Real Estate

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has fixed May 6 to deliver judgment on a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, against the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to remove trucks from Lagos roads Muslim Hassan, the judge, fixed the date on Monday after parties in ...

As a way of celebrating and encouraging the womenfolk, professionals in the built industry have indicated that contemporary female engineers have defiled the old myth that construction work is not meant for women. According to Kunle Awobodu, CEO, Reo-Habilis Construction Ltd and vice president, Nigeria Institute of Building (NIoB), though subtle gender discrimination still exists in the construction industry, especially ...

Confusion has continued to unsettle the family of Owojowo Benjamin in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State over properties’ sharing. It was gathered that Owojowo’s family are currently in disarray over the sharing of their late brother’s inheritance barely seven days after completion of the burial rites. Sources alleged that some members of the family who were not ...

The Edo Development and Property Agency has revoked sublease deeds of some abandoned properties in the Bendel Development and Property Authority Estate in the Ugbowo area of Benin City, the state capital. The agency said the deeds were revoked in line with the clauses 2(j) and 3(a) of the deed of sublease and following notices published in local and national ...

Some lawyers on Tuesday in Lagos called for a review of the provisions of the Land Use Act of 1978 to keep reflect current realities and circumstances. The lawyers said this in an interview that the review would also enhance access to land titles. According to them, the provisions of the Act are obsolete and need urgent remodeling. Reports revealed ...

Many primary school pupils were feared dead after a three-storeyed school building at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, collapsed around 10am. The school was said to be on the last floor. A resident of the area, Prince Adams, who alerted our correspondent to the incident on the telephone, said no fewer than 10 pupils had been removed from the school building ...

Gunmen in Nigeria abducted a Lebanese cand killed another man in the northern city of Kano on Tuesday morning, a police official said. The attack and abduction in the country’s second-biggest city come amid higher than usual security as Nigeria is in the middle of an election season. “A Lebanese attached to Triacta construction company was attacked,” said Haruna Abdullahi, ...

Credit allocation by banks to the real estate industry has maintained a downward trend in the last year. Data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the industry got about N622bn out of the N15.13tn credit to the private sector in the last quarter of 2018. The amount, which accounted for 4.12 per cent of the total credit ...

Kaduna – A community leader, who did not want to be mentioned, told newsmen that the attackers were on their way to a nearby community after wreaking havoc in Angwan Barde. The attack is coming barely 12 days after 40 people were killed and several houses burnt in Karamai village, still in Kajuru local government area. “Gunmen has killed and ...

The contractor handling reconstruction of Oshodi-Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Messrs Hi-tech Construction Company, has disclosed that the six kilometres project is at about 75per cent completion, assuring residents of quality job. The Project Manager, Sachi Ramsunder, who spoke during a technical visit by members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Ikeja Branch, explained that with enough commitments, the ...