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According to Vanguard, the Oyo State House of Assembly has frowned at the indiscriminate construction of fuel stations in hazardous locations across the state. Vanguard reports that this followed a motion by Mr Segun Ajanaku (APC-Ibadan South West II) during the plenary session on Tuesday in Ibadan. Ajanaku, who is the Chairman House Committee on Parliamentary Matters, said that the ...

In a bid to address the severe shortage of skilled manpower within the construction industry, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) has partnered with an Abuja-based firm Construction Skills Training and Employment Services (C-STEMPS) to train artisans. The Guardian reports that DFID’s Communications Adviser, Halimat Alawiye told journalists in Abuja that the organisation has secured the approval and recognition ...

Nigerians have been urged to increase the use of clean cooking energy, to protect the environment from the negative effects of global warming. According to The Guardian, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki expressed this while hosting the members of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cook stoves who paid him a courtesy call. Saraki noted that apart from saving lives, the use of ...

The  2016 Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) conference will focus on a range of housing and infrastructural developmental issues especially, the shortage of skilled artisans. The Guardian reports that the two- day event tagged: Festac 2016 with the theme: Vocational Training: Bedrock for Nigerian Housing and Infrastructural Development”, will be chaired by the Lagos State Commissioner of Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, with the President ...

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, yesterday, made it known that the Federal Government would put forward the sum of N6,866,335,052,740 as budget for 2017. According to The Guardian, the Minister told members of the Senate Committee on Finance, led by its chairman, John Owan Enoh (PDP, Cross River Central), that government would present the figure because it spends over ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has requested the support of the Federal Government, corporate organisations and well-meaning individuals to tackle the devastations flood, erosion and herdsmen’s attacks have caused across the state. According to New Telegraph, the governor made the call yesterday when a delegation of the Indices and Disbursement Committee of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, led by its Chairman, ...

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bello, on Monday, told herdsmen in the FCT to move their cattle out of Abuja, saying animals and humans should not be allowed to co-habit in the city’s centre. In a release made available to National Mirror by Deputy Director/Chief Press Secretary in FCT Administration, Muhammad Sule, the minister said the decision ...

Due to the rate of building collapse in the country, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has vowed to sanction erring engineering firms and personnel. The Nation reports that a statement by the Registrar, Kamila Maliki, after its 151st council meeting, said: “Considering the report of the Regulation and Control Committee, the council noted the alarming rate ...

Reports show that Niger State government has called on the Federal Government to repair damaged federal roads in the state. Vanguard reports that Niger State government has raised an alarm over the poor state of federal roads in the state. It called for their immediate repairs to save the lives of commuters, who die daily on the roads. The roads ...

The Tropical Wood Exporters Association of Nigerian (TWEAN) in conjunction with thirteen state governments, have commenced moves to regenerate Nigeria’s forests. Vanguard reports that the exporters have adopted a policy of planting seven trees for every tree that is cut, which is higher that the federal government policy of plating two trees for every tree that is. According to Vanguard, TWEAN ...