Growing up in my father’s three bedroom flat, I didn’t get the chance to have a one-on-one experience of ‘landlordship’. But I heard so many malicious stories about landlords and their tenants ranging from enforcement of unnecessary laws on tenants, random increments in house rent, the use of abusive and derogatory words on tenants and so on and so forth, ...

Hi, I’m Samuel and five hundred words cannot suffice to tell you all I went through but I’ll just type what comes to mind now… He was nice at first; he even called me son. I complained about the ventilation of my room, a window had somehow been permanently locked allowing for no cross-ventilation and he promised to do something ...

“Omoolorun!” The guttural voice rang out. Bobbing up the seabed of sleep, doped by the searing heat of my matchbox room, my eyes struggled to acclimatise to the force of the piercing sun, determined to rid my wearied frame of the last embers of slumber. The voice stung my ears again, this time ferociously. I had gotten quite used to ...

I am Odeyemi ibukun Amos and I can’t but talk about my former landlord. Staying in a rented apartment can be fun and it can also be hell. Was my experience fun or was it the other way round? You will find out when I’m done with my story. As a student in my year 2 at the university, I ...

Kayode! Kayode!! Kayode!!!. He yelled. I was tired of his nonsense. This was the fifth consecutive day he had come to my apartment and his ranting though justified had frayed my nerves. I had exhausted every worthwhile excuse and my creative repertoire was depleted.  Silence. Sweet silence. Silence was the way. I had shut the blinds and turned off the ...

The tyrannical belittlement of landlords cannot be over flogged; erratic rent increments inversely proportional to comfort, incessant rants on tenants in a show of superiority and forceful ejection after few months default on rents. I can go on and on. If the aforementioned practices are norms for landlords, then my landlord is a ‘Judas’. A man in his early sixties, ...

CEO MCO real estate, Munachi Okoye, joined CNBC Africa to talk on Nigeria’s housing market under Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration. Housing remains one of the most underdeveloped on the continent. Supply is far behind demand, with only 100,000 new houses being built annually compared with a need for over 700,000 and an accumulated deficit of 17 million units. This is a ...

We have gathered several landlord-tenant experiences in the last couple of weeks, and findings have been hilarious, inspiring, touching and even annoying! Right now, we want you to be part of our fifteen favourite experiences, and vote for the one(s) you really like. The writers stand a chance of winning fantastic prizes courtesy REALTY POINT LIMITED, sponsors of the #SackYourLandlord ...

Limestone deposits exist throughout the world. In Nigeria, Ewekoro community is the ancestral home of this component of cement. These alkaline, sedimentary rocks were laid down mostly as deposits on the beds of ancient seas. A valuable natural resource, limestone has many uses in construction, agriculture and industry. Limestone quarries can be above ground or underground, and can cover large ...

Optimism hinged on the incoming General Muhamadu Buhari’s administration continue to swell as prominent Nigerians believe that the country’s economic situation is going to be revived. Speaking at the 12the Unique Interiors Exhibition organized by Messrs Finishes, held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, yesterday, chairman of the occasion, Dr. Ore Falomo, stated that the incoming Buhari administration portend ...