The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says the new Mile 12 Market will be ready in six months. Ambode, on Tuesday inspected the new Imota site proposed for the relocation of the popular Mile 12 Market, where he promised that work will commence on the site next week. Ambode told traditional rulers and stakeholders in the area that the market ...

The Lagos State Government on Monday broke the gates of some streets in the state for violating the state’s directive, saying the exercise was continuous. The action followed the expiration of the ultimatum given to all streets in the state to leave their gates open from 5am till 12 midnight every day. The gates that were broken belonged to 28 ...

Since the Lagos Tenancy law was promulgated in 2011, it remains to be seen if there’s been full adherence to the law. In this article we will take a look at some of the aspects of the law where landlords have been found wanting. These are offences that shouldn’t even arise with or without the law in place. The problem ...

The Nigerian Senate has asked the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, to resign his appointment as Minister or apologize to the Senate and Nigerians over the Lagos-Calabar rail project that has generated a lot controversies in the last 48 hours. Members of the National Assembly and the presidency have been at loggerheads after media reports alleged that the National Assembly ...

Over 30 housing units were submerged while 200 persons have been rendered homeless in Calabar, Cross River State, following a heavy downpour at the weekend. Some of the areas affected include 8-Mile, CRUTECH staff quarters, Howell, Okoro Agbor, Goldie and Target streets. Other areas include Efut Unwanse community in Calabar South, Mbukpa, Muritala Mohammed Highway, Wappi junction among others. The ...

London’s property market appears to be cooling down with research revealing that up to 40pc of houses for sale in some areas of the capital have had to cut their asking prices since coming to market. Earl’s Court, in west London, and Surbiton, to the south-west, had the highest proportion of price cuts in the capital, with 40pc and 38pc of properties for sale in the respective ...

Andrew Thornhill QC, a leading tax lawyer, was paid a bribe of £500,000 to act in a biased way to resolve a family property dispute, the high court has heard. The former head of Pump Court Tax Chambers in London has been accused of taking the payment from one side in the dispute despite being appointed as an independent expert ...

A New Jersey woman named Lakishette Williams accidentally set fire to her apartment after she found out her boyfriend was gay and was cheating on her with other men. She told police she accidentally set her apartment ablaze while burning love letters from the man. This happened in December and she was immediately arrested for arson after police found out ...

The House of Representatives, on Monday, insisted it did not remove the Lagos-Calabar rail project from the 2016 budget, accusing the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, of an attempt to pad the appropriation bill. Addressing journalists, the House spokesperson, Abdulrazak Namdas, said there was no project as Lagos-Calabar rail project in the budget proposed by the executive. He said it ...

Since the enactment of  Nigeria’s Land Use Act in 1978, there have been many outcries concerning it. The controversy surrounding the Act is as heated as the corruption war of the Buhari administration. This article views the gains and the loss of Nigeria’s Land Use Act and how it affects the average Nigerian. Nigeria the pearl of the black world ...