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To ensure stability of buildings, engineers under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE) has called for a policy that will ensure that integrity tests are carried out on buildings above ten years. President of NIStructE, Edward Atumonyogo, told The Guardian shortly after the institution’s visit to Planet Project, the firm handling the construction of three terminals ...

The aggressive delivery of affordable housing for low and medium income earners appears to be the fulcrum on which the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) is trying to reposition itself for leadership in mortgage financing, Ndubuisi Francis reports. Despite being in existence for several decades, the FMBN has been plagued by a combination of long-standing structural, institutional and policy ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Benue Command, has indicated interest to partner with an NGO, Road Caution Awareness Initiative, to reduce road crashes and fatalities. The Benue Sector Commander, Mr. David Mendie, made the disclosure while receiving a team from the NGO led by Mr. Noah Tsumbu, in his office on Friday in Makurdi. According to him, the partnership will ...

With the dearth of decent and affordable accommodation biting harder among Nigerians coupled with the attendant escalating cost of rents, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, recently said that only 30 per cent of the officers, representing 6,000 personnel have permanent accommodation. Ibas, who spoke during the commissioning of the Nigerian Navy Officers Quarters at Kubwa, ...

Experts in the built environment have advocated for an efficient facility management system as a means of sustaining national infrastructure across the country. Speaking to LEADERSHIP in Abuja, vice chairman of Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Bldr. Samson Opaluwah noted that the cycle of failure of national infrastructure and facilities soon after commissioning could only be prevented by ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that in order to take the full benefit of road projects embarked upon by his administration, Nigerians must “change their ways”. The President spoke at a one-day workshop on the developments in the road sector which held in Abuja on Monday. Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Mr. ...

The president of Mortgage Bankers Association of Nigeria (MBAN), Mr Adeniyi Akinlusi has disclosed that each mortgage collected to build a house would create 35 direct and 35 indirect jobs. Akinlusi who stated this in an interview with LEADERSHIP Newspaper in Abuja described the mortgage system as a major hub for job creation. Giving a breakdown on how the jobs ...

Some Nigerian celebrities including Jide Kosoko, Yemi Solade and Taiwo Akinsola have harped on the need for Nigerians to own landed properties toward having a roof over their heads. They spoke at the Love and Investment Dinner organised by Merit Abode Nigeria Limited, where a couple of the Year was crowned. Couples and other guests at the party, held in ...

Abuja – A group, the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council {AU ECOSOCC} said it has developed a road map to engage and attract Nigerians and investors in the Diaspora for socio-economic development of the country. Addressing newsmen at the weekend in Abuja, Mrs. Chinwe Maduike, an International Consultant / Special Adviser on Investment, Diaspora and Development Partners to AU ECOSOCC ...

“Worried by huge figures of housing deficit facing the country, the World Bank and International Development Association, IDA, has set aside $300 million to fast-track provision of  accommodation for the teeming Nigerian population.” –Vanguard The fund, which is to be channelled towards pursuing aggressive development of housing sector in Nigeria, is being facilitated by the Nigeria Housing Finance Programme, NHFP. ...