The GSK African Malaria Partnership last week announced four new grants totaling $2.5m to the Planned Parenthood Foundation of Nigeria (PPFN) projects in Nigeria.

Efforts by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to stamp out fake drugs from Nigeria may still be far from eradicating the scourge, no thanks to tactics of counterfeiters to beat the regulators.

FOLLOWING an alleged Federal government proposal to include eight additional drugs on the Import Prohibition List (IPL), the average Nigerian who is currently spending 23 per cent of his/her income on drugs, may have to brace up to purchase these same drugs and others yet to be determined at even higher prices.

The Board of Zenith Bank PLC has named Godwin Emefiele as the Managing Director/Chief Executive designate following CBN directive that banks whose Chief Executives have served for 10 years and above should draw up a succession plan and leave the banking scene at the end of July 2010.

MILLIONS of Nigerian children who live in houses close to a main road may be in greater danger of coming down with pneumonia as a result of pollution from passing traffic which causes damage to their lungs.

Alhaji Sule Lamido , no doubt, is one of the shining lights in the north at the moment. He has done well for himself, not only because he is a governor but, more than that, it was during his era as minister that the country was ushered back into the comity of nations. It was during his time as minister that Nigeria was readmitted into African Union, Commonwealth, the country having been suspended from the intercontinental bodies because of prolonged military rule in Nigeria..

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, would today present the economic outlook for West Africa in 2010 to the region’s development partners during the 7th edition of the ECOWAS-development partners coordination meeting. In his “Progress Report on the Regional Integration Process in West Africa: Stakes and Perspectives”, Dr […]

Obehie (Abia)—Abia State Government has been enjoined to give the chairmanship of the newly-created Abia State Oil-Producing Area Development Commission, ASOPADEC, to the oil-rich Ukwa West Local Government Area. The Traditional Ruler of Asa South Community in Ukwa West Council Area, Eze John Ahuruonye, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Obehie, the […]

THE Federal Government has announced that it would no longer be business as usual for oil and gas operators that ignores industry safety standards in the course of their operations, as it would no longer tolerate such act, which is tantamount to violation of the provisions of part 11, regulation 18 of the Mineral Oils (Safety) Regulations (MOSR) 2007.

ONE of the tragedies of the market place of ideas concept is that individuals who ordinarily should not hold opinions take liberties undeserved to foul the air in the name of exercising their right to freedom of expression.

FOLLOWING Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola’s fears over the consequences that may face the planet if everyone embraces solar energy as they did hydrocarbon in the last century, an expert in the field of solar energy, Dr Mark Verstraten, managing director of Rimas B.V of Netherlands, had moved to allay those fears.

IN a letter to Aker, Ghana’s Minister of Energy asserts that the company’s offshore exploration and development license in Ghana is invalid. Aker does not see any foundation for such an assertion.

ABUJA – The Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed the inconsistency in policy making for the nation’s inability to meet with the 6,000 megawatts of electricity it had targeted for December 31, 2009.

THE Executive secretary of the petroleum product price regulating agency (PPPRA), Mr Abiodun Ibikunle has said that N300billion fuel subsidy has been payed to major marketers and the independent marketers since August last year.

PETROLEUM Geo Services (PGS), has stated that it is committed to surpassing the Nigerian content initiative of the federal government and that underscores the reason for its business development initiative which has brought to the fore, the growing importance of its West Africa operations.