August 2011

Organised labour in the civil engineering and construction sectors has called on the Federal Government to establish a Specification Board in order to halt incessant cases of building collapse and failed projects in the country.

The Civil Protection and Fire Service (SPCB) will set up in Muxima Sanctuary, northern Bengo Province, various equipment due to the pilgrimage in the spot, set for September 03-04, 2011.

WIDOWS of retired workers of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Eastern District, have appealed to wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, to intervene and stop the harassment and maltreatment they are being subjected to by officials of the corporation.

Workers in the construction sector last Friday called on the Federal Government to establish a Specification Board to reduce the incessant cases of building collapse in Nigeria.

Namibia's home rental market is tearing at the seams, as housing prices escalate to non-affordability levels forcing Namibians to rent the little accommodations available.

The Lagos seaport recently received a big container ship that came with 4,500 teus, as against other container ships that have capacity for 1,000 and 2,000 teus. Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Omar Suleiman, in an exclusive interview with Francis Ugwoke says the plan of the authority is to develop two Deep seaports, as well as capital dredging of the seaports to accommodate big ocean liners to the country. He also spoke on other measures to develop ports infrastructures.

Close to 30 houses were brought down by heavy rains and strong winds in Karambi Cell, Ngarama Sector in Gatsibo District Sunday afternoon.

How genuine is the land you are buying? Securing land is one of the most important stages of building a house. You can own land by either inheriting it, grabbing it, or buying it.

SITTING tenants of Kafue Gorge institutional houses yesterday became the latest beneficiaries of the Government's housing empowerment scheme as 346 of them received offer letters to buy the housing units some for as low as K475,000 to be paid over a period of five months.

THE updated 2011 valuation roll for Omaruru has seen an increase in property value of between 150 to 700 per cent for residents.

Tension is high in Kiiwayu Island of Lamu west district as resident fear eviction following plans by the Kenya Wildlife Service to convert the island into a conservation area.

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, last week, signed the new Lagos tenancy bill into law. Frontline estate surveyor and valuer, Chief Kola Akomolede x-rays the provisions of the new legislation and declares that the solution lies in building more houses for the low and middle-income earners and liberalising land approval processes.

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has described the ongoing demolition of illegal structures in Aba as one of his campaign promises and not for witch-hunting.

Chinese marine firm, Harbour Engineering Company, was pre-awarded the massive N$2-billion Walvis Bay Port expansion project because no other bidder had the financial muscle or expertise to undertake a project of this magnitude, said Bisey Uirab, NamPort Chief Executive Officer.