Lafarge profit drive depends on current housing deficit – Osunkeye
Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc has hinged the future growth of its business on the current urban housing deficit in the country. Specifically, the company said the deficit and the need for upgrade of...
View ArticleChime, Imoke for housing award
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State and his counterpart in Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, will both receive the Housing Governor Award during the 7th Abuja Housing Show/stakeholders conference on...
View ArticleCollapse: Lagos to test building materials
In a bid to minimise the incidence of building collapse in the Lagos State, the state government has disclosed plans to begin compulsory integrity test of building and construction materials. The...
View ArticleNITP, TOPREC discuss environmental disaster management
In order to checkmate environmental disasters, which many states had experienced in the recent past, the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria are...
View ArticleFirms adopt American-Nigerian technology for Praiseville Gardens
A 52-unit four-bedroom estate, currently being developed at Ogudu Phase 2, Lagos, will combine American and Nigerian building technology, the project facilitator, Practical Habitat, has said. The Chief...
View ArticleChina, EU to discuss trade disputes today
BEIJING: China will hold informal talks with the European Commission on Monday (today) to try to defuse a trade row over solar panels and wireless equipment. The European Union accuses China of pricing...
View ArticleNo secret takeover of electricity firms —BPE
The Federal Government has not secretly handed over 15 successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to core investors, the Bureau of Public Enterprises has said. Spokesman of the...
View ArticleMechanisation: BoA, Agric ministry seal N3.5bn financing pact
The Bank of Agriculture has sealed a N3.5bn financing pact with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to improve agricultural productivity and production. The deal was consummated in Abuja...
View ArticleSurvey faults report on poverty
A survey carried out by the NOI Polls Limited has faulted the poverty report on Nigeria that about 61.2 per cent of the nation’s population lived on less than $1 a day at the end of 2010. According to...
View ArticleMortgage bank abuses worry New York
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that Bank of America Corporation, Wells Fargo and Co and other banks violated the terms of a settlement designed to end...
View ArticleSovereign Trust promotes insurance through art
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc is partnering with Thespian Arts on the promotion of its playhouse initiative, known as Kakadu the Musical. It said it was part of its efforts to boost insurance...
View ArticleSON partners block moulders on building collapse remedies
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has advised block manufacturers in Ekiti State against the production of substandard materials as a way of stopping the frequent cases of building collapse in the...
View ArticleLASPEC gives reasons for increasing PFAs
The Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission, Mr. Adekunle Hussain, has said the state plans to increase the number of Pension Funds Administrators in order to improve services rendered to...
View ArticleInsurers move to increase number of policyholders
Underwriting firms appear to have seen the need to expand their market reach by introducing affordable insurance policies that can easily attract voluntary purchase and increase the percentage of...
View ArticleNSE records 33.02% gain
The equities market has recorded an appreciation of 33.02 per cent this year as major indicators continue to record impressive performance. Specifically, the NSE All-Share Index, which opened the year...
View ArticleMansard Insurance inaugurates N5bn head office building
Mansard Insurance Plc and African Capital Alliance have inaugurated a new head office complex for the insurance firm in Victoria Island, Lagos. The Mansard Place, according to a statement by the firm,...
View Article‘Manufacturers must focus on consumer values’
The Chairman, Abuja Glazing Company, Mr. Jonny Anunobi, has said entrepreneurs and professionals who aspire to greater heights must build quality products that will satisfy their customers. Anunobi...
View ArticleMTN’s Leadership Forum to feature Ram Charan
Information and communications company, MTN Nigeria, has concluded arrangements to feature a globally-renowned business advisor, Dr. Ram Charan, in this year’s edition of its annual Leadership Forum....
View ArticleReps query CAC’s N250m car park project
The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce on Monday queried the N250m budget, which the Corporate Affairs Commission intends to spend on the construction of a multi-level car park. Already,...
View ArticleFG inaugurates financial reporting council, ITF boards
The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja inaugurated the boards of two parastatals under the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. They are the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, which is...
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