By Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe A new pricing agreement for HIV drugs could represent an “unprecedented” step toward making superior medications available faster and at a large scale in low- and middle-income countries. A generic, single-pill HIV treatment, which has been a preferred…
The expansion of Dukku water works project in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital has gulped N900 million. According to the Chairman, Due Process Office, Alhaji Muhammed Sirajo Garba, the project would provide adequate safe drinking water for Birnin Kebbi and…
The expanded PEBEC meeting will be attended by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s ease…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will on Thursday, formally declare his intention to contest for the position of president of Nigeria in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event is billed for the Golden Hall, Chelsea Hotel,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, boosted the FOREX market by offering a total of $195m in three segments of the market. A statement from the apex bank said “in the wholesale Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS), of the…
The Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that the company would invest 4.6 billion dollars in nation’s agricultural sector in the next five years. He listed sugar, rice, tomatoes and oil palm as some of the…
Brent crude oil hit a new 2017 high on Monday, continuing a rally fueled by improving demand and expectations that producers will extend output cuts. According to CNBC report, International benchmark Brent rose $1.52, or 2.7 percent, to $58.38 by 11:25 a.m.…
Tax expert and civic organizations are talking over the recent review of Dangote group five year tax incentive to ten years by the Nigerian government over the rehabilitation of some roads in the country. The Minister of Power, Works and…
President Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding to eight the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court.…
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, and World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, have unveiled plans to accelerate the flow of finance for climate action through a new platform dedicated to identifying and facilitating transformational investments in developing countries.…
