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Tenants Groan As Abuja Landlords Increase Rent
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Tenants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are groaning over hikes in house rent by their landlords.
Findings by Daily Trust showed that within the last one year, tenants in different areas of the FCT had been notified of rent increases by landlords.
Some of them that were interviewed by Daily Trust queried why landlords would increase rent on houses built years ago.
But some landlords, who also spoke to our reporters, argued that the cost of building materials had gone up.
They also said they increased rent on old buildings because maintenance was also gulping “huge” amounts of money.
Usman Tijani, an information technology expert, who lives in Phase 4, Kubwa, Abuja, said he was informed of a N250,000 increase only four weeks to the expiration of his rent.
“Before I moved in with my family last year, the landlord said he would not increase rent. Only for me to get a notice four weeks ago. I will move out of the house because of the short notice.
“The most annoying part is that the increase is from N600,000 to N850,000 (per annum) for my one-bedroom apartment”, Tijani said.
A fashion designer, Adepoju Ronke, complained that the rent of her one-room “self-contained” apartment at Dei-Dei, was raised from N150,000 to N250,000 per year.
A bank teller, who lives in Dutse, Majekodumi Isaac, said he was recently served an eviction notice by his landlord. He said the landlord later informed him that the two-bedroom apartment would no longer go for N550,000 but N700,000 per annum.
Eromosele Fortune, a resident of Kuje, said an apartment that was hitherto rented for N200,000 per annum “is now between N280,000 and N350,000 depending on the location.”
Some residents of Bwari, Gwagwalada, Gwarimpa, Nyanya, Karu, Dawaki, Lugbe, Apo Resettlement, Wuye, Wuse, Jahi District and other areas of the FCT also decried that their landlords had increased their rent.
Landlord lords speak
A landlord at Kubwa, Julius Odion, attributed the increase in rent to the economic state of the country.
“The rise in the costs of building materials and construction has been a major factor for the increase in the value of the property and rent,” Odion told one of our reporters who pretended to be a prospective tenant.
Another landlord, whose house is located in Wuse District of the FCT, Paschal Chukwu, said the tenants were not being fair to landlords.
“My tenants have been complaining that I increased rent, but the truth is they are not considering the fact that landlords are also going to the same market with them.
“Yes, we didn’t build the houses now, but with the price of everything going up, we too have to increase ours because it is our business and we have to survive,” he said.
Adeyemi Folorunsho, who owns a house in Garki District, said not all landlords could be considerate.
“As landlords, this is the right time to even protect our tenants. During Covid-19 crisis in 2020, I know how difficult it was to pay rent; so I gave my tenants subsidy for their rent and I intend to do so again, but not many landlords can do that,” he said.
Developers seek signing of Real Estate Bill
The immediate past President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Aliyu Wamakko, in an interview with Daily Trust, said arbitrary rent increment by landlords would have been a thing of the past if the Real Estate Development Bill had been signed.
He said: “REDAN had initiated a bill on the development of the housing and property sector during the 9th National Assembly, which was not assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari. If the former President had signed the bill into law, all these issues arising from rent increase and tenancy agreement would have been taken care of,” he said.
He said the lack of regulation for rent should be addressed.
On the reason for arbitrary increase of rent in the FCT, Wamakko said: “Everything in the market is on the high side and it’s the same market that the landlords and tenants go, so it will be difficult for everything to be on the high side while rent remains static”.
He further stated that the current development is a national issue which the government must address head on, as it is not only prevalent in Abuja, but across the country.
FCTA director pleads with landlords
A senior director with the FCT Administration, who craved anonymity because he was not permitted to speak on the matter, noted that there is no law in the country that dictates how much a landlord should charge tenants.
The director however pleaded with property owners to be patriotic by “ensuring moderation in dealing with their tenants, in line with the economic reality in the country.”
He said the FCT Directorate of Mass Housing was doing everything possible to provide affordable houses for low-income earners in the territory.
Credit: Daily Trust
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have intercepted a suspected arms courier and recovered a large cache of ammunition, while also foiling a cattle rustling operation in separate missions across Nigeria’s North-West region.
In a statement issued on Friday, the task force said troops of Sector 2, deployed at a checkpoint in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, intercepted a civilian vehicle heading towards Shinkafi Local Government Area on 5 June 2026.
A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a locally fabricated pistol, a magazine and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition concealed in a sack containing millet.
The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Mustapha Abubakar, was arrested at the scene. According to the task force, he is believed to be involved in the illegal transportation of arms and ammunition to criminal elements operating in the region.
In a related operation, troops of Sector 1 on 3 June 2026 foiled an attempted cattle rustling incident in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The troops responded to a distress call from a herder whose cattle had been stolen by armed men.
Facebook users who previously received compensation under Meta’s $725 million privacy settlement are set to receive additional payments after administrators found that funds remained available following the initial distribution.
Although the extra payments are tied to the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused Facebook of improperly sharing users’ personal data with third parties, including political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
A New York Post report states that the political consulting firm had harvested data from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their consent, and therefore used it to build voter profiles for targeted political ads.
According to Angeion, the settlement administrator handling the payout said that approximately 28 million claims were filed in a class action in the United States.
Meanwhile, Meta agreed to the $725 million settlement in 2022 without admitting wrongdoing.
The settlement administrators have begun issuing supplementary payments to eligible claimants because fewer valid claims were approved than originally anticipated, leaving part of the settlement fund undistributed.
The original settlement covered Facebook users in the United States who maintained an account between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, and submitted claims before the deadline set by the court.
Payment amounts were initially determined by factors including the length of time users maintained their Facebook accounts during the covered period. So, the latest round of payments will be sent through the same channels used in the original distribution, including direct deposits and digital payment platforms.
Also, the lawsuit stemmed from allegations that Facebook failed to adequately safeguard user information and allowed third parties access to personal data without sufficient oversight.
The controversy gained international attention following disclosures about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook user data.
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Meta has since implemented a series of privacy and security measures aimed at strengthening data protection across its platforms, while continuing to deny any wrongdoing in relation to the settlement.
(New York Post)
A middle aged house wife, Umma Bashir, has dragged her husband, Bashir Ibrahim, to Sharia Court ll at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for renting out her bedroom without her knowledge.
The complainant told the court that her husband had provided two rooms for her and her two children but decided to rent out the bedroom without her consent.
She said, “I returned home from a journey to discover that my bedroom was locked and my belongings moved to the sitting room.
“When I confronted my husband, he told me that it was his room and he has the right to do whatever he wishes with it.”
Umma, who had left for her parents house for five days, told the court that she won’t return to her matrimonial home until her husband provide good shelter for her.
She also disclosed that her two co-wives were living in a two bedroom apartment each with their children but she was left with one room to manage.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the defendant agreed to have rented the room out but denied his wife’s claim of not being informed.
He said “I informed her that I will rent out one of the rooms out to be able to renovate an apartment I am planning to relocate her to.”
Ibrahim added that he promised his wife that he would use the rent money he got from the tenant to renovate the proposed apartment.
The judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad, after listening to both parties, emphasised the importance of shelter in marriage.
He said it was the responsibility of the husband to provide shelter for the family, stressing that “it was wrong for husband and wife to live in one room with two teenagers.”
The judge adjourned the case so that the court could inspect the house and assess its condition.
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