October 2017
October 31, 2017
Eight steps to avoid bad credit
We all start out with no credit, a clean slate in a way. Every credit move you make from the time you open your first account will either move you towards good credit or bad credit. Most people can ... Read More »
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October 27, 2017
Customs intercept 850 cartons of drugs
ENELE OGAH The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has handed over to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control two containers falsely declared as containing vehicles and computer accessories. The service said ... Read More »
October 27, 2017 0
October 18, 2017
NNPC Stores Two Billion Litres of Petrol For End-of-Year Movement
ENELE OGAH The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced that it had stored over two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to ensure a hitch-free end-of-year movement of motorists. It said the end-of-year period had been ... Read More »
October 18, 2017 0
October 18, 2017
How To Deal With Financial Stress
ENELE OGAH If you stress about money, you may find comfort in the fact that you’re not alone. Focusing your budget on what is truly important to you can help relieve your anxiety about money, according to money.usnews.com “Stress doesn’t exist ... Read More »
October 18, 2017 0
October 18, 2017
Food Prices Increases As Inflation Rate Drops
ENELE OGAH The country’s annual inflation rate marginally slowed for an eighth month in September, easing to 15.98 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday in its latest publication of the Consumer Price Index. This was 0.03 ... Read More »
October 18, 2017 0
October 17, 2017
Benue flood victim gives birth to triplets, squats in a friend’s kitchen
Ayodele Olubuse Mrs. Ember Vitalis, a flood victim was delivered of triplets yesterday with no house, no food, no hope but was later accommodated to squat in a kitchen by a friend. According to one activist and philanthropist, Ukan Kurug ... Read More »
October 17, 2017 0
October 17, 2017
Monkeypox: Things you need to Know (Part 2)
Ayodele Olubuse Currently, there are no licensed antiviral drugs for the treatment of monkeypox. Several agent are promising as antiviral therapeutics against the viruses from the genus Orthopoxvirus – and among them monkeypox as well. By inhibiting viral DNA polymerase, cidofovir shows ... Read More »
October 17, 2017 0
October 12, 2017
What you need to know about Monkey Pox (Part 1)
Ayodele Olubuse Etymology Monkey pox results from infection by the monkey pox virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus in the family Poxviridae (subfamily Chordopoxvirinae). Two clades of monkeypox viruses, the West African and Congo Basin viruses, have been identified. The Congo Basin viruses ... Read More »
October 12, 2017 0
October 12, 2017
FG to close down drug markets in Nigeria
The Federal Government has said it will introduce Drug Coordinated Wholesale Centres (CWCs) across the nation to check the menace of fake and falsified medical products in the country even as it warned that by 31st of December 2018 ... Read More »
October 12, 2017 0
October 5, 2017
Monkeypox hits Bayelsa, 10 others quarantined, 49 under surveillance
ENELE OGAH Fear has gripped the residents of Bayelsa State as a deadly viral epidemic known as “monkeypox” has broken out in the state. According to the World Health Organisation, monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs primarily in remote parts ... Read More »
October 05, 2017 0