CONTRACTORS and all persons engaged in building activities must comply with safety standards required in construction sites set by regulators of the industry. A “Person” according to the LSURPDA Act 2010 means “an applicant for or holder of development permits under this Law and includes for the avoidance of doubt, an owner, his servant or agent, consultants, an independent contractor or a builder or a corporate or an unincorporated body registered under the relevant Acts.” In other words, all stakeholders in the building sector are required to comply with these standards.

IN its effort to make housesavailable and at affordable cost, to all strata of the society, Pertinence Limited, a Lagos-based real estate development company and owners of ABC Gardens and VIP Gardens, weekend, held its 13th edition of promo launch in Lekki to give opportunity to prospective home owners to get free plots of land and other star prizes.

AGAINST the backdrop of the need for sustainable infrastructure to drive development, and the fact that infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, etc., are necessary for socio-economic growth of any nation or state, Edo State Government is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure development of sustainable infrastructure in the state.

PRIVATE Sector Participation (PSP), refuse operators under the aegis of Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAM), last week decried the deplorable state of dump sites at Olusosun, Ojota and Solous, Igando, Lagos, calling on the Lagos State Government to do something fast about the dump sites, as a lack of accessibility into the sites to dump refuse, is crippling their waste collection business.

PATTI Boulaye evokes nostalgia! She is best remembered for starring in television commercials as the highly visible face of Lux Beauty Soap in Nigeria – for a record twenty-nine years. Prior to Lux commercials, Patti had dazzled generations of movie goers with her exotic beauty in the 1977 Nigerian film, “Bisi, Daughter of The River.”

Dufil Prima Foods and Multipio Consumer Care Products Limited is treating customers to meals of tasty and nutritious Indomie noodles, and also unveiled the tallest female statue—8.5 feet—  at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair.

THE medical team currently offering free outreach service in Kebbi State has so far treated about 6,000 patients suffering from different kinds of diseases.

Kogi State government has commissioned its Geographic Information System, KOGIS, to bequeath to the state a secured land management system that can process, analyse, store and retrieve land data electronically.

With available statistics showing that young girls are disproportionately affected when it comes to HIV, Safe Love International has launched a campaign tagged: “No Sugar Daddy, Bright Future” to save 1 million Nigerian teenagers from new HIV infections and unwanted pregnancy.

VICE  President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said delay in the budget approval process was one of the main causes that deepened recession in the country.