Worried by the spate of road traffic crashes across the country; involving convoy drivers of Governors and other public officers, the Federal Road Safety Corps has concluded plans for a nationwide training programme for Governors’ convoy drivers in collaboration with the Governors’ forum.
The new Kia Rio has been awarded the maximum five stars for accident safety from leading European road safety organization, EuroNCAP.
With a maternal rate of 1,000 per 100, 000 live births, a group known as Women’s Health and Action Research Centre, WHARC has called for urgent attention to issues concerning a women and girl- child, blaming the high rate of maternal mortality in the country on failure of government to ensure a functional Primary Health Care system.
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, last week successfully carried out a valve repair in the heart of a patient. The surgery which was carried out by a team of seven surgeons was completed after few hours of the exercise at the surgery department of the hospital.
This weekend’s gubernatorial election has 22 political parties in contention for the governorship. The prospects of four of the leading contenders Capt Idris Wada of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Deacon Ubolo Opanachi of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Barrister James Ocholi (SAN) of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) are considered here.
SINCE 2009, the one of the major occurrence that has become almost a recurring development in the Petroleum Sector is change in leadership. As the new helmsman Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; Mr. Augustine Olorunsola prepares for his role as an industry regulator, Clara Nwachukwu writes that the challenges are many, as industry operators spell out their expectations to set agenda for him.
