Edo youths get green skills, commit to environmental sustainability
Edo youths have commended the State government for its commitment to environmental sustainability, training young people with green skills towards protecting the environment. The post Edo youths get...
View ArticleLafarge completes graduate trainee programme
About15 graduate trainees have graduated from an 18-month intensive training programme organised by Lafarge Africa. The Lafarge Africa Graduate Trainee Programme is designed to attract and nurture...
View ArticleGEF Assembly holds talks to boost nature protection
Representatives of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) 185 member countries, including Nigeria will this week in Vancouver chart a path to end nature loss, financially support countries and tackle...
View ArticleConcerns over effect of naira depreciation on real estate industry
The real estate and construction sector have continued to grapple with multiple effects of depreciation in the country's naira value, as cost of raw materials, labour and transportation and contracts...
View ArticleBuilders want practitioners to embrace best practices in facility management
To adequately address complexities thrown up by new trends in the profession, the National Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Builders in Facilities Management (NIBIFM), Dr. Olufemi Akinsola, has...
View ArticleArchitects, others task professionals on smart city development
Stakeholders in the built environment have urged professionals to embrace the concept of smart cities that would focus on using technology and data to improve public services, as well as quality of...
View ArticleWild Africa Fund urges collaboration to protect elephants in Nigeria
A CONSERVATION group, Wild Africa Fund has urged the public to protect lions by reducing illegal bushmeat consumption, supporting better protection of their shrinking habitat, and championing...
View ArticleOperators set agenda for housing minister, list benefits of new ministry
Following demerging of the Federal Ministry Housing and Urban Development, professional bodies and an advocacy group are canvassing that institutional framework for effective housing delivery and urban...
View ArticleFG, states abandon social housing scheme amid developers’ apathy
The federal and state governments may have abandoned the social housing scheme, which is part of strategies for the provision of houses for low-income earners due to high rate of inflation and...
View ArticlePlanners seek urban systems reform, adoption of structure plans
Planners have clamoured for urban systems reform and adaptable frameworks such as structure and area plans, which would replace inflexible master plans and decentralised land management, as well as...
View ArticleFour firms bag Anambra govt’s road reconstruction contracts
Four building and civil engineering firms have been awarded road reconstruction contracts by the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC). The projects approved include construction of Premier Road,...
View ArticleCOREN urges reinstatement of subvention to professional bodies
Disturbed by the recent disclosure by the Federal government to stop funding of professional bodies from next year, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has urged the...
View Article‘Nigeria needs to evolve national geospatial data infrastructure’
Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGoF), Abuduganiyu Adebomehin has called for a National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NGDI) to authenticate data and other information pertaining to land....
View ArticleImo plans mass housing scheme in three zones, indicts ex-governor
Imo State government has announced plans to develop mass housing schemes in three zones, Umuoma-Nekede (Owerri zone), Amara (Okigwe zone) and Mgbidi (Orlu zone) for different categories of...
View ArticleHow to mitigate climate change, ensure sustainability, by don
As the human race grapples with the threat of climate change and environmental destruction, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Research, Innovation and Partnerships, Osun State University, Osogbo...
View ArticleArchitects advocate sustainable living, ecological preservation
Amid the challenges posed by rapid urbanisation and climate change, professionals under the aegis of the Society of Landscape Architects of Nigeria (SLAN) have reiterated the need for stakeholders to...
View ArticleGEF approves new global biodiversity fund as talks end in Vancouver
• Nigerian group wins $100,000 in Assembly competition Representatives of 185 countries including Nigeria ratified at the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Seventh Assembly in Canada, an innovative...
View ArticleActivists flay creation of marine, blue economy ministry
Environmental activists have expressed concerns over the creation of the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry by President Bola Tinubu, saying the development shows the government's disregard for the...
View ArticleMoveable homes can bridge Nigeria’s housing crisis, says developer
An Abuja-based firm, Messrs Just Fix It Synergy Nigeria Limited has called for the deployment of moveable homes in solving the nation’s housing problem. The post Moveable homes can bridge Nigeria’s...
View ArticleLafarge installs bag filter technology to curb emissions
Lafarge Africa Plc, has restated commitment to the promotion of environmentally sustainable operations across its operations. The post Lafarge installs bag filter technology to curb emissions appeared...
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