Former players of the defunct Udoji United Football Club of Awka will on July 30 engage retired internationals in a friendly game aimed at raising funds for families of their late colleagues.

The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has said that discussions have reached an advanced stage with the office of the Head of Service of the Federation to gazette the Institute’s professional qualifications for employment purposes in the Civil Service. The move is in a bid to ensure that graduates of the College of Insurance and Financial Management Studies (CIFM) secure employment in government institutions across the various levels of government in the country.

As part of efforts to ensure that Nigerians have easy access to affordable housing, stakeholders in the housing sector have called for the adoption of local solutions to mortgage financing in the country. The call formed part of the recommendations in a communiqué issued by the stakeholders at the end of the recently concluded 2016 Affordable Housing Summit in Abuja. The summit was the culmination of series of consultations amongst government and non-government stakeholders in the housing industry and is intended to generate the framework for a robust policy for affordable housing delivery in Nigeria. Participants made several recommendations, which are presented on the basis of five thematic issues/pillars, namely: Lands, finance, Concessions and incentives, strategic focus on off-takers and, skills development and technology.

Oyo state’s Asegun Comprehensive High School defeated the National Grammar School, Nike, Enugu state at the 2016 edition of the Copa Coca-Cola boys U-15 soccer tournament at the national final match played at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos Island.

Hosts Mexico beat their Nigerian counterparts 1-0 in a Rio Olympics warm-up match played yesterday at the Estadio Victoria in Aguascalientes. .

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the long-term nature of pension funds make it unsuitable for housing owing to the high risk involved at the development stage, adding that they are more ideal for mortgage financing.

Olivier Giroud scored two goals and set up another as the Euro 2016 hosts France thrashed Iceland 5-2 on Sunday to set up a semi-final clash against world champions Germany.

A coalition of groups from the South East and South South has called for a referendum on the resolution of 2014 National Conference, saying such would provide a lasting solution to the problems currently bedeviling Nigeria.

The clamour for affordable housing against the backdrop of about 21 million housing units deficit in the country has been boosted with the entering of a new mid-market residential housing estate known as TM Gardens into Nigerian real estate market.

Women are becoming more active and aggressive as investors who are taking control of their financial future. And just as flexible hours are just one reason why more and more women are finding a new career working with property, it’s no longer the house that Jack built.