The panic in Effurun, Delta State, over an alleged prophecy by a Lagos-based prophet that a lion would go haywire, killing its owner and a number of persons between Tuesday and tomorrow, went to a ridiculous dimension with some private school owners and traders in the affected area shutting down their schools and businesses.

A non- governmental organisation, Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform, Monday, after a monitoring and analysis of the 2009 budgets of four Niger Delta states and local government councils, scored the administrations low.

EVEN as Nigeria gradually inches towards eradication of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) particularly polio, concerns about the overall state of immunisation coverage in the country and the general state of public health institutions continue to make the rounds.

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 […]