Tag Archives: Housing

“The British Government will give the Federal Government information about Nigerians who own property in that country next year, a presidential aide has said.”- Vanguard. Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, said in New York that negotiations on this had reached advanced stage. Owosanoye said the measure being taken by the governments of both countries was ...

“A rainstorm, which blew off the roof top of a building at Imoga community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, has killed a mother of three. But the identity of the deceased could not be ascertained at press time last night. It was learnt that the rainstorm blew off over 50 houses in the community, including the family ...

This is the second part of the interview we had with Mr Lookman Oshodi, project director of Arctic Infrastructure. You can read the first part here. In the second part of the interview we discussed how private sectors can come on board the housing strategies in Lagos state, the explosive population, self-help housing, housing problems in Lagos etc. Read the ...

“Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, in this interview with select journalists in Maiduguri after a three-day tour of ongoing projects in the North-East zone, explains his vision of reconnecting Nigeria by roads, power and housing.  Honourable Minister, how would you react to the common notion that all Nigerian roads are bad? Well, I think that ...

According to NAN, the Federal Government on Thursday ordered the suspension of work on the National Housing Scheme, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, gave the ordered when he visited Ado-Ekiti on inspection of Federal Government projects in the state. He expressed dissatisfaction over the terrain, accessibility and the remote location of the ...

The Nation reports that the Nigerian Immigration Service, (NIS) in collaboration with the Federal Mortgage Bank, has secured a housing loan facility for 60 officers and men of the service. The facility is worth N60 million. Comptroller General, (CG) of NIS, Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this at the official presentation of a dummy cheque to beneficiaries. Babandede said the development is ...

“The Federal Government says it is working out a plan to pay off costs incurred by the Borno state government in fixing federal projects. The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola stated this in a meeting with Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state. Fashola has been touring the northeast, inspecting federal roads and projects across the zone. The ...

“The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has partnered the Federal Mortgage Bank on a N59.7 million social loan facility for the officers and men of the service. Making the disclosure yesterday, spokesman of the NIS, Mr. Sunday James, an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI) said the loan was part of efforts to enhance the welfare package of the workforce for improved ...

“The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has identified land issues and lack of finance as major hindrance to achieving housing for all in the country.”- Business Day Ugochukwu Chime, the President of the association, made the observation on Wednesday at the Building Expo and intensive workshop for real estate developers in Abuja. Chime regretted that there was no ...

News according to Business Day has it that Kano State Government said it was on course to deliver 2,000 houses currently under construction for low income earners in the state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the commitment in a message to the opening of the 96th Council Meeting of the Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria held in Kano on Tuesday. Represented by his ...