Real Estate

Government should abolish the land use act of 1978 and also, it is not sustainable for government to be providers of housing for citizens. This and more was said by Real estate developer and the Managing Director of Merrybells Ltd, Emmanuel Abisoye Oyelowo in an interview with Amina Alhassn Ahman of Leadershipng. Oyelowo was one- time General Secretary of Real ...

Concerned about the dearth of skillful artisans in Nigeria, especially, bricklayers, a new programme aiming at improving their practices has got the attention of stakeholders in the building sector. The new initiative is as result of a tripartite agreement between the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN). Speaking at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), of the Lagos State Bricklayers ...

In these pictures, Ali Adee, a corporate banker,  captured the incredible beauty of Dubai in awesome aerial shots. He climbed to the top of some of the city’s sky scrapers to take the captivating pictures. He revealed that in order to enter the buildings he has to sneak in undetected. Ali, 35, who is originally from Pakistan but born and ...

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations for Change has hailed the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Gimba Yau Kumo, for his “laudable achievements”. The coalition, which comprises students, artisans, traders and the civil society, in a communiqué by its President, Wole Badmus, at the end of its roundtable at the weekend, said Kumo ...

A Boston company that completed architectural designs for renovating and expanding the Holyoke Public Library will oversee a similar project for the Jones Library. The Jones Library trustees last week, voted unanimously to hire Finegold Alexander Architects to handle the work, following a recommendation from a subcommittee that narrowed the five architects who participated in public interviews in December to ...

The notorious Playboy Mansion is set to go on sale with an asking price of $US200m. It was learnt that the surrounding homes have an asking price of $60m-$90m but the asking price of  $200m was marked for the playboy mansion because of the acreage. According to TMZ, the 1927 Los Angeles residence of Hugh Hefner is set to be ...

An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for a development of 74 houses beside Adamstown in west Dublin after its inspector determined the estate would be too small for the site. Minister for Justice and local Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald had appealed to the board not to approve the development proposed by Crekav Landbank Investments Limited, the company fronted by ...

Enforcement of compulsory materials testing is necessary to stop the incidence of building collapse in the country, the Managing Consultant, Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), Abel Famakin, has said. Speaking at the Eighth Anniversary of LSMTL in Lagos,  Famakin said making materials testing mandatory for new buildings as well as soil test, would reduce incidences of collapse buildings in ...

In this article, we will share with you a list of top 5 coolest places you should visit in 2016 It is another year of possibilities and another opportunity to gain new grounds and enlarge coasts. For those who love traveling, the world can only get bigger and you list of places visited should lengthen each year. As your wish ...

In this article, you will get to learn the various advantages associated with knowing the title on a land. Land is undoubtedly a major factor in the social and economic development of every country, it serves as a social security function to most people because after all else have failed, land still returns to the owners for use. It is ...