Urban Development

To make house affordable to average Nigerians, foremost manufacturer of tiles, grouts and adhesives, West African Ceramics Ltd has called for the support of ‘Buy Nigeria’ campaign. General Manager of the firm, Mr. Bhaskar Rao, made the call at the inauguration of two additional mega and ultramodern exclusive tile showrooms in Port Harcourt and Aba.…

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyangeyen has said that, the infrastructure development of the state was not politically motivated, but to enable governor Udom Emmanueal succeed on his industrialization programme.

After three years of construction works, one of Nigeria’s building and civil engineering firms, ITB Nigeria Limited is set to complete its first steel and concrete building project, Azuri Peninsula, in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos.

The President General of Isoko Development Union, Chief Iduh Amadhe, has urged the state government to repair the link roads within Iyede community that has been damaged by heavy-duty vehicles.

To make home ownership easier for its citizens, the Cross River State government has allocated plots of land to civil servants at Ikot Okon Archibong in Odukpani Local Government Area.

Contributors to the National Housing Fund (NHF) may soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government is set to deliver 112 units of one and two bedroom flats in Sedona estate in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos State.   The N667 million project is a ministerial pilot housing scheme that has been conceived…

Building and civil engineering firm, AG Dangote Construction Company Limited has attributed the delays in the earlier planned for completion of Apapa/Wharf road reconstruction...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Olamilekan Adegbite, has attributed the success recorded by the State government in infrastructural development, to the detailed and voluminous blueprint of government before it came into office.

The Nigerian Building and Roads Research Institute (NBRRI) has undertaken studies to redesign slum settlements aimed at developing affordable low cost housing units in the country.   The team has taken up studies in Abuja (Jabi, Nyanya); Niger State (Suleja), Nasarawa and Plateau. Director-General of the Institute, Prof. Danladi Matawal who made this known at…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has granted a 67 per cent reduction in land regularisation fees payable by landlords who own property within government acquisition around State’s University (LASU) community.

In its drive at revitalizing the economic activities at Agbara - Igbesa axis, Ogun State government is partnering with a private firm, China- Africa Investment for the reconstruction of the 10 kilometre Lusada-Igbesa road.

Forty years after it was promulgated to ease access to land and boost housing provision in the country, the clamor for a review of the Land Use Act (alternatively known as Decree 6, of 1978) is yet to abate, as experts last week reiterated its call for a speedy.....