Real Estate Interviews

“Mrs. Titi Ogungbesan is the Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited, acclaimed to be the largest stockbroking company in Nigeria. The expert, who has overseen the company develop online real time platform for seamless stockbroking, spoke to CHIJIOKE NELSON on germane issues of the financial market and economy at large. Some say now is the best time to ...

In an interview with Mr Lookman Oshodi of Arctic Infrastructure, we learned about how slums in Lagos state can be reduced and the different ways the Lagos state government can solve the housing deficit issue. Below is the interview by our correspondents- Esther and Lekan with the Project Director, Mr Oshodi. NREH: Good morning sir. First and foremost, we would ...

“Saidu Babayo, Head of Non-interest Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, speaks on the factors driving the huge demand for non-interest banking investment products across the continent and the prospects for such products in Nigeria. GOING by the oversubscription to the $100m sukuk issued by the African Finance Corporation there seems to be strong appetite for Islamic Banking or non-interest banking ...

Deputy Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Olumuyiwa Jimoh, who is representing Apapa II, speaks to Vanguard on the newly enacted law criminalising land grabbing in the state.  What is the significance of the land grabbing law? The land grabbing law is important in so many ways. Hitherto, there was a law that addressed the issue of land ...

The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) is championing the establishment of office of the valuer-general and regulation of estate agency practice. In this interview, the State chairman and managing director, Niger Insurance Properties Limited, OFFIONG SAMUEL UKPONG, explained to The Guardian’s HAPPINESS OTOKHINE, why the institution is promoting a bill to empower ...

Star actress, Chika Ike is a UN Ambassador, a Nigerian actress and the CEO of Fancy Nancy Collections. The multiple award winning actress started her acting career in 2005 and has featured in over 100 movies. She is a Human Kinetics and Health Education graduate of the University of Lagos. Chika started her acting career at the age of 5 ...

Oluwafemi Taiwo is an Internet executive, long-time entrepreneur & strategic advisor. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of PrivateProperty.com.ng – Nigeria’s number 1 Real Estate portal.  In this interview with Elsie Godwin of Nigeria Real Estate Hub (NREH), he reveals that selling properties online hasn’t become the magic pill for real estate marketers yet but that there has been tremendous growth ...

In an exclusive interview with Vanguard, Mr. Kennedy Okonkwo, Chief Executive Officer of Nedcomoaks, a Lagos-based real estate development company, revealed that the growing demand for housing across all strata of the society is so huge that the industry cannot satisfy the demand. According to Okonkwo who started real estate business as an estate agent, it is difficult to churn ...

We need to stop waiting for buildings to collapse before we start paying attention. Attention should be paid from the very start of foundation. The above statement was made by Gladys Okoro, who is the CEO of BrookHouse International Limited which specializes on Real Estate Finishing. She has been in the Real Estate business since 2009 and ventured fully into ...

Akin Opatola is the General Manager/Chief Operation Officer of Brokerfield real estate. In this Interview with NREH correspondent, Elsie Godwin, he shares analysis on how the Real Estate business has fared in the year 2016 based on his firm’s experience and from dealings on the Lagos Island. He said the government should focus on housing for low incomer earners. “2016 ...