Re: Lassa fever and our hygiene
This may sound archaic in this jet age, but it’s the only way that we can avoid epidemics like Typhoid Fever, Lassa Fever, Cholera, etc. Each local government area should have a team of sanitary inspectors who would go round their communities and inspect open spaces around.
Eve 2000 showcases collection
Susan Eyo of Eve 2000 recently showcased her 2009 collection to a host of celebrities and fashion buffs in Lagos. The collection was an eclectic mix that shows the new direction Susan is going.
When Sleeping On The Job Could Do You A World Of Good
For the eight years he was top dog in America’s politics, President George W. Bush, the penultimate president of the United States of America was said to sleep for 20 minutes in the afternoon and was regularly in bed by 10 O’clock.
Robinho: We play with joy
RObinho, renowned throughout the world, arrived in South Africa as one of the FIFA Confederations Cup’s star attractions. However, a patchy first game for the dribble wizard had some observers wondering what all the fuss was about. Largely anonymous for chunks of a laboured 4-3 win over Egypt, the Manchester City player turned things around his second outing, a 3-0 defeat of USA in Tshwane/Pretoria that has virtually assured A Seleção a place in the semi-finals.
$8.4m grant for micro finance banks
EXECUTIVE secretary/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Alhaji Mustapha Bello, has disclosed that six micro-finance banks in the country will receive about $8.4 million grant this year. Bello who spoke in Kaduna at the Business Development Services fair jointly organised by the World Bank and the Federal Government, said the lifeline was to address the problem of poor access to loan and equity capital confronting micro, small and medium enterprises in Nigeria.
N-Delta youths should be employed — Mudiaga-Odje
By FESTUS AHON Dr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje is a lawyer, human rights activist and facilitator of   the Niger Delta Democratic Union, NDDU. He is one of those at the forefront of the Niger Delta struggle. In this interview, he speaks on the situation in the region. Excerpts: Advice for youths The agitation for the empowerment and […]
Yar’Adua means well for all Nigerians, especially people of the Niger Delta — Elder Orubebe
Elder Godsday Orubebe is Minister of  State in the Ministry of Niger Delta Development. In this chat with Abayomi Adeshida he speaks the mandate of the Ministry and how its objectives are being realized . Orubebe swears that the Yar’Adua administration believes strongly that “the renewal we are expecting, will take place.†Excerpts: What are […]
The Yar‘Adua approach to Niger Delta: Is it fiscal discipline or contempt?
By EMMANUEL AZIKEN ABUJA-The disappointment on the faces of the Niger Delta Senators was not hidden after their first meeting with President Umaru Yar‘Adua in January 2008. Their expectation that the former university teacher turned President would quickly resolve the Niger Delta question as he promised during his electioneering campaign had turned into a vapour. […]
Niger Delta: Still yearning for Yar’Adua’s action
By Femi Ayantola “The crisis in the Niger Delta commands our urgent attention. Ending it is a matter of strategic importance to our country. I will use every resource available to me, with your help, to address this crisis in a spirit of fairness, justice, and cooperationâ€, President Umaru Yar’Adua at his inauguration in Abuja […]
Elumelu, others did not commit fraud, group insists
THE Legal Relief Group, an Abuja based organization, says Rep Ndudi Elumelu, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, Dr. Aliyu Abdulahi and others standing trial for allegedly breaching the Public Procurement Act by disbursing Rural Electrification Agency’s funds (N5.2 billion) to contractors for projects in the amended 2008 budget did not commit any fraud. The group said it […]
Guild of Editors hails Gov Obi
BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA-THEÂ Nigerian Guild of Editors, at the weekend, in Awka, hailed Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State for his developmental strides, noting that his performance would come handy when the time comes for the people to take a decision on which direction things would go in the state. President of the Guild […]
