One technology that has emerged over the last decade and a half is Building Information Modeling (BIM). This article highlights the importance of BIM to the construction industry in Nigeria. There were no significant changes in the building design methods observed until the mid-nineteenth century and engineers were used to describe their design by traditional methods (pen, paper, and ruler). ...

Former managing director of Bank of Industry, Mallam Ibrahim Aliyu in an interview with CHIKA OKEKE regretted that 60 per cent of Nigeria’s housing stock was imported and that over 70 per cent of workers rent houses. According to Leadership, PMI’s do their jobs the best way they can in very difficult circumstances. You can only disburse such money as you ...

“The Nigerian Senate has instructed its Committees on Environment, Petroleum and Downstream to make a visit to Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State. This is in a bid to assess the level of air pollution. According to Premium Times, residents of the city and its environs have been living under the threat of air pollution since black carbon took over ...

Alhaja Moroophat Obanikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has been asked by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Jabi, Abuja to forfeit her property to the Federal Government while the investigation of her husband and children are ongoing. According to Daily Post, the court subsequently threw out her request that ...

Do you know that most of the popular places in Lagos did not just derive their names by mere coincidence neither are they just names of places based on logistics? This article exposes the origin and true meanings of popular locations in Lagos that virtually most Lagosians have come in contact with one way or the other. Lagos which has ...

The Nation reports that the Ijeun-Lukosi Community of Abeokuta, Ogun State has laid claim to an expanse of land on which the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) is situated. According to The Nation, the  land, measuring approximately 179.89 Hectares (444.52 acres), is now a subject of litigation at the Abeokuta High Court, Ogun State in suit No:AB/442/2016 before Justice O. ...

The Association of Estate Agents in Nigeria (AEAN) held its 2nd annual conference in Lagos. Many delegates and guests from all over the country attended the conference which was tagged “Estate Agency Practice and National Development.” According to This Day, Mr Chudi Ubosi, the Chairman of the Association stated that AEAN is a body being midwifed and launched by the ...

According to This Day, The president of Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors & Valuers (NIESV), Dr. Bolarinde Patunola- Ajayi has called on the Federal Government to diversify and embrace the real estate sector to combat recession. He said the nation has not succeeded in unlocking the wealth in the sector noting that it is the only robust solution to grow ...

Buying or renting a property is not all about having the right finances, there is a whole lot involved.  There are some basic things you ought to put into cognizance before you take that big step. This article brings to the fore “5 things to know before you buy or rent property” There are pointers and questions you should answer ...

Do you remember that sad incident of the collapse of Prophet TB Joshua’s church, SCOAN on the 12th of September, 2014? Well, in a recent tweet, FFK plans to expose the real reason behind the collapse of Prophet TB Joshua’s church. Nigerians are eager to hear what he has to say as it is evident that they haven’t yet completely ...