Real Estate News

A Port Harcourt-based lawyer has written an open letter to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over three luxury vehicles he recently acquired as mobile offices. The vehicles were first noticed at the inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service held last Sunday at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium. Since then, the people of the state have wondered how much money the state government spent ...

The Churchgate Group has expressed commitment to the completion of the Phase One of the World Trade Centre (WTC) in Abuja project despite the down turn in the economy, especially the fall in oil price and ever-increasing currency depreciation. The WTC Abuja, a mixed-use development consisting of luxury Residences, AAA Offices, five-star hospitality and shopping, is amongst the other high ...

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will have a befitting home for its national secretariat in Abuja by the end of this month, as indications emerged that the association’s stronger appetite for property acquisition and development is meant to shore up revenue base. The NBA Abuja House is located in the Area of Abuja Central Business District (CBD), a 12 storey edifice ...

A Lagos based property developer has set his sights on delivering a minimum of 1.5million affordable houses in its estate along the Ogun and Lagos states corridor, which is expected to compliment government’s efforts. The projects are coming as a brainchild of Revolution Plus and nicknamed Royal Haven Garden Estates Mowe – Ofada and Ikorodu.  The Royal Haven Garden Mowe ...

In the quantity surveying profession, MRS. MERCY TORKWASE IYORTYER is a woman of many firsts. She was the first female Quantity Surveyor in the Northern Region of Nigeria, the first female chairperson of a chapter in NIQS (FCT Chapter), the Pioneer and Founding Chairperson of the Women Association of Quantity Surveyors (WAQSN), the first woman to represent the institute on the ...

Did Buhari win elections because of N5000 stipend promised? Why is there so much fuss about a 5000 naira stipend promised to the unemployed graduates in Nigeria that should never have been? Find out in this article. When Buhari made the campaign promise of N5000 stipend to unemployed Nigerians, to me it sounded like child’s play. In fact it was ...

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) wants Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo to pay compensation to members of staff of University of Benin (UNIBEN) over the demolition of property in the school. Prof. Suleiman Muhammad, Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Abuja Zone, made this known when he briefed newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Mohammad said that Oshiomhole should have waited ...

In an interview with Daily Trust, Suleman Ibrahim Jatto who is the Managing Director of Builtoption Limited, spoke on how lack of access to mortgage is affecting the real estate sector stating that houses are available but no buyers. See excerpts below: What are the challenges facing real estate sector in the country? One of the major challenges facing the ...

An environmentalist, Charles Reith, has said that allowing internally displaced persons, IDPs, to return to their homes without tackling desertification in Northeast Nigeria would trigger fresh crisis. Mr. Reith, a professor of environmental sciences with the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, Adamawa State, said desertification had reduced the quality of life in the insurgency-ravaged zone for generations. The university ...

There is no need for a new residence for the Vice President as the current one, called Aguda House, is up to standard with enough space and well managed, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. The Vice President said this on Friday while responding to questions at the Pastors and Leaders Retreat of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos. ...