What does it take to make a smart real estate purchase? So many people make the mistake of sealing a real estate purchase or deal without weighing the pros and cons just because the deal appears to be juicy. This article dishes out 5 worthy tips to bear in mind before finalizing that life-changing deal. Real estate scam is a ...

According to the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, floods killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state during the current raining season. Its Executive Secretary, Yusuf Sani, told journalists in Dutse yesterday that the persons died in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim Local Government areas of the state, Vanguard reports. Sani ...

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has urged members of the National Assembly as they resume from their annual vacation to rededicate their efforts to address the current economic reality through institutional collaborative efforts so as to soon put same behind the Nigerian masses. In a telephone chat with Vanguard, Reyenieju who represents Warri Federal Constituency said ...

The Minister of  Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, made it known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, that negotiations were ongoing for the concessioning of the narrow gauge lines across the country to General Electric (GE). Amaechi said that the agreement would be signed before January 2017. The Minister said, “We are negotiating to concession the ...

According to Philly.com, one in four retail real estate deals in Philadelphia area is a restaurant, and this is driven by demand, a younger clientele, and a challenged retail landscape. Philly.com reports that, one in four retail real estate transactions these days is for a spot to eat and drink. From trendy, chef-driven venues in Center City to outposts of ...

The Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA said that 1,000 buildings within Enugu metropolis built on waterways, drainage channels, and on top of public utilities will be demolished in order to prevent the impending flood in the state. According to Vanguard, ECTDA said the primitive parcellation of land by the immediate past administration at Enugu State Housing Authority which gave ...

Tension rises in Isheri, Lagos state, as some residents have deserted their homes, following the abduction of four residents of Lekki Gardens during the weekend by eight masked men in military camouflage. The residents deserted their homes for fear of possible invasion by kidnappers. Vanguard reports that the search for the four men took a new dimension, yesterday, with the ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode , the governor of Lagos State  made it known yesterday that through the construction of 114 roads which his administration, in collaboration with local councils across the state, embarked upon early this year, over 55,000 direct and indirect jobs were created. Ambode who was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau at the official commissioning ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has said that owners of buildings used for prohibited activities such as prostitution, hawking, and other related activities will henceforth be sanctioned if any security breach is established following the use of such structures. According to National Mirror, the FCTA has therefore asked security agencies in the city to apprehend anyone caught in the ...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has been granted interim orders by the The Federal High Court Lagos Division to take over  Cityscape International Limited’s assets over its nearly N6 billion debt. According to The Guardian, the debt-induced take-over profile of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has risen as the Federal High Court Lagos Division granted it an ...