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Council tasks government on public rental housing, urban renewal

The government has been called upon once again to cast its eyes more determinedly at the housing sector, especially on mass housing provision for its teeming low-income sector.The council, which made the call, urged the government to invest in a deliberate capacity development drive for professionals, artisans and tradesmen in the built environment as well as revive or set up sustainable vocational training centres in the industry. Delegates that attended the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development advised government to conduct a needs assessment to determine the design of houses required by Nigerians as well as the evolvement of...

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U.S. pledges to help Nigeria diversify economy

The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, says that his country will do everything in its power to help Nigeria diversify from single to multiple resources dominated economy. This is contained in statement from the information Unit, U.S. Department of State, on Thursday in Abuja. Kerry held a meeting with the workers and families of U.S. Embassy in Abuja on Wednesday, where he made the statement. Kerry commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to moving the country forward by dealing with corruption, economic challenges and the challenge of Boko Haram. The secretary noted with concern that Nigeria was a single-resource dominated...

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INAUGURAL SPEECH BY ABUBAKAR BALARABE MAHMOUD, OON SAN, FCIArb, SFNLI ON ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

BUILDING #ABraveNewBar: IT CAN NO LONGER BE BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NIGERIA INAUGURAL SPEECH BY ABUBAKAR BALARABE MAHMOUD, OON SAN, FCIArb, SFNLI ON ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION @ THE ALFRED DIETE SPIFF CIVIC CENTRE PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – NIGERIA FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016 BUILDING #ABRAVENEWBAR: IT IS BUSINESS UNUSUAL FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NIGERIA - INAUGURAL SPEECH BY ABUBAKAR BALARABE MAHMOUD, OON SAN, FCIArb, SFNLI; ON ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016 PROTOCOLS Your Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Your Excellency President Augustine Oyarekhua Aleghe, SAN President OCJ Okocha,...

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