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OrlandoOwoh:
Please, naptu2, your wealth of knowledge is needed here. I follow your diary.

I've also heard people talking about this and it's very strange to me. There is no convention that states that a first lady must be received by her counterpart when she travels. None at all.

Many nigerian first ladies have travelled to the US and Uk (and indeed to other countries) without being received by their counterparts. That's because a first lady's visit is viewed as a private visit.

Protocol guides visits of heads of state to other countries and these are the types of visits that can take place:

1) A state visit: In this case a head of state must be received by the host head of state. Note that the host head of state does not have to go to the airport, but he must see the visiting head of state at some point during the trip and there must be a formal welcoming ceremony.

2) Working visit: The visiting head of state must meet with the head of the government host country, but he does not have to meet with the head of state. A full welcoming ceremony is not necessary.

3) A stop over visit: the visiting head of state might meet with the head of government of the host country at the airport.

4) Private visit: the head of state does not have to meet with the head of state or head of government of the host country.

All visits by first ladies are private visits, except where they have been specifically sent by their government to carry out a function (eg, Laura Bush at the inauguration of Elaine Johnson-Sirleaf).

Note that President Buhari has not met the Queen on any of his visits to the UK because he has only had working visits and private visits to the UK. He did not even meet the Prime Minister on his last visit because it was a private visit.

(There have only been 3 state visits to the UK by Nigerian heads of state - Gowon, Shagari and Babangida, and only two state visits to the US by nigerian heads of state - Obasanjo and Shagari). Mariam Babangida visited the US many times without seeing Nancy Reagan or Barabara Bush.

princee7:
what's wrong with these nema self, they should relocate immediately to leaving in trees and in the air abii.
the federal government did not provide accommodation for them or camps where they will stay.

pls someone should tell nema to go look for another work n do

naptu2:
I might be able to answer some of the questions here. The warning is primarily directed at state governments. State governments own land (according to the land use act) and they are the ones that are expected to establish displaced people's camps. NEMA only manages disasters, while the state governments are supposed to act to prevent disasters.

NEMA is making the warning public so that members of the public won't say that they did not warn the state governments.

For example, Lagos State has already started moving people to its flood camp at Igando.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/lagos-is-prepared-for-impending-flood-lasema-operations-boss/

This is what NEMA wants state governments to do.

[size=14pt]Lagos is prepared for impending flood- LASEMA operations boss[/size]

On August 4, 2016

•Says 5000 may lose homes

Following the prediction by Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, that high level of flood will occur in Lagos and other states this year, Head Operations and Logistics, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Femi Giwa, explains how Lagos will tackle the looming disaster, during a UNICEF organised workshop on emergency preparedness response forum in Ibadan. Excerpts

How prepared is Lagos to tackle the impending flood disaster?
Right from the onset, we had always stepped up our emergency preparedness and response, and in view of the advice from the office of the security adviser to the president concerning the high level of flood that will occur in some states which includes Lagos, we have stepped up high level of preparedness at our two relief camps; the relief and emergency camp at Agbowa within the Lagos East senatorial district and the one at Igando,Lagos west Senatorial.

Our relief camps at Igando are capable of taking about 1,500 internally displaced persons. We have stepped up preparedness in terms of the beddings, supplies and other necessities at the two camps. Also, we have begun preparation for the construction of the third relief camp at Lekki. Aside from these, sometime around January, we had kicked off our sensitisation campaign; we had stakeholders meeting for all our stakeholders who included most importantly our local emergency management committees from seven LCDAs. We had over 100 stakeholders come together at Alausa Ikeja to brainstorm.

Also during the Governor’s one year in office, we had several visitations of our stakeholders, sensitising them on the need for proper coordination, especially in the event of emergency and disasters. His Excellency, Governor Akiwunmi Ambode had also graciously procured equipment for us. If you would recall, the Vice President of the Federation visited Lagos and commissioned our state of the art equipment at our intervention unit in Kappa, Oshodi. Most of this equipment and vehicles are meant for intervention. Although we have had several interventions in the past, but this time around, we have increased our capacity. Most vehicles are able to ply difficult routes.

We have also fortified our command and control units because communication is very critical in emergency response. Aside from the normal 767 response, we have CCTV units, which will help us monitor what is happening at disaster sites.

