[ad_1] Economy Costly loans beckon as government paper rates hit record levels Friday March 10 2023 Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u. FILE PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG Homes and businesses face costly loans as the government steps up borrowing from the domestic market, pushing returns on bond and Treasury bills to record levels. The…
[ad_1] Technicians work in the workshop of optical chips at a chip company in Quanzhou, Fujian province on Feb 23, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] Reform: Optimized management of sci-tech undertakings expected China’s revamp of its Ministry of Science and Technology would allow the country’s sci-tech administration to be more efficient in supporting basic sciences and using innovation…
[ad_1] Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead. A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the monarch’s death to our reporter on Thursday night. 4-year-old boy’s genitals, tongue, eyes removed in Abuja 8-month pregnant woman gang-raped in Abuja He said…
Results of the recent national elections showed a general decline in female representations at the National Assembly. Advocates for inclusive democracy have expressed concerns about the low number of women, youth and persons with disabilities elected into the National Assembly. They raised the concerns on Thursday during a workshop organised by the Westminster Foundation…
By Hassan John Medical experts in Nigeria have applauded the sack of a senior official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Western Pacific over alleged racism, abusive and unethical behavior. The experts gave the commendation in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, Thursday. It would be recalled that late Wednesday,…
[ad_1] Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Thursday, declared three days of mourning for victims of the Train/Bus accident that occurred in the Shogunle area of the state. Sanwo-Olu visited the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, to understand the condition of the victims of the bus/train accident. According to him, the accident…
[ad_1] Coroner Mukaila Fadeyi has indicted doctors of Premier hospital for medical negligence over the death of Peju Ugboma. The 41-year old, mother of two was the founder of a pastry company, I Luv Desserts. Mrs Ugboma died on April 25 as a result of internal bleeding after an elective hysterectomy operation was conducted by…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation has released a first-of-its-kind global report on sodium intake reduction. The report showed that the world was off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30 per cent by 2025. The report released on Thursday said that sodium, an essential nutrient, increased the risk of heart disease,…
[ad_1] Yusuff Moshood The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents to come to the aid of victims of the Ikeja train crash by visiting government medical facilities to donate blood. According to the governor, some of the patients are in critical condition, hence the call for voluntary blood donation to help in the…
[ad_1] The wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Madam Liang Huili, has called on nations to make gender equality a social norm and moral imperative observed by all. She made the call at a programme to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day at the China Cultural Centre in Nigeria, titled: “The women in culture”….
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