Tag Archives: Lagos

Real estate developers are always confronted with the perennial problem of being responsible for the provision of basic public amenities that should ordinarily be provided by the government in the bid for developers to make the houses they are constructing livable. This was the view of Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc, who in ...

Every society has its exclusive locations where those who are, socially and economically, out of the ordinary nestle their homes generally defined by sophistication, taste, class and luxury living. Nigeria has a fair share of such locations nurtured and sustained by its fast-paced urbanization, an exclusive class of the nuveau-riche and a growing clan of the middle class whose access ...

The residents of Abule Oki and eight other adjoining communities in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos state have appealed to the state government to complete the dredging and concrete lining of the Aboru canal. According to them, the completion of the concrete lining of the Arigbanla canal has exposed, and put them at the mercy of a ...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday announced that there had been unusual high mortality in two poultry farms and live bird markets in Kano and Lagos states. The ministry said the bird’s blood samples forwarded to the National Veterinary Research Institute tested positive for H5 Strain of Avian Influenza virus, otherwise known as bird flu, adding ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday condoled with the victims of the fire outbreak at the Balogun Market on the Lagos Island, promising to rebuild the structures. Fashola, who spoke during a visit to the market, said he was happy that no life was lost in the incident. Before his arrival, governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress, ...

In the early hours of Monday, January 12, the popular Balogun market in Lagos was said to been engulfed by a raging inferno that destroyed property worth thousands of Naira as the fire razed some shops in the market. Mr Ibramhim Farinloye who is the Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Southwest said “At 04:36 hours, there was ...

In a desperate bid to raise funds ahead of February general elections, politicians seeking or sponsoring candidates for elective posts have started selling their property in major cities of the country such as Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. According to a report by PUNCH, the development had crashed property market value as the politicians reduced the cost of their property ...

In a move aimed at wooing investors towards further strengthening the economy of Lagos at a time falling oil prices are pushing some states towards insolvency, Governor Babatunde Fashola has signed an executive order slashing rates applicable to land transactions in the state. The governor’s action is a response to public outcry against difficulties associated with land transactions in Lagos, ...

The 13.5 kilometre Mile 12 to Ikorodu Bus Rapid Transit, BRT extension project which has reached 90 percent completion, will be delivered before the end of the first quarter of 2015. When completed, the project will have the capacity to move more than 300,000 passengers daily. This was disclosed to newsmen by the Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Transport ...

Residents of 14, Bodunrin Caulcrick Road, a compound located within the LSDPC Phase I Estate, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State, have cried out over what they described as usurpation and encroachment on supportive space meant to ease lives in their portion of the estate. They described the illegal conversion, allegedly perpetrated by a Permanent Secretary, PS (names withheld) in the Lagos ...