For several years, residents of riverine areas in Ojo, a Lagos suburb, had lived in constant fear over waterways’ navigation in the area.

Worried by property owners’ circumvention of approvals while erecting structures in Lagos State, the state government has approved a six-month relaxation of its property regularisation policy.

For architects to remain relevant within the sub- sector of the construction industry, as well as abreast with developmental issues that border on transparency and discipline among members of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, the professional body and its regulatory body, Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, have been charged with the responsibility of instilling discipline and ensuring high professional standards in the practice of architecture.

Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, VSS, an integrated environmental utility company engaged by Lagos State Government to manage waste across the state, disclosed at the weekend that it is concentrating its attention on clearance of illegal dump sites otherwise known as black spots that litter the state before embarking on door-to- door collection of refuse.

Women Association of Quantity Surveyors of Nigeria, WAQSN, a sub-group of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS,  which recently celebrated International Women’s Day, has called for the development of built environment professionals in the country with the pace of digital construction economy. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day was Uncharted Territory of Growth for Professionals in a Digital Construction Economy.