Society

1. Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. In the Protestant part of this cemetery, J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg, is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden, is buried in the Catholic part. They were married in 1842, the lady was 22 ...

High cost of property on Banana Island positions Lagos as one of the most expensive cities in the world. A serene environment. Well-laid out streets. Undiluted breeze from the sea.  Good lighting  and other facilities that make life comfortable… All have combined to make Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos one of the most expensive areas to acquire a landed property in the ...

Blogging has exploded into the mainstream web over the recent years, with more and more people turning to blogging for a variety of reasons.The beauty of blogging is that you don’t need a degree or a scholarship to start doing it, you don’t need a huge amount of money either, and more over being unemployed means you have all the ...

A lady just left our Abuja office now and something that came up in our discussion resulted in my blog today. She is planning to buy one of our plots in Prime Estate “Abuja”, upon computing the total price she said that that amount can buy a very nice car. Exactly her words and I could not keep quiet on hearing ...

You know how we are concerned about getting you materials that help one way or another improve the quality of life you are living? Well in this edition, I bring to you 5 Things Never to Do Right Before Bed, thanks to Dr Corrie Pikul. Considering our environment, and how we have many sleep deprived people, we generally tend to tip very ...

We feel obliged to forward to you the following security tips to aid you and your family to have joyful, incident free, and generally happy 2014, so we have put together these 43 safety tips to act as guide. 1.       Target hardening: Secure your doors and windows before going out or going to bed at night. Doors should be made with ...

Credit: www.cbc.ca Lie #1: This is just how everyone lives now. Where I live (as is the case, these days, with most of Nigeria), I am surrounded by people who can’t quite afford their lives. A couple I know bought a place a few years ago when they were both working full time. They knew they could afford it (just ...

Boko Haram destroys valuable real estate.This is the implication of their continued attacks. Boko Haram has persisted in destroying countless properties undoubtedly worth millions and we in real estate are concerned. We are not less disheartened about the loss of human lives that tally up to a thousand at the moment. We know enough in the built industry to ascertain ...

South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria together account for almost 50% of Africa’s US$3.5tr economy, making these three countries difficult to ignore as part of an expansion strategy. However, these three nations also have weaknesses according to a recent report by South African-based Rand Merchant Bank (RMB). Although South Africa remains the dominant force on the continent, it is expected to ...

As a company, we (Realty Point Limited) endorse and embrace the definition of Corporate Social Responsibility as proposed by the World Bank when we embark on the social responsibility of becoming corporate citizens. Corporate Social Responsibility is the commitment of business to contribute to sustainable economic development – working with employees, their families, the local community and society at large ...