Real Estate

In a move to improve the state’s ease of doing business, the Lagos State Government has pegged the period within which building approval can be processed to 28 days, saying it has waved title documents as a condition for obtaining approval. The state government has also issued a six-month notice to enable all property owners, who have built without approval ...

The Delta State Task Force on ground rent has expressed concern over alleged attempt by some property owners to falsify claims of payment of ground rent. It warns that it is a chargeable crime that could land the culprits in prison. The Task force described the allegation as regrettable, warning the act was not only a disservice to the progress ...

Movement in and out of Abuja through the popular and ever busy Airport Road has been shut down for hours now by a heavy protest that engulfed the Gosa Market area of Airport Road. Movement through the airport road, central area and some satellite towns of Abuja is currently on stand-still. The youths including women are protesting the demolition of ...

Lagos communities along Agura-Gberigbe road in Ikorodu area of the state, which include Agura, Gberigbe, Igbodu, Ewu-Owa, Mowo-nla, Oke-Agbo, Oko-ito, among others have lamented the bad state of their roads, with residents experiencing restriction of movement when the roads become impassable, especially whenever it rains. Chairman of the community, Pastor Taiwo Kayode, lamented that children can not go to schools ...

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, said his administration had constructed 60 roads across the state since inauguration in 2015. Ikpeazu stated this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, and said that the roads comprised rural, intra-state and inter-state routes. He said the roads, especially those in the rural areas, were constructed to make life better ...

A mild drama occurred weekend at Sangotedo Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, as suspected land grabbers fled on sighting the convoy of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who stormed the area to stop alleged encroachment on his ‘land’. The suspects were reportedly part of a syndicate who had the backing of an influential person in the state, ...

The re-enacted Lagos State Land Use Charge continues to draw criticisms despite a reduction of the rates by the state government. Commissioner of Finance/Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos state Mr. Ashade Akinyemi in this interview said the law is focused on property owners not tenants. Read how he threw more light on the controversial law. Why is the Lagos state ...

The Federal Government has said it will continue to encourage the organized private sector and development partners in Nigeria and abroad to invest in the country’s national housing market in view of its viable and enormous potential. The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Suleiman Zarma said this at the 2nd Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria ...

Just when its metamorphosis from being Ibadan’s ritual killers’ den to possessing imposing educational infrastructures was being celebrated, Soka area of Ibadan has again hit the spotlight over a raging land ownership dispute threatening peaceful coexistence in the area. In the past two weeks, the dispute has gravitated to the destruction of structures, marking of houses for demolition, locking up ...

Youths in Bayan Dutse Area of Nairayi in Kaduna State, on Thursday, burnt down a police station and a church. The rampaging youths were said to have razed a Narayi parish of Celestial Church of Chrish, over the death of a youth in the area, who was working for the church when he died. Youths suspecting foul play, stormed the ...