HE might not have become a billionaire. Having inherited one million dollars from his rich father, he might not have been wise enough to invest it in building companies. What with many uncensored get-rich schemes in this country as alternative to investment.

ON Tuesday, November 15, 2016, several Nigerian news media carried the news of the Presidency raising alarm over imminent famine in Nigeria by January 2017 – which is a mere five weeks away. In fact, the word used was “Nigerians should brace themselves”.

It was an interesting experience to physically walk through reasonable living spaces built in Nigeria for less than N3m. What is more interesting is that it has happened in the depressed Nigerian economy, it was built with direct local labour in Nasarawa state and 90% of the input was locally produced in Nigeria. In effect, we have here a made in Nigeria home built by Nigerians for Nigerians.

Permit me to begin this contribution with an apology for my disappearance from the literary and political scene for the last one month but this was due to circumstances beyond my control.

WORRIED about the dynamic nature of the current business environment which could pose a major challenge to young engineers in the country, the Nigerian Institute of Industrial Engineers (NIIE), has unveiled a new plan to grow capacity within the profession and also ensure the country meets a sizable chunk of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

For the umpteenth time, stakeholders in the housing sub-sector of nation’s economy have bemoaned challenges hindering provision of affordable housing in the country, insisting that lack of clear-cut policy on housing provision by governments at all levels is responsible.

THE on-going strike by the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has crippled the hospital just as other unions are threatening industrial action over unpaid wages.

Andy Murray marked the end of his finest season in tennis in fitting fashion as he beat Novak Djokovic to retain world number one spot and seal his first ATP World Tour Finals crown.

NATIONAL Pension Commission (PenCom) may have been exploring untapped areas in infrastructure within the ambit of the laws to plunge pension funds for profit as the Commission says investing in prisons is a profitable venture.

AFTER ownership of land, one of the most intricate aspects of erecting a structure is processing a building plan approval. Having buildings erected on a large expanse of land without building plan approval is like running a government without laws guiding it.

REGARDLESS of the ongoing economic recession in Nigeria, the country is believed to be an amazing potential market in Africa for sanitary wares and finishing products.

THERE are indications that the just concluded 4-in-1 fair Organised by Elan Expo, an international expo firm would facilitate the inflow of $500 billion worth of investment into the country by first quarter of 2017.

LIBERTY Family Multiservices Limited has launched its financial and economic empowerment initiative- My Liberty Family to help Nigerian cushion the effect of the current economic recession.. Addressing a press conference ahead of official take-off of the online platform, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Francis Ben-Adesokan, said the organization was born out of the need to empower […]

Nigeria has lost 60 percent of its import cargo to neighbouring countries as a result of its unfriendly import policies, stakeholders in the industry have said.

Cooperative approach to buying property simply means a large group of people coming together as a society, a cooperative or in any other related form for a common goal, which is to buy property/properties in the same place.