Some residents of Lekki Garden on Thursday urged the Lagos State Government to improve on its pre-building regulation to avoid recurring cases of building collapse. The residents said such a measure would prevent avoidable incidents which often claimed lives. They spoke against the backdrop of a move by the state government to carry out integrity test on buildings constructed in ...
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Jigawa Govt. Explains Demolished Structures
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Adamu Sarki Miga, has said that the state government embarked on demolition of illegal structures to reclaim a road which was in the masterplan. The commissioner, while speaking with journalists in Dutse, said most of the structures affected by the demolition exercise were those that were built on land carved out of ...
Read More »NLNG Commissions $2m Oil & Gas Centre
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), on Friday, at the University of Port Harcourt commissioned $2 million NLNG Centre for Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Engineering donated to the institution as part of the company’s $12 million University Support Programme. The centre is the third of six world class science/engineering laboratories to be commissioned by the company. In November 2015 and March 2016, ...
Read More »Realty Point Pays Visit To Heritage Homes Orphanage.
As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), one of the foremost real estate company in the country, Realty Point Limited on Thursday, 31 st March, 2016, paid a visit to Heritage Homes Orphanage at Anthony Village, Lagos state. The top-notch real estate company which has its office in Maryland had a cross section of members of staff in attendance. ...
Read More »“Buhari Sold His House To Get His Child Forex”
Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says the president sold his property to access foreign exchange (forex) for his child’s education. Adesina, who could not confirm if the president got forex from official sources or the parallel market, said one would have to ask the president himself. Speaking in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The ...
Read More »Femi Adebayo Bags Real Estate Firm Ambassadorial Deal
Femi Adebayo has inked a brand ambassadorial deal with real estate firm; Kayode Obembe and Co Limited. The formal signing on ceremony held on Thursday March 31 at Ikeja. At the ceremony, the elated actor explained that he had taken his time to verify the reputation of the firm, and was pleased to be their brand ambassador. Speaking further he ...
Read More »Kitchen Floors: Tiles vs Wood
This article takes a quick look at the pros and cons of the two superstar kitchen flooring choices. How do they manage the ick, while allowing for style and comfort? Your kitchen sees you at your most inspired and grottiest. The kitchen floor has to weather it all, serve up charm while you serve dinner, and be easy to clean ...
Read More »Police IG Commissions 260 Police Staff Homes
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, yesterday, commissioned 260 Police Staff Homes as part of the Nigeria Police effort to improve the quality of lives and provide affordable houses for officers and men of the Force. Speaking at the ceremony at the Brick City Estate, Kubwa in Abuja, the IGP, who noted that other houses are located in ...
Read More »AfDB Injects $8.2m Into African Housing
Shelter Afrique, a Pan-African finance institution supporting the development of the housing and real estate sector in Africa has received a $8.2 million injection of equity by the African Development Bank (AfDB). In a statement by the AfDB, the injection is meant to strengthen its balance sheet and help achieve its objective of providing quality affordable housing in Africa. “Africa’s economic ...
Read More »Slum community In Lagos Protest Dangerous Dredging Activity
Over 100 slum dwellers in Otodo Gbame community besieged the Lagos State Government House, Wednesday, protesting dredging and sand-filling activities near their homes. Otodo Gbame is a predominantly fishing village in Lekki. The community people demanded an immediate stop to the dredging activities at the Otodo Gbame lagoon by Destiny Dredgers’ International (DDI) Ltd, purportedly owned by Lekki Gardens. ”The ...
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