Mimiko calls for Nigeria’s immediate restructuring
GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State yesterday warned against the activities of those he said constitutes centrifugal forces aimed at stalling the nation, insisting that the only means to make the forces fail is the immediate restructuring of the country.
Nigeria’s oil earnings dip by 34.1% in Q1, 16
Nigeria’S earnings from crude oil and gas, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) and Royalties declined by 34.1 percent, to N205.05 billion in the first quarter of 2016, according to data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN, in its Economic Report for the First Quarter of 2016, indicated that the country earned N396.47 billion from the sale of crude oil and gas, PPT and Royalties, as against N601.52 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Hearing, speech disorders in children can be detected in pregnancy
How do your children react each time you call them? Do you know that ignoring your calls sometimes may be sign or beginning of a medical condition in the child? In the views of a professor of Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation, and President, Speech Pathology and Audiology Association of Nigeria, SPAAN, Professor Julius Ademokoya, there is need for parents not to misinterpret their children’s refusal to answer their calls as stubbornness because it may signal dangers of hearing disorder.
You may be living with cancer and not know
A Professor of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Professor Abayomi Durosinmi-Etti, has raised alarm over the rising cases of cancer in Nigeria and urged Nigerians to take proactive measures against the scourge. Speaking during the inaugural lecture of the University of Lagos, that focused on cancer (the big ‘C’), Durosinmi-Etti, a Consultant Radiotherapist and Oncologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, said many Nigerians may be living with cancer without knowing.
Jonathan’s ex-aide granted N500m bail
lagos—A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, granted bail to a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Warpamo Dudafa, in the sum of N500 million. Justice Mohammed Idris granted him the bail with three sureties in like sum.
FG not sincere on economy diversification- Rewane
The Federal Government is yet to show sincerity in its diversification plan of the economy, the Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, said. Rewane, who stated this at a public symposium on performance of President Buhari’s administration, said that Nigerians should not be deceived by what we call asymmetric data, which tells you that the economic activity has been diversified. That is the kind of propagandist literature for the past five months.
