properties for lease and sale this March 2015

(1) luxury 4bdrm semi-detached duplex,with laundry room in a mini estate in  conservation area,opposite Chevron-Lekki expressway.

price-38mil

(2) Brand new 4bdrm detach duplex with bq and study room,in a qiet area of aguingi.

ideal for residential.

price:45mil

(3) New 2 Storey,large open plan building on Orchid road,behind Chevron conservation area-Lekki express-way.
Doc: Gov. Consent.                          
Building is well built,with proper foundation and raised high above ground. Already finished with cabling and plumbing already done. Building has not been partitioned,hence can be used for anything that suits buyer.
The vicinity is filled with highbrow hotels, such as the Orchid hotels,big estates,schools and such.
Road and infrastructure in place,mixed plan area.
Ideal as a real estate investment. Price: 90mil net: pictures available.

(4) 1400sqm bare land at towry coker close off Bishop Oluwole Victoria Island.
Price: N300mil net, with gov. Consent.

(5) 2 units 5bdrm detached duplex,2room pent-house, with 2rooms bq each at  towry coker close off Idejo,Bishop Oluwole Victoria island. Each sits on about 750sqm land. Price: N250mil each.

(6) Half plot of land in Illaje-good location filled with modern buildings,development and infrastructure
Price:N6million-net. Document: deed of assignment.

(7) New Luxury 3bdrm flat in aguingi,in a gated close-well built with perfect classy finishing-N2mil/yr. Pics available

(8) Brand new,well finished 5bdrm duplex with bq and fitted kitchen with washing machine,gas cookers-modern style building in an estate in aguingi-4mil/yr.

(9) Well renovated,well finished 5bdrm duplex with 2rms bq and fitted kitchen with washing machine,gas cookers-modern style building in an estate in aguingi-2.8mil/yr

(10) Dry plot of land in igbo-efon-lekki express-way, located in a gated street,good road.
with registered deed of assignment. N24mil net. with deed of assignment.

(11) 2700sqm @ Ikate Elegushin Seagate Estate Global C of O.
for sale price N160m


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Elections will hold in Borno, Yobe, FG pledges

The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, (retd.), has said the Federal Government will ensure that elections hold in the North-Eastern part of the country.
The NSA also gave the assurance that efforts would be made to make it possible for Internally Displaced Persons to vote during the elections.
Dasuki said the government had taken elaborate steps to ensure that the forthcoming elections were not marred by violence.
He explained that the Federal Government had given the requisite support to the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies in addition to encouraging various sensitisation programmes in the polity.
The NSA made the comment while speaking as a guest of the Chatham House, London, on Thursday.
He said, “Given the above, the 2015 elections are expected to be relatively peaceful and violence-free. The Federal Government has taken all necessary measures to ensure this by making adequate provisions for INEC, security agencies and by supporting numerous sensitisation programmes.
“We are conscious that there is anxiety about whether elections will hold in the North-East and the ability of the government to ensure that the internally displaced persons will be able to vote.
“Our answer to both of those is yes. As far as is possible, we are determined that adequate security will be in place to enable elections in all the areas in the North East that are safe, and that the IDPs will be provided with the opportunity to exercise their rights.
“The emergence of a seemingly viable opposition, as well as the closeness of the race is a clear demonstration of our maturing democracy. Greater voter awareness also means that people are more engaged in the electoral process and determined to protect their right to vote. We on our part are doing all we can to ensure that every Nigerian, who wants to vote, is able to and that their votes will count.”
Dasuki explained that the government had set up an Inter­Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security to ensure that issues emerging from the elections were promptly handled.
He said the ICCES comprised “top INEC officials, commissioners, directors and heads of department with representation from all the security agencies, including my office.”

Isis demand 200million usd to release japanese hostages

Courtesy CNN-Two Japanese hostages, one demand from ISIS: Hand over $200 million, or else.

The else being that the pair will meet the same gruesome fate as other captives held by the terrorist group, others who were shown in ISIS videos kneeling in orange jumpsuits in front of masked, black-clad men -- just like the Japanese hostages identified as Kenji Goto Jogo and Haruna Yukawa -- shortly before being beheaded.

In the latest video, a masked man gives the Japanese government a choice to pay $200 million -- the same amount of money Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently pledged for those "contending" with ISIS -- to free the Japanese men. That deal holds for 72 hours, which would seem to mean sometime Friday, since the video appeared on social media Tuesday.

Another move that theoretically could change things would be if Japan's government halts its alliance with those fighting ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. Tokyo hasn't participated in airstrikes aimed at the Islamist extremist group, though its leaders have supported those who have, as well as the Iraqi government.

"Although you are more than 8,500 kilometers away from the Islamic State, you willingly volunteered to take part in this crusade," the masked man on the video posted Tuesday says, addressing his comments to Abe.

