Fidelity Bank Plc is set to raise ₦127.1 billion by way of Rights Issue to existing shareholders and a Public Offer. The combined offer is part of the bank’s strategy …
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NGX: Investors pocket N132bn as Eterna, Stanbic IBTC lead gainers
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N132 billion at the end of trading on Wednesday. This followed an increase in the share price of ETERNA, REDSTAREX, and STANBIC IBTC, …
Read More »Heritage Bank’s collapse was death foretold – Moghalu
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, on Wednesday described the recent revocation of the banking license of Heritage Bank Plc as the chronicle …
Read More »NDIC promises payment of Heritage Bank’s customers’ insured deposits in one week
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan, said on Wednesday depositors of collapsed Heritage Bank Plc would receive their deposit within one week. Hassan gave …
Read More »208,644 Nigerians treated for malnutrition in 2023 – MSF
The Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders has disclosed that it treated 208,644 outpatients and 52,278 inpatients for malnutrition in Nigeria in 2023. The MSF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, …
Read More »10,000 Nigerian children born with clubfoot yearly – NGO
The Nigeria Partners on Clubfoot Treatment on Monday said over 10,000 children are born with clubfoot yearly in Nigeria. The President of Nigeria Clubfoot Treatment Partners and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, …
Read More »Doctors lament manpower shortage, unpaid N25,000 allowance
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have lamented the dearth of manpower across the healthcare facilities in the country. NARD made this known in a communique issued on Monday after …
Read More »FG urged to fight shisha, snuff, others with graphic health warnings
Medical experts and Civil Society Organisations have called on the Federal Government to fully implement the graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging and labelling. According to them, this is an …
Read More »WHO seeks total public smoking ban in Africa
The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti on Friday said tobacco use among young people in the African Region, aged 13 to 15 years is about …
Read More »Africa CDC, CEPI join forces to tackle disease outbreaks
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly to …
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