One of the factors responsible for the huge housing deficit in Nigeria is that houses are not being delivered fast enough in tandem with population growth, especially in major cities like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, etc. A probable solution to this problem is to adopt the use of prefab technology in housing delivery in the country. The prefab technology will make it possible to produce houses en masse across the country very fast.

The chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday said all the PDP governors were behind the second term bid of Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State, contrary to insinuations that some PDP governors were against him.

AMID protests and complaints from angry workers over non-payment of arrears of their salaries, Abia State government, weekend, said it had cleared all the arrears of 64 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, remaining four MDAs.

International trade is a well-known path to economic prosperity for many countries, but in Nigeria, its warped practice, marked by smuggling and evasion of duties, have become destructive drainpipes for an ailing economy. At issue is the Economic Trade Liberation scheme (ETLS).

ILORIN—The University of Ilorin community, has been thrown into mourning after a 200 level student of the institution, Onikenku Michael Atunde, who was said to have gone for swimming in the university since last Saturday, was yet to return to the hostel.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has revealed why anti-graft agencies in the country often fail to successfully prosecute high profile criminal cases.

FOLLOWING the alleged relocation 47 Boko Haram suspects from Ekulobia Prisons in Anambra State, to an undisclosed destination in the country, there was tension, weekend, in Abakaliki metropolis that the suspects might had been secretly relocated to Abakaliki prisons without any publicity.

A group, Concerned Abia Central Stakeholders Forum weekend it had commenced collection of signatures of voters aimed at recalling Senator Theodore Orji, representing Abia Central at the National Assembly on the allegation that he was not doing anything at the National Assembly.

OWERRI—The three medical personnel, including the former Edo State Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Phillip Ugbodaga, who were kidnapped recently in Imo State, have regained their freedom. The other two kidnap victims were Mrs. Anne Usman, a Matron in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City and Mr. Sunny Omo-Alasa, a health worker.

LAGOS—As the global contest for Kruger Cowne Rising Star space trip competition deepens, Nigeria’s Freeman Osonuga has been selected among the three finalists for the influential Rising Star programme. His selection among the three finalists is one step closer for a Nigerian to travel to space for the first time in history.

ABUJA—The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, weekend announced a loss of N59.4 billion in its operation in the month of September 2015. The NNPC in its Monthly Oil and Gas Report for the Month of September, 2015, also revealed a year-to-date loss of N437.9 billion.

UGHELLI—ABDUCTORS of an Ughelli based businessman, Mr. Adetona Olayimika have demanded N8million as ransom from his family for his release.

So usually bigger printing and design companies will turn down such projects because they consider that the time that would have been spent on such projects would be better used for blue-chip company projects. So we saw this opportunity and decided to launch a solution for small scale businesses. This does not mean that we cannot attend to the big companies but we have special tailored solutions for SMEs.

Key extracts from the earnings report showed that non-interest income grew by 13.3 per cent from N18.1 billion in 2014 to N20.5 billion in the review period. Profit after tax rose by N400 million to N7.5 billion in the third quarter 2015 as against N7.1 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2014.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, approved the appointment of Mrs. Olabowale Ademola as the 19th Head of Service, HoS, in the Lagos State Public Service.