Kaduna, Sterling Bank seal N5b mortgage deal
Sterling BankTowards providing mortgages at single-digit interest rate, the Kaduna State Government has launched a N5billion fund with Sterling Bank to facilitate home ownership. Under the scheme, the...
View ArticleLagos picks three firms for mechanised street sweeping
Distributed by the problem of evacuating refuse from overflowing bins and open spaces, the Lagos State Government has announced the appointment of three firms for its mechanized street sweeping...
View ArticleConcessionaire transforms CMD into Funplex resort
CMD Funflex Park & RideAs part of public-private-partnership (PPP), Messrs Allied Trust and Systems Nigeria Limited (ATSL) has transformed the 5.02 hectares of land of Centre for Management...
View ArticleStakeholders raise fresh concerns on forest loss
Forest<br />Stakeholders are raising concern over the alarming loss of forestland to agricultural purposes. The Earth loses 18.7 million acres of forests per year, which is equal to 27 soccer...
View Article‘Government should impose tax on polythene bags, nylons’
DESMOND MAJEKODUNMI is a renowned Nigerian environmentalist, Chairman of Lagos State Urban Forest and Animal Shelter Initiative (LUFASI). DESMOND MAJEKODUNMI is a renowned Nigerian environmentalist,...
View ArticleArchitects take to design-and-build as lull in real estate persists
This is Lagos before urban renewal projects came to the rescue in OshodiMore evidence that architectural companies are embracing design and build concepts are emerging, following the lull in the...
View ArticleApex mortgage bank targets 50 million new subscribers
Federal Mortgage BankAmid cconcerns that some contributors to the National Housing Fund (NHF) have not been able to access loans, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has assured Nigerians that...
View ArticleConcessionaire transforms CMD into Funplex resort
As part of public-private-partnership (PPP), Messrs Allied Trust and Systems Nigeria Limited (ATSL) has transformed the 5.02 hectares of land of Centre for Management Development (CMD) into a...
View Article‘Why government should prioritise housing for low-income earners’
PHOTO; TWITTERTo improve affordability for low and modest income Nigerians, stakeholders in the built environment have urged government at all levels to make housing a top priority. The stakeholders,...
View ArticleAddressing Nigeria’s water, sanitation challenge
A woman fetching water amid water scarcity Recently, the Federal Government declared a state of emergency to invigorate the deteriorating situation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Nigeria....
View Article‘Akwa Ibom primates on brink of extinction’
Iniobong Essien Conservationists have raised the alarm over the high rate of exploitation and degradation of conservation areas and reserves in the country.They highlighted that three gazetted forests,...
View ArticleBonn talks end, negotiators urge action on climate change deal
On the heels of extreme weather events globally, governments have ended two weeks of talks aimed at preparing the Paris Agreement’s operational guidelines for adoption at the yearly climate conference...
View ArticleSurveyors seek change in property services
Towards increasing awareness and adoption of technology in the real estate and built environment sectors, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Nigeria Group, has reiterated the need for...
View ArticleDon urges green building development
Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo A Professor of geography at the University of Lagos, Emmanuel Oladipo has called for green building development as a modern approach in mitigating the challenge of climate...
View ArticleSubscribers get rent-to-own houses in Lagos
About 650 subscribers have benefited from Lagos State’s Rent-to-Own housing scheme introduced by the Akinwunmi Ambode administration.The Rent-to - own scheme, which was adopted from the State’s Home...
View ArticleFAO, ICEED set up cookstove production centres
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED) has established three...
View ArticleAffordability tops Abuja housing show agenda
FESTUS ADEBAYO The issue of affordability continues to be the heart of the discussion in real estate for so many reasons; rent and sale prices are the seemingly obvious culprit causing concern with...
View ArticleExperts explore benefits of smart construction tech
With smart buildings gaining momentum – and as the technology behind them becomes more sophisticated and prevalent, built environment experts have called for the adoption of smart buildings in line...
View ArticleBattle over Best Western Hotel, Ikeja property shifts to Appeal court
Lagos Ikeja hotel at the weekend.<br />PHOTO: AYODELE ADENIRAN Legal fire works over the property housing the Best Western Ikeja Hotel, a four Star hospitality facility situated at 12, Allen...
View Article‘47 million Nigerians practise open defecation’
Minister of Water Resources Nigeria Hon. Suleiman Adamu Kazaure /Getty Images for Global Citizen/AFP The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu has declared that about 47 million in Nigeria...
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