Real Estate

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division has nullified the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) given by the Federal Government to Sunnyvale Nigeria Limited in respect of a parcel of land situated at Plot 25, Block 6, Ikoyi Foreshore, Lagos. The appellate court, in a lead judgment by Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu, on March 6, 2019, restrained Sunnyvale Nigeria Limited, its ...

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has called on government to ensure that construction policy defaulters should be sanctioned, taken to court and jailed as this will serve as a signal for other agencies. Rowland Abonta, NIESV president made the call during a courtesy visit by the Trustees of the Institution to Oba Rilwan Akiolu at Iga ...

Recently, the Nigerian housing landscape has become home to quite a troubling amount of building collapse, which many are quick to attribute to the ‘devil’, poor structural features or the contractors who built it. The sheer amount of billions and sometimes lives that have been lost during the last decade or so, to these building collapses are a cause for ...

Mr. Marcel Ifejiofor, Anambra State Commissioner for Works disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday in Awka. The Commissioner for works who reviewed road construction since five years of Gov. Willie Obiano’s Government said the state had more than 200 active road sites across the three senatorial districts. ”Anambra currently has more than 200 active road construction sites and as ...

The Federal College of Education (FCE) (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, has said that the land dispute between it and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) had yet to be resolved in spite of the court and Minister of Education’s intervention. Mr. Ephraim Dada, Acting Provost, Federal College of Education (FCE) (Technical ), Akoka, said this in an interview in Lagos. The interview ...

Anambra State Fire Service says it averted the late Tuesday night fire incident that destroyed goods worth millions of Naira from spreading to other shops in Awka. Mr. Martin Agbili, state Director of the Service told newsmen on Wednesday that the incident consumed all the fabrics, machines and working tools in the shop but no life was lost. Agbili said ...

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday set up an investigative and advisory committee on the building that collapsed at No. 53, Massey Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Rotimi Ogunleye, during the inauguration in Alausa, said members were carefully chosen to provide government with informed advice on the steps to take in respect ...

The Lagos Central Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has called on the state government to immediately commence building low-cost houses, to accommodate low-income families at affordable prices. Onitiri, who commiserated with parents and families of children and residents who lost their lives, described the incident as highly regrettable and a big disaster to the ...

Enugu State Government has approved the construction of township stadia in Nsukka and Oji River Local Governments of the state. Mr. Greg Nnaji, Enugu State Works Commissioner made the disclosure on Tuesday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council Meeting. “The proposed Nsukka and Oji River Township Stadia will be part of the legacy ...

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) says the Federal Government does not intend to sell the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFC). The BPE said that the Federal Government would rather concession the complex through a competitive transaction process. Mrs. Amina Othman, the Head, Public Communications of the BPE, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. ...