This may indeed be described as the best of times for civil servants in Benue State as the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) commissions’ 100 housing units financed by the bank to deliver affordable housing. STEPHEN UBIMAGO reports

WHILE many Nigerians are grinding under the heavy burden of ever increasing rent imposed by Shylock landlords in different parts of the country, especially in places like Lagos, Abuja or even Port Harcourt, some state governments have tended to respond to the menace by way of legislation. This has largely consisted in the promulgation of sundry rent control laws.

RONALD Chagoury, a management official of South Energy Nigeria Limited, has assured residents of Lagos State and environ that the power and possible violence of the Atlantic Ocean is being tamed by a new offshore wall.

AS part of  moves to reposition and be a major player in real estate financingm, Consolidated Estates Building Society Limited, TMC Savings & loans Limited and Mutual Alliance Savings are working on a merger of the two institutions.

BUSINESSWORLD newspaper, the prime source of business and economic intelligence in Nigeria, is set to commence working relations with The Washington Post, D.C.’s oldest and largest newspaper.

THE recent sectarian violence in Bauchi state has left the nation yet again in a bewildered state.
According to reports, the violence caused extensive damage to property, displaced over 2,400 people and left at least a dozen people dead, just three months after the Jos incident.