Total foreign exchange utilised for the importation of goods (imports) and services (invisibles) between January 2012 and August 2012 have been put at $28.25 billion. According to the database published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its websi...
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) has said it would continue to improve its customer base, branch network and services to ensure that it is among the top five most profitable financial institutions in the county. According to its Group Managing Director, Mrs...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated its determination to growing the nation’s proven crude oil reserve from its current level of 37 billion barrels to 40 billion barrels by the year 2020. Group Managing Director of N...
The Nigerian Capital Market riding on the back of market making process which commenced at the tail end of the third quarter closed in an upward trend at the last trading day of September 28. Since the resumption of Mr. Oscar Onyema as the new Chief Ex...
The Nigerian banking scene is not a very conducive environment for operators currently, especially going by the high lending rate and the dwindling fortune in the Nigerian Stock Exchange but Access Bank Plc has proven it is weathering the storm in its ...
The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has complained that less than 5 per cent of qualified candidates who apply to read medicine in Nigeria Universities are able to secure admission which affects number of doctor-patient ratio of 1:3500&n...
The Chairman, House committee on Health Services, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Suru Avoseh, has warned that any Medical Officer of Health( MOH) found wanting in the discharge of his duty would be dealt with accordingly. He disclosed this at...
A Radiologist, Dr Adekunle Adeyomoye, has called on the federal government to subsidise the cost of mammography for the populace inorder to reduce the cost of breast&nb...
Every independence anniversary is time for stock taking. Hence WINIFRED OGBEBO, in this piece talks to stakeholders on the gains and successes recorded over the years. They also assess progress in the health sector in the past 52 years if any. Here are...
It is no longer news that several states in Nigeria, especially Kogi, Benue, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa and Rivers state are currently battling to handle the emergencies created by the flood in their communities. Mostly affected by this flood are com...
The Senate moved last week to compel the Presidency to obey its resolutions via a bill that scaled the crucial second reading. UCHENNA AWOM writes that the bill which is now within the confines of the Constitutional Review Committee may open another vi...
Benue State Governor, Dr Gabriel Suswam (CON), was a member of the President’s delegation to New York for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He also attended the 3rd Nigeria Investment Summit at New York Palace hotel. The Go...
Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, has inaugurated a six-man committee to lead the 2012 Christian pilgrimage, with a charge to ensure a hitch-free conduct of the pilgrimage. The Committee is headed by t...
The Kano State Government has donated 52 truckloads of relief materials to flood victims in neighbouring Niger Republic. The items include 5,000 bags of maize, 5,000 bags of millet, 5,000 bags of guinea corn, 5,000 blankets, 5,000 pieces of ``Shadda&rs...
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Saturday in Lokoja donated food items worth N50 million and N150 million in cash to victims of recent flood disaster in Kogi. Announcing the donation during a condolence visit to the state govern...