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.

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.

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.

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).

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.