GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical in collaboration with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, (ACPN), has initiated the Neighbourhood Vaccine scheme to create easy access to affordable vaccines.

MR Tunji Meshioye and Azuka Mpi have emerged winners of this year’s Ford Relay Challenge which held in Lagos on Saturday. The two winners went home with a brand new Ford Focus each. The grand finale of the relay was held at the OceanView Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos with Ford representatives from South Africa, Mr. Ezio Tuniz and Dale Reid present at the occasion.

FORMER President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and a member of the House of Representative, representing Akoko-Edo, Federal Constituency of Edo state, Comrade Peter Akpatason, has embarked on free medical service for the people of the constituency to boost their access to quality healthcare services.

The hope of ‘the common man’ to have a roof over his head was brightened last week when the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN launched the informal sector co-operative housing loan scheme in Lagos.

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, reserved its judgment on an appeal that was lodged against Governor Timpre Sylva of Bayelsa State by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, will be sold to investors at a price far below its actual value if the planned demutualization programme is concluded at the current declining state in the capital market, says Mr. Victor Ogiemwonyi, Managing Director, Partnership Investment Company Plc.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, has denied the fraudulent selling of the Federal Government’s five percent shares in Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited, EPCL, Port Harcourt, to Indorama for N4.375 billion as claimed by the Chairman of the Senate ad hoc Committee, Senator Ahmad Lawan.

Worried by the traffic gridlocks associated with festive seasons in the country, the Federal Government said it has set in motion a mechanism to control traffic ahead of this year’s Yuletide season.

Messrs QMB Builders’ Mark has assured home builders seeking to enhance the interior and exterior aesthetics of their properties of the availability of the latest design tiles and sanitary wares to achieve that purpose.

The Minister of Power, Prof. Bat Nnaji, has insisted that the Federal Government’s plan to attain about 5,000 megawatts of power generation in the country was still possible despite recent challenges within the sector.

EVEN as the world population hit seven billion, the Federal Government has released $3 million, about N500 million as counterpart funding for the procurement of contraceptive commodities in the country.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to mobilise Nigerians against the removal of fuel subsidy saying if the government goes ahead…

The Federal Ministry of Health is partnering with the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology towards making the health sector to be Information Communication Technology (ICT) driven to boost health care and make it more accessible to Nigerians.

In its efforts to ensure that more Nigerians have easy and reliable access to finance and foster financial inclusion, the National Association of Microfinance Banks, Lagos State chapter (NAMBLAG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fortis Mobile Money, a mobile money operator licenced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce the number of people without access to finance.

PERHAPS the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, was acting according to conventional wisdom by ignoring the needless controversy started by the National Assembly over the new licence and vehicle identification number plate scheme.