Tag: Houses
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Rainstorm kills 38, damages over 200 houses in Katsina
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said that 38 persons had lost their lives following a rainstorm in Jibia Local Government Area of the state. Aminu Waziri, the Executive Secretary of the agency, told journalists on Monday in Jibia that the disaster which occurred on Sunday night, lasted for several hours. Waziri…
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Court bars Police, EFCC, DSS, from searching Wike’s houses
The Federal High Court Abuja has barred the Nigerian Police, the EFCC and the Department of State Security Service, (DSS) from searching houses belonging to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers. Wike had in 2017, approached the court seeking an order of injunction restraining the IGP, the Police, the EFCC and the DSS from obtaining a…
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Rent-to-own: Lagos allocates 650 houses to residents
The Lagos State Government has so far allocated 650 houses to residents under the rent-to-own scheme, the Commissioner for Housing, Gbolahan Lawal, has said. Lawal stated this on Friday at the handover of keys to 150 subscribers in the fourth batch of the allocation. He said that last year, 500 people were given keys to…
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Court orders final forfeiture of Lagos Director’s N28.5m, houses, other properties to FG
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government the sum of N28.5 million and other property belonging to Jamiu Anifowose, a Director in the Public Works Department of Lagos State. Justice Mohammed Aikawa gave the order while ruling on an application filed by the Economic and Finance…
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Alleged $48m fraud: Jonathan’s ex-campaign chief, Olojeme to forfeit 38 houses
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced 38 choice houses to a former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. Mrs Olojeme, Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Goodluck Campaign Organisation in 2015, is being investigated by the EFCC for alleged diversion of $48,485,127 from the…
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FG to take over, sell empty Abuja houses – Presidency
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property on Tuesday said that the federal government may soon take over empty houses in Abuja and sell them. The chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, who is also the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, made this known when the Say no…
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Makurdi flood: 110,000 people displaced, over 3,000 houses submerged [Photos]
The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi, the state capital, have been displaced by flood in recent months. Following heavy rains which began on Sunday, August 27, more houses have been affected by the flood with over 3,000 houses submerged. Residents of Nyiman BIPC…
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JUST IN: Court orders seizure of Diezani’s 56 houses worth N2.6b
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of 56 houses allegedly bought for $16,441,906 (N2.6billion) by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Abdulaziz Anka, a vacation judge, made the order following an ex parte application by a counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anselem…
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Boko Haram: One million houses, 5,000 classrooms, N1.9 trillion properties destroyed in Borno – Official
The Borno Government on Tuesday said about 1 million houses and public structures were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the 27 local government areas of the state. The insurgents also destroyed properties worth over N1.9 trillion in the past six years. Yerima Saleh, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement, disclosed this…
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Photos: Evans leads detectives to his Igando, Ejigbo dens
Billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, who was arrested, recently, by the police for coordinating several high profile kidnappings, yesterday, led police operatives to two houses in Ejigbo and Igando areas of Lagos state, where he kept some of his victims for months. Evans revealed during the visit to his Igando hideout, located at…