Did it come as a shock when our darling Lagos – Africa’s fastest growing city was ranked among the top 3 worst cities to live in the world? In this article we discuss why Lagos is one of the worst cities to live in the world Two weeks ago, Lagos – the most populated city in Nigeria was ranked among ...
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Only 3% of workers benefitted from National Housing Fund
“After 30 years of operating the National Housing Fund (NHF), only three percent of Nigerian workers has benefited from it, New Telegraph has learnt.”- Ripples Nigeria According to the Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Professor Mohammed Al-Amin, majority of federal and state governments’ staff who subscribed to NHF have not been able to access the fund to actualize their ...
Read More »Construction of 3,050MW Mambilla electricity project at $5.7 billion approved
According to Premium Times, the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved $5.792 billion (about N1.140 trillion) for the construction of the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla electricity project at Gembu in Taraba. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents alongside the ministers of labour and employment as well ...
Read More »Bad Market – Episode 12
It was a cold Sunday morning, my old man was still in critical conditions at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi. Mum had not gotten up from bed, she had spent the previous day with Dad at the hospital while Timi was in his bedroom listening to Tupac Shakur‘s California hit song on his 4000 watts pro stack sound system. The ...
Read More »FAAN seeks to control land encroachment around airports in Nigeria
According to Nigerian Tribune, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), is seeking partnership with various state governments in a bid to stop airports land encroachment by farmers across the nation. Speaking with journalists in Sokoto at the 15th National Council of Transportation on Tuesday, the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, lamented that the high rate of encroachment into airports ...
Read More »Osinbajo commissions multi-million dollar BUA cement factory In Edo
“The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday described the commissioning of the multi-million dollar BUA cement factory In Edo as a consolidation of Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in cement and a big boost to the nation’s export capacity.”- PM News Osinbajo stated this shortly before commissioning the first phase and the ground-breaking of the second phase of the three million ton-capacity ultra ...
Read More »Minister Advocates synergy in the construction industry
“The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu has called for synergy amongst research institutes, policy makers and professional bodies in the construction industry to tackle housing challenges in the country.”- The Tide Adamu made call while speaking with newsmen Abuja, on the sideline of the 28th Archibuilt Exhibition and Conference on building materials. The exhibition and conference is organised ...
Read More »Another three-storey building collapse happened in Lagos
The Guardian reports that another three-storey building collapse happened yesterday in Ojo area of Lagos State. There were, however, no casualties as residents have already deserted the building located at No. 21 Saka Okoro Street, Ilufe Road, Alaba International Market, Ojo. It was gathered that the building caved in on Tuesday morning in a partial collapse. General Manager, Lagos State ...
Read More »Family accuses police of obstructing justice over Lagos property
According to The Nation, the family of a former Head of Service in Lagos, the late Mr. C.O. Bajulaiye, has accused the police of denying its members access to their late father’s house in spite of a court judgment authorising them to take over their Lagos property. The family had approached the Lagos Magistrates Court in a bid to recover ...
Read More »Kwara state pays out 1.5 million as land compensation
“Kwara Harmony Holdings on Tuesday paid N1.5m out of the N3.7m million as land compensation to owners of 25 hectares of customary lands acquired by the State Government 11 years ago.”- PM News The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 25 hectares of land was acquired for the cultivation of grains at Ogbondoroko, in the Asa Local Government ...
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