Following vulnerability which residents in low-lying or flood prone areas of Lagos face during rainy seasons, the Lagos State Government at the weekend advised them to start thinking of alternative accommodation.

With the recent landmark judgment vesting the ownership of vast hectares of land at Araromi-Ale Kingdom, in Badagry Local Government area of Lagos State in Oshukwu-Iyombo family, the head of the family, Chief Ibikunle Oshukwu, has allayed fears of an imminent unrest in the area.

To safeguard the integrity of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, the Federal Ministry of Works says it has engaged the services of a consultant – M/s ICECON Nig. Ltd; to urgently carry out investigation on the entire bridge’s substructure so as to determine the extent of maintenance work required.

There is no way the housing sector can develop without mortgages. And there is no way the mortgage sector can develop without a reform of the land tenure system because ultimately, those who give you mortgages must rely on something as a collateral and the most important thing they can rely upon is land”. This view was canvassed by the President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV, Mr. Emeka Eleh at an interactive session with newsmen last week.

Eko Atlantic City which was designed to provide the space and infrastructure to house 250,000 people and become the workplace for a further 150,000 in Lagos , is currently the biggest ongoing civil engineering construction site in the world.

…To complete Mushin drainage projects in May
Lagos state Government has commenced construction of drainage channels in public schools across the state, aimed at reducing incidences of flooding in schools.

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has disclosed that his administration has filed 1,957 cases involving land disputes in the High Court between 2009 till date.

The Nigerian real estate market will experience exponential growth through the inflow of capital from both local and offshore investors if the Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT structure is encouraged to thrive. This view was canvassed by stakeholders at a recent round table put together by Stanbic IBTC Capital, in partnership with Actis and Resilient Africa.

Terra Synergy Limited, Information Communication and Technology, ICT, company has entered into a strategic partnership with a French firm, Somfy International to develop the Nigeria’s building automation industry.

A sensitization programme to prevent over use of land for physical development at the expense of provision for green areas in the suburban parts of Lagos State was launched last week.

More prospective architects and steel structural engineers in Nigeria have adopted welded steel pipes for its cost saving benefits in construction projects in the country. The Managing Director of Nigeria Gas and Steel Ltd (NGSL), Hasib Moukarim revealed this in a press statement made available to news men in Lagos.

FOR users of the Third Mainland Bridge, fresh concerns over the bridge’s health have emerged beyond the repairs conducted between July 7 and October 30, 2012 by the Federal Ministry of Works

The House passed a motion sponsored by Mr. Ezenwa Onyewuchi, representing Owerri Federal Constituency of Imo State, which observed that the current River Niger bridge which was built in 1965, is at the brink of caving in. In passing the motion, the House urged the Federal Government to engage the services of a competent contractor to commence the construction of a second Niger bridge to support the one presently in use.

ABUJA—IN a move to ameliorate the effect of shortage of housing accommodation in Nigeria, the Federal Government has commenced construction of 1,000 housing units in Abuja.

LAGOS State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, has established two new asphalt plants in Imota and Badagry to boost its operations in terms of asphalt production.