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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 Adedapo Adesanya The co-founder and CEO of Drugstoc, Mr Chibuzo Opara, has been crowned winner of the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech companies. The helmsman of the startup that leverages technology, supply chain management, financial solutions, and product knowledge to enhance access to healthcare in emerging markets will take home the $20,000 prize. Mr Opara will now compete against the other regional champions from North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific at the VEI Global Finals, which

By Adedapo Adesanya The founder of Nigeria’s Wellahealth Technologies, Mr Ikpeme Neto, has been selected among the top 10 finalists of Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition, the philanthropic programme sponsored by Chinese billionaire, Mr Jack Ma. The foundation, now in its fifth year, announced this year’s finalists after an intense round of semi-finale business pitches and judging held on September 1 and 2 at Norrsken House in Kigali, Rwanda. Mr Neto will be among these 10 entrepreneurs who will compete for their share of the final prize of $1.5 million in grant funding at the competition’s grand finale scheduled for

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The medical practitioner who performed surgery on the late 12-year-old Adebola Akin-Bright at the Obitoks Hospital in the Alimosho area of Lagos State, Dr Abayomi Baiyewu, has been described as a quack surgeon. The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly ad-hoc committee with the mandate to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of Adebola’s small intestine, Mr Noheem Adams, said the doctor was not qualified to carry out the exercise. Adebola died on Tuesday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, where he was receiving treatment after he underwent surgery two

By Dipo Olowookere The resignation of Prof Bernard Odoh as the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government has generated mixed reactions with some analysts claiming his exit would greatly affect the second term ambition of Governor Dave Umahi. However, an aide to the Governor, Lady Monica Chidinma Eze, who doubles as President of David Umahi Nweze Akubaraoha Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA), said there is nothing to worry about. She described as unfortunate and unnecessary the noise being generated by the development, saying Mr Odoh “doesn’t deserve such attention.” Leader of the Abakaliki-based group said, “This is a man who contested

By Dipo Olowookere The board of FBN Holdings Plc has announced the financial status of the company and the brief analysis done by Business Post showed that the performance of the company in the first half of the year was not impressive. For instance, the profit after tax dropped to N31.7 billion from N33.5 billion, but the profit before tax increased to N39.9 billion from N38.9 billion same as the operating profit, which grew to N389 billion from N38.9 billion. In the first half of 2019, the interest income was N221.8 billion against N225.4 billion, while the interest expense was

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A new feature that will empower customers to own and manage their data experience has been introduced by Airtel Nigeria in partnership with Google. The new initiative called Mobile Data Platform (MDP) is only available to Android Operating System (OS) users, who are either prepaid or post-paid customers of Airtel Nigeria. The platform offers a personalised experience and interface for data customers on the Airtel network to purchase data plans, check data balance and receive threshold notifications seamlessly without a need for memorising codes or short words. A statement issued by the leading telecommunications services provider explained

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report has predicted that 5G subscriptions will hit one billion this year and 4.4 billion in 2025, with North America expected to lead in the next five years with 9 of every 10 subscriptions in the region to be 5G by 2027. The report, which is the 22nd of Ericsson’s network traffic insights and forecasts, also revealed that global mobile network data traffic doubled in the past two years, driven by increased smartphone and mobile broadband usage, as well as the digitalization of society and industries. The recent statistics and

By Ahmed Rahma No fewer than 12 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who took part in Unity Bank’s flagship business plan competition, Corpreneurship Challenge, have won cash prizes worth N4 million. The winners emerged during the final business pitch in the fourth edition of the contest for NYSC 2020 Batch B corps members, which took place simultaneously across four NYSC camps in Lagos, Ogun, Benin, and Abuja recently. The cash prizes included a N200,000 business grant for each of the second runners-up, N300,000 business grant for the first runners-ups and a star prize of N500,000 for each

By Adedapo Adesanya **Urges Egypt, Kenya to Drop Candidates The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution, giving their support to former Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as she aims for the post of Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) next month. The motion to back the former finance minister and one-time Managing Director of the World Bank was moved by the Minority Leader of the House, Mr Ndudi Godwin Elumelu (People’s Democratic Party – Delta State). In his motion titled In Support for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), he stated

By Dipo Olowookere A federal lawmaker from Oyo State, Ms Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has contributed her own quota in improving the economy of the state by empowering some of her constituents. The House of Representatives member over the weekend distributed cash grants and some items like vehicles, laptops, amongst others to about 300 small business owners in the Oluyole federal constituency. The items were given to participants of a vocational training programme, which was concluded on Sunday, November 21, 2021, in Ibadan, the state capital. Business Post gathered that Ms Akande-Sadipe, who is the House Committee Chairman of Diaspora, facilitated several

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday ended on a negative note to reverse the gains it recorded the previous session, Business Post reports. At the market yesterday, traders embarked on profit taking on the back of the price appreciation recorded on Monday. This led to the 0.21 loss posted by the local bourse on Tuesday to expand the year-to-date loss to 13.91 percent. Business Post observed that the stock market fell yesterday despite the growth recorded across the sectors. The banking index rose by 1.88 percent, the insurance index increased by 0.59 percent, the oil and