Procurement of helicopters for emergency response
Yes. That is where coordination and collaboration comes in. We have our primary stakeholders which are the rapid response squad. Within the purview, we have three helicopters. During the Bristow air crash, we had to deploy these three helicopters to the site. We did this in conjunction with Bristow Airline and the Nigeria Police also came on board. You will also observe that one or two months after the crash, we had a simulation exercise in order to improve our response and this was done in view of what happened at Oworoshoki, because we saw gaps in terms of communication and coordination.

Not long after this exercise, about three weeks later, we had another scenario where another Bristow helicopter plunged into the ocean at about 17 miles off the international airport and it was these same helicopters that were deployed and we were able to save those on board.

Be that as it may, we also believe that the public has a great role to play in emergency response, which is why we have jingles, from time to time. The Ministry of Information collaborates with other media partners like LTV, TVC and the social media, in disseminating information on what should be done so as to build the capacity and resilience of people at the local level.

Our preparedness plans are focused on four major areas: from mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. In terms of mitigation, we work hand in hand with the Lagos State Building Control Agency, the Ministry of Physical Planning, Ministry of Environment and others, to ensure that we enforce the building codes, and all those within the buffer zones, especially around areas where we know that when there is flood they will be affected.

For example, if you look at the Ogun River, once the dam is released, people within that area such as Isheri North, Ajegunle, Ikorodu, are often affected. Based on this, we talk to people around the critical zones, those who are building on drainage channels, those vulnerable, we enforce the building codes. We have intensified efforts through the Ministry of Environment, clearing of drainage channels at major canals (which are the major recipients of this flood), and we have enhanced capacity of our stakeholders.

Prediction on level of loss from flood disaster
It actually varies. Sometime in October 2010, when we had flood in Ikorodu, we had about 1,750 internally displaced persons. In 2012 when we had torrential rainfall and flood in various local governments in the state, we had about 2500 internally displaced persons. In a worst case scenario, our projection is 10,000 internally displaced persons in terms of our contingency plans; in most likely scenario, we are not expecting a displacement that will exceed 5000 people.

If you look at our camps, they have the capacity of taking close to 3000 people. Our preparedness plan is such that we have been able to factor our most likely scenario, our best and worst case scenario. Now, we found out that poor infrastructures such as bad road, poor drainage channel, also resulted in high level of impact in those risky areas. Most recently the Lagos State government has actually stepped up in ensuring that our infrastructure works.

If you look at Ikorodu road, the road construction is such that they were able to elevate the height of the road; it’s almost difficult to see people around this area and that is why the issue of monitoring, surveillance, enforcement of building code, sensitization, comes to play.

We have been able to invest in our infrastructure, ensuring that our drainage channels are open, that people are sensitised. We have also ensured that there are medical supplies that will take care of hygiene, water, and other likely ailments. And I can assure you that we are the only state that has camps that are fitted with state-of-the-art facilities; these are not transit camps. Agbowa camp has been there for about six years now, it has in the past accommodated foreign immigrants who came to seek asylum.

Protection of women and children
In the first 72 hours after the camp has been activated, we will start our rapid assessment- we find out the number of internally displaced persons, the number of children, women, adults. By the time we have these statistics it will help us in our planning. From day one, once they come into the camp, we provide food, water, medicare. That is why we work in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

Because the needs of children aged one to five years is quite different from the needs of those above five years; we have put these into consideration in our recovery plans.

We also do HIV tests, provide all medical assistance. Government has made available an emergency toll free line- 767-112; people should endeavor to call that line in event of any emergency and when you see anything that may exacerbate flood, we can mitigate against it by calling this line, so that emergency officials can be able to get to the scene and fix things up.

For those who live around the coastal areas, they should contribute their own quota by clearing their drains. We should be sensitive enough to look at early warning signs. When we are having coastal tidal changes, epileptic surges, these are signs that we should move upland.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/lagos-is-prepared-for-impending-flood-lasema-operations-boss/

This is what NEMA wants state governments to do.

[size=14pt]Lagos is prepared for impending flood- LASEMA operations boss[/size]

On August 4, 2016

•Says 5000 may lose homes

Following the prediction by Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, that high level of flood will occur in Lagos and other states this year, Head Operations and Logistics, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Femi Giwa, explains how Lagos will tackle the looming disaster, during a UNICEF organised workshop on emergency preparedness response forum in Ibadan. Excerpts

How prepared is Lagos to tackle the impending flood disaster?
Right from the onset, we had always stepped up our emergency preparedness and response, and in view of the advice from the office of the security adviser to the president concerning the high level of flood that will occur in some states which includes Lagos, we have stepped up high level of preparedness at our two relief camps; the relief and emergency camp at Agbowa within the Lagos East senatorial district and the one at Igando,Lagos west Senatorial.

