AHCN re-elects Obongha, others
Experts examine good, bad sides of solar installations in buildings
A/Ibom Demolition: Property owner demands compensation
Alaro City’s master plan wins international award
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Registered architects have been charged not to breach the architects’ professional ethics, but to uplift professionalism in all their professional undertakings.
Real Estate: Harsh operating environment threatening business- Developer
Against the backdrop of the severe and harsh economic climate the real estate sector of the nation’s economy has found itself at least in the last three years in which business continuity is now being threatened, operators in the sector have no option than to engage in innovative thinking and actions, just as they have to diversify their revenue if they must remain in business.
Lagos master plan: Stakeholder decries allocation of Lekki Police station, public car park to individuals
Lagos is gradually assuming the status of unplanned cities, as its original master plan is rampantly being abused by government officials who flout it thereby giving way to arbitrary developments that further compound the problems of the sprawling city.
Wealth from waste: How pollution can be turned into something useful
Environmental engineers are using their imagination to clean up the environment and generate wealth from waste at the same time. As our environmental woes intensify, we’ll need even more creative thinking”, says Maria Sotenko, a lecturer in chemical engineering at Loughborough University.
Port Harcourt mall management commiserates with victims, reassures customers of safety
The owners and management of the Port Harcourt Mall has commiserated with all the injured people in the gas outburst that happened last week Wednesday at the mall.
New policy on erosion control, flood mgt under way — FG
The Federal government, weekend disclosed that it is currently reviewing the National Policy on Erosion Control and Flood that is all inclusive and in line with global best practices.
Gullies, craters, flood impede traffic on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway
The trucks we are still seeing on the roads are the empty container returning trucks. And one of our terms of references is to work with NPA to develop an arrangement on return of empty containers handling policy.
World Environment Day: Stakeholders canvass renewable, clean energy to eliminate air pollution
By Kingsley Adegboye Governments, agencies and NGOs across the world last week commemorated World Environment Day for this year, which is the United Nations’ biggest annual event for positive environmental action, encouraging worldwide awareness and commitment to protect our planet. This year’s celebrations, held under the theme “Beat Air Pollution”, called upon people to explore […]
‘Why Nigerians should embrace smart home technology’
Leading real estate firm, Joe Etoniru and Associates, has called on Nigerians to embrace a new technology, Home Assistant for the performance and management of activities at home.
Scientists tackle climate change challenges in $100, 000 Nigeria prize for science
Twenty-nine scientists participating in the 2019 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Science, an annual event sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, are expected to tackle challenges posed by climate change across the country such as erosion, drought and desertification.
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FG warns motorists as reconstruction works progress
As reconstruction and expansion works on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway progress, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr. Adedamola Kuti, has warned motorists plying the ever busy expressway to drive with caution around construction sections to avoid gridlock and accidents on the road.
Stakeholders worry as environment gradually goes into extinction globally
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world. This is why the world needs transformative change if life on earth is to be safeguarded and people are to continue to receive the services and benefits that nature provides, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES, an international team of leading researchers on environment.
Nigeria playing politics with housing policy — NIESV President
The President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers NIESV, Mr. Rowland Abonta, has stated that Nigeria is breeding criminal elements with wrong housing provision, pointing out that there is need for federal government and stakeholders in the housing sector to address the trend by not playing politics with the issue of housing but should engage in proper planning towards solving the problem of housing deficit in the country.
FG introduces new technology to reduce building cost
In a bid to reduce incidents of building collapse in the country, the federal government has introduced an emerging technology in building process. The new technology known as Pozzolana comprises materials with property of cement and offers 40 per cent cement replacement in building construction.
Vultures extinction will expose Africa to epidemics, revenue loss — Experts
Conservation experts have raised the alarm that if the illegal trade in vultures and their use for medicines, charms of other belief systems persist, Africa and indeed Nigeria will be at a high risk of exposure to outbreak of epidemics and loss of revenue.
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