Decorative building materials market in Mile 3 area of Port Harcourt, Rivers state last week got a boost with the inauguration of the ROYAL Exclusive Showroom, a one-stop mega tiles and sanitary wares showroom.

Anchor Insurance Company Limited has said that its gross premium income grew by 23 percent for the financial year ended December 31, 2015.

Real Estate stakeholders have advised the present administration to assemble a competent team that will hit the ground running towards addressing the huge housing deficit facing the country, adding that by building 500 houses in each of the 36 states across the nation, the administration can create over one million jobs in Nigeria.

Converged Dynamics Capital Services Limited (CDCSL), a financial services company licensed by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded plans to deploy a private equity fund for investments in the Nigerian real estate sector.

Shareholders of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc have called on the Federal Government to give tax relief to production companies across board to enable them plough back same into their businesses so as to caution the effects of foreign exchange.

Nigerian Entrepreneurship Summit & Honours, NESH, has vowed to mobilise Nigerian Entrepreneurs to lead the country out of the current economic recession.

The Lagos State government has compiled a list of more than 100 abandoned properties in Ikoyi and Victoria Island and directed owners of the buildings/structures to take physical possession of such properties to ensure they are completed, restored and fit for habitation within 90 days or face prosecution.

Chairman of Mofes Insurance Brokers Limited, Prof. Festus Mobolaji Epetimehin will deliver an inaugural lecture on micro-insurance to scholars and residents in Osun State.

Most people who have lost money in real estate did not do as much due diligence as they should do. Never wave your due diligence. Don’t ever think that you can wish it away. No matter who may be introducing the investment to you, regardless of the respect you have for the person. If you adhere to this particular instruction, you will save yourself a lot of headache in real estate.

THE Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has urged the Federal Government to fast track access of N50 billion mining intervention fund provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by members of the association.

If they had followed the comments the finance minister made about cutting rates, and had followed it, and cut it back to 12%, they would have created some instability which would have upset some investors. But then this is a double inflation as well because it is a battle between growth and inflation. So of course the high rates right now was causing concerns about the investment because of high debts to pay back but at the same time, price stability is probably what the CBN is trying to do, to cut the inflation rate which is 17.6% and also trying to stabilise the naira.

For good measure, the expert would remind everybody that before the Age of Oil exploded on Nigeria in 1973, the country was a large exporter of several products cocoa, rubber, cotton, palm oil, groundnuts, coal, hides and skins, tin, rubber etc; and when the three Regional Marketing Boards East, North and West had offices in London to handle the export of products from their own particular region.

This article was first published in June 2006, but its content has become increasingly relevant as we mark the 56th anniversary of our independence; it is represented once more as a wakeup call to abort the inevitable dire consequences which will jeopardize our relationship as a nation so that we will forestall an inevitable frustration of the hope of our people for a better life. Please read on.

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The Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) has said that a sound insolvency regime and effective dispute resolution process are the key factors for development in any nation.