The Federal Housing Authority (FHA), the agency set up by te Federal Government 37 years ago, to provide affordable housing to millions of homeless Nigerians, has only built 37,000 housing units in the country

Robust economic growth in Africa over the last decade has swelled the size of its middle class to a third of the continent’s billion-strong population, according to a report released on Friday.

Worried about the alarming deaths from malaria related cases, the Federal government is facilitating availability of effective and affordable antimalarial drugs at every public health institution including private hospitals across the nation.

As part of its commitment towards the Nigerian child, Ecobank has called for children aged between the ages 8 to 12 and 13 to 17 to send in articles on the topic “My Plan For Nigeria If I’m Elected President” as part of activities to mark this year’s Children Day on May 27th.

Minister of Health, Prof.Onyebuchi Chukwu wants dental therapists in the country to take the issue of capacity building very seriously.

Renaissance Capital, the emerging markets investment bank, yesterday launched the 2011 Nigerian banking report in Lagos, re-initiating coverage on nine Nigerian banks and presenting a positive macro-economic outlook of about 8 per cent growth for the nation, following the recently concluded elections.

The Catholic Bishop of Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, Bishop Anthony Obinna, has said that Mr. Rochas Okorocha’s victory was a divine mandate.

Nigeria’s non-export value rose from $0.2 billion in 2000 to $2.3 billion, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins Kuye, has said.

THE Federal Government has concluded arrangements to commence a micro-finance scheme that would enable all the trainees in the Niger Delta access soft loans with which to either start-off or finance their businesses.

The Niger State Election Petitions Tribunal has so far received five petitions in respect of the just-concluded National Assembly polls.