Kano state government wants alternative financiers for the construction of a proposed China town in the state capital, following the failure of some Chinese investors to execute the project, as agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding they signed with the government. The state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who made this known while exchanging views with Chinese business men from ...
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Orubebe Lied On Asset Declaration Form, Owns Secret Property
Yesterday, the prosecution in the case of false assets declaration against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, opened, with its first witness giving details of how the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) discovered a property owned by Orubebe in Abuja which he allegedly refused to disclose. The first prosecution witness, Samuel Madojemu, an official of CCB, accused Orubebe ...
Read More »“Land Use Act Needs To Be Severed From The Constitution” – Kehinde Daodu
Mr. Kehinde Daodu in a chat with Elsie Godwin of Nigeria Real Estate Hub (NREH), pointed out the need for the Land Use Act of 1978 to be severed from the constitution. Daodu, who is a lawyer and have been practising for over 12years also pointed out areas of the Land Use Act to be amended. He called on the ...
Read More »Top 5 States With Natural Tourist Sites In Nigeria
In as much as there are many tourist sites in Nigeria, not all of them are natural tourist sites. There are natural tourist sites in Nigeria that you don’t even know exist. In fact most the popular tourist sites in the country have the influence of man all around it. This article highlights the top 5 states with natural tourist ...
Read More »The ‘RENT TO OWN’ method of buying property
Do you know you can live in a house you are still paying for? Absolutely YES! You can take possession of a property you are still paying for, and you pay what you are owing as rent. There is definitely more to this concept, and Debo Adejana, MD/CEO of Realty Point Limited is at the helm once again to unravel ...
Read More »Housing Deficit: Nigeria Needs Over N50tn To Bridge The Gap
The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria has said that the number of houses built in the country annually, despite the need for more in the light of the housing deficit in the nation, hovers between 250,000 and 300,000. The National Vice President and Chairman, REDAN South-West zone, Mr. Taiwo Ogunbodede, stated this at a forum organised by the Building ...
Read More »Architect Zaha Hadid Dies At The Age of 65
The British designer, who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, had a heart attack on Thursday while in hospital in Miami, where she was being treated for bronchitis. Known as the ‘Queen of the Curve’ Hadid was the first woman to win both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal — two of the ...
Read More »“Those Who Award Government Contracts Should Be Trained” – Fadayomi
Mr. Oreoluwa Fadayomi, in an interview with Emmanuel Badejo of The Guardian spoke extensively building collapse, state of contracts/projects in the country and the future if his profession among others. Mr. Fadayomi who is the President, Nigerian Insitiution of Structural Engineers and Chairman, Safety Buildings Committee of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, and a fellow of both the society and ...
Read More »Oga Martins & His Kettle Of Fishes – Episode 1
It was Martins’ first official day at work in the capacity of Manager Sales, Agency and Property management. However he had come in pretty late and his MD as usual had jokingly reminded him of his stint as a mere marketer when he was almost sacked for sleeping on his first day at work. Martins thought he would have forgotten ...
Read More »Govt, Bi-Courtney In Talks On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Project
Following the legal twists and turns trailing the privatization of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project, the Federal Government may have opened talks with the former concessionaire towards finding a lasting solution to the imbroglio that is hampering the smooth execution of the contract. The Guardian learnt that the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Development, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has begun talks ...
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