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TWO construction firms have been asked by a Lagos High Court to make representation before it in a legal battle over a controversial mortgage deal. The court has summoned the firms – Stabilini Visinoni Limited and Bunbury Limited
EFFORTS by one of the defending parties to stay a suit initiated by PS Construction and Engineering Limited against Lagos State, the Federal Government and others over a showpiece city development project, the Eko Atlantic Scheme on Victoria Island have been
FACED with the challenges of emerging slum settlements and inappropriate housing developments, the Lagos authorities have called on property developers to ensure compliance with planning regulations to promote healthy living and environmental improvement.
A NIGERIAN Model Clean-State Award (NIMOCSA) is to be instituted by the Mary-Elika Foundation, under efforts to foster the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals for environmental sustainability in the country.
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) says governments who participated in the third Bonn climate change talks this week now must ramp up their negotiations, or they will waste a crucial opportunity to move forward in Cancun later this year.
THE Rivers State government has reaffirmed its resolve to demolish all slums along the waterfronts in Port Harcourt and environs, as part of security measures to curb the wave of criminality in the capital city.
The state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has, however, introduced a caveat
A LAGOS firm has sealed a deal with a South Africa-based international hotel management company to run its facility in Lekki, Lagos and strengthen its management.
The deal between the owners of Citilodge Hotel and Thornberry of South Africa
AMID the drive to promote sustainable home products, a Lagos-based firm, Messrs Seven Stars Manufacturing Limited has launched new roofing materials into the building materials market.
The product known as asphalt roofing shingles is manufactured by IKO Industries of Canada
A FOUR-storey magistrate court complex built by the Lagos State Government at Igbosere, on Lagos Island, will be commissioned this week by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola.
The new complex, which replaces an old building with six court rooms is located on
AFTER about two years of re-construction work dogged by controversy, promoters of the showpiece residential complex 1004 Estates on Victoria Island, Lagos, have picked four facility managers to oversee the management of the property...
THE Federal Government has identified oil producing communities as part of the problem resulting in the increased oil spill in the country.
It therefore resolved that the host community would no longer be spared in assuming responsibility for oil spillage.
THE Rivers State Government has ordered the suspension of work on the Eliozu flyover project along Professor Tam David West Street in Port Harcourt, valued at N1.7 billion, until the engineering design for the project is certified by the state.
A FRONTLINE insurance firm has launched a multi-million naira renovation scheme on its head office complex on Lagos Mainland, which is to give a new lease of life to the populous Crusader House.
The 13-storey structure, owned by Crusader Nigeria Plc had undergone structural
LAGOS State Physical Planning Authority (LASPPPA) one of the agencies recently created by the state government has moved into a new structure that would serve as its operational headquarters.
State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, had last month signed into law a bill on urban and
THE Minister of State for Works, Dr. Chris Oghiemwonyi said in Lagos at the weekend that the Federal Government had not ruled out the possibility of revoking the N89.5 billion road construction project concessioned out to the firm Messrs Bi-Courtney Consortium.
He told journalists,
A new executive committee to run the affairs of the Association of Real Estate Developers of Lagos State (AREDOLS) has been inaugurated in Lagos, with a charge to ensure safer housing practices in the state.
The association under the newly elected executive has also pledged to
ESTATE Developer, HR Headrock Accommodation Limited, has announced plans for the commissioning of its 100 units students hostel in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.
The first phase of the project is billed for commissioning on August 7, 2010. The hostel is designed in one-bedroom, self-contained and
TOLLING would commence at the Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza only upon the certification of the toll road as ‘fit for purpose’ by an independent engineer. The independent engineer is already certifying work that has been done so far.
The state government needs to urgently review the concession agreement or call for its outright revocation in the interest of democracy, good governance and accountability. We have made several representations to the state and the concession company towards a peaceful resolution of this .
THE fast track phase of the Cross River State Geographic Information System (CRGIS) Lot One, is about to commence at the former Geographic Information System (GIS) Office of the state Ministry of Lands and Housing.
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