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PM News reports that the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Martin Cobham, has called for more Nigerian investments in that country, to enhance the balance of trade between the two countries. Cobham said in Pretoria on Monday that the Federal Government should use the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission to open up avenues for more of such investments. “Nigeria ...

“Following controversy generated by the proposed Cross River Super highway project, the federal authorities have given the State government 23 conditions to fulfill before embarking on the project.”- The Guardian Among the conditions are that Cross River State Government (CRSG) ensure that the updated maps in the new EIA must show the “re-routed road corridor cognisance of the boundary of Cross ...

“The Kwara State Government imposes curfew on Iloffa and Odo Owa communities in Oke-Ero local council of the state.”- The Guardian The curfew, which took immediate effect, followed outbreak of hostilities between both communities. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Isiaka Sola Gold said human and vehicular traffic are not allowed in the affected areas during ...

“To stop the proliferation of quacks and poor environmental management, the National Assembly committee on Environment and Habitat has moved to infuse discipline in environmental practice by practitioners.” – The Guardian The lawmakers in partnership with Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) and Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMASON) are promoting the Institute of Environmental Practitioners of Nigeria (IEPN) as a means ...

“The Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Plc (NMRC) was amongst the 800 participants consisting of government and business leaders that attended the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) U.S. and Africa Business Summit hosted in Washington DC .”- Guardian As the leading U.S. business association solely focused on the U.S. and Africa trade and investment, the sessions at CCA’s biennial signature event – the ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday launched Cleaner Lagos Initiative, CLI and the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, to tackle the problem of environmental nuisance in Lagos. At the launch which held at the Agege Stadium, Agege area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Ambode said the CLI was billed to take the State into the desired future as far as ...

“Not less than 220 houses and property worth millions of naira were destroyed by windstorm in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa, according to an official. The official, Sulaiman Doro, Information Officer at the Local Government Council, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Thursday that the windstorm occurred on June 27. He said that the windstorm blew ...

“MD/CEO of Homes and Homes Real Estate Solution Limited, Dr. Ikem Ume-Ezeoke, is one of the leading names in the real estate industry. In this interview with journalists in Lagos, Ume-Ezeoke who established his firm in 2004 believes that housing deficit will be reduced drastically if the federal government provides cheap land and long term mortgage through Primary Mortgage Institutions. ...

“Disturbed by the activities of land racketeers and indiscriminate construction of buildings in Yenagoa and its environs,  Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson has inaugurated a 10-member Land Use and Allocation Committee, with a declaration that henceforth, government will  be responsible for the provision and sale of land to members of the public for private, commercial and industrial purpose”- Nigeria ...

PM News reports that stakeholders on Thursday reached an agreement to take necessary measures in Apapa to ensure commencement of reconstruction of Wharf Road leading to the nation’s major port on July 7. The stakeholders agreed on several issues at a meeting held at the office complex of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing headquarters in Lagos. Those ...