‘Nigerians own 70 per cent houses on London’s expensive street’

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About 70 per cent of the most expensive buildings in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group, Mr. Charles Dukwe, has said.

He added that citizens of the United Kingdom avoided buying houses in the area due to their expensive prices.

The philanthropist spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Saturday shortly after unveiling the Queen of Compassion and Kill the Killers Initiative, a grass roots campaign against diabetes and high blood pressure.

Present at the event as brand ambassadors were Nollywood stars such as Ini Edo, Uche Jombo, Monalisa Chinda and Desmond Elliot.

I Ran Out Of Bathroom Nakéd ––Woman Who Lose Houses To Tanker Fire

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Victims of the Ibadan tanker fire disaster at Omitowoju area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday narrated their sad experience, during the inferno that nearly claimed their lives but consumed 12 houses and shops. The victims who were still in sorrowful mood are counting their losses.

In an emotion-laden manner, Mrs Aminat Wasiu, one of the victims while speaking with Daily Sun, said she ran out of the bathroom nakéd when she heard people shouting her name...

“I was taking my bath when I suddenly heard people shouting fire and my name. I had to run out nakéd because I was too scared. Somebody later gave me a cloth to cover my body.” She said she was shocked to the marrow when she later discovered that both her shop and house were burnt to aches. 

Two Police Officers Killed, Houses Torched, In Fresh Borno Gunbattle

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At least two policemen were killed in Bama Town, 75km from Maiduguri, the Borno Statecapital, when gunmen attempted to kill the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of a police station on Thursday afternoon.

Police sources and residents of Bama said several houses around the Police Divisional headquarters were torched in ensuing shootout between the gunmen and security forces.

Hundreds of residents of Kasubula area of Bama, where the incident took place have so far fled their homes and are currently taking refuge in the surrounding bushes.

Directors In Civil Service Own More Houses Than Dangote – Jonathan

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A damning verdict has been passed on the present crop of Directors in Nigeria’s civil service as President Goodluck Jonathan accused them of greed and amassing properties. The president gave this indication last Thursday at the funeral service of late Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa at Saint Paul Catholic Church, Fadan Kagoma, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

Lagos To Demolish 20 Houses At Jakande Estate

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The Lagos State Government has marked more than 20 houses for demolition at Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, near Isolo, Lagos following the death of two sisters when a two-storey building collapsed in the estate on Wednesday. When we visited the estate this morning, officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LSBCA, were busy marking the defective buildings in the estate for demolition.