• Nigeria

    Blame FG for NHIS/HMO crisis —Pharmacists

    Bukola Adebayo The National Chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Dr. Albert Alkali, has said that the Federal Government is not blameless in the crisis between the managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme and Health Management Organisations in the country. Alkali noted that NHIS managers had ...

  • USA

    Recession: FG enlists foreign firms to enhance recovery

    Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The Federal Government is hiring the United States technology giants such as Oracle Corporation and Microsoft Corporation as it steps up efforts to save costs and fight corruption. An initiative led by Redwood, California-based Oracle, has helped the Federal Government to remove 50,000 ghost workers, ...

  • Nigeria

    Cornerstone Insurance grows gross premium by 25%

    Nike Popoola Cornerstone Insurance has grown its gross premium by 25 per cent during the 2016 financial period. The Group Chairman of the company, Mr. Segun Adebanji, stated this during its Annual General Meeting in Lagos. “Despite the harsh economic climate the company has sustained its growth trajectory by growing ...

  • Nigeria

    NDLEA impounds 39,000kg of cocaine in Kano

    Ted Odogwu, Kano Kano State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Hamza Umar, on Tuesday in Kano, said the command had seized not less than 39, 224.109kg of assorted drugs in the last one year. Addressing newsmen during the 2017 United Nations drug-free day, with the theme, ...

  • Nigeria

    B’Haram increases drug abuse in Borno – NDLEA

    Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency has lamented that the Boko Haram insurgency has led to an explosion in drug abuse in Borno State. Speaking at a press conference marking the United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking, the Borno State Commander, NDLEA, Joseph Okechukwu, said ...

  • Brasile

    Jogadores são demitidos após vídeo de masturbação coletiva vazar

     Quatro jogadores do time Sport Clube Gaúcho, um time da terceira divisão do Rio Grande do Sul, foram dispensados pela equipe após a divulgação de um vídeo em que três homens aparecem praticando atos sexuais no vestiário do clube. Leia mais notícias de Brasil Um dos jogadores filmou a brincadeira entre os ...

  • Nigeria

    Buratai : Dubai property my family investment

    Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai said yesterday that his family invested in property in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013, long before his appointment. He was featured yesterday in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interview programme Hard Talk. ”Substantial property is just an investment; my family do ...

  • Senegal

    Un officiel appelle à renforcer la promotion et l'usage régulier du livre

    Dakar, 4 juil (APS) - Le secrétaire général du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Birane Niang a insisté, mardi à Dakar, sur la nécessité de renforcer les efforts pour la promotion et l'usage régulier du livre auprès des populations. - Actualités

  • Senegal

    L'Amicale des élèves et étudiants de Tendouck célèbre ses 30 ans, dimanche

    Dakar, 4 juil (APS) - L'Amicale des élèves et étudiants de Tendouck célèbre son 30ème anniversaire, dimanche, à partir de 15 heures, à la salle de l'Unité africaine du Centre international pour le commerce extérieur du Sénégal (CICES), indique un communiqué parvenu à l'APS. - Agenda

  • Kenya

    Business News: Man in court over false gold trade deal in Nairobi

    The court heard Kelvin Essoa Nkoy committed the offence on December 19, 2016 in Nairobi. He is said to have pretended to be in a position to ship 435kg of gold from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, a fact he knew to ...