The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) Programme in Niger State says it has spent N437 million on constructing a road and rehabilitating two dams in three local government areas of the state. Baba Shaba, the Communication Officer of FADAMA III (AF) Programme in Niger, said this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday. ...
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Court cancels EFCC forfeiture order against Dame Patience’s accounts
The EFCC had filed an application for interim order of forfeiture against Mrs Jonathan Patience’s accounts and her siblings but her lawyers led by Chief Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) opposed the application based on the fact that similar applications were pending before other courts in Abuja, which they claimed amounted to forum shopping and judicial abuse of court process. Justice Mojisola ...
Read More »Ogun State welcomes N10 billion investment from SABMiller and 19 others
SABMiller, the largest breweries in the world which was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) a Brazilian-Belgian Group headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, currently leads 19 other firms in fresh investments worth over $10 billion expected to be completed in Ogun state this year, BusinessDay has learnt. BusinessDay reports that the fresh 20 companies which cut across key sectors of economy, ...
Read More »Tanker loses control leaving four dead, property destroyed
A twin set of incidents hit Lagos-Ibadan expressway as a tanker lost its control and ran into other vehicles leading to a multiple car crash and a gas explosion along the Ojudu-Berger axis. In the first incident which happened in the early hours of the day, a fire was set off by an explosion at the Second Coming gas plant ...
Read More »Gov. Dankwambo warns resident against illegal dumping of refuse in drains
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has called on the people of the state to refrain from illegal dumping of refuse in drainage channels and waterways so as to avert flooding. Dankwambo made the call during an inspection visit to Dukku Motor Park new roundabout in Gombe on Monday. He said that his administration was striving to address the problem ...
Read More »Ekiti govt. bans Fayemi for diverting funds meant for construction
The Ekiti State Government has banned the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, from holding public office in the state for 10 years for diverting funds meant for construction. The ban followed the indictment of Mr. Fayemi by a judicial commission of inquiry which probed his tenure as governor of Ekiti State between 2010 and 2014. A white ...
Read More »Demolition notice issued to properties that breached town planning laws-Edo State
The Edo State Government has served demolition notice to developers in Benin metropolis whose buildings breached the state town planning laws. Speaking to journalists at the weekend in Benin, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Edorodion Oye Erimona said the notice serves as a final reminder to those whose properties contravened the state’s laws on urban development. “If ...
Read More »Presidency intervenes in the dispute between SON and RMRDC
Fresh facts have emerged that the Presidency has waded into the dispute between the Raw Material, Research and Development Council (RMRDC) and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) over the occupation of the office premises in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.The two agencies have been at loggerheads over the move by RMRDC to reclaim its premises. It was learnt that the Head of ...
Read More »Rivers State Govt. persists on handing over housing development to investors
The Rivers State Govt. on Friday restated its desire to hand over the development of housing estates in some parts of the new city currently undergoing construction to private investors. Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, the Chairman, Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority (GPHCDA) reassured on government’s intention at the signing and hand-over ceremony of Olive Crest Estate site to Afriprops. He said ...
Read More »Edo State government orders illegal occupiers to quit property
Edo State government has given illegal occupiers of its land ten days ultimatum to quit or forfeit their property. The Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele who read the riot act stated this at the premises of Benin Technical College, Benin City, where several portions of the state’s land have been taken over by businessmen and private ...
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