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By Dipo Olowookere An innovative food manufacturing company, Elkris Bio-Health, has introduced a new breakthrough anti-high blood pressure supplement into the Nigerian market. The natural organic all-in-one drug, Elkris Bio-Health Plus Supplement, according to the firm, has a noticeable reduction in BP reading within 15 to 25 minutes of ingestion. The bioceutical capsule was formulated to control high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, as well as neutralise pressure within blood vessels, and clean up excess glucose, harmful chemicals, and excess salt. “The EBP Bioceutical Capsule is designed as a guaranteed neutraceutical that brings blood pressure, cholesterol and blood

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

By Jerome-Mario Utomi At a glance, President Muhammadu Buhari comments during his 2021 New Year message to Nigerians on Friday, January 1, 2021, that; “this administration would continue to focus on delivering key strategic priorities under our SEA (Security, Economy and Anti-Corruption) agenda,” without any shadow of the doubt portrays his led federal government as a government that understands the experts believe by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, that the efficiency of the government sector does not only affect the performance of the public sector-it affects that of the whole country, including the private sector. When the public sector

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Movements in and out of Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 11 Constituency have been restriction from 6am to 6pm on Saturday, December 5, 2020. This is because there would be by-elections in the areas tomorrow and the Lagos State Police Command said in order to have free, fair and credible exercises, this action had to be taken. In a statement, the Commissioner of Police for Lagos, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, stressed that securities operatives will frown against the vehicular and pedestrian movement in and out of the affected local government areas during the elections on Saturday. However,

By Dipo Olowookere New executives have been elected to steer the ship of Association of Assets Custodians of Nigeria (AACN). The election was held recently in Lagos at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the group in the presence of representatives of the six-member institution. The association founded in 2009 and has Citibank Nigeria Limited, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, FCMB Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited, Standard Chartered Bank and United Bank for Africa PLC as members. During the meeting, Taiwo Sonola of United Bank for Africa PLC was elected as the President whilst, Aderonke Adetoro of Citibank Nigeria and

By Dipo Olowookere There is last-minute rush by shareholders in the Nigerian capital market to register for free for the electronic dividend (e-dividend) payment system introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulatory agency fixed December 31, 2017 as deadline for the free registration of the e-dividend payment system. Last month, while addressing capital market correspondents, the suspended Director General of SEC, Mr Mounir Gwarzo, had lamented the low level of enrolment for the e-dividend exercise, noting that the level of compliance had dropped lately. He had said in August 2017, a total of 50,819 investors registered for

The need to embrace peace and unity in Africa has been emphasised by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. Mr Abubakar, while receiving the Liberian Vice President, Mr Joseph Boakai, at his palace in Sokoto on Sunday, said “Nigeria will continue to do everything humanly possible to ensure that stability stays in Africa.” He further said, “We will also continue to work together to entrench peace, unity, democracy and inter-faith harmony in Africa. “The Federal Government is also committed to lending support to Liberia, at all times.” The respected monarch said Nigeria had committed men and resources to

By Aduragbemi Omiyale If Nigeria intends to reduce poverty and provide for the welfare of its citizens, then it must ensure that the economy records a double-digit growth rate. This was the submission of the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Lamido Yuguda, at the annual workshop of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) with the theme Leveraging the Financial markets to achieve double-digit economic growth for Nigeria held in Abuja last Thursday. While delivering his paper at the event which attracted various stakeholders, Mr Yuguda noted that growing the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 10

By Adedapo Adesanya The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has decided to lift the suspension that was imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) due to undue third-party influence. This means that the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 scheduled to take place on October 11-30, 2022 will be held in India. The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the mandate of the committee of administrators that was set up to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee had been terminated and that the AIFF administration had regained full control of the AIFF’s daily affairs.

World-leading producer of motorcycles, marine products, power products and intelligent machinery, Yamaha Motor, has announced that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, consolidated net sales were 1,664.8 billion yen, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the same period the previous year. The company also said it experienced an 18.1 percent decrease in operating income of 25.4 billion yen, while ordinary income fell 13.4 percent to 119.5 billion yen and net income for the period attributable to parent company shareholders was down 18.9 percent to 17.6 billion yen. Sales increased in the marine and financial services segments, however, dipped