Tag Archives: Housing

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday, that Nigeria is working with stakeholders to raise one trillion Naira to provide affordable housing for Nigerians. According to Vanguard, the vice president said this at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, when he chaired a Roundtable on Job Creation, Skills and Employment at the summit. Vanguard reports that he said ...

The Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA said that 1,000 buildings within Enugu metropolis built on waterways, drainage channels, and on top of public utilities will be demolished in order to prevent the impending flood in the state. According to Vanguard, ECTDA said the primitive parcellation of land by the immediate past administration at Enugu State Housing Authority which gave ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called for government, private sector partnership to address the nation’s housing deficit. The minister made the call at the 10th Abuja Housing Show (AHS) and Construction Industry Exhibition in Abuja on on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day show has its theme as “Expanding ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has said the Construction Companies are to re-engage 17,500 workers laid off the sector in the last three years over huge debts owed to them Fashola made this known on a television programme, Good Morning Nigeria, a Nigerian Television Authority programme in Abuja yesterday According to the Minister, “41 ...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday charged the Federal Government and other African countries to invest in infrastructure and housing to support the rapidly developing continent, just its company is expanding across the continent. He stated this at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) where it declared N8 per share dividend for the financial year ended December ...

Chief Olabode Afolayan is the Chairman of Housing Developers Cooperative Society (HDCS) and past President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN). In this interview he notes that the Housing sector has been identified as a sector that can create a lot of employment for the people and will help jump start the economy. Read excerpts below: Now that we ...

Before we weigh the pros and cons between a residential property and a commercial property, let’s define the two real estate terminologies. A residential property is any property that derives all or nearly all of its income from dwelling units. Single-family homes, multi-families, apartment buildings, condos, co-ops are all residential. For commercial property, we’ll use a typical layman’s definition: property ...

A real estate solution company, Propertygate Development and Investment Plc has thrown its weight behind a plan by the current administration to invest massively in both infrastructure and housing. The support, however, is with a call on the government to give clearer strategy and direction on how the initiative would be implemented, else the laudable vision might be fraught with ...

FHA Homes Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nekonini Business and Properties Limited for the development of 100 housing units in Abuja. According to both organisations, the project is the second phase of the Maccido Estate and is part of efforts to bridge the housing deficit in the country as the first phase of the project, which involved ...

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has revealed that 400 residential apartments would be completed by January 2016 and sold to retiring police officers. This was as he explained that the Nigeria Police Cooperative and Multi-purpose Society had developed and acquired some housing projects within the country which were being sold to police personnel at affordable prices. Arase, ...