Category: ARCHITECTURE

• Warns against over-speeding By NewsBits The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the opening of the Second Niger Bridge for use starting from midnight on Thursday. The Minister of Works, Mr Babatunde Fashola stated this on Wednesday, while inaugurating the bridge for use for one month during the Yuletide. Mr. Fashola, who took a walk round the bridge during the inspection, counselled road users plying the bridge to drive safely and responsibly in order not to defeat the purpose of constructing the project. The minister explained that President Muhammadu…

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By NewsBits The Federal Controller of Works in Delta, Mr Jimoh Olawale has said the new Second Niger Bridge will be opened to traffic on Dec. 15. Olawale, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Asaba, however, said that the bridge would be opened for only 30 days. According to him, the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, ordered the opening of the bridge, which is at 95 percent completion stage, to ease traffic during the Yuletide. “As we know, during the Christmas…

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By NewsBits After playing politics with the construction of the second Niger Bridge linking Delta and Anambra States for nearly 40 years, the Federal Government claims it plans to open the historic Second Niger Bridge to the public on or before Christmas this year. The development will bring to an end year of endless wait to travel on that important infrastructure that was conceived many decades ago but left on the drawing board by previous administration. But for that to come to fruition, ongoing flooding on the four-kilometre approach from…

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Mr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Idris Salako, has resigned his appointment over series of building collapse in the state In view of the development, the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said that the Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has also accepted his resignation. Omotoso in a statement said, “The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban…

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The Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA) on Thursday leveled into rubbles a wing of popular estate in Abuja in disobedience to an extant, and clear orders of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja High Court. According to eyewitness over a hundred military and para-military personnel, fully armed and accompanied by officials of the FCDA with a number of trucks moved into the estate a few minutes to 4:00p.m. in a commando style to carry out the illegal demolition. The developer of the estate, popularly known as Jenew Estate, Karsana, which…

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As a follow up to the recent collapse of a high-rise structure in Ikoyi Lagos State, which killed a lot of people including the developer, the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) has called on government to enact a law that requires periodic deformation study and monitoring of all buildings above two floors. The Chairman Lagos State branch of the NIS, Olukolade Kasim, said the move would ensure not only the safety of lives and property but also restore investors’ confidence in the real estate sector as it contributes significantly to…

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Prototype of the KYC house By Our Correspondent From all indications, Mr Michael Ayuba Auta, the Chief promoter of KYC Real Estate Developers (“KYC”) along the Airport Road in Sabo Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja maybe sinking into deeper problems with both the subscribers and the Federal House of Representatives Committee that is investigating the excesses, abuses, and operations of real estate developers in the country. The Committee is chaired by the dogged and patriotic Hon. Blessing Onyeche Onuh representing Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency in Benue State.…

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A typical sprawling estate around the National Stadium area of Abuja According to available statistics, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, alone accounts for 10 per cent of the 17 million housing deficits in the country. The irony of this statistics is that this situation persists despite the fact that many mansions, estates dot the landscape of the territory uninhabited. Houses that have been completed but remain unoccupied, are scattered across some districts with many located in private housing estates. As a matter of fact, reports have it that there are…

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