Nigerian pharmacists will not be deterred in their efforts to uphold the sanctity of the pharmaceutical profession towards guaranteeing the wellbeing of Nigerians despite numerous distractions confronting the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN). President of the PSN, Pharm Azubike Okwor, who gave the assertion at a stakeholders’ forum in Lagos last week, said the body would continue to direct its energies and skills towards optimizing skills and knowledge of its members in repositioning Nigeria’s pharmacy practice.

Chairman Northern Traditional Leaders Forum, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Kyari Umar El Kanemi has assured that the recent crisis in Borno State, sparked by the Boko- Haram sect would not in any way disrupted the on-going immunisation process.

NIGERIAN shipowners have abandoned ship repair facilities and other dockyards in Nigeria for Ghanaian dockyard, a development that has further worsened the issue of capital flight from Nigeria.

Contrary to allegations, Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) and general practice doctors have not been sharing public funds meant for running the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), it has been observed.

WHAT started as a bad dream for 23-year-old Doris several yeals ago ended on a joyful note Tuesday last week when she successfuly went through an open-heart surgical operation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

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The Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ibrahim Ramalan Giwa has recommended the PrOpCom’s Tractor Intervention leasing scheme as a model private sector initiative that stakeholders in the agricultural sector should adopt to achieve the goal of creating better access to agricultural machines to farmers and increased food production.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Sheikh Abdullah, says the performance of Agricultural research institutes in the country has been average.

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has formally increased its stake in Sephaku Cement (Pty) Limited, which is based in South Africa, from 19.76 percent to 64 percent. The transaction, which comprises a R779 million investment into Sephaku Cement by Dangote, is the largest ever foreign direct investment (FDI) by an African company into South Africa.

INTERNATIONAL Labour Organization (ILO) is to assist Nigerian Government in the implementation of the Global Jobs Pact, aimed at wealth creation in line with the Seven_ Point Agenda of the present administration.

Transport Minister, mallam Yusuf Sulaiman has proposed a multi_modal transportation for the country which would become a major driver of economic growth as the country sets to achieve the Vision 202020.

Sterling Bank Plc has declared a Profit after Tax (PAT) of N5.3 billion for the third quarter (Q3) ended September 2010, compared with a loss after tax of N6.2 billion the comparable period of 2009.

Skye Bank Nigeria Plc has introduced “Skye Priority Banking Product” to the public.The Group Managing Director Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, said that the Skye Priority Banking offering would serve as a vehicle for attracting and servicing customers in the mass affluent consumer segment of the Retail market and contain a suite of products to serve this purpose through multiple touch-points.

The bullish run on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) persisted last week as the value of listed equities’ appreciated by N1.86 billion.

THE passage by the Senate of the second alteration to the 1999 Constitution penultimate Wednesday marked the climax of the avowal of the Senate that it would do everything within its powers to ensure that the Independent National Electoral Commission is sufficiently empowered both financially and legislatively to conduct a credible, fair and fair election.