Real Estate

The Federal Government is determined to address the 17 million housing deficit in the country, Dr. Wale Adeeyo, the Chairman of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has said. The FMBN boss, who gave this hint during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Lagos, observed that, “The 17 million housing deficit has been there for a while and ...

South African recording artist and record producer Refiloe Maele Phoolo, commonly known as Cassper Nyovest, on Twitter says the best experience a person can have is to have their dream home. The rapper and singer also says he wishes everyone will be blessed this way.  

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to fight land grabbing if elected governor of the state. He described land grabbing as “criminal and primitive,” saying those involved in the act would be dealt with. Sanwo-Olu stressed that land thugs were discouraging genuine investment in property business in the state, adding that ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has called on all property owners in the territory that have any transaction with the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) or the Land Administration Department of the FCTA to desist from patronising touts. The FCTA Director of Land Administration, Adamu Jibrin Hussaini, made this call in his office after appraising the work of staff ...

After closure for over one year, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing on Wednesday reopened the Apapa/Leventis Bridge to traffic The bridge was closed for emergency repairs in August 2016 after a portion was damaged by fire. Some of the reinforcement rods on top of the bridge’s centre had become exposed as the asphalt covering them had been ...

A man, Daniel Okafor, has allegedly committed suicide at Nsugbe in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State because his wife, Pauline, refused to name him the inheritor of her property. It was gathered that Pauline nominated her son as the inheritor of the property, a development that said to have angered her husband. As a consequence, Daniel ...

Kano – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has pledged to allocate land for the construction of Yoruba Community House in the state. ‎The governor made the promise on Wednesday in Kano during the launch of N500 million Yoruba H‎ouse at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano. ‎Ganduje told all Yoruba sons and daughters in Kano to feel at home and ...

Irrespective of status, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Deputy Governorship candidate, in Lagos state in the forthcoming general election, Dr. Hamzat Obafemi Kadri, has assured that their government would evolve a policy that will accommodate all categories of residents in the state, when APC is returned to steer the governance of the state. Hazmat, who spoke on behalf of Babajide ...

A Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old carpenter, Ibrahim Sadam, to seven days imprisonment for causing public nuisance. The convict, who resides at Works and Housing Quarters, Wuse 2, Abuja, pleaded guilty to the one-count charge levelled against him and begged for leniency. The Magistrate, Idayat Akanni, however, gave the convict an option to pay ...

The Kano State Fire Service on Wednesday confirmed a fire outbreak that destroyed an upper section of a female hostel at the Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil. Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the State fire Service spokesman in Kano said that the incident which occurred on Tuesday night resulted from high voltage. He said that a total of 30 rooms, ...