Nursing Education Crucial to Medical Sector—LASUTH CMD

By Adedapo Adesanya The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammad Pate, has said Nigeria could become a hub for vaccine production and distribution in Africa, banking on his experience at GAVI. According to him, this can be achieved with the country’s large population, skilled workforce, and existing pharmaceutical industry. “On local vaccine manufacturing, as you are all aware, until I came back as a Minister, I was going to work with GAVI, an international organisation created in 2000 to improve access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries. And GAVI also

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for the immediate arrest of a doctor who performed surgery on a boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose intestines went missing in the process of going under the knife. At the plenary on Tuesday, the parliament urged the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to provide funds for the treatment of the boy outside the country. It was alleged that the 12-year-old Adebola underwent surgery at a private hospital, Obitoks Medical Centre, in the Alimosho area of the state. He is currently at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) receiving

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 Aduragbemi Omiyale A smart recycling hub has been unveiled at the Ojoo terminal in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, courtesy of a waste management consultant, Mottainai Recycling Limited. The facility was opened on Monday at a ceremony attended by the representatives of the state government, the consultant, and the Akinyele Local Government, among others. The Director of Environment of the local council, Mrs Ahmed B.D., said the initiative was aimed to raise awareness among traders, market women, and the general public about climate change, stressing the hazards and consequences of indiscriminate waste disposal, and other undesirable waste management practices.

By Adedapo Adesanya  Thursday was a different ball game at the Investors window for the Naira as it depreciated by 48 Kobo against the US Dollar to trade at N363.31 from N362.83/$ it was traded on Wednesday. This was caused by the huge pressure the local came under at the segment as reflected in the daily market turnover yesterday, which continued to rise. Data gathered by Business Post from the FMDQ indicated that the investors window recorded a total turnover of $334 million during the session as against the $302 million worth of transactions recorded on Wednesday. At another segment

By Adedapo Adesanya As part of plans to expand seaport operations in Nigeria, the Lekki deep seaport is now halfway near completion. The project is expected to be completed in 2021, while commercial operations are scheduled to start in 2022. Technical Director of the port, Mr Steven Heukelom, said in Lagos that when completed, the facility will conveniently berth larger vessels of 18,000 TEUs  (twenty-foot equivalent unit) with its three container-berth of 680 metre long and 16.5 metre depth, as well as one liquid and one dry bulk terminals. He said the project was 50 percent actualised in the breakwater

By Dipo Olowookere With a marginal growth of 0.08 percent, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the week on Friday in the green territory, extending the gains to the third straight day. This was boosted by gains recorded by Nestle and other stocks traded on the floor of the NSE, pushing the Year-to-Date (YtD) return to 11.49 percent. It was observed that activities were very busy in the Financial Services sector with the sector leading the activity chart with 511 million equities worth N3.8 billion traded by investors, while the Services industry followed with 211.4 million shares sold for 179

By Adedapo Adesanya Crude oil prices dropped more than five percent on Monday, March 30, 2020, trading at the level last seen in the year 2002. This was heavily impacted by global restrictions on movements due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On Monday night, Brent crude depreciated by $1.56 or 5.62 percent to to trade at $26.39 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude plunged by $1.18 equivalent to 5.7 percent to $20.33 per barrel. With over 776,000 coronavirus cases recorded across the globe, countries have activated lockdown, meaning no usual activities taking place, leading to fall in demand

By Adedapo Adesanya As part of the federal government’s directive to ease the process of doing business in the country, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said the processes of registering a business and getting a tax ID have been merged. This means prospective business owners who want to register their companies would no longer need to approach the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for a tax identification number (TIN). In a statement released on Monday, CAC said its certificates of incorporation issued to business owners will now carry TINs, eliminating the long process of acquiring the tax IDs from the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, has been convicted by Justice H. M. Kurya of the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State. Mrs Ochekpe was found guilty of an amended three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering the judgement on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the judge held that she was guilty of the allegation that she received the sum of N450 million from Fidelity Bank Plc through cash and wire transfer by some oil companies and former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A movie star in Nigeria, Mercy Johnson Okojie, has received a plum job in the Kogi State government. The script-interpreter was announced on Tuesday as the Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment, Arts and Culture to Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello. This brings to 54 aides the Governor has in his government. The actress is from Kogi State and has been a prominent figure in the motion picture world in Nigeria. Mercy Johnson, according to a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Ayoade Arike, is expected to resume office on April 1, 2017.