This became necessary due to recent mails I received asking for advise on basic steps in building a house that once can effectively follow. It is for those who are not really sure of what steps to follow when planning for their house. Understanding the basic steps in building a house will aid your knowledge more and always make you ...

Kidnappers’ Den located at Nkporo community of Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State was on Friday, demolished on the instruction of the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. The building is said to have been used by some kidnappers to keep their victims until ransom is paid. See photos  below:

Police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba has arrested a housewife over an alleged attempt to kill her husband of 18 years following a disagreement over properties. According to PM News, the suspect identified as Mrs Florence Njideka Chukwuma, a resident of No 48 Olukotun street, Ejigbo, allegedly poured a gallon of petrol on her husband, Chinedu, during ...

The executive Director of NatanelFlorens, Yinka Daramola, in an interview with Punchng correspondent says the government and the private sector could explore the rent-to-own initiative as an answer to the housing challenge in the country. What is your assessment of the real estate sector? The real estate sector in Nigeria is clearly underdeveloped. There’s still a lot to be done in ...

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, on Saturday disclosed that the federal government has concluded on how it plans to build more houses for Nigerians in its mass housing programme and would soon launch the implementation strategies. Fashola spoke at the 46th annual conference of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors (NIESV) in Abuja. He also called for ...

Dubai is set to build a tower higher than the existing record-breaking skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa, which is presently the world’s tallest building. Construction for the new tower which is to be known as The Tower at Dubai Creek, will start at the end of June this year and is hoped to be finished before Dubai hosts the World Expo ...

The Lagos State Government has announced that an additional foot bridge would be constructed at Ojota bus stop on Ikorodu road, to complement the existing one in order to contain the recent upsurge in usage by Pedestrians. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the decision arose out of ...

Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has awarded contract for the construction of affordable homes for the displaced people of Bakassi. The sum of N200 million has been set aside for the project. Ayade who stated this Wednesday while receiving the Chairman of Lafarge Africa, Mr. Bolaji Balogun and his management team on a courtesy call in his office, ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday said the State Government would sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with investors for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge before May 29. Mr. Ambode, speaking at the Third Quarterly Town Hall meeting in Ikorodu, said that the bridge would run from Ajah to Ikorodu, to Isawo, and berth at ...

Most people who buy land usually look to erect beautiful structure(s) on it based on their taste and desires, but it is always important to remember that everything requires a plan. The plan in this case is not the one that entails buying cements, sand and water to build, this actually concerns the drawings that show the anatomy of the ...