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Architects’ regulation body seeks government’s patronage

On July 21, 20205:32 amIn Homes & Propertyby Rasheed Sobowale

By Kingsley Adegboye Architects’ Registration of Council of Nigeria, ARCON, has called on Nigerian government to patronise registered Nigerian architects, saying they possess the skills to deliver quality services that will boost the nation’s environment. ARCON president, Arc. (Sir) Oladipupo Ajayi, said a situation where some government officials still prefer and patronise their foreign counterparts,
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Imo building collapse: ARCON, NIA interim report indicts client, contractor of the project

On May 5, 20201:13 pmIn Homes & Propertyby Oboh

By Kingsley Adegboye The joint interim report of the Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, and the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, on the 8-storey hotel building that that collapsed in Imo, has indicted the developer and contractor handling the multi-billion Naira project. The building, which was under construction along Musa Yar’Adua Drive, Owerri, Imo
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Highlights of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's COVID-19 regulation

Lagos, ARCON partner on implementation of Architect’s Project Reg Num

On February 4, 20205:32 amIn Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

ARCON had visited the state’s Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development during which the former presented various issues to the ministry on moving the state’s built sector and architecture forward. Stating their mission, ARCON President, Arc. Dipo Ajayi, who led ARCON team to the meeting, said, it was necessary for the state to critically
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Abuja High Court refutes restraining ARCON from registering new architects

On August 28, 20194:57 pmIn Homes & Propertyby Emmanuel Okogba

Justice Muawiyah Baba Idris of a Federal Capital Territory, Abuja High Court, Nyanya Judicial Division, last Thursday refuted an interlocutory order purportedly claimed by some persons he had granted against Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria ARCON, restraining it from registering new architects pending the determination of a matter before it.

ARCON tasks registered Architects on professional ethics

On May 22, 201812:00 amIn Homes & Property, Newsby vanguard

The Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria ARCON, has called all registered architects in the country to keep faith with the established professional ethics and standards. The call was made at the just-concluded induction ceremony of 216 newly registered architects, held last week in Abuja, by ARCON President, Aliyu Umaru, an architect

NUC approves ARCON’s bid to upgrade Architecture study

On May 1, 20185:40 amIn Homes & Propertyby Nwafor

The study of architecture in Nigerian universities received a boost last week as the National Universities Commission, NUC, approved the request by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, to upgrade study of architecture from departmental to faculty level.

Professional standards: NIA president tasks architects’ body, ARCON on discipline

On April 3, 20184:19 amIn Homes & Propertyby Nwafor

For architects to remain relevant within the sub- sector of the construction industry, as well as abreast with developmental issues that border on transparency and discipline among members of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, the professional body and its regulatory body, Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, have been charged with the responsibility of instilling discipline and ensuring high professional standards in the practice of architecture.

‘ARCON dissolution case: We never took ARCON to court – NIA President

On February 13, 20181:28 amIn Homes & Propertyby Nwafor

The president of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, Festus Adibe Njoku, an architect, has disowned recent publications in Nigeria’s newspapers that the institute took its regulatory body, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, to court.