African heads of state have stressed the need for a common voice on sustainable development in the run-up to next year’s major Rio+20 conference. Heads of state and government ministers from 53 states were among 130 participants at a roundtable event held in Equitorial Guinea during the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Governments, which ended last Friday.

IF adequate intervention steps are taken to close the tap of new paediatric HIV infections in Nigeria, no less than 70,000 babies of HIV positive pregnant mothers will be born free of the virus every year.

Access Bank Plc has re-affirmed its commitment to reducing the effect of global warming with the commencement of the second phase of its Going Green; Beyond Words campaign in Niger and Sokoto States.

Affordable healthcare services including open heart surgery and other kinds of intensive surgeries for children and adults are now available at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). This development is coming on the heels of the completion of the State’s Cardiac and Renal Centre in Gbagada, Lagos.

A London based Estate Surveyor and Valuer, Mr Emeka Chigozie Emeka has threatened to drag the Nigerian Government to court for allegedly infringing on his intellectual property rights on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, now before the National Assembly.