IS the construction of a second bridge across the River Niger at Onitsha jinked? For how long will the Federal Government and other stakeholders continue to play politics with this all-important bridge considering the fact that the old bridge built over 50 years ago is now in a distressed condition? These posers were raised by distraught Nigerians who reacted to the alleged abandonment of work on the bridge by the contractors.

I used to tell my madam and colleagues in the office that I have won a house in the lottery promo being organised by Home Lottery but they would not believe me, but now that the house and the keys have been presented to me, I now believed that the lottery scheme is true”.

The triple combination of the inability of the Federal Government to roll out its economic policies, huge debt owed contractors and the advent of the rainy season, have brought activities in the nation’s construction industry to a near standstill.

No fewer that 11 states in Nigeria are at risk of flooding, according to the Nigerian Hydrological Agency, NHSA. The Agency which unveiled its 2015 Annual Flood Outlook has therefore advised the concerned states to come up with effective mitigation strategies, capable of preventing flooding within their territories.

THE National President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, Rev. Ugochuckwu Chime has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to develop a new housing policy which will enable the common people, (the Talakawas) who voted him into power to have their own houses.