Category: Housing/Construction
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Lagos building collapse leaves one dead, 6 rescued
A child lost his life on Saturday when a three-storey building collapsed at Freeman Street, in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. While search and rescue operation is still being conducted by emergency responders, six victims were said to have been rescued alive from the rubble of the collapsed building. THE PUNCH gathered that…
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Iluke-Abugi-Eggan Road Project attracted by Sen. Adeyemi not Dino Melaye — Hamza Uba
A member of Senator Smart Adeyemi media team, Hamza Uba has dispelled insinuations that the Iluke-Abugi-Eggan Road Project recently approved by the federal government was attracted by the former senator for Kogi West, Dino Melaye. Uba expressed regret that one Mr. Richard Akanmode has been at the forefront of misinforming the public into believing that…
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Sen. Adeyemi commends Buhari, Fashola over award of Iluke to Kupa road project
The senator representing Kogi West, Sen. Smart Adeyemi has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over the award of Iluke to Kupa road construction project. Sen. Adeyemi who observed that he had earlier sent an SOS message to the minister on the state of the roads…
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Suspected gunmen demolish apartments after invading Nigeria Embassy in Ghana
Some yet-to-be-identified armed men broke into the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana, on Friday, destroying some apartments under construction. TheCable reports that the affected buildings were being constructed to house staff and visitors. A Ghanaian businessman had accused the commission of encroaching on his land. He was said to have visited the property penultimate…
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56 illegal structures in Ikoyi, Banana Island sealed
The Lagos State Government has asked 56 property owners sealed in Ikoyi and on Banana Island axis to produce their building plan permits and evidence of stage certification. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, said this in a statement released to newsmen by Mr Mukaila Sanusi, the spokesman of the…
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NYCN President unveils Youth House in Abuja, extends olive branch to aggrieved members
The President National Youth Council of Nigeria, Comrade Solomon Adodo has appealed to members of the Council who are aggrieved following his emergence as the leader of body of all youths in Nigeria to return to what he called Unity Table to move the council forward. While stating that all issues in the council have…
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Review ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon, Ayade charges Buhari
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his campaign promise of reviewing the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon. The Governor while insisting that Nigeria has unfinished business with Bakassi on Sunday maintained that the ceding of the territory did not follow any known law in the country’s and amounts…
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CAN Bemoans Demolition of Christian Corpers’ Lodge in Kebbi
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kebbi State chapter, has condemned in strong terms the demolition of the corpers’ lodge of a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Kalgo town, headquarters of Kalgo Local Government area of the state. A three-page petition letter addressed to the Director of the Department of State…
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Environment: Nigeria’s disasters management system is faulty, requires urgent legislation… Expert
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