In an effort to combat fraud in the construction industry, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has demanded collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The call was made by NIQS President Kene Nzekwe while he paid...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said his administration is targeting the construction of 85,000 new houses in 66 communities in the state aimed at resettling IDPs and other victims of Boko Haram insurgency.
Zulum stated this on Thursday when...
Three persons – a 12-year-old girl, a woman and a man – have lost their lives to a building collapse along Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Metta, Lagos. It was learnt that the incident occurred around 9.30am on Friday. The woman was said...
There is need to overhaul the nation’s building and construction regulations The Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) recently drew attention to the absence of any coherent framework for the implementation of the National Building Code in Nigeria. This is...
The price of cement in the Nigerian market remains outrageously high as a 50kg bag of the product still goes for an average of N12,000 in defiance to an intervention by the federal government and a threat to open...
The Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB) has tasked regulatory agencies in charge of housing on the need to ensure that building construction meets the highest standards in order to end the recent wave of building collapse across the country. The...
BUA Cement Company has blamed intermediaries and wholesalers for preventing Nigerians from accessing cement at the approved price of N3500 per bag.
Despite the company’s commitment to reduce prices, intermediaries allegedly obstructed the intended recipients, the end-users, from benefiting from...
Operators in the built industry have voiced their discontent over how politicians are negatively impacting town planning laws.
A former President of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria, Moses Ogunleye, in an interview, said the enforcement of town...
A number of young Africans, mostly Nigerians and Ghanaians, have received training in green construction solution, also known as rammed earth building technology, that intends to reduce building pollution. The green construction solution is constructed by ramming a mixture of...
Lagos State Government recently entered into an agreement with private developers via Public Private Partnership (PPP) to develop student hostel/housing at Lagos State University. For real estate developers/investors looking for opportunities to explore in 2022, experts are of the opinion...
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