In the run-up to the High level United Nation Summit on Non- Communicable Diseases (NCD) scheduled to take place in New York, September 16- 19, 2011, The Federal Government recently inaugurated a Technical Working Group to articulate the country’s position.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it is holding talks with its United Kingdom counterpart on the need for firms in the UK to set up crude oil refineries and cocoa processing plants in Nigeria.

In the views of a professional Dentists from the Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), Dr. Olufemi Orebanjo, during an Oral Care Social Mission cum Brush Twice Daily Programme organised by Unilever Nigeria Plc in collaboration with NDA at the Ajeromi /Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State last week, regretted that despite the fact that studies have shown that brushing twice a day could prevent against such life threatening diseases many Nigerians seem not to be embracing twice daily brushing.

The Bankers Committee has identified six areas to improve the agricultural sector through the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL).

One Day I Will Write About This Place, a debut memoir by award-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, has been selected by the O, The Oprah Magazine for its 2011 summer reading list.