The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) revealed that flood has killed 29 people in 99 local government areas across 30 states this year. The Guardian reports that the Director-General of the agency, Mr. Moses Oluwatoyin Beckley, said at a “Sensitisation Workshop on 2016 Flood Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation Hydrological Area,” in Lokoja, Kogi State yesterday that 34 states would be ...

At the 17th anniversary of the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC), which coincided with the anniversary of International Day of Peace, stakeholders in the justice sector urged Nigerians to embrace peace for the country to achieve sustainable political and economic development. According to The Nation, the stakeholders are: Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Justice Habib Abiru of the Court of Appeal, who ...

Federal Government has promised that the 40 federal universities can expect access to uninterrupted power supply within the next 12-18 months, beginning from December 2017. According to a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, the government plans to achieve this through its Energising Education Programme Initiative by utilising off-grid Independent Power ...

Reports show that immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, supports the sale of government assets to enable it pull the economy out of recession. Sanusi, who spoke in Lagos on Wednesday supported Aliko Dangote and Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who had earlier called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ...

Real estate management frequently referred to as property management or asset management – is a critical segment of the much broader real estate industry. This article talks about why you should pursue a career in real estate management. Are you seeking a career that offers the opportunity for challenge and advancement? A job filled with interesting work? A place where ...

The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, said the World Pension Summit Africa Special that will kick off in Abuja next week will deepen the discussion around ensuring that pension funds were invested in the real sector for visible and measurable impact on the economy, while also boosting retirement benefits, Vanguard reports. Anohu-Amazu said she was ...

Ambassador of Belarus, Mr. Vicheslar Vasileric stated that the Republic of Belarus is to establish a tractor showroom in Katsina State. He said this  yesterday, shortly before he displayed some of the tractors and their accessories to Governor Aminu Bello Masari at the Government House. And so, the country has requested the state government to allocate Republic of Belarus with land to commence process for establishing the showroom. According to National Mirror, Vasileric said ...

Reports show that another earth tremor on Tuesday rocked the Kwoi community in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and the incident reportedly forced many residents to flee the community. A correspondent of Punch gathered that the Tuesday incident which occurred around 9am was accompanied by a heavy vibration. An earlier tremor had taken place on Monday around 3am. ...

This article is about rest rooms or conveniences or bathrooms as the case may be, that go against the conventional way of constructing bathrooms. I guess finding weird bathrooms in Nigeria is commonplace. If you go to places like Ajegunle and Mushin where there are a lot of tenement buildings otherwise called face-me-I-face-you or face-me-I-slap-you apartments, you will come across ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governor has directed sole administrators of the 57 councils to submit 288 additional roads (four from each  council) for construction  from 2017. The Sole Administrator of Igando/Ikotun LCDA, Mr. Samuel Ajayi, broke the news yesterday at the inauguration of Osunba Street and Balogun Olanrewaju Road – two of the 114 roads, The Nation reports. Mr. ...