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You might not think you’ll ever get a blood clot, but blood clots can form in certain situations, even when they might not be expected. Some surprising times that blood clots could occur include: Working at your desk Most of us sit for hours each day, especially if we’re bound to a desk job. Sitting seems like such a harmless activity, so how can it be bad for you? The problem lies in how much of it, and for how long, we sit each day. According to Dr Helen Okoye, medical expert and spokesperson for the World Thrombosis Day (WTD)

By Ifthakaar Shaik The African healthcare industry faces an immediate challenge: a dire shortage of skilled professionals, leading to alarmingly low doctor and nurse-to-population ratios in many countries. Training medical professionals, especially specialists like pathologists or oncologists, is a multi-year-long process. Moreover, foundational education at the primary and secondary levels is crucial to supply tertiary institutions with a stream of candidates equipped with the necessary aptitude, literacy, and numeracy skills to pursue medicine. Recent technological leaps catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic and expanding telecommunications infrastructure, including ventures like Starlink, have bridged some of the distance between communities in need of

By Modupe Gbadeyanka No fewer than 400 patients have undergone free cataract surgeries in Enugu State courtesy of GBfoods and its partners, Fundacion Elena Barraquer and Niger Foundation Hospital and Diagnostic Centre. The beneficiaries enjoyed the gesture in a five-day programme aimed at reducing cases of cataracts, a leading cause of preventable blindness, giving hope to individuals who had been suffering from impaired vision. The beneficiaries of the medical intervention included couples, young adults, and elderly patients, many of whom had previously relied on their wards and relatives for daily activities. With the restoration of their sight, these individuals now

By Adedapo Adesanya  The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday directed doctors working in three hospitals, General Hospital Lagos, Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, and Massey Street Children Hospital, to commence an indefinite strike action. This followed the tragic death of their colleague, Dr Diaso Vwaere, a medical house officer, from injuries sustained when a faulty elevator crashed at the hospital. The occurrence which is generating buzz and conversation around the handling of medical practitioners, happened at the Lagos General Hospital on Tuesday night. The deceased was reportedly trapped for more than 40 minutes. The medical

By Dipo Olowookere The Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr Jordi Borrut Bel, has tendered his resignation letter to the board of the company. Mr Borrut Bel informed the board that he would be leaving the firm effective July 30, 2021, and the reason is that he would be taking up a new responsibility, though within the Heineken Group. The board, which accepted his resignation, has chosen Mr Hans Essaadi as the new head of the organisation effective July 31, 2021. The outgoing MD/CEO joined Nigerian Breweries on January 22, 2018, and has been able to successfully lead the

By Adedapo Adesanya Visa has partnered with growing fintech, Flocash, to promote digital capabilities for African small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) through digital payments, supplier solutions and access to financial services. SMEs account for 90 per cent of all businesses in Africa but have an annual financing gap of over $136 billion, according to IFC. A digitized SME sector will unlock the huge market potential of the African continent underpinned by rapid population growth. The first step in this partnership is the launch of Flostore, powered by a Visa digital wallet and the Flocash pan -African payment platform, which can

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The first Africa Shared Value Summit will raise awareness and advocate for the strategic implementation of the Shared Value business model, which brings about social change while positively impacting profit. Companies who create Shared Value do so through the normal operation of their businesses; it is not an (often short-term) add-on limited by budget, but rather a future-proof business strategy for long-term gain. There are corporates that are currently taking the lead in changing the face of capitalist business practice, but it is the social innovators who are really embracing the practice and reaping the rewards –

By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the appointment of Mrs Beatrice Hamza Bassey as the substantive Chairman of the board of directors of Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc. She is occupying the position to replace the late chairman of the Union Bank board, Mr Cyril Odu. She had been acting chairman of the lender since December 2019. Mrs Hamza Bassey, who holds an LL. B in Law from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, a BL in Law from the Nigerian Law School and an LL.M from Harvard Law School, joined the board of Union

By Adedapo Adesanya The Brent crude neared $49 per barrel on Wednesday after it gained 12 cents or 0.25 per cent to trade at $48.96 per barrel despite a massive crude oil inventory build in the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US recorded an inventory rise of 15.189 million barrels for the week to December 4, after a modest draw of 700,000 barrels estimated for the previous week. But despite this development, the price of the US oil benchmark, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, moved up by 0.04 per cent or 2 cents to

By Adedapo Adesanya Crude oil prices were hit on Tuesday night as expectations of a huge crude oil inventory in the United States pulled prices down as demand worries caused by the coronavirus continued to pressure the market. Brent crude, the global benchmark, dropped $1.18 or 3.57 percent to trade down at $31.87 per barrel. As for the US benchmark, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, it plunged by $2.45 or 9.4 percent to $23.63 per barrel. The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday a large crude oil inventory build of 11.9 million barrels for the week ending April

By Dipo Olowookere On Monday, September 23, 2019, a fire incident was reported at the Lekki, Lagos premises of ICT Solutions firm, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc. The inferno caused some level of material loss to the company, but in a statement yesterday, the management of CWG assured stakeholders that the fire has been brought under control. According to the statement, “On the morning of 23rd of September, 2019, a fire broke out within one of the premises of CWG Plc; located at Lekki Phase 1, around 10:30am. The building affected currently serves as a storage unit for the location;

By Adedapo Adesanya The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has said four airports in Nigeria have been pencilled down for deployment of oil spill response units. The agency noted that the fire outbreak at OVH Energy’s tank farm at Apapa in Lagos recently served as an eye-opener. This was disclosed by the Director-General, NOSDRA, M Musa Idris, while briefing the press, adding that the agency had started this in four airports including those in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Calabar. According to him, the Minister of State for Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, had approached the aviation ministry