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President Muhammdu Buhari on Wednesday admitted that Nigerian roads are dead and required urgent attention of the Federal Government. The president spoke at a dinner he hosted in honour of senators at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja Wednesday night. The event was also attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; a national leader of the All Progressives ...

Baring any last minute hitch, all is set for the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) to commence the implementation of adhesive stamps policy. According to the board chairman, Elder Williams Odudu, the new policy would take off early 2016, which is expected to follow every report produced by registered estate surveyors and valuers throughout Nigeria. Odudu ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has said the immediate past governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola who is now the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, would fail as a minister, reports The Punch. The party noted that Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who is now the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, is not an achiever. The Publicity ...

“ Unwholesome sanitary habit of open defecation can be extremely inimical to Lagos citizenry as it poses threat to health, wreaks havoc on the environment, leads to epidemic outbreaks and gives room for perilous diseases to thrive.” Those were the words of Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Babatunde Adejare during the commemoration of World Toilet Day in Lagos. He ...

The federal government has lamented loss of N455 billion annually to poor sanitation saying it is equivalent to 1.3 per cent of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP). Permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Rabi Jimeta disclosed this Monday at a national stakeholders’ consultative workshop on draft hygiene promotion strategy and implementation guidelines for Nigeria in Abuja. She ...

The Senate, Today, mandated its Committee on Works to invite the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over the status of Bailey bridges nationwide. Bailey bridges, made from pre-fabricated metal truss, developed and used during the Second World War, were built in Nigeria during pre-independence and post-Civil War era. They were used to provide temporary crossing for foot ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has appealed to the Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to urgently turn his attention to the Port Harcourt-Enugu Express Road, which it said has become a death trap and a disgrace to Nigeria. The party noted that while the importance of power in creating a strong economy ...

The Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N200.3 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2016 fiscal year. He said the budget sum would be judiciously used to execute his administration’s five cardinal programmes, stating further that while education would gulp N40.170billion, representing 20.06 per cent, N14.346billion (7.16per cent) would be spent ...

Mr. Tonye Oliver Braide was on Saturday decorated president of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA). Braide’s investiture came at the close NIA Annual General Assembly and Conference in Abuja. Former NIA presidents led by the immediate past president, Mr. Waheed Niyi Brimmo administered the oath of office on Braide and decorated Braide with the presidential emblem. This resulted in ...

The Ogun State government, on Monday, named the Plainfields Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta and the yet-to-be completed government-owned Model School in Ikenne after the late Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. The estate and the model school named after the late matriarch, are part of the projects embarked upon by the current administration in the state in the past four years. ...