ALL roads led to the sleepy town of Epe in Lagos State Thursday last week as people from far and near converged at the Epe General Hospital for a special event never before witnessed within the environs. It was the official dedication of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture medical incinerator project built in partnership with the Lagos State government.

Narrating the incident, the school Headmistress, Miss Idongesit James Tom,said the two pupils were saved by their timely rescue from the collapsed soak away owing to the noise by other pupils which attracted the staff and other workers in the school.

Both President Yar’Adua and Governor Fashola met at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport shortly before the president was flown to Ogun State where he had gone to commission some projects.

The contention over the NLNG funds, it was learned, followed a conflict in the records made available to the House Committee by the NNPC, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Budget Office of the Federation domiciled at the Federal Ministry of Finance.

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), attached to  Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport have detained a 50-year-old woman found with 585 grammes of cocaine worth  N6 million. The suspect identified as Akormadu Florence Abiola was arrested by operatives  on suspicion of having swallowed drugs suspected to be cocaine […]

Speaker of the House, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba, while affirming the suspension order, insisted that the suspension was not punitive, but meant to ensure that the House considered the report of the Okiye-led ad-hoc committee with all fairness.

As part of its campaign against hypertension, the Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) has launched its continuing medical education (CME) programme for doctors and other specialists who care for patients with hypertension in the country.

This will allow Senator Anyanwu to concentrate on other effective responsive health laws especially around gender inequity and inequality which fuels the epidemic.
Ikenna Obianwa works with Terrence Higgins Trust UK

THE high burden of mortality and morbidity of various forms of fistula amongst Nigerian women has become so worrisome that calls for urgent action to protect lives of those affected are being made.

By  Benji I. Duru THE viewpoints of one Mr. Amaechi Nwokenife on the recent resolution of the APGA leadership crises by INEC in favour of Chief Chekwas Okorie as National Chairman of APGA and published in the Vanguard Newspaper of June 3, 2009 at Page 19 definitely is designed by the author to attract quality […]

NIGERIAN men have been enjoined to protect women from situations that may expose them to depression, even as it has been noted that one in every five Nigerian women is down with depression.

Is there anything like zero-corruption? What initiatives do we adopt to reduce, control and manage corruption whilst we pursue policies and programmes aimed at accelerating our pace of growth and development?

The ongoing Close Up Brush Day and Night campaign aimed at changing the poor oral hygiene habits of Nigerians as well as encourage brushing day and night has been applauded by the heads of Primary Schools visited by the Social Mission crew, which is commissioned for the pan-Nigeria activations in 600 schools across the country. The crew has already visited schools in Lagos, Imo and Kano States.

God created man whom he called Adam in the likeness of God. Adam, however, who fell short of the glory of God when he sinned, begat a son in his own image, after his sinning nature.

It is an offence for a large and slow moving vehicle to allow smaller or fast moving vehicles queue behind it whenever the driver can pull over safely to make way for other vehicles.  – Section 15 of the Highway Code THE rate of road accidents is on the increase. There are occasional mentions of […]