Human Settlement

Human Settlement

World Cities Day: UN-Habitat, government to upgrade slums in Nigeria

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is partnering with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme...
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12 cities to acquire zero-emissions buses, extend green areas

Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday, October 23, 2017 to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025...
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World Habitat Day: Awards will promote human, capital development

The World Habitat Humanitarian and Philanthropic Awards for Excellence is designed to encourage notable Nigerians to do more in the area of human and...
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Africa’s rapid urbanisation can drive industrialisation, says UN report

A UN report on Thursday, October 19, 2017 made concrete recommendations on how the right African policy framework could harness the continent’s rapid urban...
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Government inaugurates 19-man committee to review National Transport Policy

The Ministry of Transportation has inaugurated a 19-man Committee to finalise the review of the National Transport Policy draft for the country’s Transportation Sector. A...
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Planners want Land Use Act expunged from constitution

The Lagos Chapter of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON) on Thursday, October 19, 2017 urged the Federal Government to delete...
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Car parks in Lagos: Before the sod is turned

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.”……Peter Drucker (Management consultant and author) When the news hit the airwaves that the...
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African Local Governments to examine informal economy, climate change

The City of Praia in Cape Verde will host the 4th World Forum on Local Economic Development (LED), scheduled to hold from Tuesday, October 17...
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