A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, granted four traders bail in the sum of N400,000 for alleged theft and receipt of stolen property. The accused are; Bashar Malami, 28; Hassan Umar, 27; Mubarak Hassan, 26 and Saifullahi Mohammed, 26. The suspects, who reside in Sokoto metropolis, are facing three charges of criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property. They, ...

Abandoned Properties – The once boisterous building located close to Ikeja under bridge, at Awolowo Road has remained a shadow of its old self-courtesy of the recent sealing order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The mixed-use building, which used to be centre of attraction, is currently placed under lock and key by the anti-graft agency and ...

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has signed a major agreement with an experienced international railway systems aggregator and rolling stocks manufacturer, Alstom SA of France, on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit project as part of efforts to rev up the multi-modal transport system in the State. Following a comprehensive review of the rail project, which ought to have commenced passenger ...

The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has rehabilitated about 400 public schools in the last three years in spite of the economic situation in the country. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Udoh said that the state government had compiled the list of all public ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has announced that Nigerians above 18 with a steady paycheck will now be able to access up to N5 million housing loan without equity contribution. This was stated as one of the new conditions for accessing mortgage funds from the bank. According to a statement by Zubaida Umar, the revised requirements are a 100% ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Board has approved the implementation of the Rent-To-Own pilot housing scheme to begin with 3000 houses nationwide. A statement signed by Zubaida Umar, FMBN Corporate Communications Group Head, on Sunday in Abuja, stated that the scheme was a strategic move designed to make home ownership more accessible and affordable for Nigerian workers. The FMBN ...

ESV Charles Oghenero Ebiai FNIVS, RSV, KSM, emerged as the 10th Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Abuja (Unity) Branch for 2018-2020 Council years at the Branch’s Annual General meeting and Elections held on the 7th of August 2018 at Chelsea Hotel, Central Business District, Abuja. ESV Charles Oghenero Ebiai FNIVS is a Fellow of the ...

Do you get troubled or agitated whenever your house rent is about to expire? If so, this is an article you must read. It has become quite natural for tenants to feel unsettled whenever the time to pay their next house rent approaches. Some go through periods of high blood pressure, sleepless nights, and tension in the home, over something ...

Title perfection is the process of registering a property you just acquired with the government of the state where the property is situated. The title perfection process involves applying for governor’s consent, stamping and a couple of registrations with relevant authorities. Many people who are oblivious to legal requirements usually think that after executing deeds of assignment they have done ...

As part of efforts aimed at improving farmers’ productivity in Niger state, the state government has started the construction of a 55 kilometers road in Layun Local Government area of the State, under the second phase of its Rural Roads Mobility Project (RAMP). The State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, who inaugurated the project in Kutigi-Dasun-Tasha Hajiya, said that it would ...