NMEP tasks states, private sector on subsidised antimalarial drugs

NMEP tasks states, private sector on subsidised antimalarial drugs

The National Malaria Elimination Programme, NMEP, has called on state governments, philantropists and companies to key into its programmes on funding the recommended malaria treatment drug, Artemisinin based Combination Therapy, ACTs, in order to make it affordable and accessible.
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Fayose, Tope Aluko reconcile in Lagos

Fayose, Tope Aluko reconcile in Lagos

GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and a former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr Temitope Aluko have resolved their differences. The peace meeting took place, yesterday, in Lagos.

Letter to Governor Shettima

Letter to Governor Shettima

KINDLY take a few minutes of your time to read through this letter which I hope should meet you in peace.Let me plead with you to read the fairly long one as I don’t think I will ever have to write you again for the rest of your tenure as a governor.

Navy enhances fight against  products theft

Navy enhances fight against products theft

The Nigerian Navy has said that with the provision of machinery called maritime domain awareness (Vector protocols which is a surveillance system), petroleum theft or smuggling would soon be wiped out.

Foreign  investments  in oil hit $5bn  —NCDMB

Foreign investments in oil hit $5bn —NCDMB

Nigerian Content Development and Management Board, NCDMB, has stated that the local content initiative, as at 2015, had attracted investments totalling over $5 billion into Nigeria.

AMAZING: 60-year old man attends secondary school in Bomadi

AMAZING: 60-year old man attends secondary school in Bomadi

“I DECIDED to go to school at this age because I perpetually feel the pain of being an illiterate in this modern world where everything has to do with English and education. I also do not want a situation whereby someone else would interprete or write for me if eventually I am chosen to hold an office in my community,” says 60 year old Adalabu Seribor.

Dispersed Immigration recruits protest, demand reinstatement

Dispersed Immigration recruits protest, demand reinstatement

ABUJA — Hundreds of “dispersed” recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, yesterday, shut a section of the Ministry of Interior, Abuja, following the refusal of the ministry to allow them resume work after undergoing necessary training and issuing employment letters.

Ikeja Disco customers laud new smart meters

Ikeja Disco customers laud new smart meters

Some customers in the Ikota area of Lagos, under the Oshodi Business Unit of Ikeja Electric have lauded the aggressive metering embarked upon by the distribution company, saying they now pay for what they consume.

Power firms owe Shell  N50bn for gas

Power firms owe Shell N50bn for gas

Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has disclosed that electricity companies in the country owe it up to $248 million, about N49.6 billion, as at the end of 2015.

Mining licence is for business, not fancy —Amate

Mining licence is for business, not fancy —Amate

ABUJA-THE Mining Cadastral Office, MCO, under the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development recently published the names of 700 registered mining companies who were granted mining leases but failed to start operation over the period specified in the Minerals and Mining Act 2007, and were referred to as dormant.

TRAFFIC LAW: Lagos taskforce impounds 30 vehicles

TRAFFIC LAW: Lagos taskforce impounds 30 vehicles

lagos—Men of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (TaskForce), embarked on aggressive enforcement of the state traffic law and impounded about 30 vehicles at different locations of the state.