The Brouhaha of Oga Martins gave us a clear picture of the life of an average hustler in Lagos. Oga Martins fought tooth and nail with seen and unseen forces as he sojourned through the tortuous pathways of a tumultuous life. Occasionally, he had to take out the weeds and thorns of a crooked road as he slowly rose from ...

The Minister of the Environment, Hajia Amina Mohammed, on Monday described partnerships as a thrust of the President Mohammed Buhari administration. The minister spoke at the inauguration of the Imani-Shell Estate Phase 2 located in Maitama District of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory. The project was developed by Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator in partnership with Imani and ...

Fans of Ziggy Stardust who just can’t get enough of him can now stay in his very house but the costs will burn a gaping hole in your pocket. The $20million Caribbean retreat will set you back between $40K and $50K a week depending on season. The Mandalay Estate, which is situated on 6.2 acres of land, was recently purchased ...

To forestall the incidence of false declaration of assets by politicians and other citizens, the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria is set to introduce a property valuation certificate in April. This initiative, it said, was prompted by the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki is standing trial at the ...

Press release The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and Lifemate Furniture Company, have endorsed the Lagos Housing Fair. By this, they have become the official partners of the fair. The specialized fair has attracted over 180, 000 persons since its debut in 2001. The fifteenth edition holds ...

The immediate past Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Toyin Ayinde, has said the spate of building collapse in the country is a signal that quality is being compromised. Ayinde, who spoke at this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), stated that aside the quantity of building materials, ...

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Sani Sidi, yesterday described the increase in building collapse as worrisome. He said lives and property have been lost as a result of building collapse. According to him, there is need for contractors to abide by the rules and regulations while building houses, to protect them from collapse. The director-general ...

As the country continues to fight the problem of huge deficit in the number of houses available to the people, former Director General of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P in Niger State, Alhaji Hassan Nuhu, has said that adopting alternative technology in the construction of houses would go a long way to end the problem He suggested that ...

If you wanted to acquire a land today in Nigeria, you’d probably have to go through a convoluted process of searching for reliable agents, hoping they don’t stab you in the back when you’re not looking. That’s the exact problem the new website is attempting to solve. Lands.ng is an online marketplace solely for land listings and its associated services in Nigeria. With increased ...

The Nigerian Institution of Estate surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Lagos Branch has urged its members to improve the practice of estate surveying in country. The programme, tagged: “Head of Practice Forum 2016: International Property Measurement Standard and its Impacts to the Nigeria Property Market”, held at Agidingbi, IKeja, emphasized the importance of proper valuation in the real estate sector in ...