Experts explore arbitration as alternative dispute resolution in construction industry
Against the backdrop of several litigations which hamper the speedy execution of construction contracts in Nigeria, built environment last week, canvassed the use of arbitration as an alternative means of resolving disputes in the construction industry. The experts who brainstormed at the 5th Building & Construction Economic Round Table, BCERT 5, organised by the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria, QSRBN in Abuja, made a strong case for arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution because it provides for technical matters to be handled by those with the requisite technical knowledge of the subject matter of the dispute.
Ibeju-Lekki community protest at Assembly over land
Lagos—Residents of Labora Owode in Ibeju- Lekki yesterday staged a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly, asking the lawmakers to save them from hoodlums who had taken over their land.
Religious extremism and global genocide
ISLAMIC scholars in their various dissertations agree that “Islamic Fundamentalism” connotes the universal absolutisation of Islamic doctrines as propounded and entrenched in the Koran as a format for governance. A form of Muslim theocracy based on Mohammedanism, Sharia and traces of Uthman Dan Fodio’s Jihad.
Delta APC carpets Okowa over N636bn burden
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has accused the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of playing to the gallery and being disingenuous in his lamentation over the huge debt of N636 billion he inherited from his predecessor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan.
Edo 2016: Guber choice’ll be based on personality, not political party – Owie
FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has said that the 2016 governorship election in Edo State will be based on personality of the candidate and not the political party.
Explosions rock Agip facility in Rivers
Two explosions have rocked a facility belonging to Agip oil company in Ebocha community, Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