Our relief camps at Igando are capable of taking about 1,500 internally displaced persons. We have stepped up preparedness in terms of the beddings, supplies and other necessities at the two camps. Also, we have begun preparation for the construction of the third relief camp at Lekki. Aside from these, sometime around January, we had kicked off our sensitisation campaign; we had stakeholders meeting for all our stakeholders who included most importantly our local emergency management committees from seven LCDAs. We had over 100 stakeholders come together at Alausa Ikeja to brainstorm.

Also during the Governor’s one year in office, we had several visitations of our stakeholders, sensitising them on the need for proper coordination, especially in the event of emergency and disasters. His Excellency, Governor Akiwunmi Ambode had also graciously procured equipment for us. If you would recall, the Vice President of the Federation visited Lagos and commissioned our state of the art equipment at our intervention unit in Kappa, Oshodi. Most of this equipment and vehicles are meant for intervention. Although we have had several interventions in the past, but this time around, we have increased our capacity. Most vehicles are able to ply difficult routes.

We have also fortified our command and control units because communication is very critical in emergency response. Aside from the normal 767 response, we have CCTV units, which will help us monitor what is happening at disaster sites.

Procurement of helicopters for emergency response
Yes. That is where coordination and collaboration comes in. We have our primary stakeholders which are the rapid response squad. Within the purview, we have three helicopters. During the Bristow air crash, we had to deploy these three helicopters to the site. We did this in conjunction with Bristow Airline and the Nigeria Police also came on board. You will also observe that one or two months after the crash, we had a simulation exercise in order to improve our response and this was done in view of what happened at Oworoshoki, because we saw gaps in terms of communication and coordination.

Not long after this exercise, about three weeks later, we had another scenario where another Bristow helicopter plunged into the ocean at about 17 miles off the international airport and it was these same helicopters that were deployed and we were able to save those on board.

Be that as it may, we also believe that the public has a great role to play in emergency response, which is why we have jingles, from time to time. The Ministry of Information collaborates with other media partners like LTV, TVC and the social media, in disseminating information on what should be done so as to build the capacity and resilience of people at the local level.

Our preparedness plans are focused on four major areas: from mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. In terms of mitigation, we work hand in hand with the Lagos State Building Control Agency, the Ministry of Physical Planning, Ministry of Environment and others, to ensure that we enforce the building codes, and all those within the buffer zones, especially around areas where we know that when there is flood they will be affected.

For example, if you look at the Ogun River, once the dam is released, people within that area such as Isheri North, Ajegunle, Ikorodu, are often affected. Based on this, we talk to people around the critical zones, those who are building on drainage channels, those vulnerable, we enforce the building codes. We have intensified efforts through the Ministry of Environment, clearing of drainage channels at major canals (which are the major recipients of this flood), and we have enhanced capacity of our stakeholders.

Prediction on level of loss from flood disaster
It actually varies. Sometime in October 2010, when we had flood in Ikorodu, we had about 1,750 internally displaced persons. In 2012 when we had torrential rainfall and flood in various local governments in the state, we had about 2500 internally displaced persons. In a worst case scenario, our projection is 10,000 internally displaced persons in terms of our contingency plans; in most likely scenario, we are not expecting a displacement that will exceed 5000 people.

If you look at our camps, they have the capacity of taking close to 3000 people. Our preparedness plan is such that we have been able to factor our most likely scenario, our best and worst case scenario. Now, we found out that poor infrastructures such as bad road, poor drainage channel, also resulted in high level of impact in those risky areas. Most recently the Lagos State government has actually stepped up in ensuring that our infrastructure works.

If you look at Ikorodu road, the road construction is such that they were able to elevate the height of the road; it’s almost difficult to see people around this area and that is why the issue of monitoring, surveillance, enforcement of building code, sensitization, comes to play.

We have been able to invest in our infrastructure, ensuring that our drainage channels are open, that people are sensitised. We have also ensured that there are medical supplies that will take care of hygiene, water, and other likely ailments. And I can assure you that we are the only state that has camps that are fitted with state-of-the-art facilities; these are not transit camps. Agbowa camp has been there for about six years now, it has in the past accommodated foreign immigrants who came to seek asylum.

