Two engineers who constructed the collapsed guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations — Akinbela Fatiregun and Oladele Ogundeji — are to remain in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons till May 3, a court ruled on Yesterday. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court gave the order in a ruling on their bail applications. “Ruling is reserved for Tuesday, May ...
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Another Kano Market Gutted by Fire
A night fire on Tuesday razed down many shops and temporary stalls at Kano’s century-old market, Kasuwar Kurmi. Premium Times reports that the famous market, located in the heart of the city, was a center of trans-Saharan trade in the pre-colonial era. A trader, Sani Muntari, said the Kurmi Market fire started around 8.30pm of Tuesday night and raged till ...
Read More »Lagos Needs 187,500 New Houses Annually To Reduce Housing Deficit
The Lagos State Government has said that the state will need 187,500 new houses to be built annually over the next five years to reduce housing deficit in the State. Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal disclosed this on Monday at a briefing in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Lawal said the final report of the Housing Needs Assessment Survey prepared ...
Read More »LASG Introduces Rent-to-Own Policy & Master Craftsmen Project
The Lagos State Government on Monday said it had introduced the Rent-to-Own Policy to support the Lagos Mortgage Scheme for home ownership in the state. The Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, said at a ministerial news conference in Ikeja that the scheme had already become effective. Lawal said that the policy was aimed at making housing more accessible and ...
Read More »Real Estate Firm Partners with Keller Williams of USA
A Real Estate Firm In Nigeria has added yet another feather to its cap. The company has expanded its operation beyond Nigeria. It is now in a position to buy, sell, lease or manage properties for Nigerian seeking such services in any parts of the United States of America, U.S.A. Cornerstone Real Estate Limited, which is one of Nigeria’s foremost ...
Read More »800 Houses To Be Destroyed For 4th Mainland Bridge
The proposed 4th Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will claim at least 800 houses, says the Lagos State Government. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson said at a Ministerial Press Conference today in Ikeja that at least 800 shanties and structures would be demolished, as the government would relocate and compensate affected residents. Johnson said the government had been ...
Read More »IGP Solomon Arase’s speech at Gouza Housing Estate
Remarks by Solomon E. Arase, FDC, NPM, the Inspector-General of police at the ground breaking ceremony of Nigeria Police Force 1004 units housing project at Gouza town, FCT, Abuja today Monday 25th, April, 2016; It is with a feeling of elation and fulfillment that I welcome you all to this epoch-making event which marks the ground breaking of the ...
Read More »Angry Youths In Delta State Destroy Church Property
Angry youths in Jesse community near Sapele in Delta state destroyed the property in the Mountain Of Prayers Ministry, a church located along the Jesse Sapele road after alleging that the pastor of the church simply identified as Bishop Emma, was sleeping with married women in the community. According to Facebook user, Comr Blessing Akamugbe who shared the photos on ...
Read More »LASG Plans Expansions of Ikeja-Alausa Road to Tackle Gridlock
The Lagos State Government on Monday announced plans to upgrade the network of roads in Ikeja to improve and boost the economic stature of the seat of Government to world class standard and to reduce traffic gridlock around the corridor to the barest minimum, just as it revealed readiness to expand the Awolowo Way with an elevated highway from the ...
Read More »N2trn Needed To Complete Ongoing Road Projects – Fashola
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Federal Government will require about N2 trillion to complete no fewer than 226 ongoing road projects across the country. Fashola made this disclosure in Lagos while speaking at a Town Hall meeting organized to brief the public on the activities of the government in the ...
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