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As Nigeria’s housing gap, estimated at beyond 28 million units, continues to grow, one of the country’s leading developers, Bilaad Realty, says it is determined to keep tackling the challenge through innovation, sustainability, and smarter building solutions. Speaking in Abuja as he assumed the firm’s leadership, the new chief executive officer, Dr. Emmanuel B. Usman, […]
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Dr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has underscored the transformative potential of Nigeria’s vast gas reserves in powering the nation’s railway sector, particularly the 4,000 km, 350 km/h high-speed rail network poised to revolutionise connectivity and drive industrial growth across Nigeria and Africa. He stated this on Tuesday in an address at […]
Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to prevail on the state’s Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Rural Development to develop a framework for independent financing of local government legislatures. The Assembly also asked the governor to support council autonomy and ensure capacity-building training for councillors on financial management. […]
The organisers have announced that the Ekiti State governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Marketing Edge Annual National Marketing Summit and Brands & Advertising Excellence Awards, otherwise known as EDGE Awards, on Friday, September 26th, 2025, in Lagos State. Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, played the same role in 2021 […]
A branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Broad Street, Lagos Island, was engulfed by fire on Tuesday, sending panic across the busy commercial district as staff and customers scrambled to safety. Trending videos that surfaced online showed frightened bank workers attempting to escape through windows, with some seen jumping from the storey building […]
Global Clean energy investment is projected to capture about $2.2 trillion, which doubles the $1.1 trillion allocated to oil, gas and coal, even as Africa continues to drag in clean energy investment. Overall, global energy investments are projected to reach $3.3 trillion in 2025, according to the ‘World Energy Investment 2025’ report published this September […]
The acting Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Dr. Kevin Okonna, on Tuesday, said the Academy has commenced the procurement process for the purchase of two brand new simulators in order to meet industry requirements. This was disclosed at the press briefing on the current state of the Academy and facts about […]
Sheikh Ahmad Olagoke Aladesawe, the Chief Imam of Owo and chairman of the Ondo State League of Imams and Alfas, has passed away. Aladesawe, the secretary-general of the League of Imams and Alfas of Yoruba Land, Edo, and Delta States, died on Monday evening at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, at 91. He was […]
There was confusion in Lagos Island yesterday as a six-storey building on Afriland Tower, Broad Street, Lagos, where a branch of the United Bank for Africa is located, went up in flames. Several United Bank for Africa (UBA) workers and other occupants of the building were seen in a viral video escaping through a ladder […]
Plans are ongoing to boost rice production in Nigeria and make it affordable for consumers. The chairman, Niger Foods, Engr. Sammy Adigun, who disclosed this to newsmen in Osogbo, explained that a detailed strategy is already being worked out to achieve abundant production. According to him, the trio of Dangote Group, Niger Foods and Africa […]