Tag Archives: Ibadan

The Nation reports that over 300 houses are affected by the flooding that accompanied the Tuesday five-hour downpour in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said yesterday. Its Southwest Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Yakubu Sulaimon, spoke during an inspection of the affected area in company of Oyo State Deputy Governor Moses Alake Adeyemo. Sulaimon said the ...

Daily Post reports that tragedy occurred Wednesday morning along Eleyele – Ologuneru- Eruwa Road in Ibadan after a tanker fire claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified woman and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The fire which started around 11am, according to eye witness, was triggered when the truck loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel had difficulty ascending the hilly ...

“The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, has declared land and boundary disputes as the most pressing challenge he is facing as a monarch. He went on ahead to warn land grabbers. The first class monarch, who received the Prof. TaoheedAdedoja-led Olubadan Advisory Committee at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace over the weekend warned land grabbers to ...

The Nation reports that hundreds of Ibadan residents yesterday expressed delight on the resumption of work on the Ibadan-Abeokuta Expressway, which was abandoned four years ago. They said the resumption of work was a huge relief to them and called on the Federal Government to dualise the road, The Nation reports. Workers and heavy equipment belonging to an indigenous construction ...

There are many environmental factors that affect rental value of properties, albeit, in this article we will be taking a look at the effects of open waste dumps on rental values The issue of waste disposal and management were not problems to early humans, due to the fact that there were no population explosion and technological advancement at that time. ...

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, made it known that the Federal Government might re-design some portions of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that are susceptible to flooding. According to The Guardian, while the Minister was speaking in Abuja yesterday at the opening of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) national conference, he said the low level of some portions of the expressway ...

Land grabbers won’t be called land grabbers if their activities were legal. According to WIKI, Land grabbing is the contentious issue of large-scale land acquisitions: the buying or leasing of large pieces of land in developing countries, by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals. This article looks into the menace of land grabbers in Nigeria and how their activities affect the common ...

Shelter cannot stand alone without Human interactions brought into retrospect. The reason why we want to stay or live in a particular location sanely should be the proximity of such place to out day to day interactions or activities. This article analyses how Nigerians decide on their places of residence against the odds. It is said that if by 54 ...

Here is a compilation of what you should know about the Nigerian Built Environment, the structure, challenges and what should be done to make it better. The built environment is the human-made surroundings where people gather to live, work and play. It encompasses both the physical structures where people do these activities and the supporting infrastructure, such as transport, water ...

This article reveals the top 5 cheapest cities in Nigeria that appear to take the weight off highly sought after and expensive cities, such as; Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Amid the economic hardship in the country, there are some cities in Nigeria that can accommodate the expectations of the average Nigerian. While the cost of living in Abuja, Port ...