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Will palliatives compensate for inflation impacts?
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will begin distribution of grains and fertilizer from Monday as part of the efforts to cushion the impact of fuel subsidy removal and the associated jumps in the prices…
Analysts hiss as FG celebrates N5.6 trn H1 tax income
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government recorded slight increment in tax revenues in the first half of the year despite the palpable depression in the economy associated with depreciation in the value of the Naira and jumps in inflation. The N5.6 trillion…
Russian patients escape hospital with deadly infection
Local officials in Russia are in panic after patients infected with deadly anthrax virus escaped hospital beds in Tuva, a republic in Russia’s southern Siberian region. According to government medium, TASS, the patients were sent to hospital after a dinner…
ICC warrant: S. Africa offers Putin virtual presence at BRICS’ Jo’burg summit
After all the tough talks, the government of South Africa has finally made its choice to align with the international community which has issued warrant of arrest on President Vladimir Putin of Russia for war crimes in Ukraine. The August…
American FDA clears biotech firm for potential HIV cure
Sopuruchi Onwuka The United States health regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has cleared Excision BioTherapeutics Incorporated to proceed with its CRISPR gene-editing technology which presents new hopes for cure of the lingering Human Immuno-deficiency Virus popularly called HIV which…
New facts emerge on NNPC operations, record profit claim confirmed
Fresh facts emerging from the operations of the NNPC Ltd. have provided new insight into the activities of the company, affirming that the firm actually made a whopping profit of N674.1 billion in 2021.The latest facts appear to contradict some…
Seplat cites operating terms, domgas pricing as investment baits
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria must offer attractive operating terms and reform the domestic gas market in order to attracts the required level of commercial investments in revving up activity and delivering prime economic aspirations in the petroleum industry. Managing Director of…
Conjoined Texas twins undergo successful separation surgery
A team of multidisciplinary clinicians at the Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States, worked for six hours separating a set of conjoined twins after they were delivered via caesarian section at a different hospital. The twins are getting ready…
Terrorists may overun Nigeria, 346 killed in Plateau
Group accuses government of complicit silence Resumption of killing in some communities in Plateau State means that terrorists operating in the country may expand their killing fields in no distant time. Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation which raised the…
NCDMB to domicile production of equipment parts, industry chemicals
Sopuruchi Onwuka Local productivity promoter in the Nigerian petroleum industry, The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is working to build domestic capacity for production of facility components necessary for timely and efficient operations and maintenance activities in the…
