Housing construction in the US fell by 5.9 percent in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South of the country. The decline highlighted the challenges facing builders as they struggle to emerge from the worst housing slump in decades.

The Senate Committee on Aviation has summoned the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun, to explain the basis for approving N64 billion for a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

AS the sexual abuse scandal convulsed the Catholic Church in the US and Europe, the Vatican, Sunday, went on the defensive as Pope Benedict XV1, said that his faith would give him the courage not to be intimidated by critics.

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has sold its housing estate at Obada Oko in Abeokuta, Ogun State to a real estate firm, Provincial and City Properties Limited, for N1.66 billion, about 28 years after construction commenced at the site.

THE online shopping portal for retailers across Africa, AfricaRetail Limited has introduced live chat and nationwide home delivery as it sets up bespoke collection centres which was initially in two metropolitan cities; Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana.

World over, football is a unifying factor, for this reason, many brands have had to align themselves to the realties of the game to connect to their target audience, either during major International or Continental competitions.

Taking cognizance of the slow pace of governance since the inception of this administration and the present challenges facing the nation, the Brand Writers’ Association of Nigeria (BWAN), has called on Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to put aside political sentiments and appoint technocrats into the Federal Executive Council to assist him fast track governance and concretely avail long suffering Nigerians the elusive dividend of democracy.

THOUSANDS of motorists and travellers out of Lagos to the South-South, South-East zones and other parts of the country were at the weekend stranded for several hours on the Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway, near the university town of Okada, Edo State due to several failed portions of the road.

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has commended the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji for accommodating members of other political parties in his cabinet and even giving appointments to some of them in addition to supporting these parties in other ways. CNPP Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu said in a […]

In an apparent move to motivate its trade partners, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, manufacturers of children’s favourite food, Indomie instant noodles has opened a window of opportunity for them to win various exciting prizes in a new trade promo tagged “Stack & Win Promo”.

For almost five years now, when the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) made it’s debut in 2005, to recognise and reward excellence in film production within and outside the Nigerian shore, not many thought it would stand the taste of time or rather go beyond the confines of the Nigerian film industry.

he Nigerian, and, indeed, African public service system will be the subject of discussion by eminent personalities as four books are launched at a go.

Even though the Peak milk brand is a house hold name in the milk market, leaning it’s weight on sports sponsorship tells a lot about the brand’s intelligence in aligning with a soccer programme aired in several broadcast stations in the country to reach it’s niche market.

THERE appears to be no end to the controversy trailing the recent attack on the residence of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo State, Senator Lekan Balogun, by some suspected assailants even as he condemned the state government for allegedly shielding some notorious men of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.

A bizarre occurrence played itself out weekend in Lagos after a middle-aged man identified as Johnson allegedly stabbed his landlord to death, after which he committed suicide.