In the early hours of Monday,13th February 2012,  many parts of Lagos witnessed an unusual occurrence of what has been aptly described as “hurricane-strength winds and rain” which tore through the city. According to media reports quoting the meteorological manager of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, “winds from the storm reached about 74 miles (120 kilometres) an hour, the threshold for hurricane wind speeds...(and) up to 40 miles (about 65 kilometres) an hour” inland. As is to be expected, this extra-ordinary occurrence caused much destruction around the city. The Assoc[...]

The Chairman, Ogun State Chapter, Nigeria Society of Engineers, The Rev (Engr). Awotunde AwolanaMembers of the State Executive Council of the Nigerian Society of EngineersThe Women behind the Engineers, Mrs. Engineer, Spouse of EngineersDistingushed Engineers and engineeresesGentlemen of the PressLadies and Gentlemen Ladies of Gentlemen of the Press It gives great pleasure to welcome you to the International Media Centre, Ilorin, and it is for me a rare previldge to recieve all of you my worthy superiors in the Engineering profession iam partiularly more honured and delighted that the leade[...]

TEXT A PAPER DELIVERED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF ALTON (ENGR. GBENGA ADEBAYO) AT ICT, TAX AND THE NIGERIAN  ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE 2010 HELD AT THE SHERATON HOTEL AND TOWERS, IKEJA ON 30TH JULY 2010   PROTOCOL THE HON MINISTER OF FINANCE, HON. MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, HON. COMMISSIONERS, EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN (EVC) OF NCC, DIRECTOR GENERALS HERE PRESENT, THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS CONFERENCE, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLE MEN.      May I start by congratulating the organizers of this conference for a job welldone and to wish you s[...]