Tag Archives: NREH

The police in Lagos have arrested a man, Ifeanyi Okpoko, for allegedly shooting an estate agent, Kazeem Opagun, who came to work on his ex-wife’s property in the Ajao Estate area of the state. Punch metro learnt that Okpoko allegedly shot the agent, when the latter and another colleague, identified as Lanre Aromasodu, asked Ifeanyi to produce the landed property ...

Ahead of the proposed road expansion and rehabilitation work by the Lagos State government, the authorities have appointed Messrs Granebury Construction as contractor,  and met stakeholders to iron out some gray areas, especially ensuring affected people receive commensurate compensation. They met at the forum, tagged: “Stakeholders Meeting on the Rehabilitation of Strategic/Arterial/Inner Roads in Epe Local government”, attended by the ...

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations for Change has hailed the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Gimba Yau Kumo, for his “laudable achievements”. The coalition, which comprises students, artisans, traders and the civil society, in a communiqué by its President, Wole Badmus, at the end of its roundtable at the weekend, said Kumo ...

The notorious Playboy Mansion is set to go on sale with an asking price of $US200m. It was learnt that the surrounding homes have an asking price of $60m-$90m but the asking price of  $200m was marked for the playboy mansion because of the acreage. According to TMZ, the 1927 Los Angeles residence of Hugh Hefner is set to be ...

The state government may take over the powering of street light contracts hitherto handled by contractors says commissioner for works in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Ephraim Inyang. Inyang said this would be done to ensure that Uyo, the state capital as well as other major towns across the state are properly lighted up at night for security reasons. Inyang, who spoke ...

Enforcement of compulsory materials testing is necessary to stop the incidence of building collapse in the country, the Managing Consultant, Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), Abel Famakin, has said. Speaking at the Eighth Anniversary of LSMTL in Lagos,  Famakin said making materials testing mandatory for new buildings as well as soil test, would reduce incidences of collapse buildings in ...

Managing Director of Buildcon Global Services, Mrs. Bukola Gazama has called on the government to make the National Housing Scheme, NHS loan more accessible as this would help in bridging the housing deficit in the country. Gazama who made the call at the unveiling of the company’s new corporate identity in Lagos, also called for a reduction of the interest ...

Against the backdrop of the face-off between the management and residents of 1004 Estate in Victoria Island, Lagos, the estate’s facility manager, Messrs 1004 Estate Limited has vowed not tolerate any semblance of hostility or thuggery in the highbrow residential estate. The Managing Director of 10004 Estate Limited, Mr. Samuel Ukpong who gave the warning, described the estate as a ...

Gripped by fear of armed thugs allegedly led by Ojo Barber and Ajagungbade Families, residents of Peace Estate in Ilamoshe area of Ejigbo, Lagos have called on Lagos State government to urgently intervene in order to avert breakdown of law and order in the area. Residents of the sleepy neighbourhood alleged that for the past one month, thugs have been ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has introduced a new standard that will bring transparency and consistency to global real estate markets. The International Property Measurement Standard for Offices (IPMS for Office Buildings) came into effect on January 1. It replaces the existing Code of Measuring Practice and is in line with the International Property Measurement Standard (IPMS), and ...