The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent the sum of $6.7 million through the Society for Family Health during a two-year project in Gombe wherein 11 local government area were targeted to save 60,000 women and their children &nb...
Nigeria’s progress towards reducing under five mortality is still slow, ranking 12th in the indicator with the ratio 143 to 1,000 live births in 2010, the State of World Children report, has showed. The report, a publicati...
The Delta State government is giving credence to the popular axiom that “the greatest happiness of the majority is the yardstick for measuring goodness”. This, perhaps, has been the propelling force behind the seemingly state government'...
Unlike in the past, the election that led to the emergence of the current Speaker of the Bayesal State House of Assembly was competitive and contested by notable legislators without the noticeable influence of the state governor, Seriake Dickson. Obser...
The Owerri event was electrifying. The pulse of the people could be felt everywhere in the state. The streets of Owerri and its environs were adorned with flags, buntings and banners, heralding the arrival of the Great Ojukwu. The young and old, includ...
Some market operators have called on the regulators of the nation’s bourse to expedite action in their efforts to appoint market makers as further delay might negatively affect the much awaited rebound of the equity market. A market maker is a de...
Following liquidity crisis in the nation’s capital market which is negatively impacting on the both production and service sectors of the economy, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has said that the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa w...
Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange at the close of trading on Friday sustained a bullish rally as investors renewed interest in blue chip companies. Consequently, the NSE All-Share Index appreciated by 358....
The country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) like their counterparts in other emerging economies are perceived as a high risk segment of the market for banks when it comes to lending. Unstable macroeconomic policies further make banks to be ...
Mr. Titi Omo-Ettu, the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, proffers suggestions on how to implement broadband regime, the new ICT policy and what government should ...
To ensure rapid development of the state’s economy key sectors, the Ekiti State Government will soon go into partnership with Keystone Bank. Education, health care, industrial development, tourism, women empowerment and agriculture among other se...
Enterprise Bank’s continued relationship with Union Bank UK Plc as an offshore partner is based on the fact that it makes a lot of business sense to deal with an institution with vast understanding of the local business environment, Ahmed Kuru, M...
Thirty-three years after its inauguration, the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, Ajaokuta, Kogi State, has succeeded only in running itself aground, in the process dashed the dream to industrialise Nigeria. However, the moribund state of affairs of the c...
The Borno Police Command, on Sunday announced the arrest of 11suspects involved in an attack on Mobile Police Base, Bama on Saturday. Mr Samuel Tizhe, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) told newsmen in Maiduguri that one of the attackers was ki...
Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyatu Rufai on Sunday said the nine new Federal Universities would commence academic session in April. Rufai made this known while addressing newsmen in Dutse after inspecting the permanent site of Federal University Dut...