Know your blood group, commissioner advises women
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, has called on women of child bearing age to ensure that they know their blood groups and rhesus factor, a substance found in the blood symbolised by plus or minus after the blood group, in order to prevent miscarriages and even death that may result from Rhesus Incompatibility with their husbands.
Ohakim: Appeal court reserves judgment
….As Agbaso asks court to declare him gov By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Abuja Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned, sine die, pronouncement on the validity of the April 28, 2007 gubernatorial election in Imo State which produced Governor Ikedi Ohiakim as governor. The appellate court reserved judgment yesterday in the matter after listening to heated arguments […]
Ogun to spend N7bn on power plants
TWENTY public servants made up of technicians, engineers and administrators will leave Ogun State for China to understudy the assembling of Mini power plants that will be installed in the State in the first quarter of 2010. Governor Gbenga Daniel stated this while receiving a Chinese delegation that also included officials of CSI Nimgbo, manufacturers of the power plant.
Transparency panacea against corruption – Cleric
HE Bishop of Ilorin, Most Rev. Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, has said to eliminate corruption, Nigerians must be honest, transparent and God-fearing in any thing they do because the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, according to the scripture.
Police nab 18 suspected killers of Ekiti SARS boss
By Evelyn Usman & Ifeanyi Okolie LAGOS — Eighteen suspected members of a notorious robbery gang said to have been responsible for the recent attack and death of three policemen among whom was the officer in-charge of the Ekiti State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have been arrested, with the gang’s ring leader still at large. The […]
Lagos to sanction Games Village residents, others over wastes
THE Lagos State Government through Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to residents of Games Village Surulere, Yaba, National Stadium and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) for failure to procure bins for their waste which resulted in loose wastes and a filthy environment within their vicinity.
IPAN boss tasks govts on public health
President of Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Mr. Ganiyu Sanni, has advocated effective implementation of government policies on public health and environmental protection as they affect professionals like the public analysts to provide backup scientific services.
Uduaghan faults call to disband Abbe’s c’ttee
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has faulted the call, by some leaders in the region, for the disbandment of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants, headed by the Minister of Defence, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd).
Andy Uba : The answer lies in the law
By Chianugo Offor The right of access to court is a fundamental right the sterling status of which is accorded constitutional recognition under the provisions of section 36 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, thus establishing the right of citizens to access the courts of our land as the fulcrum, the hallmark […]
Bayelsa House shuns court order on SIEC commissioner
Bayelsa State House of Assembly yesterday defied a court order asking it to suspend the resolution for the removal of a commissioner in the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Mr. Banabas Edure, over non-eligibility by screening his replacement, Mr. Prefa Akporyi Freedom, as a member of the commission.
Sokoto Customs Command generates N202m in 9 months
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto—The Sokoto Customs Area Command, comprising Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, has netted the sum of N202,286,492.67 of the N300m target for the Federal Government from January to October this year. Speaking to Vanguard in Sokoto, the Customs Area Comptroller, Alhaji Musa Jubril, said that, of the amount, N155,794,497.11 was generated from […]
