Cross River farmers, Wilmar bicker over land grabbing claims
PHOTO: Farmlandgrab.org An 88-year-old widow, Mrs. Veronica Asuquo and some farmers in Akamkpa and Biase local Government Areas of Cross River State are alleging land grabbing and farm destruction by...
View ArticlePropertygate urges government engagement on housing delivery
Non- Executive Director, Propertygate Development and Investment Plc, Mr Peter Folikwe (left); Company Secretary, Mrs. Janet Fifo; Managing Director/CEO, Propertygate Development and Investment Plc,...
View ArticleNBRRI to redesign slum settlements in four states
AbujaThe Nigerian Building and Roads Research Institute (NBRRI) has undertaken studies to redesign slum settlements aimed at developing affordable low cost housing units in the country. The team has...
View ArticleUnited Nations highlights ‘true value’ of land
United NationsLand is not a limitless resource and ignoring its role in our everyday lives threatens food and water supplies, biodiversity and the security of us all, the United Nations agency that...
View ArticleWhy action on distressed buildings is slow, by Lagos official
Governor Ambode. Photo: Twitter/AkinwunmiAmbodeDreams by residents in Lagos State for safe and sustainable buildings may be hanging on the air due to inertia by relevant authority in addressing cases...
View ArticleDevelopment banks’ climate finance hits $35.2 billion
Climate changeWith an increase of about 30 per cent on the previous year, boosting projects that help developing countries cut emissions and address climate risks, climate financing by the world’s six...
View ArticleActis woos Nigerian buyers for $150 million Douala Grand Mall project
Douala Grand Mall GrandEnergized by the positive outlook in the retail sector, Actis Africa Real Estate, one of the leading growth markets investor has opened a new vista of opportunities for Nigerians...
View Article‘Dubai real estate is haven for money laundering’
DubaiMonths after the Nigerian government reached an accord with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on looted funds, a new report released last week alleged that war profiteers, terror financiers and drug...
View Article‘We will improve prospects of potential engineers’
Felicia AgubataFELICIA 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...
View ArticleDeveloper revs up Fairmont Lekki scheme
Lekki- Epe Expressway. PHOTO: Rendel-ltdThe Fairmont Estate on the Sangotedo axis of Lekki corridor that recently joined the ranks of residential scheme in the Lagos metropolis is being aggressively...
View ArticleEkiti 2018 : Osinbajo, Tinubu, Oyegun lead party chieftains for Fayemi election
Kayode Fayemi Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, led creme de la creme in the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to Ekiti to kick start the campaign for the candidate of the party in the...
View Article‘Nigerians need attitudinal change for environmental sustainability’
Dr. Muhtari Aminu-Kano<br />Photo; Islamicrelief Dr. Mukhari Aminu-Kano is the new director general of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF). In this interview with Victor Gbonegun, he...
View Article‘FG under-developing housing sector’
Roland Abonta The Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has expressed concerns over the passage of national budgets without implementation on the housing sector, stressing that...
View ArticleDA candidate pledges to give youths 90% political offices
Ayodele David-Adesua<br /> Musician 2face Idibia preaches against violence Candidate of the Democratic Alternative (DA), Ayodele David-Adesua, has promised to give 90 per cent of political...
View ArticleMinister tasks professionals on management of resources
Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Hussein Adamu Minister for water resources, Suleiman Adamu has urged stakeholders in the water sector to ensure adequate management of the resources in a...
View ArticleProfessionals, officials differ on penalty for contraveners of building...
Although, Section 30 of the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Regulations, 2005, which is a subsisting document, clearly states that a signboard shall be erected at every construction site...
View ArticleLagos State government partners NARTO in Apapa clean -up
Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti Lagos State Government said it would collaborate with the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) to ensure proper clean up of Apapa and environs.Commissioner for...
View ArticleUnion Homes battles AMCON over seized property
Stella Oduah Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is battling Union Home over property allegedly belonging to former minister of aviation, Senator Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi.AMCON has through a...
View ArticleLocke Apartment tops rental yields in Union Homes REIT
Locke Apartment property Lekki, Lagos, a property owned by Union Homes Real Estate Investment Trust (UH REITs) has come tops with the highest rental yield of about 8 percent.This was closely followed...
View ArticleAnti-plastic pollution campaign as big step at mitigating climate change
The population estimated at over 170 million producing thousand tons of waste each day, waste disposal remains a big issue to deal with, especially when it piles up on the streets and residential...
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