Stakeholders in the built industry have mapped out strategies with which to address the issues of local production of building materials and access to land, which over the years, have remained a major impediment to the growth and development of the sector in the country.

Disturbed by the devastating effect of the fast eastward ocean current eating up several meters of land daily on the Lekki and Victoria Island corridors, thereby threatening lives and property along the axis, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF, has called for urgent intervention of the Federal Government to save Lagos coastline from imminent total collapse.

Electronics giant, LG Electronics, in its drive towards products that are environmentally sustainable and eco-friendly, exhibited its latest innovative products that can be described as technological breakthrough at the just-concluded West Africa HVAC Expo 2018 in Lagos.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched a property tracker to expose self centered and selfish Nigerians who have stolen public funds and hidden then in lush properties.

While Nigeria is grappling with the ‘headache’ of huge housing deficit, fresh facts have emerged as to the reason the deficit has continued to increase.

The Executive Director of Arbico Civil Engineering Construction Firm, Mr. Afolabi Aiyeola, has described the company’s recently bagged international certifications as a call to uphold the highest standards in the industry.

Built environment experts have lamented the deplorable conditions of some Nigerian cities, saying over 1,000 of them are environmentally distressed owing to issues such as provision of inadequate infrastructure, lack of planning and disregard for environmental laws.

Handlers and one of the financiers of the ongoing Wharf Road, Apapa reconstruction, Messrs AG Dangote Construction Company Limited, at the weekend reassured Apapa residents, motorists and commuters that the pains and agony they are currently going through as a result of the reconstruction of the road that commenced June last year, will soon be over as efforts are being channelled into the project to meet the July 2018 completion date.

If you think the reason for the visible empty residential apartments that cut across the length and breadth of Ikoyi, a highbrow neighbourhood and one of the most expensive residential areas in Lagos, is due to effect of the current economic crunch in the country, it is not. Rather, the cause of the emptiness is as a result of poor finishing of the apartments coupled with the use of poor materials during construction.

Against the backdrop of  numerous challenges  facing provision of water in Nigeria, Minster of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, an engineer and a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, weekend revealed his ministry’s plans to boost water supply in the country.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Suru Group, a real estate development company, Mr. Edward Akinlade, has stated that the Federal Government has no business in the housing sector other than creating an enabling environment for private sectors that are experts and have the financial strength to invest in the business.

As part of efforts to preserve Nigeria’s natural resources in their habitats from going into extinction, the new Director-General, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF, Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano, has said that Nigeria needs to put measures in place to have marine-protected areas and to stop the degradation of its game reserves.

MEMBERS of the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, AWAM, have decried the recent statements being credited to the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Cleaner Lagos Initiative, CLI, Adebola Shabi, stating that such pronouncements were capable of undermining the efforts being made by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to find a lasting solution to the current waste management crisis in the state.

FOR several years, residents, business owners, workers, transporters and commuters in the Apapa axis of the Lagos metropolis, have been subjected to excruciating pains due to the endless traffic gridlock in the area. That is apart from the situation negatively affecting business ventures within the axis.

Residents and property  owners within the Okunde Blue Waters Scheme, part of the ambitious Eko Atlantic City project in Victoria Island, Lagos, now live in constant threat, fear and worry over their investments worth billions of naira.