Homes & Property

Why completing abandoned buildings for habitation is dangerous —Experts

Why completing abandoned buildings for habitation is dangerous —Experts

Completing abandoned uncompleted buildings for habitation carries major safety and financial implications including structural degradation and high renovation costs. To ensure the buildings are safe for use after their completion, the issue of structural degradation and others must be adequately addresed, according to construction experts.
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WED: Environmentalists call for eradication  of plastic pollution  in Nigeria

WED: Environmentalists call for eradication of plastic pollution in Nigeria

Environmentalists who joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Environment Day, WED, last week, urged government at all levels to intensify campaign against the dangers posed by indiscriminate dumping of plastic waste products all over the country, pointing out that Nigerians should be educated on the need to recycle the plastic waste rather than dumping the product in every available space

Housing Provision: Family Homes Fund comes on stream, targets 1,500,000 new jobs

Housing Provision: Family Homes Fund comes on stream, targets 1,500,000 new jobs

Against the backdrop of the widening housing gap in the country, new partnerships and initiatives supported by the federal and state governments to address the housing shortfall  which is a daunting challenge, are being put in place, thereby raising the hope that governments can actually help provide the over 17 million new homes needed across the country in the next 15 years.

Firm woos subscribers with ‘Housing Revolution’ at Fairmont Estate in Lekki

Firm woos subscribers with ‘Housing Revolution’ at Fairmont Estate in Lekki

Access to affordable land resource for young salary earners who desire an investment in real estate in a controlled and serviced area with augmented living such as durable community roads with good drainage infrastructure, leisure and business parks with constant electricity and devoid of harassment by land grabbers known as Omo-oniles, has now been made possible with the development of Fairmont Estate by Propertymart.

Developer introduces County Apartments to Lagos property market

Developer introduces County Apartments to Lagos property market

Riding on the successful delivery of Lekki County Homes Estate, Lagos-based real estate development firm, Megamound Investment Limited, developers of Lekky County Homes, Lekki, and Carlton Gate Estate, Chevron Drive, Lekki, Lagos, has introduced yet another scheme known as County Apartments within Lekky County Homes, Ikota, along Lekki-Epe Expressway for prospective home owners or property investors.

How NESREA environmental clearance permit, over-lapping federal MDAs functions retard Nigeria’s economic growth

How NESREA environmental clearance permit, over-lapping federal MDAs functions retard Nigeria’s economic growth

In highly performing economies in the world, the government agencies know their briefs or mandates and keep to them without any attempt to interfere or encroach on other bodies’ statutory responsibilities. By so doing, businesses, industries and commercial activities experience smooth and steady growth. But in Nigeria, the situation is different because of over-lapping of functions among the Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.