Urban Development

The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development on Thursday held a stakeholders’ workshop on Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Regulations and Building Control Regulations...

Disturbed by lack of budgetary allocation for mapping in the 2020 budget, experts in the built environment have urged government at all levels to invest on geospatial technology...

Amid the dominance of international firms in the sector, estate surveyors and valuers have been urged to vexplore mega practice option and partnerships.

A joint development commission that will foster a strong economic relationship between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration and the Nassarawa State government is in the offing.

To reposition surveying practice in Nigeria, experts have stressed the need for surveyors to update their knowledge.

Planners have charged the Lagos state government to do more detailed master plans and improve urban regeneration to boost the quality of settlements and residents within the state.

Determined to bring sanity to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Department of Development control of the administration has demolished over 30 houses, shanties and other illegal structures in Mpape community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

One of the starkest reminders of the misgovernance of the nation by past leaders was the seemingly deliberate effort to stifle the industrial sector that was expected to tackle unemployment. As many analysts now agree, Nigerians’preference for imported goods has also weakened the few existing industries...

A professor of urban and regional planning, Afolabi Aribigbola, has called for the introduction of effective social housing scheme that is pro-poor as remedy...

A major disagreement is brewing between a property firm, Kings County Property Investment Company Limited and the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) over the latter’s decision to seal the premises housing it's Cancer Treatment Centre in Ikoyi.

To ease their accommodation challenge, the NLNG staff Bonny Cooperative Investment and Credit Society (NLNG Coop) recently unveiled its Cowrie Creek Estate in Lekki, Lagos.

Renowned planner, Mr. Moses Ajayi has decried the lack of master plans to guide the growth of the majority of the Nigerian cities, blaming it on the failure of urban governance and lawlessness on the part of the government.