The housing sector in Bayelsa State has received a fresh boost last week when an Oman based solution firm, Good Earth Power Ltd in partnership with Trans Atlantic Mortgage Ltd and First Bank of Nigeria, unveiled plans to build an 800- housing unit estate in Yenagoa. The project is expected to gulp N40 billion on completion.

Determined to combat the menace of climate change, the Lagos state government has come up a policy framework that will serve as template for combating climate change in the state.

Messrs Lucky Fibres Plc, makers of Nobel premium brand of carpets and rugs, has unveiled its new range of woven rugs to its dealers. The company which is the first in the West African sub-region to produce woven rugs, has equally installed the latest state of the art technology, CRP 92 weaving machine from Van Dewiele, Belgium.

Nigeria’s leading Pentecostal Church – the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, is leading the race to turn Colchester’s former garrison theatre into a place of worship and community centre.

Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, CMAN has blamed the increasing rate of collapse of building in the country on the shylock landlords who instead of building the houses according to standard consider the commercial gains by having poor foundation.

The Federal Ministry of Works has taken the Ondo State Government to task over its alleged threat to sack the contractor handling the reconstruction of the ever-busy Benin-Ore road. It was reported by a section of the media last week that the State government has taken over the repairs of the Ore-Benin road with the threat to sack the contractor currently handling its rehabilitation.

In this era of climate change when the rains come with heavy flooding, a good drainage channel becomes inevitable. For you to have a comfortable and safe home living, the home drainage system should be correctly installed. If the installation is poorly done, it could lead to a plethora of problems.

Jolted by the near flood disaster that hit Lagos last month, the State Government said last week that it has put in place an all year maintenance programme designed to ensure that all the drainage channels and canals in the State are regularly cleared and desilted.

ABUJA — The Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Gimba Yau’ Kumo has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to probe Federal Government’s non-remittance of National Housing Fund, NHF to it as stipulated in the NHF Act.

The heavy downpour which led to massive flooding in Lagos last month is an indication that climate change in Nigeria is real. This view was opined by a Lagos-based environmentalist, Mr Desmond Majekodunmi in a chat with Vanguard Homes & Property.