Real Estate

According to The Guardian, figures from online real estate market are pointing to an increase in the number of owners and prospective tenants who are opting to sell their homes or rent property online without the use of an agent. The Guardian learnt that the number of renters searching for property online platforms rose to 10 per cent in 2016 – ...

Ibeju Lekki may soon be opening up to connect to other parts of Nigeria as Gov. Akeredolu looks to record landmark achievement in linking Ilaje With Lagos. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to construct a 50 kilometer road to link Ibeju Lekki and Ondo State. The road is ...

“The Akinwumi Ambode-led administration in Lagos State has finally found solution to the perennial environmental crisis threatening the megacity status of the commercial city with the newly introduced fundamental environmental reforms, writes Raheem Akingbolu”- This Day For years, Lagos residents have craven for a cleaner megacity and a serene environment. Among other unpleasant hazards, arbitrary collections of refuse and street ...

The Guardian reports that The Apapa-bound carriageway of the Apapa Marine Beach Bridge will be closed from today for 29 days in its ongoing rehabilitation, the site manager, Mr. Simon Barakat, has said. Barakat, who spoke yesterday, appealed to road users to be patient and use alternative routes. “We will close the Apapa-bound carriageway on Friday evening, and it will ...

According to Leadership, experts in the real estate sector have commended the federal government for accepting to provide 10 percent funding for the National Housing Fund, NHF contributors seeking loans of N5million and below. They have also urged the federal government to empower mortgage institutions to carry out their statutory responsibility The acting managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank ...

“Federal Housing Estate allottees in Abia on Thursday, protested against an alleged re-sell of their plots of land at the ministry’s housing estate located at Amakama, near Umuahia, the state capital.”- The News The allottees, operating under the aegis of Federal Housing Allottees Association, gathered in their numbers at the World Bank Housing Estate, from where they marched to the ...

“The Igbaro Oteshade royal family of Oko-Addo, Eti Osa Local Council of Lagos State, has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) appeal to the state government over alleged encroachment of its property.  Baale of the town, Chief Olayiwola Lawal, head of the family, Pa Mojid Balogun; and the secretary, Asset Management Committee, Prince Malik Eshinlokun, led the charge as family ...

Premium Times report that the decision by the government of Jigawa State to hand over 12,000 hectares of land spread across four local government areas to a Chinese investor is threatening the livelihood of about 150,000 persons in the state. The 12,000 hectares are spread across Gagarawa, Taura, Suletankarkar and Garki local government areas of the state. The state government ...

Last week, we conducted a vox pop on Facebook to gather people’s opinions about whether they would like to buy a house or build from scratch? We got very many reactions. It was not surprising to learn that majority of the people who expressed their opinions would rather build their houses from scratch than buy the house. Many people would ...

PM News reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied a report circulating in the social media that Lagos lawyer and human rights activist Mr Femi Falana SAN was a beneficiary of some assets seized from a former governor of Bayelsa State, Late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The commission in a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, described ...