Real Estate News

Nigeria Customs Service operatives on Wednesday stormed the home of Sir Olu Okeowo, a real estate billionaire who lives in Ikoyi, Lagos. Okeowo is popularly known in the state for his choice of cars. It was gathered that the real estate billionaire allegedly failed to pay import duties on some of them. Customs officers and men, who were at this ...

Abuja – The National Assembly has been told that the comatose Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Complex will become operational if the sum of $1.2 billion is invested into it. The Sole Administrator of the complex, Sumaila Abdul-Akaba, made the disclosure at an interactive session with the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. In his presentation, ...

Members of the Representatives on Wednesday urged Federal Ministries of Power, Works & Housing as well as Defence, to work out modalities for the return of unutilized expanses of land forcefully acquired for military barracks to host communities. According to Afe Olowookere (APC-Ondo), who sponsored the motion, one-quarter of the land area of the cities were acquired by the military ...

The Economic Management Team of the Federal Government has set up a Family Home Fund’s Task Force to facilitate the implementation and delivery of the Family Homes Housing Project nationwide. The Chairman and Minister of State II for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Hassan made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, at the inaugural meeting of the Land and Infrastructure ...

Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had embarked on road construction project in Sambisa Forest as part of ongoing clearance operation to dislodge remnants of Boko Haram insurgents. Dozens of recruits undergo training at headquaters, Depot of the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State in north central Nigeria, on October 5, 2017. The Nigerian army train recruits ...

A morning fire outbreak has razed properties worth N2.6 million in Gurjiya village in Daura Local Government area of Katsina State. Malam Abdulmumini Shuaibu, the Officer in-Charge of the Fire Service Sub Unit in the local council made this known in Daura on Tuesday. He said it took his men six hours to quench the fire which started at about ...

It was disclosed on Monday that Lagos State approved and duly processed over 1,000 contracts under the 2017 fiscal regime, noting that the contracts were valued at about N320 billion. The state government also said it had started removing structures built on the right of way along the Oshodi-Apapa road to give way for the reconstruction of the 5.06-kilometre road ...

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) says it has removed weeds and overgrown trees on Ikorodu-Itokin road in Lagos to ensure better visibility and prevent accidents on the highway. Mr Tayo Awodun, FERMA Engineer in charge of Lagos East, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the Agency completed vegetation control on the highway on Jan. 27. ...

The Plateau State Chapter of Youth Council of Nigeria has accused Buhari’s Administration under APC for its failure to protect the lives and properties of innocent citizens of the State. The Youth Council in a strong Press Statement signed by it State Chairman Dr. Fabong Jemchang Yildam and made available to Journalist in Jos yesterday, after another fresh attack on ...

A middle aged woman was killed on Monday while no fewer than ten others were injured in a road accident along the Enugu Onitsha expressway, Awka in Anambra State. The ghastly motor accident which occurred around 2.30pm involved three cars: a Honda CRV jeep with registration number HTE 140 AA and some motorcycles. An eye witness, Uzoma Oji said the ...