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Akeredolu flags off the construction of the N19.3 billion coastline road linking Ondo and Lagos States has been flagged. The 51 kilometer Araromi-Akodo/Ibeju-Lekki road project is jointly funded by by Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC} and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC]. Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state performed the ceremony on Thursday at Araromi Seaside, Ilaje Local ...

A Philanthropist, Prince Lawrence Eze, has constructed a 4.5km road with streetlights for his Mburubu community, in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, to enhance the evacuations of farm produce from the area to Enugu and neighbouring states. The road links Nara through Mburubu to Nome rail lines. He had earlier rehabilitated three bridges linking the communities of ...

Amid the complaints about the new Lagos State Land Use Charge, the Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade, says an aggregated tax that has combined three erstwhile separate taxes namely tenement rate, ground rent and neighbourhood improvement levy into one. Ashade, who noted on Tuesday in Lagos that Land Use Charge had been trending for the wrong reasons, recently said that ...

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has inaugurated a 2.8 kilometre road constructed by his administration in Osogbo to honour the workers in the state for their sacrifices during the economic recession. The governor renamed the Odi-Olowo/Asubiaro road as ‘Workers Drive’ as a way of showing appreciation to the workers whose salaries were slashed because of the economic meltdown. The ...

Mrs Adefunke Adeyemi is the Regional Director for Member and External Relations of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA).  She was recently identified as one of the 200 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) globally in recognition of her achievements. Adefunke advocates for the overall sustainability and growth of the industry as a whole, and is the intermediary between ...

Lagos – If the latest rapprochement between Nigerian developers, Homework Development and Property Limited and some foreign investors is anything to go by, the nation’s construction industry will soon receive a significant boost. The lift int he nation’s construction industry, INDEPENDENT learnt, may either be in enhanced direct foreign investment or through third party. This came to the fore recently ...

It was disclosed on Monday that Lagos State approved and duly processed over 1,000 contracts under the 2017 fiscal regime, noting that the contracts were valued at about N320 billion. The state government also said it had started removing structures built on the right of way along the Oshodi-Apapa road to give way for the reconstruction of the 5.06-kilometre road ...

ZEKERIYA NKETOM is the Managing Director of Slavabogu Nigeria Limited, the company handling the redevelopment of Onikan stadium, Lagos. A Turkish national, he has a masters degree in earthquake engineering. He spoke with VICTOR GBONEGUN on how to mitigate the challenges of the industry, especially building collapse and the need for construction technology parks among other issues. Your company has ...

No fewer than 3,000 houses and offices have been marked for demolition between Lagos and Ibadan to pave way for ongoing construction of standard gauge railway line from Lagos to Ibadan. LEADERSHIP checks show that some of the properties marked for demolition in Lagos include; Railway Stations owned by Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in Lagos, portion of Nigeria Army Barracks ...

The death of a construction site worker has been blamed on a lack of safety measure meant to prevent such incident. In Rivers State, Nigeria, the death of an unidentified male constructor site worker who reportedly fell off a scaffolding has produced disturbing images considered gory to the sight. According to reports, the deceased landed into a compound located beside the ...