Nigerians suffering from hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases can now heave a sigh of relief as scientists have discovered a locally formulated product, Ganoderma coffee and green tea that can help in the management of high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis.

OLEH—CHAIRMAN of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Mr. Kingsley Esiso, has said that Nigerians “are obviously” fed up with the economic policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC, insisting that the PDP was the only party that has the capacity to put the country back on track.

The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said that Nigeria’s ‘partisanship is obscenely unhealthy ‘for a nation and that “the change begins with me ” mantra, of the All Progressive Congress, APC-lead government was late as it would have been better if it was part of President Buhari’s inaugural speech.

At the time this programme started we were told that they could procure forex at not more than N280 to the dollar and the price should not be more than N145 per litre. In working out the effective price of N145 the template provided for nothing less than N30 per litre margin for the marketer. You can quote me on this.

MGBUITANWO- THE people of Mgbuitanwo community in Emohua, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, last week, held a three- day fast and prayer programme for God to intervene in the unrelenting cult activities in the area.

Recession: ABUJA—THE Senate has urged the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to harmonize the Federal Government’s financial and monetary policies as one of the ways to end the current economic recession.

THE final assessment for over one million Nigerians who applied online for the Federal Government’s 500,000 job scheme for unemployed graduates will begin today.

I AM somewhat surprised by Mr. Nnanna’s rebuttal of my piece on the Origins of Nigerians. I normally expect criticism and even abuse to some of my views but his answer seems unfortunately to be something he wanted to say and was looking for an opportunity to do so.

As the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway next month, former Zambian striker Zeddy Saileti insists Chipolopolo can beat Nigeria.

The NSE market capitalisation which represents the total value of equities traded on the NSE dropped marginally by 0.07 per cent to close trading at N9.563 trillion from N9.570 trillion it closed last week Friday, %, while the Year-to-Date return stood at -2.80 per cent

ABONNEMA: THE people of Abonnema community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, say they have no hand in the death of four marine police officers, whose remains were found floating on Abonnema Wharf, last week.

THE Local Government election scheduled by the Abia State Electoral Commission, ABISIEC, to hold on Saturday, Decemebr 17, 2016 may be shifted after all.

A group of human rights activists under the aegis of Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, CHRSJ, has supportedt the open protest slated for Friday this week by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the continued detention of their leader, Comrade Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government under President Muhamadu Buhari’s watch, saying that the detention of Kanu was illegal and unconstitutional.

THE Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) presented annually by countries is designed to provide nations, especially the investment community and the international institutions – World Bank, International Monetary Fund, African Development Bank and others – more scope than the annual budget can afford.

3-year MTEF approved —Udoma
Udoma continued: “The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has considered and approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (2017-2019) which sets out the economic programme and spending plans of the Federal Government in the next three years and which forms the basis of the 2017 Budget. Work has commenced on the 2017 Budget, which will be specifically targeted at resuscitating the economy and bringing it back to the path of growth.