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33 months unpaid rent threatens war against oil bunkering

33 months unpaid rent threatens war against oil bunkering

By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The war against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta may be facing an unlikely, yet potent, enemy from a massive backlog of unpaid rent for House boats used to combat illegal bunkering activities and related maritime crimes The  Nigerian Army and three indigenous houseboat contractors in the Niger […]
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Tension as Onitsha land owners move to recover leased school land from govt

Tension as Onitsha land owners move to recover leased school land from govt

The metropolitan city of Onitsha, Anambra State was thrown into frenzy last week as owners of a vast expanse of land known as Ogbo family land and located at Woliwo Layout, Onitsha, measuring about 14.69 acres, served a notice of their intention to reclaim the land from the Anambra State government, as a result of the expiration of a 60-year old lease agreement.

IRONY OF A FLOATING SCHOOL: Banned in Nigeria, nominated for award in London

IRONY OF A FLOATING SCHOOL: Banned in Nigeria, nominated for award in London

RESIDENTS of Makoko-Iwaya Community have appealed to the Lagos state government to revoke its order and allow the Makoko floating school, a three-storey wooden structure commence academic activities.
This came as the floating school received nomination for the Designs of the Year 2014 award, an award which is overseen by London’s Design Museum

Lagos set to pull down buildings to avert flooding 

Lagos set to pull down buildings to avert flooding 

Lagos State Government, as part of 2014 pre-raining season measure against flooding, late last month, ordered the immediate stoppage of further construction of structures by a developer at Osborne foreshore, Ikoyi area for encroaching on limitation area as well as violation of the state’s environmental law.