NHP
13 Aug
The Federal Government has given the first batch allottees of the National Housing program (NHP), eight weeks to complete their payments or forfeit their allocations. Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. In the statement signed by Mr. Salisu Haiba, Director, Press…
8 Jan
Industry experts are worried that the Federal Government’s provision for the sector in the 2024 budget may not meet the huge housing demand by prospective home owners and subscribers.
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In the historic kingdom of Foumban, a nearly 600-year-old ritual puts the reigning monarch on public trial for his governance, uniting crowds in a rare spectacle of tradition, accountability, and cultural pride. Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of…
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A technical team from the Republic of South Korea has completed the installation of modern rice processing mills in Bayelsa State, in furtherance of the bilateral relationship between both parties. The installation of the state-of-the-art mills, with a capacity to process 40 metric tonnes of rice paddies per day, was completed at the state-owned School-to-Land…
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An Anglican cleric has been abducted along with his wife and children by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the Akoko axis of the northern senatorial district of Ondo State. The cleric, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, was kidnapped with his family while in transit along the Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in the Akoko North-East Local Council Area…
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The management of the University of Benin has ordered immediate online clearance for newly admitted students for the 2024/2025 academic session. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, said this in a statement on Saturday in Benin. She said the exercise was expected to be concluded on Jan. 15, 2025. Ehanire said the directive…
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For about a month running, JC Best International School, Life Camp, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has become a destination of a sort as visual art enthusiasts converge daily to watch Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke engage in a creative endeavour of the moment. A 15-year-old Nigerian artist, popularly known as Kanye and a student of JC Best School,…
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The member representing Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo (Ohanivo) Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon Kama Nkemkanma, during the weekend, pleaded with traditional rulers not to allow our cultural heritage to die. Kama made the plead during the second edition of "Ohanivo Unity Carnival" event held at Central School Egunkwo Onicha Igbeze in Onicha local…
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Imo State Police Command has said it has impounded over 600 motorcycles and arrested 300 operators, some of them popularly known as Okada riders, in a bid to curb the rate of crime in the State. Addressing newsmen while inspecting the impounded motorcycles at the Command's headquarters in Owerri on Saturday, the Police Commissioner, Aboki…