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Natives of the Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately arrest the former Minister of FCT, Bala Mohammed, and top officials of the Abuja Geographic Information System, AGIS, and Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, over the Senate’s revelations that they illegally allocated land to their cronies in green areas within Maitama district extension ...

News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 1,500 women gave birth in 28 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno in 2015, the State Primary Health Care Management Board said on Sunday in Maiduguri. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Sule Mene, told NAN that the deliveries were recorded between January 2015 and January 2016. The women are ...

The Borno Government says it will offer nursery and primary school scholarships to 23,000 orphans taking refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. Ahmed Satomi, the Chairman, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, disclosed this on Sunday in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Mr. Satomi said the gesture was aimed at catering for ...

The governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday, appealed to the federal government to fulfill its commitment to the MKO Abiola International Airport, by making available its counterpart funds for the project. This is even as the minister for Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, promised that having seen the level of work at the Osun Airport, he would brief ...

The biggest review into the housing market in more than a decade is being launched, as home ownership languishes at the lowest rate for nearly three decades, the Telegraph reports. The Redfern Review is being led by Pete Redfern, chief executive of house builder Taylor Wimpey, and is being backed by John Healey MP, the shadow housing minister. The review ...

Google has officially announced that it will be bringing gigabit internet to public housing properties in all cities that offer Google Fiber — for free. The company is started Wednesday with a property called West Bluff in Kansas City, its first-ever Fiber market. “We’ve wired all 100 homes with Fiber, and families can sign up today to access the Internet ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Millard Fuller Foundation (MFF), Mr. Sam Odia has appealed to the federal government to embrace the provision of affordable housing to Nigerians as part of its national priority programmes as enshrined in the constitution and United Nations Charter on Human Right. MFF is a faith-based organization which promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships aimed at providing ...

Jacob Zuma, has proposed to partly pay for controversial state-funded improvements to his rural home. Mr. Zuma’s office said in a statement on Wednesday in Johannesburg that it was left for the auditor-general and finance minister to determine how much money he was liable to pay. Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, said in a 2014 report that Mr. Zuma had “benefited ...

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was yesterday razed down by fire. Premium Times reports that the fire was caused by bush burning in the area, which later spread to the nearby INEC office. Witnesses said the fire was beyond control as it occurred at a distant location, far ...

Further hearing in a suit filed by Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, against Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) and seven others was stalled on Tuesday. At the resumed hearing of the suit before a Lagos High Court, Bianca’s lawyer, Nick Omeje, prayed the court for an adjournment to enable him amend the claimant’s originating ...