By Jude Njoku & Caleb Ayansina The Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and two of its agencies – the Federal Housing Authority, FHA and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria FMBN, added 43,126 housing units to the nation’s housing stock between July 2010 and last month. The Minister of Lands, Housing and […]

I am the Chairman of Financial Nigeria International Limited. As chairmanships go, it is an honorary position. All the work is actually done by the Managing Editor, Jide Akintunde, who is really my employer; and his able assistant, Martins Hile. The company publishes Financial Nigeria magazine; a development and finance journal that provides an in-depth digest of the Nigerian economy and other frontier economies in sub Saharan Africa every month. I write a column in this on “Nigeria and the World.”

Call it a twist of fate, pure luck or even a trick of destiny but Micahel Achu has emerged the maiden winner of Star The Winner Is reality TV show, with a prize money of N10 million, a brand new car and recording contract with Universal Records.

All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned last Saturday’s attack on Edo legislators’ quarters, saying it had raised the “level of impunity under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to a level not even contemplated in the days of military rule.”

Ten years after Captain Jerry Agbeyegbe was felled by bullets from yet-to-be-identified assassins in Lagos, family members, aviation industry players and associates yesterday held a remembrance in his honour.

London house prices fell last month (September) for the first time in more than three years, and prices nationwide showed their smallest increase in 15 months, a major house price survey showed on Thursday.

FIFA licensed stadium facility expert, Ebi Egbe has faulted Stephen Keshi’s decision to use his army of Euro-based professionals to prosecute last weekend’s game against Sudan in Khartoum.

The Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) has provided opportunity for both existing and prospective shareholders of a company to partake in new issues.

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, said it has directed its members currently on strike to suspend the two-week industrial action following the intervention of some relevant authorities.

Cameroon’s President Mr Paul Biya vowed, yesterday, that his government would go after the Islamist group Boko Haram “until it is totally wiped out”. His Nigerian counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan, on his part, was confident that the activities of insurgents and other cross-border criminals will soon be drastically curtailed with the intensification of joint patrols, military operations and intelligence sharing by Nigeria and neighbouring countries as agreed by their leaders in Niamey last week.

Amaju Pinnick Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) said on Monday that he was ready to resign his position if that would guarantee Super Eagles qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

THE opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has accused the state government of arm-twisting members of the state assembly to defect along with Governor Olusegun Mimiko from the Labour Party, LP, to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election and the governorship ambition of Mr. Victor Ochei received boost, weekend, during a grand reception where 50,000 youths under the umbrella of the South South Youth Political Struggle, SSYPS, endorsed the duo.

THE Police Assistance Committee, PAC, has called for peace between the Police and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in the interest of the nation.

Femi Kuti, a musician and son of legendary Afro beat musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, on Monday, urged leaders in the country to shun corruption and implement programmes that would develop the country.