The Kuje Amuwo Chieftaincy Family says it has taken possession of the landed property situate at 6th and 7th Avenues, FESTAC Town in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State following a February judgement in its favour by a Federal High Court in Lagos. According to the family, it took possession of the land last week at a ceremony ...

David Simon, CEO of Simon Property Group, has listed his full-floor residence at a desirable Upper East Side co-op for $39.5 million with Douglas Elliman. The decoration of the grand apartment is a far cry from the malls that made Simon wealthy. It takes up the entire 4th floor of 625 Park Avenue, a limestone-clad co-op designed by J.E.R. Carpenter ...

The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to address the dearth of skilled workers in the construction sector with the introduction of the ‘Master Craftsmen Project’. The Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme Oko-Oba Housing Estate. He said, “The Master Craftsmen Project is another policy initiative of this ...

A subscriber to the proposed Nyanya Community Plaza on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway, Mr. Emmanuel Ohanusi, has dragged the Abuja Municipal Area Council and the developer, Index Development Company Limited, to the Consumer Protection Council (CPC). Investigation by Punchng correspondent showed that the development of the plaza, for which money had been collected from about 600 subscribers, had been delayed since ...

MY LANDLORD’S HEARTLESS RULE by Mbiataabasi Godwin Cold sweat trickled down my entire body as I fought tirelessly hoping sleep would come but it was obvious sleep had betrayed my eyes. I laid there wishing the lights would come so the chill of the fan could lure my eyes to sleep but I knew that was far-fetched. It was the ...

TIME AND CHANCE by Samuel Emmanuel I have always told my landlord that the race is not for the strong or swift but time and chance happens to all men. If it were for the strong we would have exchanged places. If it were for the swift, that rotund barrel of a landlord would have lived in the sewers. I told him this before ...

A LANDLORD LIKE A FATHER by Opeoluwa Odunlami I just gained admission into the university in a city that is very far away from the one I grew up with my mother. Trust African mothers to always have hind eyes to watch over their wards. In school, my mother handed me over to the landlord of my hostel pleading to ...

THE CHRONICLES OF A MULTI-FACETED LANDLORD by Ikite Godwin Imagine the sudden rush of strong wind as a car driving at a speed of not less than 100km/h passes you by. This incident can be likened to seconds that turn to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to months, and then a year. A tenant’s one year is ...

MY LANDLORD’S STRANGE BURIAL RITES by Maureen Alikor One day, my landlord came knocking, he had just lost his mother and was dressed in an all black attire. He had a solemn look on his face and I couldn’t place what it was, but I had heard stories of how landlords extorted money from their tenants for the sake of ...

It was Aisha’s third day at the hospital where her husband was under intensive care in the accident and emergency ward having taken the fall for her, yet there was no glimmer of hope that her dilemma would end soon. Exactly two years ago she lost the son she bore for Martins tragically. For Aisha, another loss of a loved ...