Real Estate

Tokunbo Omisore is the Chief Executive Officer of Top Services Limited and President of African Union of Architects. In this interview with MAUREEN IHUA-MADUENYI, he talks on effect of Naira fluctuation on property development and the need to encourage retail mall development as a means of job creation Read excerpts below: A lot of developers are focused on residential buildings ...

The British Institute of Facilities Management has said that as the real estate industry in the country continues to attract local and foreign investment, experts in the sector must raise professional standards. The Vice Chairman, Mr. Tunde Obileye, who spoke on behalf of the Chairman of BIFM Nigeria, Mr. Wale Odufalu, at the institute’s meeting, said engaging policy makers, was ...

In a bid to promote ethical conduct, competency and global best practices in estate surveying and valuation, the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria has unveiled three books. The books, ‘Valuation Report Template’, ‘Competency Framework and Code of Professional Conduct’ and Explanatory Notes for Estate Surveyors and Valuers, according to ESVARBON, are expected to boost the growth of ...

Caitlyn Jenner unveiled her newly refurnished Malibu home that reflects her own style in the finale of her reality show Caitlyn Jenner was feeling all white during the season finale of I Am Cait. The documentary series star redecorated the Malibu mansion where I Am Cait has been filmed and unveiled the home’s new look on Sunday’s episode. Jenner’s living ...

A school, Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School, located in the Bukuru area of Jos, the Plateau state capital, collapsed on Sunday evening. The death death toll the collapse at the Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School in Jos, the Plateau state capital, has risen to 10. Twenty-four other pupils are said to be injured and admitted to the Plateau ...

The Edo State Government has committed N200 million to the renovation of the dilapidated Ogida police barracks, as part of government’s efforts to boost the morale of policemen and their families resident in the barracks. The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, announced the government’s plan at a reception organised for the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, in Benin City, to celebrate ...

The Nigerian constitution actually makes it mandatory for the President and other officials/officers of the state, especially the elected/appointed officers to declare their assets which include their real estate acquisition and investments while taking over and leaving their offices with the Code of Conduct Bureau. But whether such declaration should be made public for the sake of transparency is a ...

Exciting developments in global real estate, as faded rapper 50 Cent announces imminent completion of a new project with a short Instagram video. The film is somewhat jerky, but features a substantial property with a very green swimming pool and a fairly lingering shot of a worker dutifully sweeping the grounds. Watch video below:   My crib is almost finished in AFRICA. I'm gonna have the craziest ...

The President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Dr. Femi Olomola, has said that the draft of the Land Use Planning Report will soon be unveiled. Olomola said the document would be ready before the institute’s national conference and annual general meeting coming up in Ilorin in October. “Be rest assured that a draft of the LUPAR will ...

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami, has said the Lagos State Government’s rent-to-own policy under the Homeownership Mortgage Scheme will soon commence “We are finalising the rent-to-own scheme; it takes some time for the government to bring out a policy or programme because it must be looked at critically,” Odunlami said at a meeting with allotees from ...