THE Federal Government said it has created jobs for 54,680 people in the housing sector since inception in 2015. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who disclosed this at the sixth National Council on Land, Housing And Urban Development, in Abuja, noted that out of this figure, 13,680 people got direct jobs, while 41,000 got indirect jobs.

AGAINST the backdrop of colossal degeneration to which access roads in and out of Apapa, Lagos, have been subjected, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called for total regeneration of these roads and other road infrastructure such as lightings, man holes and railings in Apapa. The axis serves both Apapa and Tin Can ports, the two major ports that boost the nation’s economy.

AS part of its bid to celebrate excellence in architecture in Nigeria and in the diaspora and with quest for qualitative and sustainable design for Nigerians, The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, has concluded plans to host its annual West Africa Architecture Festival. (WAAF 2.0) billed for Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

PRESIDENT Muhammad Buhari has ordered the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chubuike Amaechi to connect the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT by rail.

LEADING online environment and development magazine, EnviroNews Nigeria, along with several other organisations and individuals, will be honoured during the eighth Environment Outreach Magazine Public Lecture and Environmental Awards Ceremony scheduled to hold in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

DETERMINED to make housing finance easy and affordable, the Federal Government has initiated Nigeria Housing Fund Programme, NHFP, which is under the Social Investment Fund of the Federal Government in which N100 billion has been set aside for its take off.

THE challenge of accommodation for Nigerians, especially civil servants in the FCT will soon become a thing of the past, as a real estate firm, Kanis Construction Limited, has flagged off the construction of a 333 unit housing estate known as Kanis Homes at Karsana district, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

THE Federal Government has said that the payment of 15 percent mobilisation fee stipulated by law for contractors handling projects at this period was inappropriate to fast track development in the housing sector, pointing out that inappropriate funding is a major challenge to housing delivery. Also identified as a militating factor against efforts to reduce housing deficit in the country, according to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, is the procurement laws.

RESIDENTS of Onasanya Street in Bucknor Area of Jakande Estate, Isolo-Ejigbo, Lagos have cried out to the Lagos State Government to come to their aid as flood and erosion threaten their lives and property.

LEADING indigenous retail  giant Hubmart Stores Limited, officially opened the doors of its ultramodern shopping mall to the public in an elaborate ceremony held at the mall’s premises on Isaac John Street Ikeja G.R.A.

THE Nigerian Institute of Building, NIOB, professional builders in the country, have been charged to brace up for innovative construction practices in order to be able to  respond to the 21st century challenges in the building/construction sub-sector of the nation’s economy. The challenges include urbanisation, productivity, resource constraints and sustainability.

WORRIED about the three million housing shortfall in Lagos State, the government has disclosed plans to partner its Singaporean counterpart to build large scale high-rise structures to address the challenge in the state.

PROSPECTIVE investors in real estate sub-sector of the economy have been told not to wait until they have millions of Naira before investing in landed property as they can do so even with a little amount.

SOUTH Energyx Nigeria Limited, the developers and promoters of Eko Atlantic City, Nigeria’s premium smart city situated adjacent to Victoria Island, is partnering Fine and Country West Africa to host the Refined Investors’ Series 2017, scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom between October 6 and 7, 2017.

ISSELE Azagba community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State has lamented the loss of farmland to the ongoing N35 billion pilot scheme of the National Housing Programme, NHP, in the state.