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5 Feb
Elite Pillar International Limited, a startup real estate development company, has taken a significant step towards delivering on its promise to clients, with the allocation of plots to clients who have completed all payments at its flagship project, Heritage Garden City, located in Agbowa, Ikorodu. The allocation ceremony, which took place on February 1st, marked…
3 Feb
US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly
18 Jan
Cross River State Government has officially handed over 31 hectares of land at Adiabo, Calabar to Family Home Fund to construct a women's housing scheme. The housing scheme is a Federal Government initiative known as the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to empower the widows and vulnerable women in Cross River State. Under…
6 Jan
For the first time, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) parties have decided to encourage the sustainable management, restoration and conservation of rangelands — vast ecosystems used for grazing — ahead of COP17, to be hosted by Mongolia next year.
1 Dec
Badan Enterprises Ltd, owner of 500 acres of land, has dragged Dangote Sugar Company, the Nasarawa State government, and Awe Local Government Area to court over non-payment of compensation for land ceded to Dangote Sugar Company. Black Peak Chamber, counsel to the plaintiff in the suit at the State High Court, disclosed that the plaintiff…
26 Oct
The Kaduna Governor Uba Sani has bagged an Igbo chieftaincy title just as he allocated a large expanse of land for the building of a Spare Parts Market in the state. He also donated a bus to the Igbo community, commending them for keeping the peace, especially for their refusal to join the recent nationwide…
10 Oct
A major ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibom State, Ekid Development Union (EDU) has urged Governor Umo Eno to compel Ibeno Local Government, the State Ministry of Lands and security agencies to obey his March 1st, 2024 order forbidding any further development on its land at Odoro Okuku within Akoiyak, better known as Stubbs Creek Forest.…
5 Oct
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a warning to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for plots of land owned by high-profile individuals and corporations in Abuja if they fail to settle outstanding payments. In a notice released on Friday, the FCTA specifically targeted landowners in the Maitama district of Abuja,…
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it has disbursed about N35 billion to 261,000 students in the country. The Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, stated this at a sensitisation programme for Edo students at the Edo University Iyamoh on Thursday. "So far in Nigeria, we have disbursed over N22 billion in institutional…
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Bolivia will strip bureaucrats of their lunch break, reduce in-person schooling and slash use of the public car fleet to alleviate a crippling fuel shortage, President Luis Arce has announced. Arce unveiled the plan to deal with a problem that has brought people out on the streets for months against his government, setting up roadblocks…
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Veteran actor Chinedu Ikedieze, widely recognised by his stage name Aki, recently opened up about his experiences with childhood bullying, which significantly affected his self-esteem and self-worth due to a medical condition he has lived with. Best known for his role in the iconic late 1990s film Aki na Ukwa, Chinedu revealed that the harsh…
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Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a "new history" for his country on Thursday, signing into force a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. The declaration comes three months after Islamist-led rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's repressive government, leading to calls for an…
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A US judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired as part of Donald Trump's push to slash the size and scope of government. The ruling is the latest judicial setback for the administration, coming on the heels of a string of legal defeats that nevertheless seem not to…
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Spain, which is nearing the end of a years-long drought, can expect such dry spells to become increasingly "frequent and severe" due to global warming, according to a scientific report published Thursday. The Mediterranean country has long faced "semi-permanent water stress" due to its geographic location, said the report by climate and oceanography experts from…
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A London court on Thursday sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison for stabbing to death a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a row over a teddy bear. Hassan Sentamu, 18, was ordered to spend a minimum of 23 years in jail for knifing to death Elianne Andam in Croydon, south London, on her way to…
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Qatar has begun funding gas supplies to Syria from Jordan, state media in the Gulf state reported Thursday, as Damascus's new leadership seeks economic relief for the war-torn country. "Qatar has started today providing... natural gas supplies to the Syrian Arab Republic through the territories of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," the official QNA news…
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British police investigating the hospital where serial killer Lucy Letby was found to have murdered seven babies said Thursday that the probe had widened to include staff suspected of gross negligence manslaughter. Cheshire Police launched a corporate manslaughter probe into the Countess of Chester Hospital in north west England following Letby's convictions in 2023. "This…
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The International Monetary Fund on Thursday welcomed the new Lebanese government's request for support in addressing severe economic challenges. Lebanon in January elected a new president after a more than two-year vacuum, and then formed a government led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. In February the IMF said it was open to a new loan…