Ogun partners Chinese firm in road project
Ogun State governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun In its drive at revitalizing the economic activities at Agbara - Igbesa axis, Ogun State government is partnering with a private firm, China- Africa...
View ArticleNew environmental permit pits NESREA against other agencies
Laurence Chidi Anukam, NESREA Director General Plans by the National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Agency (NESREA) to enforce import clearance permit may have unsettled importers and other...
View ArticleEngineers lament neglect by government
Ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof Rahamon Bello. The Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) has expressed worries over the poor recognition of the expertise of its members in the...
View ArticleMegamound introduces Lekky County Apartments
The proposed Lekki County Apartments in Lagos Lagos-based real estate development firm, Megamound Investments Limited is set to introduce its range of affordable apartments to ensure that the average...
View ArticleKenya’s third largest city, UN-Habitat seal new deal
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif.<br />Photo: Twitter/MaimunahSharif UN-Habitat and the County of Kisumu in Kenya have...
View ArticleLASU land crisis: Lagos reduces regularisation fees
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has granted a 67 per cent reduction in land regularisation fees payable by landlords who own property within...
View ArticleGovernment plans policy on plastic waste
This year’s World Environment Day theme is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ As Nigeria celebrates on Tuesday this year’s World Environmental Day, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is scheduled to grace the...
View ArticleBCPG advocates zero tolerance for building collapse
Scene of the building collapse Following cases of building collapse, the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has restated its commitment to attain a zero per cent tolerance in Lagos State.The...
View Article‘Why online property listing is low’
Notwithstanding about 8000 to 10,000 property portals around the world, accounting for over 60 percent of concluded property deals, Nigeria is still lagging behind in on-line property listing.With the...
View ArticleJulius Berger, Van Oord picked for Lagos Apple Island project
Julius Berger Construction giant, Julius Berger Plc and Van Oord have been picked by the Nigerian Army for the development of its iconic Apple Island project in Lagos.The mixed-used development being...
View ArticleBanana Island residents worry over Apple Island project
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, during the launch of Apple Island, an initiative of the Nigerian Army Properties Limited.Banana Island Property owners/residents’ association has expressed...
View Article‘Why Nigerians must switch to clean cooking stoves’
In a fresh move to tackle effects of air pollution on human health, stakeholders in environment sector have called for concerted efforts aimed at encouraging Nigerians switch to cleaner methods of...
View ArticleFG claims national water bill is constitutional
Following flood of criticisms trailing the passage of national water bill, the Federal Government has explained that it already has existing powers enshrined in the constitution to control and manage...
View ArticleLagos clamps down on banks, others over illegal building conversion
Governor Ambode The Lagos authorities have begun clampdown on property owners that converted their residential buildings into commercial purposes. About five banks and over 80 buildings at Allen...
View ArticleFirm introduces life-cycle assets
PHOTO: Cadwell Limited To meet the housing needs of new generation of young home seekers, one of Nigeria’s leading real estate firms, Cadwell, has introduced a new product tagged ‘life-cycle assets’....
View ArticleMinister urges new finance strategy for housing
Alhaji Suleiman Hassan Zarma As part of efforts to resolve massive rural-urban drift, the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing; Alhaji Suleiman Hassan Zarma has charged...
View Article‘Collective action will reduce plastic pollution’
Experts seek campaign to increase recycling Buoyed by the disruptive impact of plastic and the need to reduce its effect, environmentalists have called for a collective action against single –use...
View Article‘We will improve prospects of potential engineers’
Felicia Agubata is the President, Association of Professional Women Engineers (APWEN), a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. The body is a vehicle for women professional development. In...
View ArticleQuantity surveyors seek speedy passage of safety bill
NIQS President, QS Obafemi Onashile. PHOTO: NIQSTowards checking incessant building collapse across the country, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has called on the National Assembly...
View ArticleFamily homes fund targets 500,000 subscribers by 2023
PHOTO; TWITTER Brighter days may lie around in the corner for prospective homeowners, following plans by the government to facilitate supply of 500,000 homes by 2023 through strategic partnerships with...
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