Standard Bank Group has been voted the Best Overall Bank in Africa in the 2015 Euromoney Real Estate Survey Awards. Accolades awarded to Standard Bank within the banking category for real estate across Africa included: Best Overall Bank in Africa Best Loan Finance Bank in Africa Best Equity Finance Bank in Africa Best M&A Advisory Bank in Africa Best Debt ...

Amusement or Theme Parks’ attendance is on the rise around the world. In theme parks, life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. It’s a roller-coaster ride all the way, that’s why children love theme parks. it puts life on a fast lane; no speed breaks yet safety is ...

Stakeholders in the real estate industry have said that despite funding and infrastructure challenges, opportunities for growth in the sector are increasing with the expanding population creating demand for residential and commercial properties. They added that the prospect would continue to increase with rising intra-Africa trade and investment, which would remain an important growth driver. According to those who spoke ...

Residents and house owners in Irewolede (Fajuyi) Estate in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, have asked the State High Court in Ado-Ekiti to jail the General Manager of Ekiti Housing Corporation, Babasoji Awe, for alleged contempt of court. The house owners/claimants went to court, challenging the revocation of their houses purchased on a mortgage agreement but which Governor Ayodele Fayose ...

The billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin is known as an aggressive trader who waits for prices to fall before buying. But when it comes to personal real estate, Mr. Griffin appears to be less price-sensitive. Over the last two years, Mr. Griffin, the chief executive of the investment firm Citadel, has gone on a multicity real estate shopping spree. ...

Nigeria has some of the best tourist attraction sites in Africa but when it comes to wildlife, the east African countries take the lead. Regardless, the most populous nation in Africa has some great wildlife in their natural habitat it can boast of.   The animals in our wildlife parks are unique not just because they made it out of ...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is taking the Federal Government  N14.2 billion loan facility through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,to spur infrastructural development of Enugu State. Ugwuanyi approached the state House of Assembly, last week, for approval to procure two separate loans from the CBN. The details show that N10bn  is for infrastructural projects  and N4.207bn  for the payment of the arrears ...

Flood washes ‘all manner of snakes’ into Plateau community The massive flooding in Plateau have washed snakes from far distances into farms and residences in Pankshin/Kanke/Kannam Federal Constituency, according to Timothy Golu. Mr. Golu, who represents the area in the House of Representatives, told the News Agency of Nigeria, in Jos on Sunday that “all manner of snakes” had taken ...

The Akwa Ibom State commissioner for Information and Communications, Aniekan Umanah, has described as “false and misleading”, a news report that the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, was building a multi-billion naira mansion four months after assuming office. Mr. Udom is merely renovating the property that had been built 60 years ago, Mr. Umanah said. Addressing journalists in Uyo on Friday, ...

Charles Cole is believed to have shot himself after being saddled with debts linked to overseas investment deal A property tycoon who had amassed debts of £5 million is believed to have killed himself at his country manor house. The body of Charles Cole, 50, was discovered by police after concerns for his welfare were raised. The father-of-four ran a ...