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The Rivers State Government has renamed the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, as the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, in honour of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. The 30,000 capacity stadium which has been serving as home ground for Nigeria Premier League side, Dolphins FC, for over two decades has also hosted matches involving the various national teams including the ...

An Ado-Ekiti High Court has restrained the Ekiti State government and its Housing Corporation from ejecting the embattled residents of Irewolede Estate, pending its ruling on December 9. Governor Ayo Fayose served a notice to eject those who fail to complete their mortgages  by November 30. The defaulters were to be ejected from yesterday. Those ejected on August 5 were ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in South Africa, Thursday to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) taking place in Johannesburg, December 4-5. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, said the President Buhari would at the forum follow up on his meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which took place on the ...

The National Emergency Management Agency says over 410 births and 187 marriages were recorded at Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Borno and Adamawa in August and September. This is contained in a statement issued by NEMA and made available on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement quoted Muhammad Sani-Sidi, the Director-General of NEMA, as disclosing this when members of “Bring Back ...

As part of the events to mark their 10th anniversary, the Association of Consulting Architects in Nigeria (ACA Nigeria), the professional body which represents consultant architects in private practice will next Wednesday launch a book titled: “The Architecture in Nigeria.” Speaking at a media briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, the President, ACA- Nigeria, Mr. Omotayo Babalakin, explained that the book ...

The Nigerian Army said it would invest in the Obudu Ranch Resort and turn it into a profitable world-class facility. The managing director of the Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Umaru Mohammed (rtd), said this in Calabar, Cross River State, on Tuesday. Mr. Mohammed, who spoke shortly after he met with the state governor, Ben Ayade, said the investment would involve ...

Towards reducing the nation’s housing deficit estimated at 17 million units, Trust Bond Mortgage Bank Plc has announced plans to engage in affordable home financing in all parts of the country, and offer of innovative products that would cater for different needs of the populace. The company will also ensure compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements and improve its profitability ...

After visiting some communities that are plagued by erosion in Anambra state, World Bank has charged residents to adopt and imbibe as a way of life all the erosion control measures taught them by the group’s field officers and other partners agencies. World Bank’s Task Team Leader (TTL), Dr Amos Abu, who visited some areas on sensitization mission, noted that ...

“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening public peace or face the full weight of the law. The warning followed the observation by the Nigeria Police Force leadership of the increasing resort to acts of brigandage by sets of misguided individuals who apparently are hiding under the ...

Some suspected thugs who claimed to be working for the Edo State Ministry of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday demolished a church building housing the Excellent Flow of Christ Church. Eye witnesses said the thugs came to the church at about 9:00am in a Hilux van and Mitsubishi bus and started using hammer to destroy the building. They claimed ...