7m Africans suffer from diabetes — WHO
*As DHS sensitises people on effect of disease By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region has estimated that about 7 million people in Africa had diabetes, 11,300 people died of diabetes while 561,600 were permanently disabled and 6458,400 experienced temporary disablement. WHO also estimated that total number of people with diabetes in […]
Punishing The Doctor
MANY Nigerians do not know there are laws to punish doctors for negligence. The code of the Medical and Dental Council prescribes punishments for misconduct of its members, though the code is observed mostly in breach. The punishment the Spanish authorities meted out to a doctor who attended to Mrs. Stella Obasanjo trains attention on […]
CWG signs multimillion naira partnership with SAP on e-academy
Computer Warehouse Group (ExpertEdge) has announce that SAP has appointed her as an approved SAP e_Academy Centre in Nigeria.
Reacting to this development, Jaco Van Zyl, the Manager , Education Business Solutions for SAP Africa said that he was delighted to be associated with CWG/ExpertEdge and the professionalism that they will bring to SAP training in the region.
Local insurers should have control over flow of local content business
Even with the expected peace in the Niger-Delta resulting from federal government’s amnesty, insurers are still wary of the region. FBN Insurance Brokers CEO, Val Ojumah, an acclaimed international broker, advises local insurers should still stay away from the business in that region. Ostensibly for reasons of the special skills needed for the peculiar risks.
Match promises with action on N-Delta devt, IYC tells FG
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on the Federal Government to match its promise with action by commencing the process of infrastructural development in the troubled Niger Delta.
Valiant Vanguard bow out
Poor logistics on thepart of the Local Organising Committee, LOC, has robbed the gallant Kirikiri Warriors, Vanguard’s team, of the chance of zooming into the quarter-final of this year’s Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Media Games in football. The Warriors were made to play two matches within three hours: five-a-side and 11-a-side.
