Federal Government has declared that the Assumpta Science Centre, Owerri, Imo State, will be ready for use in four months. Vanguard reports that the project is a product of a 2015 Federal Government’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pontifical Council for Culture of the Vatican City meant to harnessing the ICT talents of many youths even in religious circles. The ...

Vanguard reports that about 100 residents of Sholanke Street, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State were, yesterday, displaced after fire razed two buildings, destroying property worth millions of naira. According to Vanguard, sources said the two buildings located at 172 and 173 Sholanke Street, were razed after the inferno started at about 4p.m. Explaining the enormity of the inferno, ...

Federal Government plans to spend N270 billion for maintenance, repair and restoration of over 50 bridges across the country in the next three years. The Guardian reports that the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, disclosed this yesterday while inspecting the rehabilitation works on the Lagos ring road bridge abutment and approach ramp to the Third ...

The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has promised to continue with construction of the Bakassi deep seaport and the 260-kilometre Calabar-Bekwarra-Katsina-Ala super highway in 2017. The Guardian reports that Ayade, who made this promise in his New Year message, added that his government would create more job opportunities. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media ...

Sokoto State Government has spoken of plans to establish 488 integrated Islamiya/ Nursery Schools across the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governor Aminu Tambuwal, who disclosed this yesterday at Tambuwal, the Headquarters of Tambuwal Local Government Area of the state, spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2016/2017 edition of the State Quranic Recitation Competition to select ...

When there is a sharp general increase in population in response to a growing rate of industrialization in an area then you know that area is going through urbanization. This includes increase in the number and extent of cities. This article focuses on the role urbanization plays on the Nigerian environment. Urbanization symbolizes the movement of people from rural to ...

The Group Managing Director, Alpha Mead Facilities, Femi Akintunde, has made it known that Nigeria’s quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could be a mirage, if the country remains reluctant to implement strategies, practices and processes that will enable it effectively manage its rising waste level. The Guardian reports that Akintunde, an engineer, who expressed concerns ...

Reports show that the Nigerian chapter of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) plans to honour and promote individuals and institutions recognized as drivers of growth in the real estate sector. The Guardian reports that the award by the federation is an integral part of its Annual Award and Business Dinner 2017 and will help motivate the domestic real estate ...

As a result of the constant collapse of structures in the country, engineers have called for the review of the national building code before its passage into law. The Guardian reports that the engineers under the aegis of Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE) said some aspects of the current building code are not applicable to engineering structures. According to ...