From the monthly archives: November 2010

NLC accuses State govts of violating Pension Act

On November 30, 2010 · In News

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, in Ibadan, accused state governments of violating the provisions of the Pension Reform Act, PRA, of 2004, warning that such violation could soon lead to industrial unrest across the states.

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How Reddington, Edensfield, LASUTH gave Victoria hope

On November 30, 2010 · In Health

October 29, 2010, will remain evergreen for Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Onuoha. This was a day, doctors in Reddington Hospital, Lagos repaired the heart of their three-year-old baby, Victoria Onuoha through non-surgical intervention called Device Closure of PDA’, a procedure that leaves no scar on the patient.

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HIV: PEPFAR campaigns against poverty, stigma

On November 30, 2010 · In Health

AT the public forum to commemorate the world development information day, held at the America Corner, in Lagos recently, the need for government to tackle the problem of poverty as well as stigma and discrimination among Nigerians came to the fore yet again.

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Edo Police boss promises kidnappers hell

On November 30, 2010 · In News

THE new Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. David Omojola, yesterday, resumed duties in the state, declaring that the police in the state would embark seriously on covert operations to stem the activities of kidnappers and cultists in the state.

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I’m prepared for the future says Gov. Saraki

On November 30, 2010 · In Politics

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the decision of the Northern Consensus Committee not pick him as the North consensus presidential flagbearer on the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has prepared him to pursue his aspiration in future.

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HIV infections declining, says UN

On November 30, 2010 · In Health

AS Nigeria joins the world to celebrate World AIDS Day, the United Nations has said that the number of new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS are falling globally.

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Tackling security challenges

On November 30, 2010 · In Editorial

NIGERIA, on the verge of major — some say decisive — transitional elections in 2011, is suddenly faced with growing security challenges that could spell doom unless there are appropriate measures to tackle them. These threats are both internal and foreign, considering situations within and the constant interception of imported arms.

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Atiku and the divided house of PDP

On November 30, 2010 · In Talking Point

IT’S been a week since former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, emerged the consensus candidate of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) led by Adamu Ciroma who has been in the vanguard of the call for a president of Northern extraction to finish what some members of the Northern political establishment say is the unfinished term of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who died earlier in the year.

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IBB campaign model and ethnic politics (2)

On November 30, 2010 · In Viewpoint

THE country will take its rightful place among the comity of nations. In partnership with like–minded politicians that abound in other parts of the country this new crop of Northern liberal leaders will ensure that Nigerian politics will return to the politics of values and openness that make for the vibrancy, stability, dynamism, consistency and competitiveness seen in other lands.

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It’s unfortunate, areas with dams don’t have power, says Sen. Kuta

On November 30, 2010 · In Politics

AFTER several years of failed trial, the Hydro-Power Producing Areas Development Commission, HYPADEC Bill was recently passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly and assented to by President Goodluck Jonathan.

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3-hole-in-the-heart Emmanuella seeks N2.5m for corrective surgery

On November 30, 2010 · In Health

FROM the moment Emmanuela Okechukwu was brought into the office of Nigeria Down Syndrome Foundation in Lagos, her sobs and restlessness gave her mother a tough time. She constantly dabbed her eyes with a soaked handkerchief.

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We have made progress in AIDS control, says IDOKO

On November 30, 2010 · In Health

EVEN as global attention focuses on the challenge of HIV and AIDS on ocassion of this year’s World AIDS Day tomorrow, Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko, says significant progress has been made in Nigeria since Declaration of Universal Access in 2005.

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Uduaghan’s sack, indictment on PDP – Don

On November 29, 2010 · In News

THE nullification of the election that brought former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to power by the Appeal Court, Benin, has been described as an indictment on the party. A university Don, Prof. Gabriel Yomere, who stated this, noted that the re-run election ordered by the court should afford the PDP the opportunity to prove its popularity and re-claim its mandate.

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Edo Revenue Board seals off FG’s power plant

On November 29, 2010 · In News

THE Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, Monday, sealed off the Federal Government-owned multi-billion dollars Independent Power Project, IPP, over alleged failure of the company handling the project, Marubeni Engineering West African Limited, to remit its Pay As You Earn, PAYE, for both the expatriate staff and Nigerian employees in the company, estimated at over N53million.

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