But Abe, who is currently visiting the Middle East, didn't seem about to bargain Tuesday.

He stood by a pledge, made in a speech Sunday in Cairo, for funding to help build "human capacities, infrastructure and so on" for those affected by ISIS' armed campaign.

"The pledge aid is very important to the refugees in need and has nothing to do with the Islamic communities or the radical militants," the Prime Minister said. "... We will contribute to the (region's) peace and stability, in cooperation with the global community."

As to the ISIS threat against two of his nation's citizens, Abe called it "unacceptable."

"I feel angry about it," he said. "I strongly urge them to immediately release the hostages without harming them."

Abe: 'Terrorists should not be forgiven'

ISIS has asked for ransoms before, and apparently has been paid them. But rarely are such demands made publicly. Even rarer -- unprecedented, in fact -- is when the militant group puts its captives on video and threatens them, then lets them go.

Instead, ISIS has made a public show out of its threatening and killings of Western hostages, starting with August's beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley.

Others' killings were similarly recorded and posted online, including American journalist Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines, British taxi driver Alan Henning and U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig.

While not participating in ground combat, both the United States and Great Britain have taken an active role in the anti-ISIS fight with airstrikes and training, arming and otherwise supporting groups -- like Iraq's military, Kurdish fighters and moderate Syrian opposition -- taking on the militants face-to-face.

That's not the case for Japan, whose post-World War II constitution allows it to use its military only for self-defense. But Tokyo is a strong ally with Western powers, like the United States, that have been singled out by ISIS.

In his remarks Tuesday in Jerusalem, Abe -- who dealt with another hostage crisis involving Islamic militants in January 2013, when 10 Japanese citizens were caught up in the terrorist seizure of a natural gas facility in Algeria -- said he had ordered Japanese officials to do the utmost to try to save the two men.

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At the same time, the Prime Minister added, "Terrorists should not be forgiven, for any reason. I criticize (the taking of hostages) emphatically."

A lost soul and a journalist

The aim is to safely bring home two men who were in the same war-torn region for very different reasons.

Like Foley and Sotloff, Goto went there to help tell the story of what was happening in Iraq and Syria. In recent months, ISIS militants have managed to take over vast swaths of both countries, ruthlessly going after many in their way who don't share their extremist interpretation of Islam.

The freelance journalist reported for various Japanese news organizations about the situation in the northern Syrian battleground city of Kobani, which for weeks has been under siege by ISIS, and other areas.

While it's not known when he was taken captive, Goto's last Twitter post was on October 23.

The man purportedly shown along with him, Yukawa, is believed to have been captured in Syria in August while traveling with rebel fighters, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

The 42-year-old claimed to have set up a company in Tokyo providing armed security services and posted videos online of his activities in Iraq and Syria.

But a report by the news agency Reuters in August portrayed him as a lost soul, who went to the Middle East searching for a purpose after losing his wife, his business and his home over the previous decade.

Kyodo reported previously that Japanese officials in Jordan had being trying to secure his release, including talking to various groups with possible connections to his captors.

So what happens next?

Abe spoke firmly Tuesday against the terrorists and their $200 million ransom demand.

What he did not do, however, is rule out the Japanese government paying ransom or negotiating with its two citizens' captors.

Like most countries, Japan has never advertised that it or Japanese companies have paid ransom for hostages. In fact, Japanese government officials have at times denied such a practice, and Japan is a signatory to a 2013 G8 communique that stated, "We unequivocally reject the payment of ransoms to terrorists, and we call on countries and companies around the world to follow our lead to stamp this out."

One reason for this policy is that ISIS and groups like it can use ransoms to fund their bloody campaigns. Paying ransoms also may give them incentive to take more hostages, thus putting more people at risk. And ransoms might not always work, since ISIS and other hostage takers aren't usually seen as trustworthy.

Still, ruling out ransoms also rules out one peaceful way to free Goto and Yukawa. It's possible someone else may intervene to negotiate their release, whether out of goodwill or in exchange for something else. Or troops from a Japanese ally could launch a raid to get to them, like the unsuccessful one this summer to free Foley.

Either way, others could play a role in this story before it's done -- hence Abe's comment Tuesday that the international community "needs to deal with terrorists without giving in to them."

Campaigns shouldn’t be about dead leaders –Buhari

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the February 14 election, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that campaigns should focus on national   issues and not on his state of health and dead Nigerian leaders.

Buhari’s advice came a day after some members of the Peoples Democratic Party raised doubts about his health status and after an advert by Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose warned Nigerians against voting for a 72-year-old man.

In the said advert, Fayose claimed that since three ex-leaders from the North-West had died in office, it would not be wise for Nigerians to vote for Buhari “because we are tired of state burials.”

