Customs, NPA, NIMASA, others lose over N5bn
At least N5 billion was lost by stakeholders to yesterday’s shut down of port operations across the country by aggrieved ports’ workers, led by officials of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and Senior Staff Association of Communication, Transportation and Corporation, SSACTAC, Maritime branch.
Memo to Health Minister: Increase funds for family planning services, commodities
Between 2012 and 2016, the Federal government met just 11 per cent of its FP2020 pledge to provide US$3 million per year for purchase of family planning commodities
A ‘mere commissioner’, a thorn in the side of the ruthlessly ambitious
Some people seek power for power’s sake. They have no plans to better the life of the average Nigeria. They want a lawless Nigeria where complaints from those without money
or power are silenced
We need intervention fund to combat insecurity — CAS
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, yesterday, said there was need for the establishment of Special Intervention Fund to help in curbing insecurity and in the provision of modern day weaponry.
Health factors, low price, indulgence grow biscuit market
AMIDST rising sales profile, Nigeria biscuit manufacturers are grappling with higher prices of flour, wheat and sugar, major ingredients for biscuits production, alongside fierce competition, which triggered a flurry of activity in the over $700million biscuit market. With a sustained growth in population the demand for biscuits is surging, indicating that the growth prospect for the manufacturers is bright.
Oral powder reduces sickle cell disease crises
THERE is good news for persons living with Sickle Cell Disease, SCD, a rare, inherited blood disorder that causes crippling pain and shortened lifespans.
