Ijaw mourn Felix Ibru
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the late Olorogun Felix Ibru, first civilian governor of Delta State, as a rare Nigerian and a bastion of commerce.
Family planning is for better life, says NURHI
The Lagos State Team Leader of the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, NURHI, Dr. Omasanjuwa Edun has said that family planning is designed to help the family have quality life contrary to speculations that it was instituted to discourage procreation.
22.6m Nigerians suffering from Hepatitis- FG
lagos—The Federal Government yesterday said that over 22.6 million Nigerians were currently living with Hepatitis, with about 30 percent unaware of their status and not taking appropriate measures.
Customs amends ECOWAS common external tariff
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has made major adjustments in the 2015 Common External Tariff, CET. This came as the agency had also concluded plans to further increase the import duty on cargoes due to the crash in the exchange rate of the Naira to the dollars, a development that made the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to peg official exchange window at N316 last week.
Golden Cross Hospital sensitises Festac residents on hepatitis
To commemorate this year’s World Hepatitis Day, Management of Golden Cross Hospital, Festac Town, Lagos screened and treated over 500 residents for hepatitis infection, free of charge. The exercise which held at the premises of the hospital featured other checks for blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, among others.
Mikel, Khune most capped stars in Rio
Nigeria skipper John Mikel Obi is one of only two players at the men’s football tournament of this year’s Olympics with as many as 75 senior caps.
