The upcoming third edition of the Lagos city marathon organised by Access Bank Plc is set to hold on the 10th of February, 2018. It is the 88th certified marathon out of the 500 in the world. The marathon is certified as a Bronze Medal marathon with its routes officially measured, and with a goal to achieve Gold label within ...

Two stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have sought the help of the Federal Government to make private sectors take charge of the on-going gas infrastructure project in order to enhance strategic investment. The stakeholders were; Mr Austin Avuru, the Managing Director of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited and Mr Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, the Managing Director, First Exploration and Petroleum ...

In 2017, the Nigerian economy and investment market was in distress. For most Nigerians, being lost in the surging tides was a whole lot easier than staying afloat. Nigeria as a country managed to survive the storm of 2017. In this piece, we review 2017 as a guide to what lies for the real estate sector and it’s affiliates in ...

Your neighbours can either make or mar your experience at home. Living in Nigeria entails knowing how to manage difficult neighbours. You will be puzzled by the types of neighbours you can have in Nigeria. Whether you live in a flat or in a “face-me-I-Face-you apartment, you will encounter them. One way or the other we have to learn to deal withe ...

All contractors working on the construction of federal road projects across the country have been paid, the Federal Government has said. According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, none of the contractors working for the Federal government is being owed and as a result of this, none of them should delay construction and rehabilitation works on ...

The Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki was on Tuesday re-arraigned in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over false assets declaration. Tuesday’s arraignment followed a ruling at the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal in Dec. 2017 which dismissed 15 out of the 18-counts charges preferred against him in 2015. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the ...

For years, successive governments had paid lip service to developing the Lagos University (LASU), Ojo to facilitate the institution’s expansion. Unfortunately most of the land that could have been used for this purpose had been encroached on illegally which had hindered its development. The institution is currently in talk with the illegal occupants with the aim of getting them to ...

Lagos – If the latest rapprochement between Nigerian developers, Homework Development and Property Limited and some foreign investors is anything to go by, the nation’s construction industry will soon receive a significant boost. The lift int he nation’s construction industry, INDEPENDENT learnt, may either be in enhanced direct foreign investment or through third party. This came to the fore recently ...

Fuel marketers and other private business owners under the aegis of Committee of Directors, Ibru Port Complex, at the weekend, flagged off the palliative repairs from Sunrise to Coconut section of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, after waiting endlessly for the intervention of the federal government and the Lagos State government. These stakeholders have also raised the alarm that the Apapa bridges ...

A pressure group, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has blamed the poor state of governance at all levels in the country for the worsening living condition of Nigerians and deplorable state of infrastructures. Executive Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran, stated this in a parley with newsmen in Lagos, accusing the government of adopting anti-people foreign policies which had ...