Real Estate News

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Housing Plan Initiative (WHPI), is to construct 500 housing units which women are expected to benefit from in its new housing scheme project at Machada, near Zuba, in Gwagwalada Area Council. Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, the President of WHPI, Hajiya Binta Ibrahim, said the initiative was aimed at empowering women and families ...

Revenue generating agencies in the aviation industry remitted over N45 billion to the federal government between 2015 and 2018, amid poor airport infrastructure, absence or obsolete landing aids and inadequate manpower development. These revenue generating agencies include the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), which are mandated ...

The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to ensure proper maintenance of public buildings across the country. This followed a two-day stakeholder meeting on the Draft National Public Buildings Maintenance Policy organised by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (Works and Housing Sector) which began yesterday in Abuja. In his remarks, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, ...

Dr. Tom Ohikere, National Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Broom Platform, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration over the various projects executed in Nasarawa State. Ohikere, who led the platform on a media tour of the state on Tuesday, said the various projects being executed by the APC-led government are of direct bearing on the lives and ...

The Niger Government on Monday says the present administration has expended about N190 million on the construction of female hostel at the School of Nursing Bida. The state Commissioner for Health, Mr. Mustapha Jibril, revealed this in Minna that about N150 million was spent on the construction of female hostel and N40 million on fencing the entire institution. According to ...

Mr. Gabriel Egede, a Safety expert has advised the general public to stop building houses under high tension power lines because of its health hazards. Egede gave the advice in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, operating under high tension does not only pose health hazard but death due to power cut. No fewer than 30 people ...

Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State is investing more than N300 million on the execution of developmental projects across the different wards of the council. The Secretary of the council, Alhaji Usman Isma’il, disclosed this while explaining the efforts of the local government in touching the lives of the residents. He said the amount would be expended on electrification ...

There is an ongoing war in Nigeria’s health sector. At a time Nigeria is alarmingly running short of medical personnel(Doctors) due to government’s negligence on their welfare, the few ones who have remained behind are being sucked dry. Doctors across the country are allegedly being forcefully made to pay for a building construction. It was gathered that the Nigerian Medical ...

The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has blamed state housing ministries for the usurpation of its statutory roles and responsibilities in housing construction and development. The group observed that the situation is purely unnecessary duplication of duty, which will in the long run cause distraction, unfair competition, and sheer wastages/repetition of efforts and resources. AHCN President, Mohammed Baba ...

The recent collapse of a seven-storey building under construction in Woji GRA in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, tends to suggest that building collapse has become a recurring decimal in Nigeria. A four-storey building under construction in Jabi District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) collapsed two months ago leaving many with serious injuries, particularly the workers on site, ...