THE dust is yet to settle over concerns raised by pharmacists under the aegis of the Phamaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) over what is described as “defective appointment procedures” in sensitive regulatory agencies including the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

The Forum of Organised Opposition Political Parties (FOOPP) in Rivers State has condemned those it described as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fugitives in Abuja and the Federal Government for distracting Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in his efforts to give the people more dividends of democracy.

IN what many would described as endorsement of River’s Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as the PDP’s standard bearer in the 2011 election, National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraji, yesterday in Port Harcourt, cleared the governor to run on the platform of the party in the next gubernatorial election.

Early this year, a Non Governmental Organization held a national summit on Violence Against Girls in Schools. As part of that event, girls from schools in various parts of the country and from primary through tertiary institutions converged on Abuja.

FORMER Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George and five other members of his board were yesterday sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine by an Ikeja High court.