Housing provision: Family Homes Fund comes on stream, targets 1,500,000 new jobs
Against the backdrop of the widening housing gap in the country, new partnerships and initiatives supported by the federal and state governments to address the housing shortfall which is a daunting challenge, are being put in place, thereby raising the hope that governments can actually help provide the over 17 million new homes needed across the country in the next 15 years.
University of Lagos holds international conference on land, development
Given the centrality of land to the development of the nation, and its importance to Lagos State in particular, the Research and Innovation Office of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba in partnership with Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development of the university, has concluded plans to hold International Conference on Land and Development.
Menial workers protest non payment
PEEVED by what they described as wickedness, hundreds of menial workers and private security guards who worked at the Stephen Keshi Stadium during the just concluded 21st African Senior Athletics Championship, yesterday stormed the streets of Asaba, the Delta state capital to protest against their unpaid salaries and maltreatment by the Local Organizing Committee, LOC.
Defection: No cover for corrupt politicians — Lai Mohammed
Federal Government said, yesterday, that no amount of defection from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will shield any corrupt politician from investigation and prosecution by anti-graft agencies.
LASG, Fidson harp on good nutrition for educational development
Like the saying, ‘a healthy nation is a wealthy nation,’ Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Fidson Healthcare Plc has stressed the importance of good nutrition among Nigerian school children as a major factor to developing education and guaranteeing better future leaders.
The revolution is already here
MANY years ago, as a member of the Nigerian delegation to the Non-aligned Conference, I engaged a Nigerian vice-president in discussion on Nigerian politics. I cannot recall now the exact subject-matter, but I remember saying at some juncture: “Nigerians won’t stand for that, Sir.” The vice-president became visibly irritated: “What are they going to do?” he asked pointedly. “What can they do about it?”
