A new anti-malaria drug, Lonart, an Artemisinin-based combination preparations, which is one of the two drugs recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as first line drugs in the treatment of malaria in Africa, is due for launch this week … read more
On one side of the car, a man peers hopefully in the window, his weak legs supported by crutches. A crippled child scratches at the glass on the other side. Two men with shriveled limbs scoot through the traffic jam … read more
One of the pilots of Odengene Air Shuttle (OAS), who survived last week�s crash near Warri, Delta State, Captain Javier Marmol, is dead. Marmol, 56, died at about 3.00am on Thursday at the Lagoon Hospital, Lagos. Executive Director of the … read more
A word from Chief, It disturbs, disgusts and dissapoints me that stories like this are still told – never mind reported as news in Nigeria. As long as the Nigerian press continue to cover superstition over substance – I fear … read more
A Briton, Neil Crampton, has been charged with the murder of his two children, Abigail and Steven Crampton, his ex-partner, Mrs. Olufunke Sobo and her brother, Yemi Sobo in Newcastle. They were found dead on Tuesday in Hawthorn Gardens. The … read more
THE Lagos State Police Command may have deployed no fewer than 10,000 police officers and men to monitor and keep the peace during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the State House of Assembly for today. No fewer than … read more
THE Presidency is to take delivery, next week, of a new helicopter, the latest addition to the presidential fleet. The helicopter cost N2.561.991,487, or 13.16 per cent of the State House’s N19.457 billion appropriation in the 2006 budget. Stephen Oronsaye, … read more
The United Kingdom yesterday emphasised the need for a successful transition to a new civilian administration in 2007, adding that the process must be based on transparent, free and fair elections. The country�s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Sir Richard Gozney, … read more
Oil prices fell 4% on Thursday to their lowest point since November last year as traders grappled with conflicting market trends. US light, sweet crude sank $2.50 to $56.26 a barrel, while Brent crude lost $3.07 cents to $58.54. Oil … read more
Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has rejected the charge of N4.1 billion tax evasion brought against it by the government of Akwa Ibom State. Counsel to Mobil told the Revenue Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State last Thursday that his client … read more