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The concept of sustainability and affordability needs to be adequately explained in the government's policy formation to realistically achieve efficient housing production delivery, according to a senior member of faculty at Covenant University, Professor Olabosipo Fagbenle. He made the assertion amongst others on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the 24th Inaugural Lecture of the University titled "Affordable and Sustainable Housing: A Practical Approach to Total Building Construction". "Despite its importance as a fundamental necessity, accommodation has been in short supply in nearly all communities across history.  The situation is particularly dire in developing nations, where urbanization and population growth are accelerating, and the gap between housing demand and supply is widening," said the inaugural lecturer. With the estimated increase of the current average global population being about 81 million people per year, he said that there was a need to provide s...

In fulfilling one of the key campaign promises by the Olusola Egbesola-led executive council, the Odole of Yorubaland, Chief Kessington Adebutu (aka Baba Ijebu) has begun the construction of 1000 seater hall for Abeokuta Sports Club 1904. Egbesola emerged as the President Abeokuta Sports Club 1904 during an election, which held on May 7, 2021. Egbesola, a successful businessman, entrepreneur and technocrat, has proven that his tenure would witness a massive turnaround in the club. The foundation of the project has since commenced after necessary approvals were obtained from the relevant agencies. The Ijebu, Ogun State-born Kessington, notable as a philanthropist and successful businessman, had promised to be part of the success story of Egbesola-led exco of the club. With the project, it is certain that Egbesola and his team would not only consolidate on the achievements of the past administrations, they would also pursue innovative landmark projects. In appreciating Baba Ijebu for the...

Billionaire international lawyer, politician and a philanthropist, Hon. Ned Nwoko has demanded a retraction of a story written against him by an online media, Premium Times that he is a land grabber and demanded a payment of N10 Billion as compensation by the media house. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of Premium Times by his lawyers, Rolls Law Firm, dated May 17, 2021 and signed by Onyeka Nwokolo Esq. The letter is entitled; "Demand For Retraction of the Libellous Publication In Your Online News Media, Premium Times Against Hon. Ned Nwoko And An Apology In Two National Dailies And Payment Of Damages For The Publication Of the Libel." It was stated in the letter that "our attention has been drawn by several people, including members of his family, friends, business associates and co-politicians amongst other well-meaning Nigerians to series of your false publications in your news media, where you maliciously with intent to bring our cli...

The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr David O. Oyedepo, has urged the new graduates of the University to get out of their nest to guard against the destruction of their colourful future. He advised them to honour their parents for their unfathomable investments in providing quality education through their hard work and sacrifices. Dr Oyedepo, who tasked the graduands to strive to do their parents proud by taking full responsibility for the future they desired to live in, gave the warning on Friday, May 21, 2021, at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of Covenant University held at the University Chapel in Ota, Ogun State. While delivering his address titled ‘A Wake-up Call to a Generation on the Wrong Side of History, the Chancellor lamented what he described as a “playboy generation”, where young people consumed a lot of garbage through the social media platform. He stated that Cybercrime had been increasing globally, as many youths hated the word “Work”. Ac...

The Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr Folorunsho Coker, has said that he will use his fresh mandate to accelerate the growth of domestic tourism. Coker made the statement in Abuja on Sunday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on his reappointment last week as the Director-General of the NTDC by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that his immediate desire was to hasten tourism growth and foster socio-economic development of Nigeria, using the tourism value-chain. Coker described his reappointment as another opportunity to collaborate with critical stakeholders in the tourism sector to deepen growth, using domestic tourism as catalyst. Coker, 55, was first appointed to the position in March 2017. He said that domestic tourism needed to be used to accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s creative sector to galvanise economic growth across other sectors, including agriculture and manufacturing. “My agenda is to drive the mission and vis...

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has concluded plans to explore Lagos Creative Communities on Google Arts & Culture in five different ways. The project tagged; 'Eko for Show', is in partnership with Google Arts & Culture towards celebrating Lagos and its creative communities. The Director General of NTDC, Mr. Folorunsho Coker, who made the revelation in an interaction with the media, said that Lagos is one of Africa’s fastest growing cities and that its creative scene is taking the world by storm.  Coker noted that with over 25 million people, the city’s creative scene is fueled by a young generation of talented individuals and communities spanning music, art, photography, fashion, theatre, literature and food.  The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, he said is committed to fueling Nigeria’s economy by supporting creativity, youth and entrepreneurs. "Since 2020, we have collaborated with Google Arts & Culture on a program to shine ligh...

Some lawyers and civil society activists have commended states, including Lagos, that have passed laws to fight corruption. They believe that the recently passed laws would help foster transparency in government. The Lagos State House of Assembly recently passed a bill titled: 'Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law’, which has been assented to by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Some of those who spoke about the bill, also commended the state for being proactive noting that positive steps so far taken by successive governments in the state have succeeded in putting it above others in the federation. They argued that the setting up of the anti-corruption law is not the exclusive preserve of the federal government since it is not an item on the exclusive or the concurrent lists in the constitution. They also argued that since states have the powers to generate revenue and establish policies on taxation, they should also have the powers to regulate how the reven...