Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers ( NIESV) has faulted the current asset declaration procedure where a public officer on his own lists his assets and fixes values of his choice to the assets being declared, saying that it was counterproductive and negates the rules of checks and balance Briefing newsmen in Asaba, Delta State, President and Chairman, National ...
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Lagos informs property owners to obtain valid development permit
The Lagos State Government has asked property owners within Federal Government acquisitions to obtain valid development permit to prevent their buildings from being sealed or demolished. The General Manager, Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, Mr. Funmi Osifuye, said the validation was necessary to prevent disruption or demolition by LASPPPA due to lack of building plan approval. Osifuye said the ...
Read More »Hoodlums in Osun set 5 houses on fire
Suspected arsonists on Sunday night set five houses on fire at Igangan in Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun State. Newsmen reports that the hoodlums who attacked the community at about 8.pm also destroyed property worth millions of naira. The assailants were also said to have shot one Miss Rukayat Balogun at Iwara in the early hours of Saturday. ...
Read More »ARCON demands investigation into collapsed building project at Unilag
Lagos – Following a partially collapsed section of a building under construction located within the University of Lagos (Unilag), Akoka campus last week, the Architect Registration Council (ARCON) visited the site seeking for a full investigation. The visit was to get first-hand information on the incident. The varsity’s on-going building project that experienced the partial collapse is a seven-storey project, ...
Read More »ADC lambasts Gov. Bello over abandoned road projects
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has lambasted Governor Abubakar Sani Bello over numerous abandoned road projects in the state, particularly the 86km Kontagora to Rijau road. The governorship candidate of ADC in Niger state, Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed Mani stated this Sunday in an interactive session with journalists. He said, “Governor Sani Bello has not shown interest and concern over the ...
Read More »Pregnant woman sustains injuries as eight dies in Ogun road accident
Eight persons were confirmed dead, while a pregnant woman and a child sustained injuries in an accident involving a blue Toyota Corolla Sports car around Ewekoro area of Ogun State, on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway. Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday. Akinbiyi explained that the accident, which occurred ...
Read More »Bayelsa state government executes 300 projects in 7 years
The Bayelsa State government has said that Governor Seriake Dickson-led administration has executed over 300 projects including roads, bridges, and buildings within his seven years in office. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Konyefa Godwin, told newsmen in Yenagoa that the projects are sited and scattered across the eight local government areas (LGAs) of the state. He said ...
Read More »Niger govt commences construction of 200 housing units
The Niger State government and Happy Home Builders Nigeria Limited, under a Public Private Partnership, PPP, arrangement have commenced construction of 200 units of one bedroom bungalows and two-bedroom duplexes at the Abubakar Sani Bello Housing Estate along Suleja-Madalla Abuja Road, in Rafinsayin. The governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, who was represented by the commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Isa ...
Read More »Niger pledges to ease acquisition of land for second phase of NHP
The Niger Government says it will remove obstacles hindering acquisition of land for the second phase of the National Housing Programme (NHP). Mr. Sani Lafiya, Director General, Projects Monitoring and Documentation, Governor’s Office, spoke during an inspection of the Minna NHP site, first phase by North Central Zonal Director, Mr. Valentine Nwaimo. Nwaimo was in the state in the company ...
Read More »FG completes over 152 housing units in North East in 3yrs – Official
Mr. Micah Waziri, the North East Zonal Director, National Housing Programme, on Thursday said no fewer than 152 housing units had been completed out of the 480 units embarked on by the Federal government in the region. It was reported that Waziri made the disclosure in Bauchi after inspection of the ongoing construction work of 80 housing units along the ...
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