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The Nigerian Army says ongoing works at the 7 Division Cantonment in Maiduguri will provide accommodation for more than 4,000 families once completed, alongside a 50-bed hospital ward and a new divisional headquarters complex.
Lagos State's water regulator says it will prosecute property owners and seal buildings where boreholes were drilled or groundwater abstracted without permits, warning that unregulated drilling threatens water security and contributes to land subsidence.
African Reinsurance Corporation has put seven of the 11 floors in its newly completed Abuja headquarters on the leasing market, appointing Ora Egbunike & Associates to manage 5,147 square metres of Grade A office space in the Central Business District.
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has approved offers of statutory rights of occupancy covering about 55.35 hectares in Dakwa, Wuye and the Central Area to Promiseland Building and Construction Limited, as residents of Dakwa and neighbouring communities threaten to resist any demolition.
An FCT High Court in Abuja has sentenced Kinsley Eselebor, a Federal Capital Development Authority staff member, to 25 years in prison for obtaining money under false pretences and using forged documents to sell two Kubwa plots he had no title to.
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and developer Harmony Gardens will flag off a 5,000-unit scheme in Ibeju-Lekki on Wednesday, under the Renewed Hope housing programme.
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers' Rights has asked the national leadership of the nurses' and midwives' union to drop plans to sell Nurses House on Victoria Island and wants a caveat placed on the building.
More than 300 owners whose buildings were demolished at Parkview Estates in Asaba have asked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to intervene in their land dispute with Dennis Osadebay University and to pay compensation.
High financing and construction costs are pushing Lagos developers to sell completed homes rather than hold them for rental income, even though renting remains the main tenure for most residents, a Fortren & Company report says.