Helium Gets $30m to Spread Healthcare Finance Offering

By Aduragbemi Omiyale Residents of Lagos will soon begin to enjoy quality healthcare services at their doorsteps with the collaboration between the Sterling Bank and the Lagos State government. The financial institution is funding the building of some Ilera Eko Virtual Booths across the state to ensure busy residents of the metropolis access health services with ease. The Lagos State government came up with Ilera Eko as part of its efforts to ensure citizens of the aquatic city have access to cheaper healthcare and deepen health insurance. But despite this initiative, some residents, because of their busy schedules, have not

By Adedapo Adesanya Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the award-giving body said on Monday. The prize, among the most prestigious in the scientific world, is selected by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute Medical University and also comes with 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million). “The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19,” the

Thrombosis, or blood clotting, can affect people of all ages, races, and genders. And while both men and women are at risk of getting a blood clot, there are several stages in a woman’s life when that risk may be higher. Thrombosis is the formation of blood clots in the circulatory system, which can be dangerous if the clot blocks blood flow to vital organs, causing serious complications, such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). According to the World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign, blood clots can happen to anyone at any time. Surgery, hospitalisation, and cancer raise

By Dipo Olowookere African governments have been charged to adopt “a more innovative model of primary health delivery with grassroots-focused universal health coverage structure that is customised to suit the peculiarities” of the continent. This advice was given by the Chairman and chief executive of Elkris Group, Dr Elliott Scott Omose, during a media chat with newsmen over the weekend. The healthcare practitioner, who described primary healthcare in Africa as non-existent, said the continent has the capacity to deliver quality service to its citizens. Mr Omose is also the founder of PreDiagnosis International, an innovative public healthcare management non-profit organisation

By Mutiat Titilope Oladejo Title: Okeho Exodus: Regicide, Revolt, Relocation: A Historical Play Playwright: Olutayo Irantiola Publisher: Peo Davies Communications Year of Publication: 2022 Reviewer: Dr Mutiat Titilope Oladejo As a historian, I find it interesting to read Olutayo Irantiola ‘s book on The Okeho Exodus. I reviewed the book, and I am pleased to say that we have our story, and it is good that we can recreate them for our pleasure and for the future. While lecturing at Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, I had the cause to visit Okeho to supervise students in teaching practice. I also

By Modupe Gbadeyanka No fewer than 24 members of staff of Kaduna Electric have been sacked by the management for fraud related cases. The affected employees were laid off after being investigated and found guilty of the offences levelled against them. Head of Human Resources of Kaduna Electric, Hajia Khadija Kabir, noted that the investigation was conducted by a Disciplinary Committee set up by the management to look into the allegations. “The staff were relieved of their duties after they were found guilty for various offences which range from stealing company funds, meter theft, illegal meter installation and signature forgery,”

By Dipo Olowookere Winners have emerged in the Diamond Bank SavingsXtra promotion draw for south-south customers and prizes given to respective beneficiaries. At the draws held recently in Port-Harcourt at the Odual road branch of the bank, a brand new SUV was won as well as N25 million. The SavingsXtra draw is part of Diamond Bank’s way of promoting a savings culture and satisfying its customers. The ceremony, which attracted industry stakeholders, relevant regulatory bodies, customers, shareholders, journalists and management staff of the bank, saw Mr Imariagbe Austin of the Sapele Road branch, Benin City emerge as the winner of

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The recent rally in the equity market has opened a window for the quoted companies to raise equity capital to finance their expansion projects. The bearish trends that dominated the equity market in the last few years have caused many companies to abandon the market as a source of raising long-term capital. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSEASI), which measures the performance of the equity market, appreciated by 20% between March 06, 2017 and May 31, 2017. A large proportion of this gain occurred in the last four weeks, as the Index appreciated by 15.13%

By Dipo Olowookere A frontline chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has condemned in strongest of terms the recent alleged assassination attempt on the party’s governorship candidate for the 2019 poll, Mr Tony Cole. Mr Princewill in a statement signed and circulated to journalists called on security agencies to be extremely active in discharge of their constitutional responsibilities. The statement reads: I want to thank all those who reached out to our candidate with messages of sympathy and support after witnessing the act of sheer desperation the other day by our opponents during his

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Customers of Verve will get the chance to win over N50 million and other prizes in the Verve Good Life Promo 2.0 launched by the company. The campaign was designed to reward Verve cardholders with exciting gifts and cash prizes from February 1 to March 31, 2022. The leading payment cards and digital tokens brand in Africa said the eight-week promo is in collaboration with First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Union Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Zenith Bank. During the promo period, inactive Verve cardholders from the participating banks can look forward to an exciting

By Adedapo Adesanya The value of shares transacted by investors at the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange further rose on the last trading day of the week on Friday, February 14. A total of 797,063 stocks worth N162.6 million exchanged hands during the session in 13 deals, compared with the 226,490 securities valued at N25.04 million transacted the previous day in 12 deals. This indicated that the volume of trades increased on Friday by 252 percent or 570,573 units, while the value of transactions jumped by 549 percent or N137.5 million, with the number of deals rising by 8.33 percent

By Dipo Olowookere Oando Plc has confirmed getting clearance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold its 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State next Monday. In a statement issued yesterday by the oil firm, it said the capital market regulator wrote a letter to it dated August 31, 2017, that it could go on with the event. “In a letter dated Thursday, 31st August, 2017, the SEC wrote to the company and categorically stated: ‘Following the submission of an Interim report by the Special Task Team, the Commission is of the opinion that it