Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) yesterday shut down five commercial banks and over 80 buildings on Allen Avenue, Ikeja over illegal conversion. The officials, who were accompanied by the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, also shut Adebowale Electronics, Panasonic and several other buildings used for commercial purposes. The commercial banks, whose branches were ...

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT – Chief Imam of Offa in Kwara State, Sheik Suliman Muheedeen, has showered encomium on Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State for giving back to the teeming masses of the state through infrastructural development. According to Muheedeen, Aregbesola’s administration has fulfilled its electoral promise for the state The cleric made this known at the third Ramadan lecture, organized ...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has urged stakeholders in land management to identify and address every imaginable problem that has hindered land administration and management in this country. Osinbajo gave the charge in Abuja on Monday while declaring open the National Stakeholders Dialogue on Land Reform in Nigeria, organised by the Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform. According to ...

In a bid to assist the Federal Government to embark on rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in parts of the insurgency-ravaged areas in the North East, Aliko Dangote Foundation has concluded plans to commission a multi-billion naira housing estate. Chief Executive Officer of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Mrs. Zouera Youssoufou, said the commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs ...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to transfer its abandoned property in Lagos to the state government or lease them to the private sector. The President of LCCI, Mr. Babatunde Ruwase, made the plea in an interview in Lagos on Monday. Ruwase noted that several properties belonging to the Federal Government in the ...

Experts on economic matters have said that government must wake up and face the realities on ground, as it needs to invest N18 trillion yearly to meet up with infrastructure development in the country. To achieve this, they submitted that government must give room for private sector participation, allow sanctity of contracts and open up to foreign capital to develop ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has invested about $9 billion to strengthen investment on power, roads and railway. Buhari said this on Monday while declaring open the 61st meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Africa (CAF) holding in Abuja. Represented by Boss Mustapha, secretary of the government of the federation (SGF), the president said ...

The management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command has launched an aggressive cleanup initiative to reclaim Customs land from illegal occupants and land grabbers in Seme area of Lagos State, as well as rid the land border community of impostors and touts. According to a statement signed over the weekend by the Seme Customs Command Spokesman, Selchang Taupyen, ...

IGR – Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State says the internal revenue reform carried out by his administration has enhanced the capacity of the State government to meet its recurrent obligations and implement capital projects. Speaking during an interactive session with newsmen in Ilorin, Governor Ahmed said the reform which led to establishment of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service ...

The Nigerian Army has described a false allegation made by one Mr. Victor Otomiebo that it has sold off lands meant for barracks in Warri, Delta State. A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, said the allegation was made against the Nigerian Army and the person of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. ...