Where did my son get this habit?
We sent all our children to reputable schools both for their secondary and post-secondary education and my 35-year-old son said he picks up taking drugs from one of his schools abroad. It was a very frightening period for us as he battled drugs addiction without any success.
Bauchi mayhem spreads to Kano, Yola
THE sectarian unrest that erupted in Bauchi, at the weekend, has spread to neighbouring Adamawa and Kano States. In Bauchi alone, the official death toll is put at 39, while 3 were killed in Kano
PTI issue exposes Yar’Adua’s insincerity —DTHA’s Deputy Speaker
The Deputy Speaker faulted in all ramification the decision of the Federal Government to site the college in Kaduna and called on the South-South lawmakers in the National Assembly, the State Houses of Assembly in the South-South and the entire people of the region to reject the orchestrated design to perpetually reduce the Niger-Delta people to the status of the hewers of wood and drawers of water in the oil industry.
Center proposes Hearing Health Month for Nigeria
EVEN as hope has been rekindled for Nigerians with auditory (hearing) and vestibular (balance) disorders, as they can now benefit from complete professional audiological medical services here in Nigeria, the increasing cases of congential and other types of hearing loss makes it expedient for the inauguration of a “Hearing Health Month†in the country.
How I was duped of N4m – Mrs Amuka
MRS. Oyindamola Amuka, wife of Vanguard’s publisher, Mr. Sam Amuka, yesterday gave a graphic detail of how she was duped by one Steve Chinua-Ogwu and his accomplices to the tune of N4 million.
ACCORD, HOPE Worldwide rescue 4,645 OVC in two years
NO less than 4,645 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) have in the past two years been rescued in Nigeria through the ACCORD (Assistance and Care for Children Orphaned and at Risk) project financed by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Reconstitute NAFDAC’s Governing Board now, PSN urges Yar’Adua
PRESIDENT Umar Yar’Adua has been urged to reconstitute the Governing Board of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and appointment of a leadership in line with provisions of Section 9 of decree 15 of 1993 as amended, if the current campaign against fake and adulterated food and drug products is to be successful.
PCN worries over drug distribution system
TOWARDS minimising circulation of fake and adulterated pharmaceutical products in the country, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria is intensifying efforts aimed at strengthening the drug distribution system.
Yar’Adua: The hole in the zero of nothing
Various sectors of the economy are on strike or about to start one; people are hungry and angry. How does this government propose to lead Nigeria out of this state of unrelieving pain? It says one thing today and another tomorrow, ambles forward an inch and engages the reverse gear for a mile, almost in the same breath.
Hope rekindles for child health as Ann Veneman visits Nigeria
UNICEF’s Executive Director, Ms. Ann Veneman, is visiting Nigeria July 31 – August 3, 2009.
Quality roads elude Lagos as contractors do shoddy job
The harrowing experience that Lagos residents go through on daily basis as a result of decaying infrastructure, is not limited to roads owned by the federal government. Investigations by Vanguard Property & Environment show that roads constructed and maintained by the State government are equally in terrible states of disrepair.
