Francesca Odimgbe Two firms LandWey and Zenith Construction Ltd have signed an infrastructure partnership marking the start of the implementation of the US$ 142M Lagos infrastructure project. During the recently held Isimi 2030 Symposium, LandWey Investment a leading real estate investment firm, announced the Masterplan for Isimi Lagos city, Nigeria’s first Wellness & Lifestyle city in Lagos. On the sidelines of the symposium, which was held at the LandWey headquarters the firms endorsed the infrastructure partnership for the implementation of the US$ 142M infrastructure project. Isimi Lagos will be developed on a total of 305 acres piece of land situated…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
Yemisi Izuora Low income families are major targets of the Family Homes Funds Limited, FHFL, which is planning a housing projects valued at N19.9 billion. FHFL which is reportedly Nigeria’s largest social housing fund would be constructing 2,754 homes for low-income families across six states. It is said that the investment was made in partnership with the various state governments, private developers, and a Kaduna-based women’s housing society. Thousands of low-income families will be able to own their own homes thanks to the 2754 residences distributed among the states of Akwa Ibom (650 units), Enugu (250 units), Kaduna (134 units),…
Richard Ginika Izuora The energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is increasing the world’s motivation to shift to low-carbon energy, but is also creating a near-term scramble for fossil fuels that will drive billions of dollars of new investment. The U.S. and European countries are planning liquefied natural gas terminals that will be in service for decades. Coal demand is surging around the world and U.S. shale suppliers will be pressed to fill a potential supply gap for nations moving away from Russian natural gas. The challenge for the world will be pivoting to cleaner technologies while also…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited and TotalEnergies have commissioned and handed four projects ranging from maternal healthcare centre, to solar-powered water in four Southern states this month. The successful commissioning of the projects comes on the heels of four projects equally handed over to four South-Eastern states this month. One of the projects commissioned in the South-south includes a maternal and child referral centre inside the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Cross Rivers. The project is a fully equipped maternal and child referral centre, complete with state-of-the art facilities, including a main reception and waiting…
Afolabi Ogunjuyigbe Tommy Robredo has played his final ATP tour match at the age of 39 after going out of the Barcelona Open 23 years after making his tour debut there. The Spanish world number 362 faced compatriot Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round of the ATP 500 event after receiving a wildcard to compete, losing 6-1, 6-1 to the man 14 years his junior. The Spanish veteran turned pro back in 1998 before making his tour debut at the Barcelona Open as a 16-year-old, Davide Sanguinetti and 12th seed Marat Safin before falling to sixth seed Todd Martin…
Afolabi Ogunjuyigbe The transfer value of Stade Rennes winger Kamaldeen Sulemana has skyrocketed despite enduring less playing time since the turn of the year. The talented 20-year-0ld joined the French outfit from Danish side FC Nordsjaelland for € 15 million last summer. The former Right to Dream Academy product is now valued at € 3.8 million euros, by the Football Observatory (CIES). The rise of the Ghana international has been rapid after he was valued at only 100,000 euros, as at February 2020, on his arrival in Denmark, from Right to Dream Academy. However, despite a complicated season, the Ghana…
Afolabi Ogunjuyigbe Head Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, Ladan Bosso, has called a total of forty players to camp ahead of next month’s WAFU B, Under twenty, Championship, taking place, in Niamey, in Niger Republic. The team’s Secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim, said the invited players, had been advised to come with their international passports, stressing that the list of invited players consist of four goalkeepers, twelve defenders, seventeen midfielders and seven strikers. The Flying Eagles, is paired in Group B, alongside Ghana and Burkina Faso, as the tournament, is scheduled to kick- off, next month in Niamey. According to the Confederation…
Gernot Rohr was Nigeria’s longest-serving coach, spending just over six years in charge The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is awaiting a ruling from Fifa on a $1million compensation claim by former coach Gernot Rohr for unfair dismissal. Nigeria’s longest-serving manager, after taking charge in August 2016, Rohr was sacked in December just four weeks before the delayed 2021 Nations Cup kicked off in Cameroon. The NFF had agreed to pay Rohr’s salary until the end of his contract, which expires in December 2022, but he went to football’s world governing body to demand an additional sum for damages. That claim…
Ikenna Atanah The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) have predicted that the two seasons of rainfall this year will be between April and December, 2022. Ogun State, being a coastal State in the Country will likely experience prolonged rainfall that will be accompanied with flash flood in most part of the State, especially in the months of June-July while the later coastal flooding may be compounded with the release of water from Oyan dam accompanied with high tide in the lagoon. The agencies therefore warned the general public, especially residents of the…
Yemisi Izuora Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has so far approved N750 Million from the equity fund for the payment of health insurance premiums for 100,000 vulnerable and indigent residents of the state in line with the goal of ensuring universal health coverage for all. Wife of the Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Wednesday while flagging off a Town Hall meeting with the beneficiaries of the health insurance equity fund organized by the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) which is the agency saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that all residents have access to quality…