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The Federal Government has made it known that it will adopt a new innovation to tackle oil spillage. The Nation reports that the Minister of Environment, Hajia Amina Mohammed spoke yesterday in Abuja on government’s plan at a workshop on Oil Spill Trajectory Modelling in Maritime Environment. She said the Federal Government would adopt the technology through the National Oil ...

The Delta State Comptroller of Prisons, Mr Sam Iyakoregha, has appealed to the state  government to assist in addressing the deplorable  prison facilities in the state and lack of operational vehicles to convey inmates to court, Vanguard reports. According to Vanguard, Iyakoregha, who is new in the state, made the appeal when he  visited the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, ...

Vanguard reports that Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa State has given road contractors two weeks ultimatum to resume work or refund the money the state government mobilised them with. According to Vanguard, Governor Jibrilla, while speaking to newsmen yesterday in Yola, said his administration would ensure that any contractor, who collected government money, delivered on the job or would be ...

As from January 1, 2017, only those with passes will be granted access into Nigeria’s seaports and airports. The Guardian reports that the Minister for Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, who approved this directive said: “For anybody to gain access to the port, he must have proof of business at the port for that day or be a staff member of the port.” In ...

The Federal Government has revealed plans to invest N30 billion in the establishment of an agro-industrial town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to The Guardian, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said the ministry was working in partnership with Aso Savings and Loans Plc for the development of 15,000 hectares of land in the Kwali ...

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has given an approval for the construction of a power plant in Kaduna State, which is expected to generate 215 megawatts of electricity. According to Vanguard, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, dropped the hints while briefing State House Correspondents alongside his colleagues in the Ministry of Information, Budget and National Planning ...

Reports show that the Nigerian Senate has called for the reintroduction of toll gates on the nation’s highway. According to Vanguard, the Senate mandated its Committee on Works to form a synergy with other relevant stakeholders to brainstorm and come up a holistic policy that would help set up toll gates in Nigeria. The committee is also to come up ...

For those of us who are not yet in tune with the Debo Adejana Real Estate Seminar, the last edition for 2016 is holding in November. As usual, this promises to be educative, insightful and impact-driven. If you don’t have any reason to attend this seminar, the caliber of the speaker of the day at the seminar should make you ...

We’ve seen houses built on trees, hills and even water, but have you heard of a church built in the middle of a lake? Away from the hustle of big cities stands the Church of Andrew the Apostle, built on a tiny island on Lake Vuoksa in Russia. This Orthodox chapel is in the Guinness Book of Records as the ...

Environmental experts have maintained that improper waste disposal and management is causing devastating effects on the climate. They added that environmental pollution and its challenges pose a threat in economic development in Nigeria. According to Vanguard, the experts made this known during the annual International Conference and Conferment of ‘Fellows’ Award’ by the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation ...