This treatment regimen for XDR-TB could help stem the growing problem of hard-to-treat TB infections

The puzzle is on why President Obasanjo picked on Chief Ogbeh to be the national chairman

Former Head Of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Governors Abubakar Bello of Niger State, and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, have called for full autonomy of the Judiciary and better welfare of Judges, to enable them perform optimally, devoid of any bias.

LAGOS—THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to review the revenue sharing formula to financially empower the states and local governments to undertake projects that will impact on the lives of Nigerians, insisting that the current sharing formula renders the state financially impotent.

Hundreds of aged people comprising men and women in Umuchima, Ideato South local government area, have been given treatment to save them from deadly malaria, hepatitis ailments militating against their health.

The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved a medication for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis infection.

Zenith Bank Plc has announced profit before tax (PBT) of N111.7billion and proposed interim dividend of 30 kobo per share for the half year ended June 2019 (H1’19).

The President of Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, has said that money laundering and terrorist financing pose serious threat to the economy and security of the country.

Following the attack on the deputy senate president, Dr Ike Ekweremadu, by the proscribed People of Biafra, IPOB, the social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Lauretta Onochie on Monday said that Ekweremadu’s attack has shown  how safe Nigeria is compared to other countries.

The maiden edition of the Lagos State Inter-Club Boxing Challenge kicks off today at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos, and ends on Thursday.

LAGOS — ATTEMPTS by armed Policemen of the Lagos State Command to stop the planned symposium being convened by Coalition for Revolution, CORE, yesterday, was aborted following the intervention of the Human Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, who drew the attention of the security agency to the citizens’ constitutional right to peaceful assemblage.

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has visited flood-ravaged communities in Nafada and Dukku Local Government Areas as a result of over flow of River Gongola, following heavy downpour on Friday.

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai has approved the appointments of seven new Permanent Secretaries and senior officials for five agencies.

Network of Civil Society Organisation, Borno, on Monday commended security agencies in the country for their relentless effort in securing and protecting the territorial sovereignty.

German Foreign Ministry, on Monday, confirmed that the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in north-eastern Syria, handed over to Germany four children whose parents were Islamic State fighters.