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Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) on Saturday posted its highest ever quarterly operating profit, while gains from stock holdings helped the conglomerate led by billionaire Warren Buffett swing to a nearly $36 billion overall profit. Rising interest rates, as well as a rebound in performance at the Geico car insurer, allowed Berkshire’s …

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ECOWAS, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, said the authority of the Heads of State of ECOWAS was committed to eradicating all forms of unconstitutional takeover of power in the sub-region. Musah said the threat of military takeover in West Africa had become pronounced in …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Biogen (BIIB.O) and Sage Therapeutics’ (SAGE.O) oral pill to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. The companies had sought the FDA’s approval for the drug, Zurzuvae, to treat major depressive disorder (MDD), or clinical depression, as well as postpartum depression, …

By Olatunde Oluwasola Ahead the 75 years anniversary of the University of Ibadan, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has been decorated as one of the Ambassadors of the event. The institution was established in 1948. Earlier in February this year, the Institution inaugurated the planning …