The Ministry of Transportation has made it known that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will be closed on March 8, 2017 for repairs. The country’s capital’s airport’s runway is to be reactivated after closure. The closure will last for six weeks. The announcement of the date, which was previously fixed for February 2017, was after a meeting between Minister ...
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Federal Govt to establish free trade zone in Akwa Ibom – Umana
Reports show that the Federal Government will partner the Akwa Ibom State Government to establish an Oil and Gas Free Zone in the state. The Nation reports that the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Mr Umana Umana, broke the news yesterday when he and management workers visited Governor Udom Emmanuel at the Government House ...
Read More »Why Due Diligence is Important in Real Estate Investing
If you are planning to venture into real estate investing, and have done some research, I’m quite sure you’ve already encountered the phrase “Due Diligence” many times over. What then is due diligence and why is it very important in real estate investing? Due diligence in real estate investing is a process where you are taking the necessary and reasonable ...
Read More »Ogbe-Ijoh/Aladja crisis: Group urges govt to begin demarcation of land
Vanguard reports that the Concerned Members for Peace and Development in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom has appealed to Delta State Government to commence the demarcation of the mandatory acquisition of 285 hectares of land between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities of Warri South-West and Udu Local Government Areas of the state respectively. Accusing the people of Aladja of refusing the government’s directive ...
Read More »Virtuous Women repaint old people’s home
New Telegraph reports that thirty-one Virtuous Women of Rosy Ladies Club International have repainted an old building belonging to the Holy Family Home for the Elderly at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Mushin in Lagos State. Every corner of the building was re-painted with colourful solid paint after which the property was commissioned to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the ...
Read More »Ebonyi State Govt to establish Technology village
Ebonyi State Government has revealed that it will establish a technology village in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state. New Telegraph reports that Governor David Umahi announced this during the Umunaga-Ikenegwu Union Day held at his compound in Uburu. Umahi, who thanked the people for their strong support to his administration, said that the technology village would provide ...
Read More »MOSOP cautions indigenes against bunkering
The Guardian reports that the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the indigenes to guard against illegal bunkering in the area. The group warned that bunkering would lead to further pollution of Ogoni-land and render the clean-up exercise futile. According to The Guardian, the President of MOSOP, Legborsi Pyagbara stated this at the 2017 celebration of ...
Read More »FG pledges support for Nasarawa cargo airport
Federal Government has pledged support for the new Nasarawa State cargo airport project. New Telegraph reports that the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, gave the assurance yesterday while receiving Governor Tanko Al-Makura, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. The minister, who commended the effort of the Nasarawa State government for the project, also ...
Read More »Oga Martins & His Kettle of Fishes 4.0 – Episode 12
Deji wanted out; he was tired of leaving a life of terror and crime. His little time at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons had proven to him that life as a law-abiding citizen was all there was to survival. Albeit no matter what he did, his past kept haunting him. Deji knew the moment he took to his heels that running ...
Read More »UPU: Taiga promises to build bridges across ethnic lines
The newly elected President-General of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Chief Moses Taiga, has promised to build bridges of unity across all ethnic nationalities in Delta State and reconcile all factions in the Urhobo nation. Vanguard reports that Taiga, speaking after he was returned unopposed as President-General of the Urhobo apex socio-cultural organization, at Urhobo Cultural Centre, Uvwiamughe-Agbarho, Ughelli North Local ...
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