The Chairperson of the Board of Vaccine Alliance, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how she lost her cousin and nearly lost her son too, to typhoid fever. She said this while assuring that more children will be protected against typhoid fever with the new funding of the typhoid conjugate vaccines. …

In passing the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), the Senate and House of Representatives have increased the price for the crude oil benchmark from $45 per barrel to $47. This is in the wake of the consideration of the report of the Committee on Finance, Appropriations and National Planning and Economic Affairs …

Patience Jonathan Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has lifted an order made on May 30, freezing 16 bank accounts linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Justice Nyako in a ruling yesterday ordered the lifting of the freezing order that barred Mrs. Jonathan …

The founder and the general overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Bro Joshua Iginla, has joined his voice to the widespread condemnation greeting the alleged killings of migrants and human trafficking going on in the country, describing it as man’s wickedness against another. Speaking at his church service last …

  Ahmed Kuru, AMCON CEO The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), on Tuesday, debunked a ‘purported response’ in some sections of the online media, which is being presented to the public as the agency reaction to allegations of fraud, oppression raised by Olajide Awosedo, chairman of Grant Properties Limited, …

The Enugu State Police Command, has assured the public of a closer and sustained partnership for effective crime control and safety in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, gave this assurance on Tuesday while inaugurating the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), at the Police Division in Akanu …

Nigerian internationals, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, has been listed among the 100 most valuable U21 players in Europe’s top five leagues. This is according to a new CIES Football Observatory which ranked the players based on increases in their transfer value. Ranked 34th, €31.5m Iwobi is the only Arsenal player on the …

The Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti, on Monday stayed the execution of the judgement of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, recognising the Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe-led South-West zonal executive of the Peoples Democratic Party. The appellate court also stayed the execution of the judgement restraining Dr. Eddy Olafeso-led South-West Zonal …

A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as an opportunist. Mohammed said Atiku’s return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, does not portend any threat to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The former Vice President had last weekend made his return …

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC and its holding company, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have retained their AAA national ratings by Fitch Ratings, the global leader in credit ratings, reaffirming their strong fundamentals and stability, especially the ability to meet their financial commitments as they fall due. In the report issued yesterday, Monday, November 27, 2017, the two institutions …