The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have condemned the amendment to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Act by the National Assembly, NASS, and urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the amended Act.

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund, IMF, have piled pressure on the Federal Government to come up with an economic blueprint, if its drive for foreign loans was not to be stalled.

IMMEDIATE past Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has urged the country’s politicians to shun conducts and comments that could hurt Nigeria’s unity and harmony.

The leadership crisis currently rocking All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has further deepened as the party and its Acting National Chairman, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor, have asked an Abuja High Court to stop Dr. Victor Oye from parading himself as the party’s National Chairman.

The ambitious plan by the Federal Government to build no fewer than 40,000 blocks of houses for Nigerians across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory may not materialise this year.

Robbers, weekend, raided a bureau de change, BDC, office at Sakpoba Road, Benin, and allegedly carted away over N12 million.

The Federal and Lagos State governments are currently working out modalities to relocate the 61 year-old Ikoyi Prison.

STAKEHOLDERS have continued to express divergent views on the impact of the current economic recession in Nigeria on the nation’s real estate market. While some operators are complaining of low demand, over supply, falling prices and many unsold/unoccupied houses with no buyers or tenants, others see the crash in the property market as opportunities for brave investors with expectation of high returns when the country climbs out of recession.

Yes market has done three percent below the water. But it is wonderful performance because we have the economy in recession. Even when the economy was not in recession the flow of negative news undermines market performance because the market thrives on news. For example in Meristem, we pride ourselves as a company that provide up to date market information to grow wealth in good time in an atmosphere of transparency.

Eleven insurance companies have indemnified the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, group’s life insurance for N2.4 billion with a cover period that commenced in April this year to March 31, 2017, Vanguard investigation can reveal.

The protest in Ondo State, over the weekend, took a bloody dimension as a secondary school student was said to have been hit by the tear gas canister, released by the police in dispersing the rioters in Ondo town, near Ife garage.

The Registered Trustees of Advocates for Peoples Right and Justice, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to determine whether the Department of State Service, DSS, has the constitutional powers to investigate corruption allegations.

FEDERAL Government has commenced the pilot phase of the National Housing Programme (NHP) with the sum of N35 billion, as part of efforts to boost the supply of affordable housing units across the country.

ABOUT 120,000 contributors to the National Housing Fund (NHF) have received refunds totaling about N6 billion in 2016.

TO fast track and boost land administration in Lagos state, Lagos Lands Bureau has commenced an Integrated Land Administration and Automation System (ILAAS), that is expected to benefit prospective land seekers, investors and corporate bodies operating in the state, as the system is devoid of all forms of bottlenecks that could slow down and make difficult business of land transactions in Lagos.