Stepcho Nigeria Ltd., a leading health services provider in Nigeria, has partnered with BEBIG Medical, one of the world’s leading radiotherapy manufacturing companies in Germany to expand access to cancer treatments in Nigeria. The new BEBIG LINAC machine, which they presented is used to generate beam radiation treatments for cancer patients, using high-energy x-rays to […]

By Omeiza Ajayi  Abuja—HOODLUMS have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, […]

IF Nigeria weren’t a country whose fault lines have been exacerbated, the reported discovery and commencement of drilling of one billion barrel crude oilfield and 500 billion cubic feet of gas reserves in the Kolmani fields, should be cheering news for a country that depends almost exclusively on crude oil exports for its foreign exchange […]

By Shina Abubakar & John Alechenu OSOGBO—IT is a new dawn in Osun State and a new Sherriff is in town. Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was sworn-in, yesterday, as governor and he immediately hit the ground with tough decisions. First he directed that a panel of inquiry be set up to probe […]

•Recoveries fall 18% to N28.7bn  •Debtors battling economic shocks —Analysts  By Babajide Komolafe,  Economy Editor   THE volume of bad debt recovered by banks fell by 18 per cent, year-on-year, YoY, to N28.68 billion in nine months ended September 30th, reflecting the severe impact of the hostile environment on businesses across the country.  Also as a […]