As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Contraception Day today, the issues surrounding women’s reproductive health and rights are paramount more than ever.

THE Western Lotto has said it empowered over 2, 000 Nigerians with N82 million since it commenced operation barely two months ago.

CEMENT manufacturers have embarked on concrete road projects in some parts of the country to put Nigeria on the global map of countries using concrete road technology to boost their economy and productivity.

THE Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is being reformed to strengthen and reposition for e-commerce and e-government services, as a strategic response to technological challenges that have affected mail services globally, according to Alhaji Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications.

DESPITE the low crude oil price in the global market, Oando Plc disclosed that it has reduced its debt position by 24 per cent.

GLOBAL Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) demand will likely reach 280 million tonnes per annum (MMTPA) in 2017, the largest year-on-year growth since 2011, Bloomberg News Energy Finance said in its latest research report on global LNG outlook.

THE latest statistics on the national debt indicate that we owe some US$15.05 billion to foreign creditors and a staggering N14.06 trillion to domestic creditors.

Scientists have found that antibiotic use on people or pets, and use of biocidal cleaning products such as bleach are associated with multidrug resistance in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the home.

SEVEN Energy International Limited, the leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, with upstream oil and gas interests in the region, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Seven Energy Finance Limited and Accugas Limited, has announced that all the conditions precedent to the long term Gas Sales Agreement for the supply of gas by Accugas Limited to the Calabar Nigerian Integrated Power Project (the “Calabar GSA”) have been satisfied.

DIRECTOR General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Aboloma, has raised an alarm on the recent increase in the cases of false declaration of imports at the country’s entry posts.

EUNISELL Limited has urged motorists and other users to use high quality lubricants to prolong the lifespan of their equipment.

DELTA State Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, yesterday, said that the state government had spent about N164 billion on road projects in the last two years.

DELTA State-born, U.S-based renowned physician, Dr. Mrs. Isioma Okobah, has bagged the 2017 prestigious fellow of the American Academy of Family Physician award.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered contractors handling road projects in Edo Central senatorial district of the sate to  ensure that the road projects were completed in the coming dry season to alleviate the sufferings of the people.

NIGER Delta Civil Societies Coalition, NDCSC, has endorsed the nomination of the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress, PANNDPC, led by the former national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, His Majesty Charles Ayemi-Botu, alias Lion of the Niger, to take over the leadership of oil region.