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How Inmates Make Millions, Build Houses From Prison

Inside Nigerian prisons, some inmates are breaking new grounds and making millions of naira by venturing into productive ventures.

The most outstanding are two inmates who took to agriculture and invested their earnings on education and transportation while still in the custodian centres set up by the authorities of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

The two inmates have also become their families’ bread winners with one of them maintaining two of his children up to the university level.

Although the NCoS did not disclose the record-breaking inmates’ identities, NAN learnt that one of them is at the Kaduna State Custodial Camp …

BMW To Build Electric Mini In China

Luxury German carmaker BMW on Friday said it would build fully electric models of its Mini cars at a new plant in China, as it kicked off a joint venture with Chinese partner Great Wall Motor.

Some 160,000 cars a year are set to roll off the assembly line at the planned factory in the city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu province, which will eventually employ 3,000 people.

Construction of the plant is slated to last from 2020 to 2022, BMW said in a statement.

Both partners are together investing 650 million euros ($715 million) in the project.

Alongside BMW’s all-electric …

Kane Wants To Build ‘Strong Relationship’ With Mourinho

Harry Kane wants to build a “strong relationship” with new manager Jose Mourinho that will help take Tottenham to the next level.

Kane, whose two goals in the 4-2 win over Olympiakos helped book a Champions League knockout place, was a staunch supporter of former boss Mauricio Pochettino, but he knows Mourinho could be the man to help him win silverware with Spurs.

The Portuguese coach has a record of strong relationships with strikers, with Didier Droba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Diego Costa all excelling under him and Kane wants to add his name to that list.

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FG Committed To Ideas That Will Build The Nation – Onu

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured that the Federal Government is committed to ideas that will help in nation-building.

The Minister spoke on Monday at a book launch by the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Sun Newspapers, Mr Onuoha Ukeh, in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

He commended the author for consistency holding the government accountable by being a voice for the poor.

The book being launched, with the title ‘The Powers That Be: Thoughts and reflections on people, power and politics’, attracted a host of dignitaries, with Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Bayelsa State Governor …

Build Shari‘ah Courts In South-West – MUSWEN To Governors

Muslims in the South-west region under the auspices of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) have called on Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) to establish Shari‘ah Courts in the region.

The Muslims said the creation of the Shari’ah Courts in the six states of the region became necessary in order to cater for the yearnings of Muslims who are in the majority.

MUSWEN made the demand yesterday in a communiqué signed by the duo of Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni and Prof. Wole Abbas at …

Sudan Seeks Support To Build ‘Youth’ Economy - Elbadawi

Sudan Seeks Support To Build ‘Youth’ Economy – Elbadawi

Hoping to succeed where earlier Arab Spring revolutions have struggled, the new government of Sudan is seeking support to build a youth-focused economy through fundamental reforms and a new safety net, its finance minister says.

In an interview with AFP in Washington, Finance Minister Ibrahim Elbadawi voiced hope that Sudan by year-end will see the end of one of its biggest impediments — its continued classification by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Sudan’s month-and-a-half-old government is seeking to start a new course for the African country after demonstrators, driven initially to the streets by high food …

Indomie Maker, Tolaram, To Build Regional Port In Lagos

Indomie Maker, Tolaram, To Build Regional Port In Lagos

The Tolaram Group, maker of Indomie Noodles, is building the biggest port in West Africa on the east side of Lagos with $1bn facility from China, according to the Financial Times.

A report in Financial Times on Tuesday said the Singapore-based company was set to close financing this week for what could be the busiest port in West Africa sub-region, which would help transform Africa’s largest economy.

The port, the biggest development ever undertaken by Tolaram, the report said, “is being built on the back of a $450m annual business that has turned Indomie noodles into one of Nigeria’s national …

Why You Should Not Build Structures In Erosion Prone Areas

Why You Should Not Build Structures In Erosion Prone Areas

Erosion menace has lived with many people in Nigeria. This has defied all checks by both states and the Federal Government. Communal land has been chopped off while many residential buildings have been swallowed and more going in for it. A lot of things happen that help to bring about erosion. Erosion happens whenever soil and rocks become displaced usually as a result of water, wind or geological shifts.

The process happens naturally, and soil erosion is largely responsible for the unique contours of the planet. So knowing fully all these natural disaster-prone areas and still developed your property there, …

FG needs $45bn to build transportation system – Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said the federal government requires $45 billion to fix the country’s transportation infrastructure, adding that rail infrastructure is a capital intensive sector.

Explaining the amount spent so far on rail infrastructure in the country during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily yesterday, the minister revealed that this figure would be needed to solve the country’s “problem of transportation to a great extent.”

He said the sector is capital-intensive, adding that huge funds would be needed to construct more railroads and acquire coaches.

He said: “It is capital intensive. N1trillion …

Amazon drops plans to build a new headquarters in New York

Amazon’s not taking a bite out of the Big Apple after all. The tech behemoth ditched plans to build a new headquarters in New York after facing intense backlash from some community members.

Activists, politicians and others balked at the $1.525 billion in incentives New York offered Amazon to put the headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.

They also feared residents would be priced out of their homes. Amazon had selected New York and Northern Virginia as the dual homes of its second headquarters, each expected to come with 25,000 workers.

So, is New York’s loss another city’s gain? Not …

Trump’s move to build wall without Congress

  • President Trump is expected to sign that compromise border security bill this morning in the Rose Garden. Then, he’ll declare a national emergency on the border with Mexico and use executive action to cobble together $8 billion to build a border wall, White House officials say.
  • So, as one crisis is averted (no partial government shutdown), another one begins. Democrats and some Republicans say this would be an unprecedented use of presidential power, and this constitutional dispute will likely get tied up in the courts. (Fun fact: Way back in 2014, Donald Trump said President Obama’s executive action on immigration