A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend, a government official told The Associated Press, vowing to recommend execution if he unsuccessfully appeals the ruling. Frank Geng-Quangrong was convicted by a local court in northern Nigeria’s economic hub of Kano state, Kano Justice Commissioner…
A NOVEL technique that improves and assesses the chromosomal makeup of embryos to improve Invitro Fertilization, IVF, outcomes has been introduced in Nigeria. Known as Non-invasive Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (NiPGT-A ), the technique reduces potential risks associated with traditional biopsy procedures, making it much safer and more accurate. Pioneer of the technique in…
*To sell $10,000 per BDC this week By Babajide Komolafe Economy Editor The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday slashed the exchange rate in the Bureaux De Change, BDC, segment of the forex market by 3.4 per cent or N50.5 to N1,269.8 per dollar even as it commenced another round of dollar sale to eligible BDCs….
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has said its gas strategy is set to trigger Nigeria’s industrialisation and economic growth. NNPC’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, disclosed this during a Panel Session at the 2024 CERAWeek Conference in Houston, the United States. Eyesan said Nigeria is a predominantly gas-rich country which boasts of over 200TCF…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended the recent actions taken by the Federal Government to cut the cost of governance in Nigeria. However, in a statement made available to Vanguard yesterday, Director General of LCCI, Dr Chinyere Almona, charged the government to publicise amount of funds recouped from all cost-cutting initiatives and…
In the views of UNICEF Health Specialist with the Lagos field office, Dr Ijeoma Agbo, health insurance is a gateway to achieving UHC, adding that in 2021, almost 1 billion people spent more than 10 percent of their household budget on out-of-pocket health expenses in 2021, and more than half a billion were pushed into…
Nigeria grew by 22.16 per cent from N528 billion in 2019 to N645 billion in 2023, latest figures from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has shown. With the Commission projecting N1.6 trillion as electricity subsidy for 2024, total subsidy in the past 10 years is expected to hit N4.993 trillion by the end of the year….
Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, yesterday, blamed the mass exodus of health practitioners overseas on poor hospital equipment and remuneration, even as he said the Federal Government is making concerted efforts to address the challenge. Adeyemo, who spoke at a press conference to mark his one…
THE President, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Mr. Oladapo Olatunbosun, said the prices of cooking gas would continue to leap as the domestic market continues to be impacted by foreign exchange crisis. This is even as the report of the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Price watch for February 2024 showed…
In a move to consolidate on the gains recorded in the removal of illegal check/extortion points and shanties which hitherto led to traffic gridlock on Tincan Island Port access road, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resumed rehabilitation work on the Port access road. Speaking on the sidelines of the unscheduled spot check, Managing Director /CEO…
Members of an Igbo socio-political group, Ndigbo Buru’Otu Association, has raised the alarm over the indiscriminate demolition of houses carried out by officials of Federal Housing Authority in Ijeododo Community, Ijegun area of Lagos State. They stated that they were shocked over the demolition of their property, last Thursday, by the authority and described the…
IN a very personal and proactive move, President Bola Tinubu has pushed for the increase of the pay of judicial officers nationwide. An Executive Bill sponsored by him to that effect was passed by the House of Representatives last week. The Bill seeks to amend aspects of the Certain Political, Public and Judicial Officers (Salaries and Allowances,…