Professionals in the nation’s housing and construction sub-sector have tasked the federal government to stand strong and tackle the challenges posed by inadequate housing. They noted recently in Lagos that vibrant government policies in the secto...
The Lagos State Government has said it would require N109 billion to fix roads in Ikeja, the state capital and its environs to facilitate free vehicular movement. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said this at the end of an...
Following criticisms from political opponents that the Fashola government was only concerned about developing roads in highbrow areas, the administration has mobilised contractors to fix inner roads in the state . Confirming the present change of polic...
A regime of internationally acceptable standards adopted for construction works is to be observed and implemented by all contractors working with the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure. According to the Commissioner for Works and Infrastr...
World Bank has expressed its readiness to work in close relations with the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) as a way of assisting the federal government in the housing reform agenda. In a roundtable session with top executives of R...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) is set to enforce compulsory insurance under the Market Development and Restructuring Initiative (MDRI) in September. The Director, Research, Statistics and Information Technology (R,S&IT) of the commissio...
Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc recorded a 14.65 per cent growth in gross premium for the financial year ended December 31, 2010. According to the financial results announced by the management at its 42nd Annual General Meeting in Lagos, the company r...
Continental Reinsurance Plc has posted a 36 per cent decline in profit after tax during second quarter ended June 30, 2011. In filings from the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE), the unaudited result for the second quarter showed a profit after tax of N540....
Nigeria and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel's father has been kidnapped , according to his management. Michael Obi has not been seen or heard from since he failed to return home from work on Friday in Jos, Plateau State. "John Obi Mikel's fath...
Presidency has finally given approval for the payment of housing allowance to all registered ex-militants that have passed through the Amnesty non violence training programme in Obubra, Cross River.This was disclosed in Obubra, Cross River State by the...
Hypertension has killed lots of Nigerian over theyears, both adults and young people. But how can it be treated? A family health physician, Dr. Sunny Ekwunife was of the view that high blood pressure is poorly diagnosed by doctors. According to him, th...
Three years ago, precisely on August 14, 2008, 11.00am, Nigerian government handed over Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroon following a ruling by the the International Court of Justice at the Hague, The Netherlands. The victims of that singular action have ...
Malvina Longpet gained instant fame on the last edition of the reality TV show, Big Brother, after making the final seven in the house. BOBOYE ONDUKU, tells the full story of a day’s encounter with this new celebrity. 9:57 am After putting a call...
Ishaka Bawa is the chief whip of the House of Representatives. In this interview with TORDUE SALEM, the Taraba State-born lawmaker, who represents Wukari/Ibi federal constituency, speaks on the revocation of licenses of banks by the CBN, the call by fo...
Following the death of nollywood icon, sam loco-efe, the Kaduna state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has commiserated with the Edo State government and the family of the star. He described his demise as “untimely”. The governor, in a sta...