PROPERTY & ENVIRONMENT

  The FMDQ Securities Exchange (FMDQ) Plc has said it remains committed to tackling the housing infrastructural deficit facing Nigeria through mobilisation of funds from the capital market. Chief Executive Officer, FMDQ, Mr Bola Onadele, disclosed this during the Capital Market Correspondents Assoctaion of Nigeria (CAMCAN) 2019 annual workshop in...

Nigeria can bridge the infrastructural gap and also increase productivity if only it could leverage on alternative sources of infrastructure financing such as the capital market. Acting Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Mary Uduk made this known at the 2019 Annual Workshop organised by the Capital Market Correspondents...

  The Secretary-General to The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Petteri Taalas, has said that the current decade is on record to be the hottest. Taalas who made the remark on Tuesday at the UN climate summit in Madrid, said, “We are nowhere near on track to meet the Paris Agreement...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has released about N5.4 billion to some cooperative societies to build 664 houseing units. The Managing Director of the bank, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa made this known at the 4th Annual Conference of Federal Civil Service Staff of Nigeria Cooperatives (FEDCOOP) in Abuja on...

  The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Housing to urgently work out modalities with the various stakeholders in the National Housing Development sector to ensure the implementation of affordable housing for the poorest Nigerians. The resolution was reached after consideration of a motion on the “Urgent need to...

  The Lagos State Government has sealed off Multipak Nigeria Ltd., a plastic producing factory, for violation of safety rules and regulations, poor house-keeping and lack of signage, which led to the death of a worker. The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC), Mr Lanre Mojola, made this known in...

A real estate practitioner, Mr Tito Philips, has advised youths to set goals that would make them become landlords before they reach 40 years of age. Philips gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. According to him, goal setting is a...

Says we must Improve capacity to manage flood risk Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday inaugurated the steering Committee of the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project, the World Bank Project aimed at tackling the flood risk propensity of Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The Governor, while giving a...

As part of ongoing efforts at bridging over 22 million housing deficit in the country, Echostone Nigeria Limited has signed a joint development agreement with the Nigerian Police to develop 100,000 homes for its officer nationwide at the cost of N750 billion. Over time, stakeholders have been lamenting over an...

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said that the ministry would soon commence the sale of housing units built under the National Housing Programme nationwide. He said that this would be done through an online subscription to allow for transparency and reduce human interference...