Real Estate

The Oyo State government says it is ready to key into land swap arrangement to ensure development of affordable accommodation for the people of the state, meaning that the state is ready to partner any individual or group interested in the arrangement. “In order to provide infrastructure to our GRAs, we are ready to embark on partnership arrangement. So, whoever ...

A truck driver died while his assistant sustained serious injuries in a road crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash, which occurred at 4 am. yesterday, involved two vehicles carrying a total of three persons.  The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a statement he released in Abeokuta yesterday.  READ ...

Land grabbing in Nigeria will remain an albatross to the citizens of the country until decisive measures are taken to reverse the ongoing trend. Land in the country has continued to appreciate coupled with the fact that in the southern part of Nigeria land ranks like gold because of its sparse nature. Take, for instance, states like Anambra and Lagos ...

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will sue the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) and its contractors for the alleged shoddy road projects executed in the state. The governor, who blamed flooding in parts of Edo State on shoddy road projects by the NDDC contractors, said the state would seek legal redress for the affected ...

A middle-age man fell into a manhole as rampaging flood swept him away into Anwai River in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The polytechnic graduate identified as Chinedu Igboke was said to have been controlling traffic at the Akpo junction along Okpanam road on Monday evening when he mistakenly stepped into an uncovered drain and fell into the gutter. The ...

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their enrolment at the Queen’s School Ibadan (QSI) Apata, the 1979-1984 set of Queen School Old Girls Association (QSOGA) has expended about N8.5 million to renovate the school’s dormitory. Speaking at the unveiling and presentation ceremony recently, the captain of the set cum coordinator, MrsTolu Fasuranti (nee Tolu Kushanu), popularly known as ‘Tolu-Kush’, noted ...

Some residents of the Igbogbo/Bayeku community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Monday protested against the demolition of their buildings by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration. The protesters, led by the chairman and secretary of the community’s association, Jacob Arogundade and Taiwo Folarin, demanded compensation from the state government. Arogundade said out of over 700 properties that were demolished ...

A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted a legal practitioner, Kole Bello and three others who were prosecuted by the Lagos State Government over the sale of a dead woman’s property. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo discharged the lawyer and other defendants on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove its case against them. The ...

Nigeria lacks clean windows to access International Property Funds says Principal, World Citizen Consulting, Bill Endsley. Endsley stated this at the 2-day event organised by FIABCI International Real Estate Consultant (FIREC) program held in Lagos recently. This year’s FIABCI training on International Norms for Real Estate Investment is tagged Negotiation and multi-stakeholder dialogue, he said. He stated that the idea ...

The Chief Executive Officer, Fesadeb Communications Ltd., Mr. Festus Adebayo, has identified high mortgage interest rate as a major challenge facing the housing sector in the country. Adebayo said in Abuja that at 59, the country was still at a double-digit interest rate. He told the newsmen that the situation made it difficult for the citizens to access loans from ...