Real Estate

Real estate development is regarded as an economic driver in any economy. In this piece, Debo Adejana – one of the foremost real estate experts in Nigeria explains how real estate development can improve the economy of any country Anywhere in the world, the business of real estate development is taken seriously; it’s painstaking, tasking, albeit it is lucrative and ...

The Police men handling the rape case involving Runo had swooped in on 5, Otolorin Street Lawanson hoping to apprehend Jamiu and his cohorts. This was after the victim had revealed that her neighbour spearheaded the unfortunate rape incident that led to the unlawful arrest of Martins. When officers of the Area ‘G’ Police Command got to 5 Otolorin street ...

The nation reports that environmentalists and stakeholders in the electricity industry have urged relevant authorities to dispose of the old transformers with Polychlorinated Biphenlys (PCBs), saying they posed a serious threat to human health. They made the call in Abuja at the National Consultative Forum for preparation of the project document on “Environmental Sound Management and Disposal (ESMD) of PCBs’’. ...

According to Nigeria Today, stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas industry have identified the dearth of infrastructure as the biggest challenge facing the sector. Consequently, the call has been the need to urgently focus on addressing this key sector, with the private sector favoured to be the driver. In this report, FESTUS OKOROMADU writes on the need to help ...

Leadership reports that the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has disbursed about N32million to 383 eligible personnel of the Nigerian Army, contributing to the National Housing Fund (NHF) in the last three years adding that Contributors’ Statement of Account were up to date. The Apapa District Coordinator of the bank, Mrs. Uche Okoli stated this in Lagos when the ...

The Tide reports that a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Funke Abayomi, while applauding N141 billion allocation of housing in the 2017 Budget, has called for the proper utilisation of the funds to achieve set goals. Abayomi made the call in an interviews with The Tide at Onne, Friday. According to The Tide, she hailed the allocation of ...

According to Nigerian Tribune, Stakeholders in the environment sector are calling on Lagos State government to put in place measures to protect coastal lines from deterioration in the face of dredging and sundry mining activities that permeated across the nooks and crannies of the state. In many areas, particularly, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Eti-Osa, Badagry, among others, dredging of sand and laterite ...

Mr Hamiliton Odom, vice chairman, Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Rivers State chapter,  has said that a robust population was pivotal in delivering  the Nigerian economy from recession. According to The Tide, Odom, also the principal partner in Hamilton Odom & Co Estate Surveyors and Valuers, noted “we are lucky that we have a robust and vibrant population ...

One technology that has emerged over the last decade and a half is Building Information Modeling (BIM). This article highlights the importance of BIM to the construction industry in Nigeria. There were no significant changes in the building design methods observed until the mid-nineteenth century and engineers were used to describe their design by traditional methods (pen, paper, and ruler). ...

Former managing director of Bank of Industry, Mallam Ibrahim Aliyu in an interview with CHIKA OKEKE regretted that 60 per cent of Nigeria’s housing stock was imported and that over 70 per cent of workers rent houses. According to Leadership, PMI’s do their jobs the best way they can in very difficult circumstances. You can only disburse such money as you ...