Manufacturers have revealed that the protracted scarcity of naira notes has led to a 25 per cent drop in sales of manufactured goods. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Segun…
The Federal Government has identified insecurity and climate change as factors responsible for the rising prices of foods in the country. According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Finance spokesperson, Olude Omolade, the Permanent Secretary, Budget and Planning,…
By FEMI ADESINA It’s the figure of speech called oxymoron in literature, isn’t it? When you talk of a ‘good disappointment.’ When apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction, it is called an oxymoron. When you have antithetical words with opposing…
The Legal Adviser of Golden Diamond Manufacturing Company, Barrister Frank Ndibe and his team in this interview with the trio of Bisi Adewumi, Susan Oni and Adenike Agunsoye of Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper, bared his mind on the birth of the…
Guinness Nigeria Plc experienced a worse performance in the second quarter than in the first, which has extended its falling profit from 32 per cent in the first quarter to 54 per cent at half-year to close at N4 billion…
By Philemon Adedeji Equities market extends its losing streak for the fifth successive session, as the domestic bourse ended lower, meanwhile the benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) eroded by 574.59 basis points or 1.04 per cent to close at 54,915.61 basis…
Stakeholders in Bauchi have advocated for tobacco control to regulate smoking and consumption of tobacco products in the state. They made the call at a dialogue on tobacco taxation organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) on Thursday…
The Akwa Ibom Government released N132 million for the maintenance of General Hospitals across the 31 Local Government Areas of the state in the last one year. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, disclosed this during an Inter-Ministerial Briefing,…
People who sleep less than five hours a night could be at 74 per cent risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD), a study in the European Heart Journal said. This was contained in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)…
Some residents of Lagos State on Thursday turned out in their large numbers assuring Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of their votes on Saturday. The residents include members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere Local Government Area of the state,…
