Oil Producing Area Association of Nigeria, OPAAN, has described the appointment of Prof. Nelson Brambaifa as acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission,  NDDC, like a square peg in a square hole.

When President Obasanjo in 1999 created that office, he wanted the chief of staff to be the head of his domestic staff

The Managing Director (MD) of the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Mr. Tony Okpanachi, has said that the bank’s innovative financing model was effectively tackling financing challenges confronting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country.

The Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Yaba, FNPHY, Dr. Oluwayemi Ogun has raised the alarm over increasing prevalence of drug abused induced mental disorders among children, adolescent and adult Nigerians saying over 150 new cases are admitted at the hospital and its Child and Adolescent Centre, Oshodi Annexe every week.

The recent increase in mass shooting attacks has highlighted a distinct lack of insurance coverage for violent events of this nature, according to A.M. Best.

FMDQ Securities Exchange Plc said it admitted a total of 78 debt securities worth N1.03 trillion in the year ended December 31, 2018, as against 50 securities valued at N236.9 billion in the previous year, 2017.

Moves by the Federal government to eradicate the deadly hepatitis C disease in the country have started yielding fruits as Pharco Corporation, an Egypt based international pharmaceuticals company steps in to provide support for the nation’s health systems strengthening (HSS) through the generation of awareness and provision of potent medication for the elimination of the disease in Nigeria.

ENUGU—SOME notable chieftains of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State have attacked the party’s chairman in the state, Chief Ben Nwoye, for faulting the inclusion of the immediate past Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, in President Buhari’s list of minister-nominees.

Allianz Nigeria, local operating entity of global insurer, Allianz, has cemented a strategic partnership to provide insurance and protection services to German nationals and businesses domiciled in Nigeria.

THE decision of the Nigerian government to proscribe the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and to declare it officially as a terrorist organisation is a catastrophic blunder. In the first instance, the decision is illegal and unconstitutional. It is a blatant infringement on the freedom of religion guaranteed under the Nigerian Constitution.