July 28

• Nigeria: Tackling Housing Deficit in FCT

  Housing has always been a major challenge in Nigeria. Generally, it is a costly asset and its ownership is often beyond the income of a good number of citizens who live below what... Read more »

July 23

• Nigeria: We're Doing Our Best to Curtail Ocean Surge in Lagos - Prince Oniru [interview]

  As the challenge of climate change bites harder and incidences of ocean surge become recurrent decimal, Daily Trust speaks with the Commissioner for Water Front Infrastructures in... Read more »

July 11

• Nigeria: Riwaza - Life Without a Bridge

  54 years after independence, no car has ever driven into Riwaza, an isolated part of the FCT. The community lacks a proper bridge, and what passes for a bridge can hardly carry the... Read more »

July 08

• Nigeria: 'Living in Osun Is a Blessing', Says Hausa Community

  The Hausa community in Osogbo is a very old one, and its members speak fondly of golden ties linking them with their Yoruba hosts. Read more »

July 07

• Nigeria: Why ABU Is Supporting Researches Against Flood, Others - VC

  The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, is encouraging researches on how to curb flood and other environmental challenges because of the danger they pose on the survival and... Read more »

June 25

• Nigeria: Man Dies, Three Trapped in Lagos Collapsed Building

  A man identified as Okayinka died yesterday when an uncompleted building he and five others were working in collapsed at Omeagbo village in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Read more »

June 14

• Nigeria: Ejected Families of Deceased Mopol Officers Cry

  Widows of deceased policemen watched helplessly, crying, while their modest belongings were thrown out of their one-room apartments at the Nigeria Police Mobile Barracks in Ikeja... Read more »

June 10

• Nigeria: Police Inaugurates 1000 Houses for Junior Officers

  The Nigeria Police Force has commissioned 1000 units of flats in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) housing scheme that will enable junior officers own their homes when they... Read more »

May 26

• Nigeria: FHA Boss Relieved of His Post

  Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Mr Terver Gemade has been dropped following the dissolution of the authority's interim management team. Read more »

May 20

• Africa: Japan, Africa Nations Cooperate On Disaster Risks

  Japan said it is looking at possibilities of cooperating with Africa in the area of disaster risk management, Japan ambassador to Nigeria, Ryuchi Shoji, expressed confidence that... Read more »

• Nigeria: COREN and Building Collapse

  The rising incidence of collapsing buildings has become a disturbing trend. Many of the structures fail at construction stage; but some collapse when fully occupied, resulting in... Read more »

May 12

• Nigeria: Kano to Demolish 1000 Houses Under High Tension Cables

  Officials of the Kano State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KNUPDA) have started marking houses said to be under the electricity high tension cables for demolition. Affected... Read more »

May 05

• Nigeria: NIM to Build 'Village' for Members in Abuja

  The President and Chairman of the Council of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Dr Nelson Ozoukwu Uwaga, has disclosed that the institute is planning the construction of a... Read more »

April 28

• Nigeria: Govt to Introduce Biometrics to Curb Buying of Houses By Proxy

  The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi has said that the federal government will introduce biometrics to lessen complaints that houses built by... Read more »

May 05

• Nigeria: Expert Seek Review of Land Use Act

  Dr. Lanre Towry-Coker, an architect, has called on delegates at the on-going National Conference to undertake a clinical review of the 1999 Constitution with regard to the... Read more »

April 29

• Nigeria: FMBN to Spend N600 Million on Suleja Housing

  The Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr. Gimba Ya'u Kumo, has disclosed that the mortgage bank will expend N600 million on the new 102 housing unit... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kogi Partners, China Coy, UN Habitat on Housing

  Kogi State Governor Idris Wada said it is partnering China Hope Investment Group and the United Nation Habitat to construct houses for civil servants in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan Launches N960 Billion Workers' Housing Scheme Tomor

  President Goodluck Jonathan will tomorrow flag off a N960 billion housing scheme for workers across the 36 states of the federation including the FCT, President of Nigeria Labour... Read more »

April 27

• Nigeria: 2015 - Fashola, Obanikoro Renew Rivalry Over Ilubirin Housing Project

  As the 2015 general elections draw near, the battle for the next governor in Lagos State may have started between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition... Read more »

April 09

• Nigeria: The Stinking Slums of Makurdi

  The filth in some slums in Makurdi, Benue State capital, has been raising concern with many describing it as an eyesore and a dent on the image of the city. Read more »

April 05

• Nigeria: Group Commends Wamakko for Upgrading Sokoto Metropolis

  A civil society group, the Caliphate Grassroots Movement (CGM) hascommended the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu M.Wamakko on the upgrading of Sokoto metropolis with solar... Read more »

April 04

• Nigeria: Kano to Re-Introduce Property Tax

  Land owners and landlords whose property have been numbered and registered would start paying taxes after they collect their certificates, Kano State government has said. Read more »

March 24

• Nigeria: No Going Back On Demolition of Illegal Structures, Says Bayelsa Govt

  The Bayelsa State government says there is no going back on the demolition of illegal structures in Yenagoa, the state capital. Read more »

March 19

• Nigeria: Court Backs Kaduna South On Tenement Rate

  The Kaduna State Revenue Court has ruled that the Kaduna South Local Government Council has the right to increase the tenement rate from one to five percent. Read more »

March 17

• Nigeria: Abuja Housing Show Holds June

  The annual housing event tagged "Abuja Housing Show" is holding in Abuja in June. Read more »