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‘Property investors must focus on research rather than trends’
Ruth Obih RUTH OBIH, the On Air Personality has continued in her stride of setting agenda and moulding opinion in Nigeria’s real estate industry. Through an annual Real Estate Unite Summit, her...
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NESREA warns against cutting of trees without replacement
Deforestation in Nigeria The State Coordinator of National Environmental Standards & Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Kwara, Mr. Martins Enenwaene, has warned that cutting of trees...
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Report proposes N1 tr fund for housing
An illustration of housing units planned under the Lagos home ownership schemeA new report has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish a special fund, to the tune of N1 trillion to...
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Experts identify surveying as bedrock for national development
Architects For Nigeria to attain its full potentials, there is need to make surveying the bedrock of any sustainable development programme.Chairman, Lagos State branch of the Association of Private...
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Millions face health risk as water pollution rises in Africa, others
Water pollutionWater pollution has risen across three continents, placing hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid, United Nations...
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‘Roads used by forest loggers are major environmental challenge’
One of the road used by loggers in AfricaWhen logging concessions are issued with very limited terms, they are often spotlighted by conservationists as harbingers of ecological harm to come.Another...
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NITP proposes restructuring of town planning services in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left), with members of the newly inaugurated Committee on Restructuring of the State Building Control Agency (LSBCA): Mrs. Yetunde Ajayi, an architect; the...
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Gombe trains 464 youths in skills acquisition
YouthsTo reduce youth restiveness in Gombe State, the government has kick-started training programme in relevant skills acquisition, to make them independent and self-reliant. The State’s Commissioner...
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Global temperature could reach 2ºC threshold by 2050
A new analysis finds that the 2°C (3.6º F) temperature target, the threshold for the world to avoid the worst effects of climate change, could be reached as soon as 2050, say seven of the world’s best...
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Engineers urged to utilise expertise in nation building
General Secretary, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Apapa branch, Sunny Ejeje (left); Principal, Federal Nigerian Society for the Blind, Oshodi, Sola Ogunsiji; Administrator, Ivy Bassey; Chairman,...
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Governments should give priority to planning projects, says George
GeorgeWith a career spanning of over four decades, MRS. CATHERINE KEHINDE GEORGE, the first female town planner in Nigeria and the entire Africa, continues to straddle the town planning profession like...
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How we plan to make Eko Atlantic city West Africa’s financial hub, by developer
Head of Trade Mission, United Kingdom to Nigeria, Mr. Carl Woolf (left); Development Director, South Energyx Nigeria Limited, Pierre Edde; CEO, AKD Solutions Limited Uk, Mr. Akin Thomas and the...
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Architects plan Geodesic Dome, skyscrapers in Lokoja
3d model geodesic dome A consortium of architects has announced major development plan for transforming the confluence of River Niger and Benue in Lokoja into tourists attraction site. The new...
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Court strikes out N80m land theft suit, freezes order on Monan estate
Monan estate. PHOTO: Niaraland A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out an N80m land theft charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against businesswoman, Mrs. Moji...
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Lafarge relocates communities over alleged pollution
Michael Puchercos Four years after an agreement was reached between Lafarge Africa Plc and some communities in Ogun State on allegations of air pollution due to its activities, the cement company has...
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‘Land Use Act greatest disaster in physical planning’
Lagos NITP elects new executive committee The urbanisation processes, laws and designs of Nigeria and Lagos state in particular, has come under the scrutiny of town planners as activities to mark the...
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Leaders indict NESREA over environmental pollution in Kano
Laurence Chidi Anukam, NESREA Director General Angered by the continuous industrial pollution in Kano, residents have blamed the problem on the lack of sanction and disciplinary action against ternary...
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Experts seek incentives for private developers in real estate sector
Principal Partner, Kunle Omotola and Company,Kunle Omotola (left); Chairman, Advisory Board, RealEstate Unite, Peter Bamkole; CEO, 3Invest Limited, Ruth Obih; Special Adviser to Minister on Housing,...
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Paris climate change accord to enter into force November 4, 2016
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right), French Foreign Minister and COP21 President, Laurent Fabius (centre), and French President Franois Hollande (left) during the UN climate change conference in...
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Previs introduces rent-and-own scheme in Lagos Premiere apartments
An illustration of the proposed apartment To ensure easy payment and homeownership, a private developer, Previs Developments, has introduced a ‘rent and own’ scheme in its mid-market residential...
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