Buhari, in a message on his official Twitter handle said, “How can his (President Goodluck Jonathan) campaign be talking about ex-dead leaders, jogging around the stadium and outright lies about health?”

How can his campaign be talking about dead ex-leaders, jogging around the stadium and outright lies about my health?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015

Also, the Buhari Support Group Centre on Monday   condemned what it described as an orchestrated campaign of calumny and character assassination directed   at the APC candidate.

It specifically expressed displeasure with the Fayose’s advert, saying it was not decent.

“In line with the Abuja Accord signed by Gen. Buhari and President Jonathan, the advert in question is to say the least, in bad taste.

“Is it to say that our opponents have a death wish for our candidate? Political campaign should stick to issues and be decent,” the BSGC Director of Publicity,   Chidia Maduekwe, said   in a telephone interview with reporters on Monday.

The Buhari Support Organisation, meanwhile, said it had started a sensitisation campaign to ensure full compliance with the no-violence accord signed by presidential candidates in the February 2015 general elections.

Several groups, under the aegis of BSO, urged politicians to adhere strictly to the letter and intent of the accord.

State coordinators of the various groups said this at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday.

Addressing state coordinators of the groups, in Abuja, on Monday, the Chief of Staff to Buhari, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.) said Nigerians had had enough of election related violence since 1956.

He said all hands must be on deck to stop reoccurrence.

“We must change the way the world sees us and this 2015 election offers the rare opportunity to showcase our desired new direction,” Ali said.

Also, a former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said the advert by Fayose was against the non-violence accord signed by all presidential candidates.

In a statement on Monday, Baraje, a chieftain of the APC, said the Fayose advert allegedly wished for the death of Buhari, who was military head of state between 1984 and 1985.

Baraje, a chieftain of the APC said that the advert credited to Fayose was capable of causing anarchy in the country.

He said, “One would have expected that at the second coming of Fayose as governor he would be more careful and have outgrown his alleged carelessness and irresponsible motor park attitude which is not expected of a governor.

“It is regrettable that barely a week after all political parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission and other stakeholders met to agree on conducting an issues-based and non-violent campaign, a senior member of PDP, who is meant to be the leader of an entire state, could stoop so low to wish death on anyone, not to talk of a presidential candidate.

“The failure of President Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP to distance itself from such comments and call Mr. Fayose to order is a direct indication that they are in support of Mr. Fayose making a mockery of the dead and trying to play God as only Allah is the one that knows the time of the passing of any individual.”

Meanwhile, Buhari, in continuation of his campaign on Monday, told the electorate to defend their votes in the February elections and give no room for any manipulation.

“Do not leave the polling units until the result is declared,” Buhari, who spoke in Minna, Niger State, said.

According to him, anything that may jeopardise the result of the election should not be allowed to take place.

“Where ever you are, defend your votes during the February elections,” he stressed.

The APC presidential candidate also assured the people of the state that he would provide enough electricity to enable businessmen and women to carry out their businesses in a well- dignified manner.

He said if voted he would improve the agricultural sector in Niger State, given the status of the state as one of the food baskets of the nation.

Speaking at the rally, APC National Leader and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, said President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration had been characterised by lies, saying that was why the country could not move forward.

“Six years ago, he promised us that he we will step down and will not re-contest, but today the reverse is the case, putting the country into economic mess,” Tinubu said.

He urged the electorate to get their voter cards ready for the elections, saying the cards would bring development to the nation.

At the rally were chieftains of the APC nationwide, including the APC presidential running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo; Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi; and a former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki.

The deputy governor of Niger State, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, who defected from the PDP to the APC on Monday, was also at the rally.

Houthis take over Yemen presidential palace

Houthi fighters have taken full control of Yemen’s presidential palace in the capital Sanaa, ahead of an expected address by the Shia group’s leader, after a brief clash with the compound’s security guards, witnesses and security sources say.

The development came a day after the parties in the conflict said at two separate times they had agreed to a ceasefire.

The ceasefires were intended to pave the way for negotiations on Tuesday, still under way, between the opposing parties: the internationally backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the group. 

Guards at the presidential palace housing the main office of Hadi said they handed over the compound to Houthi fighters after a brief clash on Tuesday.

Houthi leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, for years the chief negotiator for Shia Houthis, was due to give an address later on Tuesday. The son of a cleric, he is part of Zaidi Shia family from northwestern Yemen.

I don’t have PVC, Sultan tells Jonathan

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday told President Goodluck Jonathan that he might not vote during the next month’s general elections because he had yet to collect his Permanent Voter Card.

Jonathan, who was in the Sokoto State in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential campaign, visited the religious leader to seek his blessing.

