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.
Group petitions ICPC over alleged fraudulent elongation of service
THE Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC and the office of the Head of Service of the Federation, may have begun investigations into alleged fraudulent falsification of documents and subsequent elongation of service by the Director of Architectural Services in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing, Mr. Sani Gidado, an architect.
Expert tasks furniture makers on growth of industry
The Managing Director of Raumplus, an international interior and furniture design company with its operations in Nigeria, Mr. Adeyanju Adelakun, has urged operators in the furniture industry in Nigeria to focus on customer satisfaction and top class quality in order to bring desired development for the industry.
CCECC to build N362m property, donate building to Catholic hospital
AS part of its corporate social responsibility to host country, the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), contractor handling rail track from Abuja to Kaduna, has agreed to build a property worth N362 million and donate a building to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul Hospital, Kubwa, Abuja, a catholic hospital.
Stakeholders call for collaborative efforts to stamp out use of mercury in Nigeria
Participants at a one-day stakeholders’ workshop on phase down on dental amalgam use in Lagos state with the theme “Towards Mercury-Free Dentistry in Nigeria” organised by Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev), have called for coordinated collaborative efforts by stakeholders in order to achieve the desired phase down of the harmful substance.
New Urban Agenda: UN Deputy Scribe, others charge African leaders on planning
THE UN Deputy Secretary-General, Housing and Sustainable Urban, Kumaresh Misra and other stakeholders in the ongoing United Nations Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Nigeria, last week called on African leaders to develop rural areas to solve challenges of urban cities in the continent.
