By John Mkom JALINGO—Taraba State Primary Health Care Agency has, in partnership with UNICEF and Canadian government, flagged off a free health care project, tagged “Hard To Reach”, at Suriwa village in Yoro local government area. The project is aimed at offering free medication to children, women and men on immunization, polio, nutrition, malaria and […]

The kidnappers of the Director of Information, Odogbolu Local Government Area, Nofisat Oshin, and her 15-year-old daughter, Afolabi, have reportedly established contact with her family.

THE headless body of a commercial motorcyclist was found in front of Campus II of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.

The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engineer Saleh Dunuma has appraised the annual Inter-Directorate Unity Cup organised by FAAN and said it has fostered unity and friendship among staff of the various directorates in the organisation.

Serena Williams may have lost the French Open final, but she still earned a major victory this week.

THE current bank lending rate of 20-27 per cent will not make mining operations profitable in Nigeria.The Zonal Chairman, Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers, Engr. Markus Pwajok, stated this when he addressed the 56th Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) AGM/Conference in Jigawa State.

JUST the way Nigeria drifted away from agriculture due to abundance of crude oil resources and currently may have to pay the price of a dwindling economy, it could also be the same with entrepreneurship in the country as Nigerian youths are rather finding favour in politics and entertainment.

When Mrs Clara Ego Ibebu, an international business woman resident at Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos, set out to open a savings account with Fidelity Bank Plc, she obviously was not thinking of or expecting any reward in the bargain. Her intention was to use the platform to save some of her excess earnings for the rainy day. Little did she know that the decision will culminate in a life changing event for her. In fact, that action has unexpectedly resulted in her being the proud owner of a gorgeous four-bedroom duplex in Lekki Gardens, Lagos State.

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, STI, has said that it paid out over N386.9 million as claims in the first quarter of the year. In a statement, the company noted that the move is part of efforts to demonstrate avowed commitment towards prompt claims settlement.

GUINEA Insurance Plc has resolved to support growth and development in the insurance industry. To this end, the company strategically partnered with the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) to ensure that the recently held street presence exercise in Lagos was seamless and successful.

ONITSHA — When General Ibrahim Babangida’s military regime flagged off a contract for the construction of a gigantic water scheme at Amuro Community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state, at the cost of $36 million US Dollars, under the control of Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority, Naze, Owerri, both indigenes and non indigenes of the area shedded tears of joy that they would soon fetch water from the facility at their door steps.

LAGOS State government has issued Retirement Benefit Bond Certificates to the tune of N1.002,856 billion to another set of 275 retirees from the mainstream, local government, SUBEB, TEPO and parastatals of government, under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for the Month of May, 2016.

DESPITE the numerous poverty eradication programmes which past governments had initiated and implanted, a world bank’s report shows that Nigerian Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.416 and that above 70 percent of the population was living on the breadline.

AT the just concluded Critical Communications World 2016, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Motorola Solutions raised the bar on how best to build safer cities with latest smart public safety devices, software applications, infrastructure and virtual reality-enabled command centre concept.

THE National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, has warned brokers’ that are into some form of arrangements with various state governments whereby insurance policies are being offered to unsuspecting public to desist from such acts. Commissioner for Insurance, Mohammed Kari, who gave the warning during the 2016 annual chief executive officers retreat of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) in Osun State, said that such acts are illegal.