Governor Ambode, who spoke in Lagos at the first annual stakeholders’ forum organised by the Lagos State Waterways Authority, said the water transport mode, which is a critical part of the intermodal transport system of the government, would be developed with international best practices. The Governor, who was represented at the forum by the Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure, Engr. ...

ARM Nigeria, an asset management firm with interest in real estate has acquired Mixta Africa, a property development company. Speaking to CNBC Africa on the new acquisition, the Chairman/ CEO of Mixta Africa Deji Alli, says Nigerians can now look forward to affordable housing across the country with the entry of Mixta Nigeria into the housing market. Watch video below:

Lagos state government on Wednesday closed down about 53 Churches, Mosques & Hotels over noise pollution. Engr Rasheed Shabi, who is the General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, stated that they sealed those places because of reports they got from residents around those places. It was that learnt some of the worship centres were sealed because they ...

Egyptian Housing Minister, Mustafa Madbouly, said plans are underway to build 1 million homes for the poor people at a cost of almost 20 billion dollars over the next five years. He said on Wednesday in Cairo that the plan was aimed at easing a crunch that has seen slums and unlicensed buildings spread since the 2011 revolt. Madbouly said ...

Owing to the fact that there are many real estate agents around, it is consequential that you go the extra mile to stand out from the crowd of real estate agents in the country. This article gives ten worthy tips on how to be a professional real estate agent and achieve success at it. The world of residential real estate ...

Computer Professionals’ Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), has denied re-awarding the contract for the development of the Abuja Centre of Excellence. A statement the President/Chairman of Council, Prof. Vincent Asor, last week said the clarification becomes necessary due to rumors that the initial contractor handling the project has been sacked. According to Professor Asor, no contract has been cancelled or ...

Ostensibly to avert crisis over a world-class construction project located in Piwoyi, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the National Institute of Legislative Studies (NILS), has faulted an allegation of breaching any law in the execution of its N52 billion headquarters’ contract. NILS’ reaction came last week, following allegation by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) that, the institute had engaged ...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has said changes will be made to the national housing policy where necessary. He said some N10 billion might be budgeted for housing in the 2016 budget. He said there will be private sector participation and consistency in policy implementation in the coming years. Fashola who was addressing newsmen in Abuja  said ...

The Lagos State Government says over N98.3 billion worth of property were salvaged while about N16.4 billion property were lost to various fire incidents from Jan. 1, 2015 to date. The Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, Mr Oluseye Oladejo, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja. Oladejo said that over 1,667 emergency calls ...

Amidst commendation by some residents and recipients of land title documents under the Ogun State Homeownership Charter Scheme, land surveyors have cited violation of survey plan law in Nigeria in the execution of the scheme. Hence, they have initiated a legal proceeding against Ogun State Government, which is pending for hearing at a Federal High Court, Abeokuta. In the suit, ...