Lagos targets construction of 1,032 flats; inaugurates home ownership board
In the next two years, Lagos is expected to witness series of housing estates that would boost the housing needs of the state both in the metropolis and the suburb.
Of oil thieves and clueless governance
This report takes a critical look at Nigeria’s crude oil production and how a whopping 150,000 bpd remains the exclusive preserve of organised oil thieves while the government seems to be at a loss with strategic ways of nipping this nefarious act of economic sabotage in the bud.…
Ondo govt accuses PDP chieftain of smear campaign
AKURE—The Ondo State Government has said that it has uncovered an attempt by a governorship hopeful in the forthcoming election in the state to discredit the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
Northern govs’ wives wade into Boko Haram crisis
Wives of the 19 Northern Governors’ Forum, WNGF, have pledged to wade into the Boko Haram adherents bomb attack on several parts of the North with a view to seeking lasting solution to the killing of innocent Nigerians.
To stem buildings collapse, COREN collates engineers’ data, building projects
Determined to stem the rising occurrence of collapse buildings in the country and at the same time rid the built environment of quack engineers, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has began the collation of data of all registered engineers and the building projects they supervise at any point in time.
Oncologist seeks better fortunes for cancer management in Nigeria
IN accordance with the promotion of adequate cancer diagnosis and treatment, the former Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr Samuel Eyesan, has called for the establishment of a reliable National cancer registry and at least two designated cancer centres in the country.
UPDC flags off construction of 90-unit Vintage Gardens in Port-Harcourt
The housing profile of Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital was boosted last week when foremost property development company, Messrs UACN Property Development Company UPDC Plc, flagged off the construction of a 90-unit luxury estate named Vintage Gardens.
Eaglets ready to soar – Amuneke
Golden Eaglets’ assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has said that the team would be ready to take on Niger Republic in the first round fixture of the 10th African Under17 Championship to be held in Morocco in 2013.
Local content will impact other sectors – NCDMB boss
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Mr. Ernest Nwapa, said that the effects of the Federal government’s local content mandate was already being felt in other sectors of the economy.
‘Nature holds key to cancer cure, prevention’
A PRACTITIONER of Complementary Alternative Medicine, CAM, Dr. Isaac Ayodele has declared that, naturally, cancer is not the death sentence it has been made out to be because the key to cancer treatment and cure lies within nature itself.
The Koluama disaster
Even from the oil company-owned helicopter which circled over the village of Koluama nestling by the Atlantic Ocean, the desolation of the entire land was palpable. And from the air one could see what might appear like a miracle of Biblical proportions: a burning sea.
