Brains and Hammers Launches New City in Abuja Bennett Oghifo
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Brains and Hammers Limited, a foremost real estate and infrastructure development group, has commenced the construction of a new housing development comprising 3,500 homes named “Brains
& Hammers City” in the heart of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Aligning with the federal government’s declaration of a 17 million housing deficit, Brains and Hammers said
in a statement that it would construct a turnkey residential and commercial project that consists of 3,500 units ranging from one bedroom apartments, two-bedroom flats, three-bedroom flats,
four-bedroom terraces, fourbedroom semi-detached and five-bedroom fully detached modern homes. The 72-hectare project will be located in the district of Life Camp, Abuja. Keeping in line with the company’s aim to provide secure quality gated
communities, the Brains and Hammers City will feature infrastructure like 24/7 electricity, a water treatment plant, gymnasium, jogging track, schools, hospital, swimming pool, mini-theme park for kids, a spa, restaurants, cinema, parks
and gardens, etc. In addition, the commercial area will consist of major branded retail supermarkets, office spaces, schools and clinics. The city will cater to mid and high-level residents Continued on page 6
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With Huge Gas Reserves of 650bcf, Lagos Joins Oil Producing States Ejiofor Alike After spending 25 years exploring for hydrocarbon resources off the coast of Lagos, Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum, in partnership with Panoro Energy ASA and First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN) Limited, among others, finally catapulted Lagos State into the league of oil and gas producing
states in the country. Panoro, an independent oil and gas company based in the United Kingdom, announced yesterday that oil production had commenced from the Aje oil field located in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 113, offshore Lagos, on Tuesday, May 3. Of greater significance also Continued on page 8
FEC Approves 34 Priority Programmes for Implementation
Targets appropriate exchange rate, low interest rate Nigeria, Cameroun to continue fight against Boko Haram Tobi Soniyi in Abuja The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday, at its meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, adopted 34 strategic priority programmes that the federal government will implement in 2016 once the budget is signed into law. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed; Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Investment, Ms. Aisha Abubakar; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Khadijat Bukar Abba Ibrahim; and Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, briefed State House correspondents in Abuja on the outcome of
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GOOD TIDINGS FROM NIGERIA TO CAMEROUN
President Muhammadu Buhari (right), presenting a framed photograph to President Paul Biya of Cameroun and his wife, Chantal, at the world press conference held in Abuja… yesterday
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