as his Deputy Secretary-General. The Nation reports that Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr. Stephane Dujarric. Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. ...

No fewer than 5,000 residents from five Local Government Areas of Lagos State were screened for breast cancer, high blood pressure, blood sugar and other deadly diseases. New Telegraph reports that this was even as the residents appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to extend the free health screening organised by the Health is Wealth Mission, an initiative of Senator Gbenga ...