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The multi-million naira water project established by the administration of former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, to cater for the residents of Kurfi Local Government has been abandoned by the present administration of Governor Aminu Bello Masari for about three years. The water scheme, which has 28 water supply tanks situated at the Kurfi Local Government Secretariat, according ...

An agricultural expert, Alhaji Tajudeen Olatunji, has tasked the Federal Government to double its commitment and devout more resources towards the development of the agricultural sector in the country. He said it is the only means to drive the nation’s economic growth and create more employment for youths. Olatunji, who is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Onifarm Limited, made ...

A real estate expert, Festus Adebayo believes that investing in the real estate sector would reduce Nigeria’s unemployment rate by fifty percent. He advised the federal government to invest the unclaimed dividends in the Pension Fund in the housing sector. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the legal practitioner and coordinator of the Abuja Housing Show noted that the real estate sector ...

The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved N13,000 as being the penalty imposed on each student of the Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil for the destruction of the school property. The approval, which was as a result of pleas from parents and other stakeholders, was confirmed in a statement signed by the university’s ...

Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has set aside the Forfeiture Order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on all UK properties belonging to Aiteo boss, Mr. Benedict Peters. The court also cleared UK Properties of Mr. Benedict Peters, of any link with former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dizeani Alison Madueke and upheld the ...

Stakeholders from the government and private sectors of the Nigerian housing sector have called for reinvention of the wheels to reform the nation’s housing industry. They are holding a two-day workshop on the Model Mortgage and Foreclosure Draft Bill in Abuja. The objective is to de-risk the housing environment. Deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on financial ...

The FCTA has approved the extension of the period for payment of arrears of ground rents and sundry bills to August 9, 2018. This is to afford property owners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that have not cleared them to effect payment. The FCT Director of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS), Dr. Isa Jalo said this while inspecting ...

For residents of Agbashi Community, Headquarter of Ekye Development Area of Doma Local Government in Nasarawa State said the only access road connecting villages and hamlets under the community is a source of nightmare. For years, they have cried out and made persistent pleas to the government to construct the 30-kilometer road, What they have however got in return was ...

Gombe State Governor, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo Friday, July 6, 2018, commissioned some projects executed by his Delta State counterpart, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, using the exercise to urge northerners living in the state to obey the culture and norms of the people. Dankwambo who commissioned Abavo Circular Road, Abavo phase 1 with a spur to Ogbekile Street in Ika South ...

In a bid to attain an open defecation free Nigeria, UNICEF engaged the services of SMEDAN in the construction of toilets to millions of homes across the country. MBAKAAN KWEN (Abuja) writes on the journey so far. Open defecation is the human practice of defecating in the open environment rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ...