PORCELAIN floor tiles are not just a source of beauty to homes even though that is what they do best, but they are also an investment in terms of the valuation of your property. As today’s property market experiences tumult, what potential property buyers are looking for is something unique in terms of interior finishing in addition to quality outward appearance.

THE Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has noted that it has spent N6.2 billion for road maintenance across the six geo-political zones in the country just as the agency has embarked on aggressive patching of federal roads across the nation preparatory to Sallah and Xmas season.

Every time Nigeria goes to the international negotiation table on climate change, one of the limitations it has always carried is its inability to determine the amount of its carbon footprint.

NEW Towns Development Authority(NTDA), a parastatal of the Lagos State Government charged with the responsibility of creating satellite towns has expressed the determination of the government to arrest rural- urban drift which is caused by industrialization and modernization.

MESSRS Eksiogulari Construction (Nig.) Ltd, the firm handling the construction of Kaduna Eastern By-Pass: has been given up to November 30 this year as an ultimatum to complete work on the 16- kilometre expressway between Kakau village and Kachia Road, Zaria.

IKOYI and Falomo bound motorists from Lekki axis through Ozumba Mbadiwe can now heave a sigh of relief with the commissioning of the Falomo bridge on-ramp last week.

RABIE Group, a foremost South African real estate giant, has expressed its intention to explore business opportunities in Nigeria with a view to investing in the real estate sector.

THE President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS, Mr. Agele Alufohai has said Nigeria will require over $100 billion to enable it fix roads infrastructure and electric power in the next ten years.

Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Kano State branch, has called on governments at both state and local government levels to avail themselves of the revenue available in landed property.

Professional builders have called for the adoption of the local content law in the construction sector, so as to positively harness the benefits of using foreign expertise for growth of the sector.

The housing deficit in Nigeria is huge, estimated to be about 16 million housing units by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), the United Nations agency for human settlements, in 2007.

Apparently upset by the barrage of criticisms that have trailed the new tenancy law in Lagos State, the Ministry of Information and Strategy in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, last week, organised a one-day forum to sensitise stakeholders on the provisions of the new act.

Worried by the housing shortfall put at a staggering 16 million units, the President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS, Mr. Agele John Alufohai, has called on the Federal Government to develop a robust roadmap for developing the nation’s housing sector.

With the recent upsurge in terror attacks comes the need to reconsider building design considerations to safe guard lives and property and minimise risk and probability of attack.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar has explained why the Nigeria Airforce Foundation was unbundled. According to him, the Foundation had become over burdened by the challenges placed on it which included the provision of accommodation for personnel, investing on behalf of the NAF and getting involved in the repairs and rehabilitation of equipment.