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Housing experts say the Federal Government's plan to build 100 social housing units in every local government area was set without a needs assessment and could leave thousands of units unoccupied.
Regulatory filings show Mamba Cement intends to build a small grinding and blending plant processing about 180 tonnes a day in Awasi, making it the second cement factory in the Nyando belt after Rai Cement.
Communities around the National Cereals Research Institute say makeshift structures, workshops and block-making businesses have taken over parts of the premises, bringing security and environmental problems and prompting demolition exercises.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah personally funded two homes built with prefabricated panels and handed them over in Windhoek, framing the N$400,000 outlay as a test of whether the technology can be scaled against a 500,000-unit housing deficit.
Ogun State will break ground on 12 November for a 450-hectare industrial park being developed by multinational Lee Group along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near the Sagamu Interchange, with 29 factories planned.
eThekwini is courting the superyacht industry with a proposed 24-hectare marina precinct in the Port of Durban, a R1.9 billion private investment pipeline and a target of 2,500 direct jobs by 2030.
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo says structural works at the Kimumu AMS project in Eldoret are substantially complete, with the scheme to offer social, affordable and market-rate homes plus shops and recreational facilities.
Governor Uba Sani says Kaduna has paid about N7 billion to households whose homes, businesses and utilities stood in the way of township roads, with a fresh N2 billion tranche for 865 households in Zaria, Giwa and Shika.
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has approved a plan to protect 235 hectares of sensitive state land near Cape St Francis while releasing a separate portion for future housing.