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LAFIA – The Federal Mortgage Bank on Wednesday started the construction of 100 Housing units in Nasarawa State as part of effort to alleviate the plight of Federal Government workers in the country. Delivery a speech during the flag-off ceremony at Kwamdere in Lafia Local Government Area of the state, the managing director/chief executive officer of the bank, Ahmed Dangiwa, ...

The federal government has said it would demolish houses built on waterways that violated the master plan in its housing estates.   Minister of state, power, works & housing II, Surv Suleiman Zarma disclosed this in Abuja yesterday during the inspection tour of Federal Housing Authority (FHA) estate in Lugbe, Abuja, in company of the managing director of FHA, Prof ...

Hundreds of residents in Ibadan, Oyo State capital have suffered losses following a torrential rainfall that flooded more than 30 homes on Sunday. It was gathered that many residents have started relocating from Ososami, Oke-Ado and Aresa areas of Ibadan where the water level was reportedly high. Some of the victims have been rendered homeless as they claimed they have ...

Flood wreaked havoc in Calabar metropolis yesterday as over 25 residential houses were submerged with over hundred displaced and rendered homeless. The downpour which started about 6:00 a.m. yesterday also destroyed property worth hundreds of thousands of naira. The heavy rain which lasted for about three hours overflew the drainage channels along major streets in Calabar along Murtala Mohammed Highway, ...

Mr. Abraham Gbileeka, the General Manager of Benue Urban Development Board, says the board has marked no fewer than 300 buildings that contravene law for demolition in Makurdi. He said in an interview on Saturday in Makurdi that most of the affected structures were built on water channels. “It’s true that people are building on water channels and it is ...

The federal government has said it spent N197bn on the construction of 26,002 houses across the country. The managing director of the federal mortgage bank of Nigeria, Ahmed Dangiwa, who made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday, August 14, said part of the funds was also used for the renovation of 13,953 houses nationwide. Dangiwa said the federal government was ...

Rent issues come with a lot of dramas attached to it. Landlord-tenant relationship can be quiet hilarious and full of unwarranted embarrassment at times. Some of these landlords unapologetically put law into their hands. After all, it’s their house and this is Nigeria where anyone can do anything and get away with it. What will happen if your landlord slaps ...

The Imo State government has demolished six buildings belonging to three alleged kidnap kingpins and armed robbers in the state. The buildings, comprising of one hotel and five houses, belong to men who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Amos Akano. The demolition was done in conjunction with men of the ...

The Managing Director (MD) of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Mortgage bank, Hayadeen Atiku Auwal, over the weekend handed over keys to 35 eligible contributors who have fulfilled all the basic requirements to access the National Housing Fund (NHF) facility in Gombe, the Gombe state capital. While handing over the keys to the cheerful beneficiaries, Atiku said the scheme was ...

Professionals in the housing industry, including other sundry stakeholders in business sector of the economy, are worried that many abandoned properties belonging to the Federal Government in Lagos are rotting away, despite different calls and efforts by individuals and firms to resuscitate the multi-billion naira worth edifices. Concerns emanate from the fact that despite the cry over accommodation deficits in ...