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.
‘We want to know who owns the land’ ….Senate gives Army, FCT Minister ultimatum to sort out Abuja land grab
It was Sonny Okosun, who made an enduring fame from a blockbuster entitled, “We want to know who owns the land”. The chartbuster, which criticized land grabbing by white supremacists in Namibia from the aborigines, highlighted the harmful effect of the unending inhuman treatment of the natives by the imperialists.
Why Ikoyi apartments are unoccupied —Developer
AMID increasing glut in the Nigeria’s property market as a result of the economic recession currently facing the country, the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Construction Limited, a Lagos-based real estate development company, Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele, has revealed that the surge in the number of empty apartments in Ikoyi, Lagos, is due to over pricing.
Housing deficit: FG seeks Chinese funding
IN its quest to bridge the housing deficit in Nigeria, the Federal Government has solicited the support of China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) to finance housing development in the country.
FG targets single-digit mortgage rates in new housing initiative
THE Federal Government is targeting the provision of mortgages at single digit interest rates and long tenor as it plans to unveil a new housing finance initiative.
Climate change: Akwa Ibom govt drags stakeholders to Uyo to tackle challenges
Climate change is said to have inevitably become the defining issue in Akwa Ibom State on account of the state seriously facing various forms of environmental degradation attributable to its geographical location and other natural and human induced factors.
WED: CSOs urge Nigerians to adopt good sanitation habits
As part of activities marking the 2016 World Environment Day WED, Civil Society Organisations CSOs, in the country have urged Nigerians to adopt good sanitation habits and personal hygiene practice on daily basis.
Why FCT is littered with abandoned houses — NIESV president
The new President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers NIESV, Bolarinwa Patunola-Ajayi has said that the Federal Capital Territory FCT, is littered with unoccupied buildings, because majority of them are proceeds of corruption, calling on the federal government to be serious in introducing property tax to address housing problem in the country.
We changed concept of only the rich can live in luxury homes —Haven Homes MD
THE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Haven Homes, a Lagos-based real estate development firm, Mr. Tayo Sonuga, has noted that his company which is ten years old in business by this year became truly the first commercial developer of real contemporary homes in Nigeria.
ERA/FoEN lauds commencement of Ogoni clean up by FG
THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria ERA/FoEN, has commended the federal government for keeping to its promise of commencing the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, assessment on Ogoniland.
Dearth of Artisans: Lagos flags off Master Craftsman Project
AGAINST the backdrop of artisans in the country which is one of the major challenges confronting housing delivery in Nigeria, Lagos state government at the weekend officially announced its planned take off of Master Craftsman Project aimed at exposing craftsmen and artisans in the building construction industry to the training needed to offer suitable services to the people.
