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The developer of the passive house prototype, Eco-village in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chinwe Ohajuruka, has been named a finalist in the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards’ business plan competition. Ohajuruka will be representing Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region at the awards that hold mid-October at a joint Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards and Women’s Forum in Deauville, France. A statement ...

An architectural firm, Consultants Collaborative Partnership, has been given the ISO 9001:2008 certification for consultancy services in the field of architecture as well as civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering by Bureaux Veritas Nigeria. The Managing Partner, CCP, Mr. Femi Williams, said at the presentation of the certificate that it came from the need to define a system that encouraged ...

Ogun state aims to rehabilitate the Army barracks access roads as soon as all necessary arrangements has been concluded. Mr. Ayokunle Ewuoso, said Governor Ibikunle Amosun had already given his nod for the commencement of the fencing of the barracks, adding that officials of the ministry would soon visit the place to assess the state of the roads with the ...

It’s called Haohan Qiao—Brave Men’s Bridge in English. It is a glass bridge precisely glass bottomed. The 300 long overpass in Shiniuzai National Park in Southern China has a bottom made of glass, allowing walkers to see the stomach-churning view below their feet.   The recently completed span is a glass walkway suspended on a stomach-flipping 180 meters (590 feet) ...

The Managing Director, UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc, Mr. Hakeem Ogunniran, has identified five drawbacks to housing finance in the country. These include cost, character, capacity, collateral and conditions. This is coming on the heels of a World Bank report. The  findings of Word Bank Group, contained in “Doing Business in Nigeria 2014” under the section “Understanding Regulations for ...

Imperial Homes, Lamudi Nigeria in partnership for improved mortgage access. Nigeria’s largest online property platform, Lamudi Nigeria, has entered into a strategic partnership with leading mortgage bank, Imperial Homes Mortgage Bank Limited, with the aim of improving and deepening access to affordable mortgage facilities. Through Lamudi’s online mortgage calculator, property buyers can search for properties on the Lamudi Nigeria’s website, ...

Rainstorm on Saturday destroyed no fewer than 200 residential houses and shops in Zaria City and parts of Sabon-Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The storm also destroyed electrical installations and trees, blocking streets. The worst hit areas are Sabon-gari, Samaru, Danmagaji, Wusasa, Kofar Gayan Low Cost Housing Estate and parts of ...

Plateau Governor to build police station at UNIJOS – Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has approved setting up police station at the University of Jos to scrub challenges of insecurity in the university community. Speaking Saturday at the combined convocation of the university, Mr. Lalong said the gesture was aimed at ensuring security of lives and property on the ...

The Kano State Government has uncovered 1,830 ghost workers out of the 2,490 casual workers engaged as street cleaners by the state Refuse Management and Sanitation Board making government lose N18.1 million monthly. The state Commissioner for Information, Garba Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview in Kano on Saturday. He said the figure was presented to the State Executive Council ...

As much as we encourage you to be your own landlord on this platform by getting fresh landlords to share their experiences with us, this interview with Mr. Segun Awolowo, who runs Stretch Audio Visual company in Lagos, Nigeria, points out the need to embark on such project with trustworthy Real estate firms. You too can be your own landlord ...