Sand Eagles thump S/Africa to claim bronze
Nigeria’s Sand Eagles have won the third place game at the Power House Beach Soccer Challenge in Durban, South Africa after beating the hosts 9-3 in the classification game on yesterday.
Women’s Day: Stakeholders seeks end to maternal mortality
As Nigerian women joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, medical experts and partners on the NOTAGAIN Campaign have called for effective implementation of policies and commitments that promote rights and access to quality maternal health and family planning services.
Investment opportunities will emerge despite stock market volatility —Sotubo
Dele Sotubo is the Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers, Nigeria’s largest stockbroking firm in value and volume of transactions handled at the Nigerian Stock Exchange. In this interview Sotubo talks about the capital market and efforts to deepen it, the bond market, corporate governance issues, listing of oil and gas companies, among other issues. Excerpts:
Microfinance, a realistic approach to affordable housing — LAPO MD
The project has economic, social and environmental impact angle. We are also aware that houses for low-income earners are not just shelters, but are equally locations for their economic activities, to this end, we are putting in place a system that will enable impact assessment not only in terms of number of houses but with equal attention to social indicators. The success recorded so far is due to a number of factors which include commitment of the partners in the project who have all delivered on their obligations.
NMRC, US firm seal N200bn mortgage investment deal
The Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a US-based investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, for the investment of $1bn (about N200 billion) in the Nigerian mortgage sector. Cantor Fitzgerald is a global private investment firm with strong expertise in asset-backed mortgage securities. The firm has also made arrangements to build 10,000 houses in Kaduna, Lagos, Enugu and Abuja within the next one year.
Adeyeye tasks Aerospace centre on standards
The Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye has tasked the Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS) to improve its standard in order to compete favourably among institutions like it in the world. Adeyeye threw the challenge to the Executive Director of RECTAS, Mr Adewale Akingbade when the new ED paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Works in Abuja on Tuesday.
