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Winifred Bosa. Malaria eradication is a goal worth pursuing, and now more than ever before, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) are strongly positioned to make progress towards that goal. To this end, they have galvanized support for a further expansion of malaria control and elimination programmes by collaborating with Health Writers Association of Nigeria […]
Winifred Bosa. Booking late for Antenatal Care Clinics ANC has been linked to a higher risk of malaria in pregnancy . And malaria in pregnancy not only causes miscarriages , maternal anaemia, premature births and low birthweights in newborn babies. , but also is responsible for 11% of maternal deaths in pregnancy. Health experts , […]
A global consulting firm, Mckinsey, says out of the 930 Chinese companies operating in Nigeria, only 317 are documented by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. According to a new research report titled, ‘Lions on the move II: Realising the potential of Africa’s economies’, there are over 10,000 operational Chinese firms spread across the manufacturing, construction, […]
The Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport has directed Dana Group and 12 other companies, allegedly involved in N30tn revenue scam, to appear before it or face the full wrath of the law on Monday. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, who made this known in a statement […]
The management of ASO Savings & Loans Plc has condemned what it described as “recent negative publicity about the bank.” A press release signed by the management noted that the allegations contained in some media reports were “a direct result of sustained efforts by the Bank to recover its assets from an aggrieved ex-management staff […]
Nigerian stocks closed higher on Friday for the second consecutive day, lifted by shares in banking, cement and a consumer goods maker. But the stock market cumulatively depreciated by 3.35 per cent this week, owing majorly to profit-taking activities by investors following major gains the past weeks. Reuters reported that the main share index ended up […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA – August 15, 2017 – Wema Bank Plc. (Bloomberg: WEMABANK: NL) Wema Bank, the pioneer of Nigeria’s first fully digital bank ALAT, is reinforcing its presence in northern Nigeria as it opened a new branch in Maraba, Nasarawa State. Maraba is growing rapidly as an economic hub, feeding off the Federal Capital Territory […]
Nigerians need to take advantage of the Federal Government’s economic diversification initiative by coming up with ideas that focus on the non-oil sector, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said. Adeboye said instead of criticising the government, entrepreneurs should invest in economic sectors the Federal Government was […]
Mr Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), has given approval for the auditing of the entire Treasury Single Account (TSA), Mr Alex Adeyemi, Director of Funds, OAGF, has said. He said this in Abuja at the conclusion of a two-day media sensitisation workshop on reporting TSA organised by the Office of Accountant-General of […]
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has vowed the enforcement of electronically transmitted annual reports to shareholders. The idea is to ensure they receive such reports few weeks before the annual general meeting of listed companies, according to SEC Mounir Gwarzo, SEC’s Director General said this at the agency’s second quarterly Capital Market Committee (CMC), […]