Real Estate News

The dispute between the people of Ugborodo, an Itsekiri riverine community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State and Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, which started, last Tuesday, with the villagers laying siege to the company’s facility in Escravos deepened this morning. While the barricade of the Escravos Tank Farm continued on sixth day (today), a section of the community ...

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to reform the Real Estate Transaction Business in the State through the Lagos Estate Management Information System (LAGEMIS). The Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who stated this recently in an interview with news correspondents, said the Agency will soon adopt an IT based innovation that is a one-stop solution to the ...

A new Urban Railway Development project, embarked upon by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) in conjunction with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is expected to reduce gridlock in the state, particularly in Marina, Victoria Island and Ikoyi. The $1 billion project, called the Automated Guide Transit (AGT), a type of Monorail, would mitigate traffic congestion and improve business ...

Two lives were lost on Tuesday night in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State, in an auto-crash that occurred at the old Abeokuta/Lagos toll gate. The incident was confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Unit Commander, Mr. Leye Adegboyega, that the accident involved a Mack Truck with registration number MUS 338 XS and a Toyota ...

Earlier in the week, we brought you a report on how flood ravaged six local government areas of Kano state, destroying nothing less than 5,300 houses. Head Operations and Logistics, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Femi Giwa, also revealed that 5,000 people may lose their homes to flood during a UNICEF organised workshop on emergency preparedness response forum held ...

Protesting elders, leaders, women and youths of Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have laid siege to the Escravos Tank Farm, belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, alleging neglect and discrimination by the multinational oil conglomerate. Vanguard learned that the angry villagers in Warri, who set bonfires occupied the premises of Escravos Tank Farm ...

Weeds and Wild animals have taken possession of the Federal Dam in Imo state  following its neglect by the government over the years. Hence, the people who live within the vicinity of the abandoned dam have cried out for help. Inyishi people in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, have solicited help from the Federal Government over the “abandoned” ...

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday applauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigating and arresting a contractor who diverted 60 trucks of grains that were allocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State by the federal government. In a statement by Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on the ...

The Kano State Relief And Emergency Agency (SARERA), has confirmed that at least 5,300 houses have been destroyed by flood in six local government areas of Kano State. According to the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Mr Aliyu Bashir, the affected local government areas include, Bebeji, Dawakin Kudu, Kiru Shanono, Bagwai and Garun Mallam. Mr.Bashir said over 2,300 houses were ...

With the storm over the recent economic downturn yet to settle, government’s unfavourable policies have continued to dampen the property market making transactions to be down to 70 per cent. The development, which began over 14 months ago, has largely been blamed on the decline in oil prices, and weak performance of commodities and geo-political conflicts. The Guardian learnt that ...