According to Dr Titus Okunronmu, a former Director in the Budgetary Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the sale of the country’s assets to boost the economy will further restrict income. Okunronmu, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, said that rather than restrict income, the government should redistribute income through untapped resources. According to him, selling ...

  The Nation reports that, the Lagos State Government has begun the demolition of illegal structures and shanties in Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island, with the operations led by Chairman of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police. Egbeyemi said the demolition was long overdue following the expiration of the ultimatum given ...

If the Enugu State government carries out its threat to demolish structures built beside waterways, especially in the metropolis; no fewer than 95 buildings including business areas, schools and churches will be pulled down. According to The Guardian, the move to demolish these structures which government described as “illegal” may not be unconnected with the recent flooding of the multimillion ...

The United Nations (UN) has commenced the training of some communities in Cross River State on forest regeneration, due to being faced with the growing threat of deforestation through human activities. Following the training, in 10 years to come the people of Okuromotet would be free from Forest degradation by raising 10,000 Cocoa nurseries, The Guardian reports. This was stated at the ...

Owing to the negative impact of the recent flooding in some parts of Osun State, an appeal has gone to the federal government to come to the aid of the State, through prompt release of ecological  fund approved for the state, in order to prevent future environmental disaster. According to The Guardian, the state consultant on Urban Planning, Environment and ...

Concerning the recent flood disaster in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State, no fewer than 138 victims has benefited from the N6 million cash donation by the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Yusuf Babura, revealed this yesterday in Jahun and said that the gesture was meant to bring relief to the beneficiaries. According to ...

The Federal Government said it would fight corruption and ensure elimination of waste in the execution of Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, projects across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, stated this in Abuja yesterday, while declaring open a 3-day SDGs Task Team Implementation meeting. According to Vanguard, the Minister said: “The current economic realities of Nigeria demands judicious ...

There was a report in April 2016 that suggested that the first storey building in Nigeria may really not be the proclaimed one in Badagry, but are there enough facts to prove that an the Gobarau Minaret in Katsina State and not the white building in Marina, Badagry is actually the oldest building in Nigeria? A white, one-story building, with ...

As a result of the flood that damaged Mokwa Local Government Area of the state on September 19, farmlands have been destroyed in 24 communities in Niger State. The Director-General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Minna. He said that farms in eight communities ...

The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has directed the inclusion of primary school teachers in the category of state workers that often enjoy car and housing loans. He made this known at the 5th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Ondo State wing, held at the Teachers’ House in Akure, the state capital on Thursday. Punch ...