Real Estate

Jennifer Hawkins has sold off another investment property, no doubt given the looming rebuild of her forever home on the Newport waterfront. Hawkins has pocketed $731,000 for her three-bedroom house in the Newcastle beachside suburb of Merewether, sacrificing what records show was a weekly rental return of $530. Hawkins had bought it eight years ago for $620,000. The former Miss Universe ...

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has renamed Legacy Gardens Estate in Maiduguri, after his late deputy, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha who died month ago in Yola, Adamawa. The governor made the announcement on Friday in Maiduguri when he received delegation from the National Library Board and members of Biu Forum, Abuja chapter, who paid him condolence visit. He said that the ...

A second violent attack on property rented by the University of Arkansas has some students and faculty wondering if more needs to be done to help Fayetteville’s population of homeless people. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville police said they arrested a 36-year-old homeless man after a machete attack Thursday night on the wooded property where a small group of homeless ...

The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Friday publicly declared his assets, saying he owns two residential houses in Kaduna, two houses under lease in Kaduna, two uncompleted office apartments in Kaduna, one residential house in Abuja, one family inherited house in Kurfi, Katsina State, and one family inherited house in Minna, Niger State. The senator, who ...

Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Governing Council, Plateau State University, Bokkos, on Thursday inspected some projects and presided over the council’s meeting in Bokkos, near Jos. The projects inspected by the former boss of the Independent National Electoral Commission shortly after their inauguration by Governor Simon Lalong, include the N114 million TETFund Lecture Halls and Office. Others are the N72 million ...

The Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr. Gimba Ya’U Kumo, has said government has concluded arrangement to launch its home renovation loan to help contributors of National Housing Fund (NHF) improve their living conditions at affordable cost and its offshore mortgage scheme for Nigerians residing abroad. The Nigeria Diaspora mortgage scheme, THISDAY learnt will provide opportunities for ...

To tackle the indiscriminate handling/management and disposal of spent/waste oil, a major contaminants of its ecosystem, the Lagos State Government has said it will partner with Ecocycle Technology, to begin a recycling programme aimed at ensuring a cleaner environment. The General Manager/CEO, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Adebola Rasheed Shabi, said the move was aimed at protecting the environment ...

As the week comes to an unavoidable end, we’ve decided to serenade you with some real estate intrigues that will help you relax from the hassles of the outgoing week. Here are 11 amazing real estate gist to give your weekend a head-start.                             Those are the ...

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has announced guidelines on withdrawals from Retirement Saving Accounts (RSA) for residential mortgage payment. These guidelines are contained in a document issued by the PenCom last week. In the 2014 Pension Reform Act, the commission had made provision for  Retirement Saving Accounts (RSA) holders to access part of their pension contribution for mortgaged financing. “Section ...

Several people were feared dead and others injured when a six-storey plaza in the heart of the popular Balogun market in Lagos was gutted by fire on Thursday. The plaza is surrounded by several important businesses which include Union Bank, Diamond Bank and the United Bank for Africa. The plaza, used as a wholesale and retail outlet for shoes and ...