Protection of women and children
In the first 72 hours after the camp has been activated, we will start our rapid assessment- we find out the number of internally displaced persons, the number of children, women, adults. By the time we have these statistics it will help us in our planning. From day one, once they come into the camp, we provide food, water, medicare. That is why we work in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

Because the needs of children aged one to five years is quite different from the needs of those above five years; we have put these into consideration in our recovery plans.

We also do HIV tests, provide all medical assistance. Government has made available an emergency toll free line- 767-112; people should endeavor to call that line in event of any emergency and when you see anything that may exacerbate flood, we can mitigate against it by calling this line, so that emergency officials can be able to get to the scene and fix things up.

For those who live around the coastal areas, they should contribute their own quota by clearing their drains. We should be sensitive enough to look at early warning signs. When we are having coastal tidal changes, epileptic surges, these are signs that we should move upland.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/lagos-is-prepared-for-impending-flood-lasema-operations-boss/

I might be able to answer some of the questions here. The warning is primarily directed at state governments. State governments own land (according to the land use act) and they are the ones that are expected to establish displaced people's camps. NEMA only manages disasters, while the state governments are supposed to act to prevent disasters.

NEMA is making the warning public so that members of the public won't say that they did not warn the state governments.

For example, Lagos State has already started moving people to its flood camp at Igando.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/lagos-is-prepared-for-impending-flood-lasema-operations-boss/

abdurrazaq:
Nigeria once play a football match with tracksuit trousers cut with scissors. What is left in our memory is the victory and not the outfit.
Even if they wear Secondary school uniform, what matters most is their performance.
Hopefully, these delays, errors and ill-preparedness will spur the team to attain greater heights

Nigeria 7-1 Burkina Faso in 1991. 4 goals by Yekini and a fantastic performance by Finidi. I was very happy. The coach of Burkina Faso had been boasting in the media just a few days before the game.

An official forgot the team's shorts at their camp (Obasanjo Farms, Ota), so Yekini suggested that they should cut the trousers of their tracksuits and use that. The official hurried to Ota and brought the shorts before the start of the second half.

The NFA board was dissolved because of that incident.

I'm very happy that the ridiculous outfits did not arrive. I hated the striped suits and cowboy hats that we wore in the early 1980s, but I've found something that's much worse. I suspect that someone deliberately left the hideous outfits behind.

How could they choose such horrible designs after the great outfits that we had at Barcelona, Atlanta and London?

https://fbcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/cp0/e15/q65/p240x240/13876389_10153544413252030_9189624957662682559_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=c8b362d380458c157f615bb20c74eb41&oe=5853C531&__gda__=1477921300_9e3eb286367f071bdde020b79dd688eb

The best report on her trip that I've seen was on the NTA News yesterday night. Unfortunately the people at NTA are not social media savy, so I've not seen the video online yet.

Video: Aisha Buhari being interviewed at the VOA. Hausa studios in Washington.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygOwda9eo2k

Disappointed. It's just a W123.

"There is no way that guy can be younger than me". Exclamation of a friend in 1987.


RIP.

This kind of thing often happens at international sporting events.

1) At Tunisia 2004, the organisers played Nigeria We Hail Thee, instead of Arise O Compatriots before Nigeria's semi-final match against Tunisia (we could see Kanu Nwankwo shouting "No!" when he heard the anthem).

2) The organisers of an olympics (I think it was Atlanta '96) hoisted a very strange looking nigerian flag. It had a very dark shade of green on it that made it unrecognisable. Nigerian officials complained during the flag raising ceremony and it was changed.

3) Organisers of the All Africa Games, Abuja 2003 did not have a CD of the Egyptian anthem at one of the events, so the stadium announcer got the egyptian that won the event to sing the anthem.

4) Organisers of the recent Copa America played the chilean anthem instead of the uruguayan anthem before the Uruguay vs Mexico match.

Kakamorufu:
Why always naija. Can remember tunisia 2004, thats how they didn't play national anthem for us in the first half.

I remember that. It was the semi-final of Tunisia 2004 (Nigeria vs Tunisia). They played Nigeria We Hail Thee, rather than Arise O Compatriots. I remember Kanu shouting "No!" when he heard it.

There was also an Olympics in which the organisers hoisted a very strange flag which they said was the nigerian flag. It had a very dark shade of green. Thankfully the nigerian delegation noticed it during the flag raising ceremony and complained to the organisers. It was subsequently changed.

