“In the bid to promote affordable housing in Nigeria, not more than 400 local and foreign exhibitors will feature in the 11th Abuja Housing Show, says its convener, Fesadeb Communications Ltd. Mr Festus Adebayo, Managing Director of the organisation, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the exhibitors would come from Nigeria and 10 foreign ...
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Forward steps with affordable housing
Here is what Proshare thinks about affordable housing and the slowly recovering economy Today we turn our attention to Nigeria’s housing market. The housing deficit is currently estimated at 17 million housing units, with Lagos and Abuja accounting for 15% and 10% respectively of the total deficit. In both states, several completed residential buildings remain vacant as affordable housing is ...
Read More »Jim Iyke expands into real estate business
“Popular Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke who delved into manufacturing business called Burgeon Global a few years back, is now plotting to expand into real estate business and services.”- Vanguard Jim Iyke took to his Intagram page this weekend to announce his latest effort. “Men at work. Lustrous Dynamic Global Services; future horizons. Unveiling soon,”he wrote. In another post, Jim Iyke ...
Read More »Nigerian govt to employ 47,000 people to fix roads
“The Nigerian government is set to employ 47,000 people in its drive to fix roads across the country, an official has said.”- Premium Times The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this disclosure at a stakeholder’s meeting organised by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, on Thursday in Abuja. Mr. Fashola noted that ...
Read More »Abuja Residents Solicit Govt Support on tree planting
PM News reports that some residents of Abuja have called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and area councils to train them and provide inputs that would facilitate their efforts to plant trees. They made the call in Abuja. Mr Aliyu Idris, a resident of Zuba, said that if relevant authorities could train and support the people with tree ...
Read More »Top 10 Most Unusual Homes In The World
There some buildings on earth with very weird designs that would make anyone asides the architects who came up with such concept what on earth was the motive behind such designs. This article lists the top 10 most unusual homes in the world Some buildings diverge from the norm so much that they make you stop and think about how architects ever came ...
Read More »How Julius Berger saved Nigeria from embarrassment
“Public anxiety was finally allayed on Tuesday April 17, 2017 as the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was reopened for normal operations two days ahead of schedule, beating the six weeks project deadline given by the Federal government to its contractors, Julius Berger Plc.”- The Guardian The Nigerian government, through the Minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika had given ...
Read More »New housing solution emerges in Cedar Homes
“A Lagos- based real estate company – Realty Point Limited has again unfolded its flagship mass housing programme, Cedar Homes, which is pioneering eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable gated community. The estate showcases five unique attraction points which include Flexible Design Concepts, Reservation of Units for as low as N10, 000 an Escrow Account where monies paid by customers will be ...
Read More »2 Turkish construction workers kidnapped in Nigeria
“Two Turkish construction workers were abducted from their hotel rooms in Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state on Sunday, according to a police spokesman Tuesday. Police officer Chukwu Okechukwu told the country’s official news agency, NAN, the workers were abducted from Eket, an oil-rich town that is dozens of kilometers (miles) away from the Akwa Ibom capital city, Uyo. “The state ...
Read More »Experts Hail FG’s 10% Funding For NHF Contributors
According to Leadership, experts in the real estate sector have commended the federal government for accepting to provide 10 percent funding for the National Housing Fund, NHF contributors seeking loans of N5million and below. They have also urged the federal government to empower mortgage institutions to carry out their statutory responsibility The acting managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank ...
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