This article shares useful tips on what to do to succeed as a real estate investor who is looking to forge a path for himself in real estate business. The essence of success is achieving a long period of prosperity through your actions. For a newbie real estate investor in the real estate investment property market, that kind of success ...

Applicants who have applied for Certificates of Occupancy, and whose applications were not concluded due to absence of essential documents, will heave a sigh of relief soon, as the Lands Bureau has created a dedicated Help- Desk for uncompleted Applications. In a statement signed by the Public relations Office of the Bureau, this became necessary considering the avalanche of uncompleted and ...

The Delta State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, Sir Dan Okenyi, has set up a committee to identify undeveloped plots of land earlier allocated to individuals and organisations in the metropolitan area of Asaba, Delta State capital. The committee, headed by Mr. Alex Eboka, will identify plots that were yet to be developed by their owners two years ...

Traffic congestion is a situation in which demand for road space exceeds supply. Traffic congestion is the impedance vehicles impose on each other, due to the speed-flow relationship, in conditions where the use of a transport system approaches capacity. Traffic congestion is essentially a relative phenomenon that is linked to the difference between the roadway system performance that users expect ...

Energetic, rich, and relatively young, the new ooni of Ife is 41-year-old Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, traditional monarch of the Yoruba people of Southwest Nigeria. Ogunwusi is chairman of Gran Imperio Group, a leading real estate and construction company. Chosen from 20 candidates, Ogunwusi is one of Nigeria’s youngest traditional rulers, and he’s been coronated king of Nigeria’s second-largest ethnic group. About 40 million people are Yoruba. Nigeria’s No. ...

Fire on Tuesday razed the top part of NITEL building now known as Bankole house, located along Marina, Lagos. The fire started around 4.30 pm but the cause was still unknown as at press time. Similarly, the extent of damage could not be ascertained. Daily Trust gathered that rescuers from Federal and State fire service as well as the police ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government will re-introduce highway tolling to raise additional funds to finance road infrastructure and ensure efficient road maintenance. Mr. Fashola said this on Tuesday in Abuja during his first news conference tagged “Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change”. He said that adequate funding of the nation’s road infrastructure ...

The Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers and the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) have called for synergy among the seven professional groups in the built environment to tackle various challenges confronting the industry. According to them, it would take cooperation for the construction industry to attain success in addressing some of the issues in the industry, particularly building collapse. The ...

Contract For The Construction (NBCC) has officially signed a contract for the construction of its N450m plaza. The Plaza, a four-storey edifice, located at the Chamber’s secretariat, Lekki Phase1, is to be completed in 50 weeks. It was designed to accommodate an events centre, shopping centre, two training suites, meeting rooms, office and will host foreign trade delegations from the ...

Here is a compilation of what you should know about the Nigerian Built Environment, the structure, challenges and what should be done to make it better. The built environment is the human-made surroundings where people gather to live, work and play. It encompasses both the physical structures where people do these activities and the supporting infrastructure, such as transport, water ...