I once saw a picture of it and a picture of the signing ceremony, but I was unable to see the contents. I can however provide some information that might help your search.

The document was signed by Princess Alexandria (on behalf of the Queen) and Tafawa Balewa at the Independence Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel on Victoria Island.

I do not think that it is like the US declaration of independence. Remember that the US got its independence via a war, while we didn't fight a war to get our independence. Remember that the US declaration of independence was signed by the 13 colonies while they were still at war with Britain and also remember that the US constitution did not exist at that time. Whereas, in the case of Nigeria, the 1960 constitution already existed by the time that the Nigerian declaration of independence was signed. That's why the 1957 and 1958 constitutional conferences and the 1960 and 1963 constitutions are more important to nigerians than the 1960 and 1963 declarations of independence.


(The Independence Hall is now part of Federal Palace Hotel's casino).

There are two ideas behind this project.

1) Congestion/spreading development: - The core of the City of Lagos has experienced congestion, yet development has stagnated in the other parts of the state due to lack of infrastructure.

People had stopped building in the Ojo and Badagry area and residents of the area are going through hell because the Lagos-Badagry was no longer able to cope with the level of traffic. It had failed. Yet the people in the area still had to commute to Lagos Island, Ikeja and the mainland (Surulere and Yaba) because of lack of jobs. Companies didn't want to set up business in the area for the same reason.

The Lekki area was beginning to experience similar problems due to the awful traffic jams in the area. Ditto with Ikorodu.

Therefore, it was decided to spread development to outlying areas via (1) transport infrastructure projects like the expanded Lagos-Badagry Expressway, the expanded Lekki Expressway and the expanded Ikorodu Road (Ojota-Ikorodu), the railway projects, the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge and the Fourth Mainland Bridge (2) creating new districts like the Eko Atlantic City, the Badagry Energy City and the Lekki Free Trade Zone/Lekki Phase 2 district (and revamping the Ikorodu Industrial Area). The new districts would have their own industrial and commercial areas which would create jobs, so that people no longer need to commute to Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ikeja, Yaba and Surulere to work.

All these will spread development to Badagry in the west, Ibeju Lekki in the east, Ikorodu in the north and Eko Atlantic City in the south.

2) Competition: Lagos is the transport hub of Nigeria and one of the main transport hubs of Africa, but it is lagging behind other major transport hubs in the world. The awful congestion at the Apapa Port, the terrible state of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, etc and the fact that bigger ships that require deeper berths are being constructed has made the state government to search for alternatives from the private sector. These alternatives include the Lekki Seaport, the Lekki Airport and the Badagry Seaport. The Federal Government is also considering making the Ikorodu Port an export port (remember that Dangote has his facilities for production of pasta, macaroni and noodles at the Ikorodu Port).

tinsel:
Whether the government is spending a kobo or not is not the issue. They made it possible. With all our support for Jonathan in the south east how many of these kind of project did he give us. None. You guys always have excuse for every thing.

What the hell does your support for Jonathan have to do with me?? How does it relate to my post?? I'm talking about a project in Badagry and you are talking about the east, what does the one have to do with the other What silly excuse are you talking about?? Excuse for what?? And who the hell are "you guys"??

Please re-read my post and point out how it relates to the gibberish you posted up there.

I've been waiting for these projects for a long time. They are way behind schedule, but I'm confident that they will be completed this time. I forgot to mention that the Energy City will also have a power plant.

[size=14pt]APM wants to build a mega-port in Nigeria[/size]


22/11/2012

APM Terminals, a subsidiary of AP Moller Maersk, has unveiled a mega-project deepwater port on the free zone of Badagry, Nigeria. A construction project from scratch to be one of the largest in Africa. 7 km of quays area of 1000 hectares port handling facilities for containers, bulk liquid and solid, the ferry and heavy loads, a capacity for offshore vessels and river terminal. An adjacent host a thermal plant, a refinery, storage warehouses and distribution area containers.

The first phase of the project will begin in 2016. APM Terminals is already present in Africa and has nine terminals in West Africa. In Nigeria, the Group operates the terminal Lagos Apapa and Onne it. Apapa terminal is currently the largest of the West Africa with nearly 720,000 TEUs (Twenty Feet Equivalent, standard size container) treated in 2012. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, saw its container imports soar. Analysts predict that port capacity will be exceeded in 2017. Annual traffic of the country is expected to reach 10 million TEUs in the next thirty years.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1565040

[size=14pt]Multi-billion naira Lagos Energy City master-plan unveiled[/size]

By Emeka Ugwuanyi, Energy Correspondent

26-02-2008

The master-plan of the $1.5 billion (N180 billion) Lagos Energy City, which would be built at Badagry and expected to be completed by end of 2011, has been unveiled.