The Sultan said it was imperative for the Federal Government to do everything within its powers to ensure that no eligible voter was disenfranchised.

He said, “Let us respect people’s wishes; let’s not try to disenfranchise anybody.

“We have had issues of the Permanent Voter Cards and I want to tell you that even myself, I don’t have a PVC, so it means I will not vote on February 14.

“So, we have to look for a way out, it is for your government to now look for what to do, how to ensure that all the cards get to the voters before the voting day or in the alternative, find a way out because for any problem there is a solution.

“We believe you will find a solution as regard this very serious hitch facing us because millions of Nigerians seem to be heading towards disenfranchisement and they won’t be able to vote. I have heard comments from the INEC Chairman, (Prof. Attahiru Jega), but we are still waiting for our cards to come.”

The religious leader expressed concerns that campaigns ahead of the general elections were taking religious colouration instead of being issue-based.

He urged all candidates to embrace peace and also caution their supporters against violence.

The religious leader urged the government to work hard to end insecurity in parts of the country.

He added, “As the leader of the Muslims in this country, I will not fail to intimate the President and his government with the problems Muslims face in this country, that is our own area of attention as Muslim leaders.

“We care about how we live as a people and we are very worried about how we are living now as a people and God Almighty who placed leadership of the country on your shoulders, we feel we must always alert you on how we have been living.

“I will say never a time in this country’s history that we face very serious challenges like what are facing now.

“The whole politicking had been turned into either religion or ethnic matters and this should not be so because we see what happens across the world.

“We are worried because religion had been brought into it, we made it very clear in 2011, there is no way religion should be part of the election campaigns or even the election itself.

“As you have seen here, I think there are more Muslims in this room than Christians and coming here now to come for prayers for success of your campaigns goes to show that as the leader of the Muslims, I have no choice than to pray for you.”

The Sultan advised the President on the need to tackle insecurity and unemployment.

“On insecurity issues facing us in all parts of country, we have heard campaign promises left, right and centre but we want to hear from our political leaders, how do you intend to resolve the security issues? How do you intend to tackle unemployment? How do you intend to tackle the rot in education?

“These are issues that should concern the various political leaders instead of mudslinging, calling each other names and whatever.

“We are very worried what we see in newspapers, watch on television and hear comments from our people, brothers and friends.

“Politics of this country have now been turned into a war, families are being divided, friends have become enemies just because of seeking for political office,” he lamented.

He wished the Jonathan’s campaign team well in its endeavours as he prayed for peaceful and fair elections.

Jonathan told the Sultan that his administration was committed to transforming the country.

2, 000 likely killed in Nigeria’s deadliest B’Haram attack – AI

The Amnesty International has described the January 3 attack on Baga community in Borno State as the deadliest in the history of Boko Haram’s over five-year reign of terror in the North-East of Nigeria, saying about 2,000 people may have been killed in the incident.

AI, in a statement on Friday, said it had reports of the town being razed to the ground, leaving around 2,000 people dead in the process.

A researcher for Amnesty International in Nigeria, Daniel Eyre, said, “The attack on Baga and surrounding towns looks as if it could be Boko Haram’s deadliest act in a catalogue of increasingly heinous attacks carried out by the group.

“If reports that the town was largely razed to the ground and that hundreds or even as many as two thousand civilians were killed are true, this marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram’s ongoing onslaught against the civilian population.”

“We are currently working to find out more details of what happened during the attack on Baga and the surrounding area. This attack reiterates the urgent need for Boko Haram to stop the senseless killing of civilians and for the Nigerian government to take measures to protect a population who live in constant fear of such attacks,” Eyre added.

Since 2009 when the sect began its deadly campaign, targeting civilians and military personnel through raids and bomb attacks, scores of lives have been lost. According to United States-based Council on Foreign Relations, more than 10,000 were killed by the group last year alone, many of them children and old people.

Meanwhile, shooting and heavy artillery fire were heard on the outskirts of Damaturu on Friday, Reuters reported. No further details were given as of the time of filing this report.

It will be recalled that suspected Boko Haram militants raided Damaturu, Yobe State, 130km from Maiduguri, Borno State in early December last year.

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday reported that some 7,300 Nigerian refugees had arrived in western Chad in the past 10 days, fleeing attacks by insurgents on Baga town and surrounding villages in North-East Nigeria.

The UNHCR spokesperson, Adrian Edwards, said UNHCR teams in Chad were at the border and seeking more information on the new arrivals and their needs.

The attack this week on Baga left hundreds of people dead, according to media reports, and forced most of its surviving inhabitants to flee.

The newly arrived refugees in Chad are staying with local communities in villages around 450 kilometres north-west of the capital, N’Djamena. The Chadian government has requested the assistance of aid agencies to help the refugees.