“A Lagos High Court, Igbosere has adjourned the suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Word of Life Bible Church against the Lagos State government over non-issuance of building permit to October 11. In a suit marked LD/3040/14 before Justice Christopher Balogun, the church is asking the court to order the state government to issue it with building permit for ...

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has said the crisis in the Mambilla was neither religious nor ethnic, but that the Mambilla crisis is land dispute-induced. According to The Nation, he reiterated that there is no alternative to ranching as a solution to the crisis of confidence between herdsmen and farmers. Ishaku spoke at an interactive session with reporters in Abuja. ...

According to PM News, property worth millions of naira was destroyed on Sunday early morning as Fire engulfs 35 shops in Ibadan, Ogunpa/Oke Bola area in the Oyo state capital. Witnesses said the fire started around 3 am and raged for about seven hours before it was eventually put out around 10 am leaving a trail of destruction, Channels’ Television ...

“The final draft of a 20-year Ibadan city master plan aimed at tackling flooding, as well as charting a new direction for the city has been presented to the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.”- Daily Post The detailed master plan is expected to be submitted by September. The Ibadan drainage and solid waste master plans are aimed at ...

The Nation reports that Niger Gov. Abubakar Bello has approved N30 million to the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) to provide relief materials to victims of Suleja flood. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Jibrin Ndace, in Minna on Sunday said that the governor gave the approval when he visited some flooded areas in Suleja and Lapai ...

The Guardian reports, “with the affirmation of the Lagos division of Appeal Court on the legal dispute challenging levies on private properties by councils, the coast is now clear for Local Governments in Lagos State to generate revenue from private car parks and car lots.” This follows a ruling in which the Appellate Court, last week, dismissed an appeal filled ...

“Fresh facts have emerged that the Lagos State Government has concessioned three landfills under the Build, Own, Operate and Transfer, (BOOT) for a period of 25 years, which would take effect from next year.”- The Guardian The state authorities have also adopted a Public Utility Levy (PUL) – a property-based charge applicable to all properties to replace all previous waste ...

The original settlement on the site in which Lagos grew was first inhabited by fishermen and farmers and was called Eko. This settlement was christened in 1492 as Lago de Kuramo by the Portuguese who used it only as a harbour in their attempts at finding a route to the far east. However what we have today is what you ...

“The beneficiaries of the N-Power programme in Kwara State have requested the Federal Government to provide a minimum of 300 hectares of land with good irrigation system.  They have requested 100 hectares in each of the three senatorial districts of Kwara State before the beginning of planting season in 2018, for members of the three pioneer clusters of the N-Power graduates ...

Since the purpose for any structure of a building is to satisfy some human needs, there is need for the design of such structure to be at par with the functional objectives of safety, serviceability, and economy.This article delves into the menace of structural failures in Nigeria The tools to enable an engineer realise the functional objectives of safety, serviceability, ...