The unveiling of the master plan was performed by the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola at the weekend at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The unveiling of the master-plan marked the commencement of construction work on the energy city, which is expected to be a one-stop energy solution community and a benchmark for such projects in Africa.

The Energy City would be a fully integrated business centre solution for the oil and gas industry and would carter for the needs of all players in the industry’s value chain, providing world class facilities such as a convention centre, hotels, luxury villas, schools, mega malls, and medical facilities, among others.

The consortium behind the project said it has raised $105 million and would raise another $190 million by end of next month.

The unveiling ceremony was well attended by all stakeholders in the project including the communities of Badagry, an indication that the project has the support of the host communities.

Fashola noted that the project was of immense excitement and high expectation to the government adding that Lagos is rated the third largest growing city in the world by 2015. He recalled that the project was initiated after he launched the public/private partnership last year.

Besides the several benefits of the project, Fashola said it would help his desire in checking the coastlines of Lagos. He said in the last two months, he has been visiting the coastlines of Lagos exploring ways to protect them especially from sand miners, among others.

Besides having prolonged meetings with the communities, Fashola said the Lagos State Government set up a special committee headed by the Deputy Governor to explore avenues for smooth take off of the project assuring that the committee did a good job and the interest of the communities were factored into the project.

"On completion, the project will be the biggest energy city in Africa, energy hub and tourism centre like Houston, Singapore and Qatar and will enhance investment in Nigeria being the first in the region," he said.

Chairman, board of Supra Energy and Power City Limited, the firm in charge of the Lagos Energy city project, Mrs. Amina Oyagbola, was optimistic that the project would be of immense economic gain to the country.

Mr. Sathirut Tandanand, head of Siam Design Consortium, the lead master plan designer of the Lagos Energy City, presented the master-plan design to the Board of Directors of Supra Energy and Power City Limited, the concessionaires of the Lagos Energy City project, and to the Lagos state government last month before the formal launch at the weekend. He said they would incorporate some traditional building designs and cultural arts and patterns into the project design.

Siam Design Consortium comprises five leading architectural and engineering companies from Thailand - Dhevanand Company Limited, Siam Oriental Development Company Limited, Ongsa Architects Company Limited, RAFA Design Office Company Limited and EEC Engineering Network Company Limited.

The consortium designed the Suvarnahbhumi Airport (landscape) in Bangkok, Dubai Metro Project, the Asian Games Village in Doha, Qatar, and the Millennium Hilton in Bangkok, Thailand, among others and would create the master plan and architectural design of the energy city project.

The award-winning Singaporean Design consortium, Whiz Associate Pte., Limited, would carry out the design of Zone 1. Members of the design consortium include Whiz Concepts; Formwerkz Architects; Zarch; Salad Dressing; TEP Consultants Pte Limited and Lighting Planners Associates Inc. The Singapore consortium also plans to design the cabanas and the luxury condominium side of the project.

The two design consortiums will coordinate with local architects to provide local content for the project.

The Lagos Energy City is a 670 hectare development project divided into two zones with zone 1 serving as convention and tourism zone and zone 2, the energy city zone.

The master plan design includes the designs for both Zones 1 and 2. Zone 1 is the convention and tourist area that aims to re-develop the coast of Badagry into a regional destination in the convention and tourist market while Zone 2., the Energy City Zone, will strengthen Nigeria’s position as a global energy player, allowing it to join the ranks of other global energy hubs such as Houston, Qatar, Singapore and Calgary.

In addition, Zone 2 will include world class designs of houses, apartments, and town houses that will all be designed to make efficient use of the natural environment.

The master-plan includes a 130 megawatts power station that would supply uninterrupted power to the energy city and negotiation has commenced power companies for the construction of the 130 megawatts power plant.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a director, said that there would be no communal upheavals.

The construction of phase 1 of the project comprising of infrastructure: roads and other amenities would start in March this year and expected to be completed in November after which the second phase would commence.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=45863

tinsel:
Whether the government is spending a kobo or not is not the issue. They made it possible. With all our support for Jonathan in the south east how many of these kind of project did he give us. None. You guys always have excuse for every thing.

