Real Estate News

The 19th president of Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors & Valuers and the managing partner of Bode Adediji Partnership, Mr. Bode Adediji in this interview with Olushola Bello, laments over the huge housing deficit in Nigeria. Read Excerpts below: What is the problem with real estate in Nigeria? It is now a common knowledge that Nigerians have been suffering from ...

The Ogun State Government has demolished a church building owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. The RCCG is one of Nigeria’s largest Pentecostal churches and its head, Enoch Adeboye, is one of the country’s most revered men. The demolished building is located inside the estate, Obasanjo Hilltop, named after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo by the state government; and ...

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has cried out over the poor state of federal roads in the state and called on the Federal government to hasten to save the roads from imminent collapse. The Governor made the call while inspecting erosion sites along the Onitsha-Owerri and Onitsha-Enugu expressways which had caved in at two points in Okija, Ihiala local ...

A pastor, Ike John Chidiebere and a property developer/lawyer, Obioma Success are at daggers drawn over a church property located in the highbrow Garki district in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. While the lawyer and owner of the disputed property (Success) is bent on converting the property to a hotel/night club, the pastor of Richfield of God Church insists that a 2012 ...

In this interview, the Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority, Prof Mohammed Al-amin talks to ANDREW ESSIEN about Federal Housing Authority’s mandate, where it was and how it has evolved. Read below: Can you tell us the mandate of the Federal Housing Authority? The Federal Housing Authority was established some 40 years ago and the initial mandate was for ...

It is no longer news that the FCT stands head and shoulders above other Nigerian cities in massive building construction owing to its status as the seat of power at the centre and hotbed of investment activities of multinational corporations, estate developers and individuals many of whom are money bags, resident in the city. Investing in real estate business and ...

The Borno State Government on Thursday inaugurated the construction of 2,500 family shelters for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in public schools in Maiduguri. The Commissioner for Education, Inuwa Kubo, said at the Bakasi IDP camp that the shelters would be constructed by international donor organizations led by the UNHCR. He said the construction of the shelters would last ...

Lagos State Commissioner for Housing Mr. Gbolahan Wasiu Lawal–Akapo has inspected projects under his Ministry.  He was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami and Special Adviser to the governor on Housing, Mrs. Mudirat Giwanson. He visited Lagos State Homes Ownership Mortgage Scheme (LagosHOMS) in Omole Estate, Igando, Oko–Oba, Agege, Chief Anthony Enahoro Housing Estate Ogba, Omole Phase 2, ...

About 105 naval personnel contributing to the National Housing Fund ( NHF) would benefit from mortgage scheme set aside by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to facilitate home ownership in Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FMBN, Mr. Gimba Ya’u Kumo stated this Wednesday when he led a management team on a courtesy visit to Defence Headquarters ...

Stakeholders on land matters in Osun State have appealed to citi­zenry to co-operate with the state government in the payment of tenement rate and land use charge in a bid to increase Internally Generated Revenue. They made the remarks on Tuesday at a public hearing on Land Use Charge Bill organised by the state House of Assem­bly in Osogbo. The ...