archiveMarch 14, 2019

  The Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) indicates that about 1.9 million Nigerians are currently living with the disease, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said. The Director-General of the agency, Sani Aliyu, made this known during the announcement of the NAIIS result at...

  National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Kunle Awobodu, says there are over one thousand buildings unfit for human habitation in Lagos Island. Awobodu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He told NAN that BCPG had brought such...

  Black box data recorders from Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 have arrived in France for analysis with the hope of determining what brought down the Boeing 737 Max jet on Sunday near Addis Ababa. The US on Wednesday joined a global ban on the 737 Max, ordering planes to remain...

  Listing expected Q2/Q3 Nigerians already own 20% shares The long-awaited listing of the shares of South Africa-based, mobile network provider, MTN, will now be executed in two phases for better value, which will commence at the end of the second quarter or at the latest early third quarter. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari has revoked the operating licence granted Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11, located in the Ogoniland area of Rivers State area. OML 11, one of the most important oil blocks in Nigeria, in terms of oil and gas production, lies in the...

  No fewer than 25 million Nigerians are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with over 80 per cent of the patients on dialysis dying due to high cost of treatment. Speaking said on Wednesday ahead of the World Kidney Day (WKD) holding today, Consultant Nephrologist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital...

  A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered O & O Networks Limited, a special purpose vehicle owned by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, to pay the sum of N22.5 billion, being proceeds of the wrongful sale of shares in Airtel Networks Limited by Ecobank to Bharti Airtel, into the court’s...