Tag Archives: Property

A 34-year-old unemployed man, Ikemefuna Anyaka, who allegedly set fire on his father’s property worth N10.8 million, on Wednesday appeared in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Anyaka is facing a three-count charge bordering on willful damage and threat to life. The accused, however, pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him. Following his guilty plea, the Chief Magistrate, ...

You may find yourself asking if there can be other ways of buying property apart from the conventional way we all know. As is common, I would usually lace a lot of presentations and approaches with practical experiences that we’ve had as a company or that I know that other people, associates, or friends that we know in the industry ...

A widower, Isah Sulaiman, has sued his mother-in-law at a Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna, over his late wife’s inheritance. Sulaiman told the court that his mother-in-law, Khadija Ibrahim, had allegedly confiscated his late wife’s inheritance meant for his children. The plaintiff is asking the court to compel the respondent to hand over the documents of his late wife, ...

The Police on Monday arraigned a 42-year-old man, Adams Dokse, in a Karu Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for destroying property worth N511,500. Dokse was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on trespass and mischief, offences he denied committing. The prosecutor, Vincent Osuji, told the court that one Robert Ach-Ugbede of Supreme Court Quarters, Karu, Abuja, reported the matter at the Karu ...

For alleged willful destruction of property valued at N120 million, a 45 years old land grabber, Emeka John Onugha has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Igbosere. The suspect was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Folashade Botoku by Inpector-General Monitoring Team, (IGP Monitoring) Abuja on a seven count-charge. His offence borders on conspiracy, felony, willful destruction of building, ...

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc and its appointed receiver/manager, Gbenga Akinde-Peters have taken over landed property belonging to A-Z Petroleum Products Limited over the firm’s N5.2 billion debts. The take over of the property situated at Plot 3508 Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama District, Abuja, covered by a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), dated September 7, 2005, with registration No. ...

The Real Estate sector has become lucrative and it is contributing in its own way to curbing unemployment in Nigeria. There are different levels of people involved in Real Estate business, but there is a particular set of people in the industry who are not without controversy, as regards who pays them or should pay them. These people are the ...

Flood caused by downpour during the weekend washed away property worth N8million in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, the acting Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Hassan Musa, said on Monday. The acting chairman made this known during an inspection visit to the scene to sympathise with victims of the disaster. He explained that the flood, which destroyed ...

Vandals suspected to be members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), had attacked various MTN offices around the country in the name of picketing and injured staff. MTN Nigeria had been involved in protracted talks with the trade union to reach an amicable decision, all to no avail. Confirming the attack and vandalisation of some properties for the company, Corporate ...

A Magistrate Court sitting in Otuocha, Anambra East has sentenced two middle-aged men to three years imprisonment for vandalizing facilities belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. The convicts Amaechi Joe and Ejike Chigozie were jailed by Chief Magistrate, Onunkwo, after they were arraigned by the police for vandalising the Ring Main Unit (RMU) handle of an Injection Substation ...