The House of Representatives is expected to follow its populist inclinations today when it considers the proclamation on the state of emergency in the three states of the Northeast.

UMUAHIA—Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, has dismissed the purported leadership crisis in the hospital.

ALL will be quiet on the Federal front and the desperate do or die battle to have the Presidency will abate.

WARRI—A TOXIC waste dump site has been uncovered in Okpai community of Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State.

Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, yesterday announced the allocation of $1 billion (about N155 billion) take-off capital to the three statutory funds through which it would achieve its operational objectives.

Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ) have announced that they will host the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness (SPARC) Program and Forum in Lagos.

The Asset Management Corporation, AMCON, yesterday, said it would wind up its operations by the year 2023.

Speaking in an interview in Lagos, Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, AMCON, also disclosed that it will complete the sale of the three nationalised banks — Enterprise Bank, Keystone Bank and Mainstreet Bank — by third quarter of 2014.

In recent times, there have been several reports of Nigerian hospitals holding patients hostage following inability of the latter to settle their treatment bills. This practice, which has been observed in public and private hospitals has elicited concern among health watchers and the populace to a far extent.

Nigeria earned about $16.609 billion (N2.641 trillion) from the export of crude oil in three months — between January and March 2013, according to data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Part one of this article reviewed the legal framework of Dodd-Frank, calling attention to its transparency and disclosure provisions in the global extractive industry.

Among the top ten stocks that enjoyed investors’ patronage are Courteville Business Solution (CBS) Eterna Plc, UTC Nigeria Plc, DN Meyer, International Breweries plc, Costain, National Salt Company (NASCON), Ikeja Hotel, Livestock Feeds and IPWA Plc.

The Federal Government, yesterday, said that the gas-based industrial park it is building in Ogidigben, Delta State, will cost about N1.11 trillion.

AN Asaba High Court has sentenced one Kola Abiola, a motor spare parts dealer, to 10 years imprisonment, having found him guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping a female accountant in the state civil service, Mrs. Dorothy Amafoh, on March 15, 2010 at Ezenei Avenue, Asaba.

A new poll results released by NOI Polls Limited has revealed that only about 2 in 10 (19 percent) Nigerians spend less than $1 a day on food while 80 percent spend over N160 ($1) daily.

HEALTH experts have called for heightened efforts to tackle malnutrition in children, through enhancing and improving childcare manpower base in the country by training and re-training of primary healthcare providers and paediatricians.