Real Estate

Mr. Felix Obiora Nwakwo is the director of Satellite Towns Development Agency (STDA) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). In this interview, he said the agency has achieved successes since 2017 when he assumed office by carrying out various road projects despite funding challenge. He also spoke on complaint of delay in completion of Gwagwalada-Dobi-Izom road, among other issues. ...

Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Mr. Chidi Izuwah has said power generation in the country will soon witness a massive boost. A statement issued by the commission in Abuja said Izuwah gave the assurance during a consultative visit by the Managing Director, Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, Mr. Lamu Audu. Izuwah said a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform would be put in ...

It was a gathering of the crème de la crème of the Christian fold and notable personalities at the 14th Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony of the Bible Society of Nigeria, BSN. The event was held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, recently. Nigeria’s former Head of State and patron of the organisation, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), who spoke at the ...

Minority Whip House of Representatives, Gideon Luka has promised to formulate implementable laws to address housing deficit in the country. Luka, who spoke in Abuja at the Archibuild 2019 Exposition with theme: “Driving Nigerian Architecture through Technology’’, said the House would also ensure that the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) was supported and protected. Luka advised the gathering to work ...

The Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has directed the state Ministry of Lands and Housing to allocate land for the construction of the federal fire service zonal office in Sokoto. The governor issued the directive while inspecting two fire-fighting Vehicles allocated to the office by the federal government. He commended the federal government and ministry of interior for establishing ...

The Panel of Inquiry on Collapsed Building in Onitsha has submitted its reports to Governor Willie Obiano, at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. It would be recalled that the ten-man Panel of Inquiry was inaugurated by the Governor on the 3rd of June, 2019, at the Exco Chamber, Awka. The panel was charged to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collapse of ...

The Ministry of Science and Technology says it will play a leading role in resolving the nation’s perennial power crisis through the deployment of solar energy in public buildings. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who said this in Abuja on Monday at a press briefing, added that the ministry was tapping into various forms of renewable energy, ...

To beat vandals of manhole covers and improve road safety, the Federal Ministry of Works, Power, and Housing, has introduced heavier manhole covers that will be difficult to remove. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Adedamola Kuti, made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos on Sunday. Kuti regretted that vandals frustrated various government efforts by stealing manhole ...

Chinese company specialized in the production of building materials, Sinoria FABCOM, has announced plans to float a fiber cement board factory in Nigeria. According to the company’s Deputy General Manager, Jackie Dai Hui, the decision to invest in this new venture was as a result of the success it had recorded in the production of stone coated roofing sheets in ...

The unbundling of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing into two separate ministries: power and works and housing, has thrown bigger challenges for the returning Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who is now faced with the timely completion of ongoing and abandoned projects across the country.  Reports show that the present administration at its inception in ...