What the hell are you talking about Excuse for what?? I'm providing more info about the project and you are talking about excuse! Excuse for what? What am I excusing

This project is part of a much larger project known as the Badagry Energy City project. It will include one or two refineries (the Oando refinery and probably Captain Iheanacho's refinery).

The government is not spending a kobo on the project (except for the land that will be provided by the Lagos State Government). It will be funded by the private sector.

The Energy City will be divided into three zones.

1) A tourist and leisure zone which will include a film city.

2) The energy zone which will include a refinery, port, power station and facilities for oil companies and other industries.

3) A residential zone.

Ajibel:
I knew with BRF position in the 3 key ministries, Lagos would get lots of favours.

Now Lagos state has or intend to have how many seaports About 4 in total in the next 6 years.

The Lekki deep seaport is already ongoing.

1) Apapa Port
2) Tin Can Island Port
3) Lekki Port
4) Badagry Port
5) Ikorodu Port (Lighter Terminal. NPA is working on making it an export port).
6) Ijora Wharf
7) Customs Quay (the original port of Lagos)

oloriooko:
You posted Monday 2am Nigerian time and later changed it

See this funny guy o! I NEVER posted Monday 2am Nigerian time and I never changed anything. Did I also change the graphic? Now I know that you are not serious.

naptu2:
2am

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oloriooko:
Did you see the topic posted?

Did you see what I posted on the first page?

Bad news. One of our best players has withdrawn from the team. The NBBF can not afford to insure him.

[size=14pt]OFFICIAL: Aminu cites ‘unresolved challenges with NBBF’ as reason for Olympic withdrawal.[/size]

Adekunle Binuyo
August 1, 2016

https://www.basketballwithinborders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/al-farouq-aminu-nigeria-blazers-basketball-within-borders.jpg

An official statement explaining Al-Farouq Aminu’s non-participation with the Nigeria Men’s Basketball Team at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games has been released by the media department of the Portland Trailblazers.

Per Casey Holdahl, Digital Reporter for the Portland Trailblazers, disclosed the information via Twitter on Monday July 1st, which states that the 6’9 defensive specialist will not be able to participate at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games “due to continued and unresolved organizational challenges with the Nigerian Basketball Federation.”

Aminu states he will not participate “due to continued and unresolved organizational challenges with the Nigerian Basketball Federation”

— Casey Holdahl (@CHold) August 1, 2016

Aminu’s statement hinted at a habitual occurrence of the differences with the Nigeria Basketball Federation over provision of insurance cover to enable him represents the country.

Aminu, however, hoped that the Nigerian team would fare better at the Olympic Games in his absence.

“I wish the Nigerian players, coaches and staff great success in the Olympics and hope to participate in future opportunities with the national team.” – Aminu

The Portland Trailblazers signed a four-year contract worth US$30 million in July 2015 and the amount needed to provide insurance cover for his participation on the national team is in the ballpark of US$15,000.

The 6’9 forward who was drafted 8th by the Los Angeles Clippers out of Wake Forest University in 2010 helped Nigeria qualify for its first ever Olympic outing via the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela in 2012 and was also a member of the historic squad at the London 2012 Games. He was also a vital resource at the 2015 FIBA Africa Men’s Championship in Rades, Tunisia where Nigeria won its first ever African title, which also earned it the ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Aminu’s defensive prowess, particularly in his ability to guard all five positions, and his agility will no doubt leave a vacuum in the defensive strategies of Will Voigt, head coach of the Nigerian Basketball Team.

http://www.basketballwithinborders.com/news/official-aminu-cites-unresolved-challenges-nbbf-reason-olympic-withdrawal/

ayokunlei:
You shld have specified the precise time zone for each country.

I did. Go back and look at my posts. 7pm on Monday (Houston time), 2am on Tuesday (Nigerian time). I posted it twice. I also posted the graphic and someone quoted me.

naptu2:
2am

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Gudiza:
^^^ are we in Houston?

There are nairalanders in nearly every city in the world.

Where is the match being played?

oloriooko:
What is this confusion about the time being posted here?
2am Monday 9ja time should have passed now cuz it's already past midday monday
It should be 2am Tuesday morning 9ja time

There's no confusion. The match is at 7pm on Monday (Houston time) and 2am on Tuesday (Nigerian time).

DBlackCeazer:
What time is the game starting? I mean Nigerian time.

2am

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