The minister of power, works & housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has challenged quantity surveyors to use their skills and knowledge to address the high cost of constructing projects in the country for value maximization. He stated this in Abuja yesterday at the 2019 Annual Assembly of registered QS and induction of newly registered QS and practising firms, organised by the ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwamadike (a.k.a Evans), against the police over the seizure of his property. Mojisola Olatoregun, the justice, held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the case. She said that the suit ought to have been filed before a ...

Adamawa state Controller of Housing, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Aminu Sambo, has disclosed that the National Housing Programme (NHP) in the state has reached 90 per cent completion level. Sambo also noted that a total of 100 housing units have been built in the state by the ministry. He told journalists that the houses comprised of ...

The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has said it is reconstructing the arts and craft village into a strictly cultural market. The council is also optimistic that the new cultural market when completed, will generate over 200 jobs. Director General of the council, Olusegun Runsewe stated this while inspecting ongoing construction works at the permanent site in Abuja ...

The Nigerian military is said to be claiming ownership and began clearing a piece of land said to belong to the Nigeria Police Force along Kuje-Airport road in Abuja. Our reporter observed that the property already contained structures said to be accommodation and peacekeeping campground, bearing Nigeria Police insignia. But a large portion of the front part of the land ...

The perennial gridlock in the port city of Apapa, Lagos, is exerting enormous toll on the value of landed property in the area, according to reports. A study conducted last week reveals that the value of property in Apapa GRA has dropped by as much as 25% over the past three years while tenement rates for residential accommodation have dropped ...

Traders at Ladipo Market in Lagos have appealed to Lagos State government to construct pedestrian bridge at Toyota Bus Stop to put an end incessant loss of lives and traffic snarl often caused by huge pedestrians crossing Oshodi/Apapa Expressway. Every morning and evening, pedestrians, especially traders at the popular Ladipo market have to cross the dual carriage express road and ...

Nigerian Institution of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) last week backed the Federal government’s new Executive Order on Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment tax Credit Scheme, as they seek the inclusion of professionals, especially its members in the proposed management committee. However, the innovative Order whilst very good in principle, they said, could fail due to many possible abuses and some ...

Most people hate the fact that they often times have to go through a real estate agent before they can rent, buy or sell a property because of the impression some “so called” professionals in the real estate industry have created. Asides that, some real estate agents are only after the money they can get from a deal and care ...

In this article I will be writing in detail about certain things you have to be on the look out for when carrying out a property inspection. Firstly, let me begin by asking you a question. Why do you think most real estate experts insist that you carry out a home inspection before you buy a house? This line of advice ...