Real Estate News

Disturbed by spate of unoccupied houses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has launched a website, to track and expose illegally acquired property in the city.Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, who disclosed this at a workshop titled: “Tackling Corruption Through Transparency in Property Ownership”, said the website will unmask ...

To ensure members become homeowners, the Lagos Chapter of Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA) has revived its cooperatives scheme and embarked on advocacy to increase its membership base. Plans are also underway to commence development of properties fully owned by members, who are contributors to the cooperative. Chairman of the chapter, Fitzgerald Umah disclosed this at the Biennial General Meeting ...

The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has concluded the selection of successful applicants for its controversial railway scholarship, sources revealed. The scholarship would involve sponsoring over two score Nigerian undergraduate students in Chinese universities to study railway engineering. It is part of the CCECC’s corporate social responsibility having benefitted from major railway and other construction projects across Nigeria. However, ...

The Federal Government has read the riot act to China Construction Engineering Civil Company (CCECC) urging them to increase the pace of work on the ongoing Ajaokuta, Itakpe, Warri railway project or risk revocation of the contract. Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, who handed the warning during an inspection tour of the rail project, expressed disappointment over the pace of ...

Nigerian Institute of Quantity surveyors (NIQS) last week called for the adoption of best practices in the construction industry, especially the Joint Contract Tribunal (JCT). The adoption of the procedure, they said would bring about remarkable development in construction industry, as the document is used in the vast majority of construction contracts abroad – both building and civil engineering works. ...

Super Falcons star, Asisat Oshoala has completed a massive mansion for her parents in Lagos. According to several reports, the home Oshoala built for her parents is located in the Costain area of Lagos She took to her social media accounts to share photos of the beautiful two-storey mansion revealing that she had completed the building as a gift to ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to ensure that seaports in other parts of the country become functional to decongest Apapa ports and environs. He argued that besides helping government to save funds spent on managing the traffic and regular repair of roads damaged by articulated vehicles, this will end the gridlock caused by trucks ...

Management of the road construction company Julius Berger and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) have met and charted possible way forward to ease the movement of motorists devoid of accident during the rehabilitation of the road. The FRSC in a Press release signed by the Ogun state FRSC Public Education Officer, Commander Florence Okpe and made available to news ...

Mr. Ugo Chime, the President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), on Thursday said real estate development sector was about to experience a boom. Chime said this on Thursday while speaking on `Real Estate Management’ at an empowerment programme organised by a religious body in Enugu. He said that the boom was as a result of the recent successes ...

The President of Future Guardians Initiative (FGI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Mr. Chidiebere Eze, has decried the decay in infrastructures in many public schools across the country. Eze noted this while presenting awards to 96 pupils drawn from three different schools within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to him, education of the Nigerian child should be a priority to ...