The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has called on government to place more emphasis on the provision of affordable rural housing as a way of reducing the housing deficit as well as curtailing the rural – urban drift in the country.

STARCOMMS Plc has introduced a new campaign that re-affirms its customers as the core of its business interest.

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) needs to be recapitalised to the tune of at least N100 billion in order to be able to effectively tackle the challenge of inadequate housing fund in the country.

On October 1, 2010, the very day that our country was marking its 50 independence anniversary from British colonialists, a real estate management executive friend of mine, who I consider very knowledgeable about his business and I, decided to drive around Abuja, our nation’s capital.

The naira appreciated significantly in the interbank market and was relatively stable in the official market courtesy of $546 million foreign exchange sold by oil firms, including the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) last week.

Is government borrowing blocking credit to private sector? The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says yes, Debt Management Office (DMO) says no. Babajide Komolafe, hereby presents the arguments of the two government agencies.

Entrepreneurialism is an important factor in the development of any nation. Entrepreneurs are responsible for taking calculated risks that open up doors to progressively higher levels of economic growth. If it weren’t for them, the world would never have knows such marvels as the wheel, electricity or the Internet, to name just a few.

As discussions on global economic recovery take centre stage at the annual Davos gathering of political and business leaders, ICC is driving home the message that international trade is crucial to restoring the health of the global economy.

Nigeria issued a $500 million debut Eurobond on Friday with a 7.0 per cent yield in a deal that was heavily oversubscribed, as appetite for high-yielding assets outweighed concern about its depleted oil savings.