The nation’s poor healthcare delivery has been blamed on rising cost, limited financial resources, inefficient health systems as well as the huge burden of diseases.

NASIR and Hadiza El-Rufai have just lost Yasmin, their eldest child. She passed away in the UK at the tender age of 25 last weekend; and I’d like to briefly reminisce about the cute kid she once was and the lovely lady she became.

When President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan launched Nigeria’s Gas Revolution in March this year, many may have thought it would be another one of those “white elephant dreams”. But one year on, the Federal Government has shown its resolve to ensure that the revolution, aided by the Gas Master Plan becomes a reality through the provision of infrastructure.

NIGERIANS ignore threats. Ask General Sani Abacha, or those who advised him that he could rule with threats. Nigerians have seen too many governments (19 in 51 years – an average of a new government every two and half years) that threats that the country would collapse unless President Goodluck Jonathan increased prices of petroleum products would be regarded as regular fare.

THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that not less than N45 billion has been approved by the Federal Government in the second quarter of 2011 under the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) to be paid out to beneficiary companies, even as it explained …

As part of its capacity building and women empowerment programmes, Change-A-Life, through its Women-In-Need business intervention initiative, presented nine industrious indigent women with micro-credit loans to help strengthen and grow their businesses.

NIGERIAN Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that in response to global concerns, the council is determined to collaborate with relevant trade promotion organisations, training institutes and certification agencies in building the capacity…

Contrary to words making the round that officials of the Guarantee Trust Bank and armed men stormed and shut down facilities belonging to HiTV, our investigation revealed that men who invaded the cable TV offices were actually receiver managers acting on the instruction of the bank. The receiver managers according to our source will take over operations of the company until every kobo of the debt owed the bank is paid back.

For indigenes of Ezetu I, Foropa, Koluama I and Sangana on the Atlantic fringe of Southern Ijaw and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State this is certainly not the best of time given the speed at which they are losing their ancestral land.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has rolled out new employment guidelines for capital market operators, stating that henceforth, operators must secure a police character clearance report, conduct a thorough investigation into the background and due diligence findings in respect of all their employees.