Real Estate News

Premium Times report that the decision by the government of Jigawa State to hand over 12,000 hectares of land spread across four local government areas to a Chinese investor is threatening the livelihood of about 150,000 persons in the state. The 12,000 hectares are spread across Gagarawa, Taura, Suletankarkar and Garki local government areas of the state. The state government ...

PM News reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied a report circulating in the social media that Lagos lawyer and human rights activist Mr Femi Falana SAN was a beneficiary of some assets seized from a former governor of Bayelsa State, Late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The commission in a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, described ...

The Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of a man, Daniel Ekemezie, for allegedly killing his uncle, Pa Patrick Odoh (83), over land dispute.- PM News The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the suspect blamed the devil for his action. Amaraizu said  that the killing  happened at Ukpata community ...

According to Leadership, Mrs Elizabeth Ukponarusi,50, and her brother, Mr Benjamin Enogieru, were on Wednesday docked for allegedly selling property belonging to the step daughter of Mrs Ukponarusi. The step daughter, Mrs Izogie Ukponarusi, in continuation of defense on the matter, testified before an Egor magistrate court, how her step mother sold her land with a building structure on it ...

“The Lagos State Government has handed over keys to another set of 200 successful applicants of the Lagos rent-to-own initiative with a promise to sustain the policy in partnership with the private investor.”- The Nation Its Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, who presided over the ceremony, said the state has over 4, 000 housing units yet to be subscribed ...

With a population of about 173 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and accounts for 47 percent of West Africa’s population. It is also the biggest oil exporter in Africa, with the largest natural gas reserves in the continent. The challenging process of implementing reforms was revitalized through a roadmap developed in 2010, which clearly outlines the ...

“The Nigerian Army has been allocated 500 hectares of land by the Borno State Government, for the establishment of a military university.”- Channels TV The university would be an upgraded version of the Army’s already existing Institute of Technology and Environmental study in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, said this at the opening ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, gave cash, gifts, landed property as well as N5 million for fuelling of car to the outgoing Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Taiwo Lakanu. Okorocha made this revelation through a release issued to newsmen in Owerri, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo. According to the release, “Governor Okorocha named a ...

According to Vanguard, there is tension between the Ijaw and the Benin people residing in the Gelegele area, Ovia North East Local government Area as a socio cultural organization in Edo state, the Benin National Congress (BNC), has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening war against the Ijaw over their alleged claim of Gelegele land which according to them belongs ...

According to The Guardian, members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) have resolved to dialogue with stakeholders to resolve their differences. The members made the resolution at its 47th national conference at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri, the state capital. The NIESV’s President, Dr. Bolarinde Patunola-Ajayi, urged the members to deliberate with a view ...