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The Lagos State Government has sealed off 10 buildings in Ikoyi and Lekki for allegedly violating the building control laws of the state. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency led by the General Manager, Abiola Kosegbe, stormed the areas at the weekend to effect the closure of the structures. Five buildings under construction were sealed off at Osborne ...

Some residents of the Igbogbo/Bayeku community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Monday protested against the demolition of their buildings by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration. The protesters, led by the chairman and secretary of the community’s association, Jacob Arogundade and Taiwo Folarin, demanded compensation from the state government. Arogundade said out of over 700 properties that were demolished ...

Residents of Olunlade Area in Ilorin on Thursday lamented the havoc wrecked by flood on their property as buildings, cars, and shops were destroyed after heavy rainfall. It was reported that the area experienced downpour around 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday and it lasted for about three hours. Some of the victims, who spoke separately with newsmen expressed sadness over the ...

In the past few days, the Nigeria cyberspace and media has been filled with different news especially two cases of collapsed buildings one in Itafaji area of Lagos State and the other at Molete area of Ibadan. These two incidences had raised so many concerns about the structures and strengths of the buildings we have these days across Nigeria. This ...

BUILDING CODE: As reactions continue to trail last Wednesday’s collapsed building at Ita Faji Street, Lagos Island, killing several children and injuring scores of others, professionals in the built environment have noted that strict enforcement of building code by developers is the panacea to the unabated menace of building collapse in the country, Blaming incessant building collapse on shoddy building ...

The Chief Executive Officer, UT Homes and Financial Services, Mr. Ade Adebajo, has advised the government of the federation to focus on solving problems related to housing shortage in the country. Adebajo said government should focus more attention on providing affordable housing for all Nigerians adding that a situation where more houses meant for the rich are lying idle while ...

The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that the federal government has issued a five-year notice for public buildings to construct ramps and lifts to protect the physically-challenged in the country. Fashola made the disclosure in Abuja during the unveiling of National Infrastructure Maintenance Framework (NIMF), Leadership reports. It was gathered that the minister said ...

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to compensate owners of buildings that were demolished for road construction in Ikorodu. Sanwo-Olu stated this at the resumption of the party’s mega rally in Ikorodu. He said when elected, his administration would ensure that owners of buildings demolished for expansion of Ishawo Road ...

Mr. Gabriel Egede, a Safety expert has advised the general public to stop building houses under high tension power lines because of its health hazards. Egede gave the advice in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, operating under high tension does not only pose health hazard but death due to power cut. No fewer than 30 people ...

Is there really a main difference between a house and a home? Going by the dictionary definition, a house is simply defined as a building for human habitation especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys while a home is a place where one lives permanently as a member of a family or household. ...