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After defeating Ebola, Nigerians shun hand sanitisers

After defeating Ebola, Nigerians shun hand sanitisers

Where are the hand sanitisers? This is the poser currently making the rounds. Barely three months after the country was declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation, WHO, alcohol-based hand sanitisers that held sway at the peak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak, have practically disappeared from the nation’s health scene.

Top 10 performing stocks

Top 10 performing stocks

On the top 10 performing stocks were the shares of Vono Products Plc, Champion Breweries Plc, Continental Reinsurance Plc, R.T Briscoe Nig. Plc, Caverton Offshore Support Services Plc and Seplat Petroleum Dev Co. Plc. Others were Omoluabi Savings and Loans Plc, Fidson Healthcare Plc, Aiico Insurance Plc and Guinness Nigeria Plc.

Edo PDP to Oshiomhole: Respond to Orbih’s allegations on N142m

Edo PDP to Oshiomhole: Respond to Orbih’s allegations on N142m

EDO State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, has challenged the state government and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to respond to his claim that the Adams Oshiomhole administration spent the sum of N142 million on the duo of the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to commission projects in the state instead of calling for his arrest over alleged forgery.

Childhood cancer threatens the future in Nigeria

Childhood cancer threatens the future in Nigeria

While undergoing her residency at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Dr. Nneka Nwobbi, Founder/President, Children Living With Cancer Foundation, CLWCF, came face to face with children with cancer whose parents were unable to offset their hospital bills. As a result, they were detained in the hospital.

FIRST SUNDAY CRASH: How Lagos police continually flout no check-point order

FIRST SUNDAY CRASH: How Lagos police continually flout no check-point order

Despite the order given by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, charging all commissioners of police across the country to ensure strict compliance with the ban on police roadblocks, Vanguard, gathered Sunday, that some policemen in the Lagos State Police Command were still flouting this order, as in recent times, illegal checkpoints have been resurfacing across major roads in the metropolis.

Nigeria-India trade volume hits $17bn – Envoy

Nigeria-India trade volume hits $17bn – Envoy

India and Nigeria has recorded bilateral trade of $17 billion from April 2013 to March 2014.Disclosing this in Abuja, India’s Acting High Commissioner in Nigeria Kaisar Alam said that India imported $14 billion worth of goods from Nigeria during the year while Nigeria imported $3 billion worth of goods from India in the same period.Alam explained that India was currently the largest importer of Nigeria’s crude oil, importing $12 billion worth of the product in the year under review.

How to lose the presidential election four times (3)

How to lose the presidential election four times (3)

NOTHING better encapsulates the pathetic nature of the current re-branding of Muhammadu Buhari than his sudden appearance in a black western suit; something that has not happened before.  This window-dressing just won’t cut it.  Given his sectarian antecedents, Buhari will be hard-pressed to convince anyone that he is western in any way, shape or form.  Indeed, in this era of rampant Islamic fundamentalism and insurgency, a Buhari presidency would close the doors of many Western interests to Nigeria in our hour of need.