Do you intend your house to stand out in your neighbourhood and you are engrossed with thoughts about what to do? Well, you may try covering the roof of your house with shingles instead of the popular long span aluminum or zinc being used by many home owners.

Africa’s Housing and Urban Development Ministers rose from the 4th session of the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development, AMCHUD 4 in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital last week, with a commitment to strengthen and develop transformative National Urban Policy and adopting strategies for realizing smarter and more sustainable urban development.

Executive Director, International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development, ICEED.Mr. Ewah Otu Eleri, says the introduction of ten million clean cooking stoves would reduce the amount of wood that is used for cooking both in the rural and urban parts of the country.

Only last week in Abuja, Mr Bode Adediji handed over the leadership of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV to a new executive council to be led by Mr Emeka Eleh. In this chat with JUDE NJOKU, Adediji gives an account of his stewardship

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated several housing estates in different parts of the state as direct fulfillment of his development agenda.