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    NIGERIA PRONE TO NATURAL DISASTER

    Natural disasters are unexpected sudden events which impacts with such severity that it is usually disastrous and uncontrollable.
    There has been a dramatic rise in the magnitude and frequency of disasters, especially earthquake.
    In the month of January, an earthquake hit Haiti, claiming lots of lives and properties. Few weeks later, the Chile earthquake occured, and recently [...]

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Local Government News

featuredimage ONIGBONGBO LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA INAUGURATES JOB CREATION CENTRE

In an effort to fight unemployment, and create job opportunity for competent graduates, the Onigbongbo Local Council Development area created ...

featuredimage MAN INHUMANITY TO MAN:WHAT A TERROR?

IT was a scene of horror – streets strewn with bodies of children and women. Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang visited ...

featuredimage TURAI PRAISES JONATHAN’S LOYALTY

The meeting between Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and Turai Yar'Adua, wife of the president, at the weekend, was devoid of ...

featuredimage ONIGBONGBO LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA RECEIVES EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM FASH MAGAZINE

[caption id="attachment_1898" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Excellence Award 09"][/caption] The Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, Honourable Idowu Obasa, received an Excellence ...

featuredimage FIRE GUTS FACTORY IN OREGUN

It was a day of fear and panic for residents of Oje Imianvan Street, Oregun road yesterday, the 12th of ...

featuredimage GRAMMY: NOT YET FOR HOME BASED NIGERIAN

It is long over. Though they may still be celebrating, winners of the 52nd edition of the Grammy Awards may ...

featuredimage ANAMBRA: HOW THREE-WAY RACE TURNED STRAIGHT VICTORY

ANAMBRA: HOW THREE-WAY RACE TURNED STRAIGHT VICTORY Mr. Peter Obi, Anambra State governor had always looked like a man of history. ...

featuredimage OPEBI YOUTH CARNIVAL

The much awaited Opebi Youth Carnival finally took place on the 1st of January, 2010. The carnival was used to lend ...

featuredimage TAMING THE SCOURGE OF CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIA SOCIETY.

[caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="traffic officer and offender"][/caption] Corruption in Nigeria has been the subject of much discussion. Seminars and workshops ...

State News

SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SUMMIT

The Lagos State Governor BabaTunde Raji Fashola in  his keynote address delivered at the Lagos State Sewage Summit 2010 held at Planet One,Maryland Ikeja, Lagos said that he felt greatly challenged by the state of the management of waste water in the country and Lagos State in particular.
He said that sewage and waste water management [...]

Community Development

WHAT IS THE LIFE SPAN OF A BOREHOLE?

One common question that borehole drillers/contractors find difficult to give appropriate and precise answer to is : WHAT IS THE LIFE SPAN OF THE BOREHOLE?
This question is difficult to answer because many factors are responsible for the life span of the borehole. To construct a good borehole that is expected to render many years of [...]

Health

ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN IN NIGERIA

Abortion is one of today’s most intense, polarizing and ethical issues.
It could be said that since the beginning of humanity, people have tried to terminate unwanted pregnancies by using either the external or internal methods.
External methods included punching, abdominal massage, etc. Internal methods included use of herbal concoctions, use of sharpened tools such as syringes [...]

Works

ALLEN AVENUE NOW GETS SOLAR STREET LIGHTS

ONIGBONGBO LCDA SET TO BECOME THE 1ST LGA TO ENJOY UNINTERRUPTED ELECTRICITY!
Respite has come to the way of people of Onigbongbo, Ikeja and its environ as solar street lights are being installed to increase security on our streets without having to wait for the ‘all-powerful’ PHCN whose trade mark is total darkness.
By the time the world [...]

IKEJA JOB SEARCH

ONIGBONGBO LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA INAUGURATES JOB CREATION CENTRE

In an effort to fight unemployment, and create job opportunity for competent graduates, the Onigbongbo Local Council Development area created a job centre.
The job centre was inaugurated yesterday by the Chairman of the Local government, Honourable Idowu Obasa. The main purpose for the creation of the job centre is to provide employment for job seekers [...]

News Across Nigeria

NIGERIA PRONE TO NATURAL DISASTER

Natural disasters are unexpected sudden events which impacts with such severity that it is usually disastrous and uncontrollable.
There has been a dramatic rise in the magnitude and frequency of disasters, especially earthquake.
In the month of January, an earthquake hit Haiti, claiming lots of lives and properties. Few weeks later, the Chile earthquake occured, and recently [...]

INTERVIEW

ONIGBONGBO LCDA, A SYMBOL OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

Life, they say is most appreciated when and if we are no more in the capacity at which we were at a particular time .But, in Onigbongbo LCDA, the chairman has carved out a niche for himself in less-than one year of his administration even when he is still in the capacity. Touching,lives, building [...]

Global News

UNIZIK DONATES $7,000 TO HAITI QUAKE VICTIMS

The Nnamdi Azikwe University donated the sum of US$7,000 to the humanitarian fund for victims of the Haiti earthquake. A statement by Director of Information and Public Relation of the university, Mr Emmaunel Ojukwu, said the donation was in response to the cry for help for the devastated Haiti citizens. The world on Tuesday, January [...]

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

WHAT IS THE LIFE SPAN OF A BOREHOLE?

One common question that borehole drillers/contractors find difficult to give appropriate and precise answer to is : WHAT IS THE LIFE SPAN OF THE BOREHOLE?
This question is difficult to answer because many factors are responsible for the life span of the borehole. To construct a good borehole that is expected to render many years of [...]

Letter To The Editor

FAMILY LIFE: GOOD PARENTING IS ACHIEVABLE

By Nancy Shute , US News.com
When Christine Carter (a sociologist) became a parent, she realized that her work as a sociologist who studies happiness gave her a head start on being a good and happy parent. Rather than trying to solve problems in her family, she wanted to prevent them. That got her wondering what [...]