Real Estate

With a focus to progressively improve operations and deliver customer-centric services, Nigeria’s Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), has unveiled an ultra-modern PTC undertaking office in GRA Ikeja to provide customers with improved access to quality service. The newly unveiled office is an upgraded facility designed to deliver positive experience to customers. It offers prompt attendance to clients’ queries ...

A 35-year-old businessman, Prince Chinonso, was on Tuesday docked in a Kuje Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly buying stolen property worth N287, 000. Chinonso, who resides at Paseli area of Kuje, is facing a two-count charge of receiving stolen property and conspiracy. The prosecutor, Mary Olagunkoye, told the court that the complainant, Mark Solomon, of Kuchiyako area, reported the ...

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is working diligently to ensure timely completion of the Southern Parkway, the road complex traversing four key roads in the city’s main business districts of Garki, and Central Business District (CBD). Speaking to newsmen on the pace of work recently, the Director, Engineering Services, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Hadi Ahmad disclosed that the ...

The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, said concerted efforts were on to rehabilitate failed portions of highways and roads across the metropolis, with a pledge to aggressively fix potholes in coming days. The state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Ade Akinsanya, in a statement, said though many roads across the State had been fixed in the last few weeks, ...

The closure of a section of the Ijora Bridge, outbound Apapa, is worsening the already chaotic traffic situation in the Lagos, says the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN). Vicky Haastrup, STOAN chairman, who stated this in Lagos on Tuesday, said the closure of the bridge, which links Apapa to other parts of the Lagos metropolis through the Wharf ...

The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Sunday flagged off the building of 500 houses to replace homes destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in Gajiram, headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area. Nganzai, an agrarian local government, about 90km from Maiduguri, the state capital, was among the communities that were badly hit by the Boko Haram onslaught. Gajiram, ancestral home of ...

Disturbed by the increasing rate of human casualties on project sites, the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has urged artisans to adhere to safety procedures during construction activities. The institute decried acts of non-compliance with safety guidelines, which has been recommended internationally for artisans and called for a change of attitude to prevent further loss of lives. The Chairman, Lagos ...

To effectively harness the use of geospatial technology in mapping and range measurement, surveyors have called for the enactment of proper legislation to ensure its full utilization of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS). CORS stations are Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, which are permanently mounted in different places, provide data consisting of carrier phase and code range measurements in ...

Industry experts have advised practitioners to make decisions based on the property life cycle, create an environment, which fosters, embraces innovation and change. They argue that such projections and decisions will improve the quality of life of people and productivity of the core businesses in the built environment. The experts spoke at the second edition of the Facilities Management Lecture ...

Have you ever wondered or been involved in a conversation about why properties are so expensive in Lagos, unlike other cities in the country? What answers did you come up with? If you have, then you are not alone as the rising cost of property in Lagos has remained a topical issue in Lagos over the years. What makes this ...