[4] Since taking office, Nur's administration enacted a number of reforms in a bid to improve the city's security and service delivery, including starting a garbage collection program, erecting proper streetlights and providing around-the-clock electricity, sacking corrupt public officials, and offering formal police protection.

The municipal government also firmed up on traffic safety, fining motorists who drive without lights, in the wrong street lanes or carrying excessive loads.

Nur's administration also started large-scale rehabilitation of roads and general infrastructure, with residents closely cooperating with the civil and police authorities to tighten up on security.

He narrowly escaped a planted car bomb in 2011 and a road-side explosive device the following year, which killed six army soldiers.

[3] With the passing of a new Constitution in 2012 and the subsequent election of an inaugural president in the new Federal Government, Nur has continued to oversee Mogadishu's ongoing post-conflict reconstruction.

He chaired meetings discussing business licenses in the capital's newly established Chamber of Commerce, and organizes various development projects, including the renovation of shopping malls.

Officially called the House Numbering and Post Code System, it is a joint initiative of the municipal authorities and Somali business community representatives.

[9] On 27 February 2014, Nur was replaced as Mayor of Mogadishu with Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab, a former military court chairman.