The group recalled that these same people paraded another old man of over 70 years as King of Egragbene at Asaba sometime ago.

Owie, who is also the leader of the Action Congress (AC) in Edo state, told Vanguard in Benin yesterday, that the N50billion amnesty granted to the militants was a step in the right direction but that the gesture would be more successful if the Technical Committee report is implemented by the President.

THE Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has raised alarm over the proliferation of fake and substandard drugs in the country and is calling on President Umar Yar’Adua to declare a national emergency in the nation’s drug industry in the interest of national wellbeing and security.

A TOTAL of 104 free eye surgeries have been carried out on 66 children from the less privileged homes in Abuja by an Indian NGO – Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF).

Health experts have lamented inability of medical researchers to find a lasting cure in the form of a reliable vaccine for malaria and HIV even though potential benefits of efficacious malaria or HIV vaccines are not in doubt.

With the ratio of one nurse to 30 patients in most hospitals across the nation, management of National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu (NOHE) says the establishment of a Post Basic School of Nursing in the hospital is aimed at improving the poor ratio of nurses to patient in the country, particularly in the area of orthopaedic, burns/plastic nursing.

By Chiyere Amalu The health Bill before the National Assembly stipulating 2 per cent of the nation’s annual budget will be domiciled into Primary Health Care (PHC) will soon be signed into law.

A Non-governmental Organisation, Kidcare Consults, has embarked on aggressive enlightenment campaign against the debilitating effects of smoking, especially in youths. The campaign is executed partly by convening of workshops where young children are exposed to the dangers of smoking.

By Henry Ayanruoh AS I listened to news from different Nigeria television stations and read national newspapers of Nigerians expressing their concern about the Gbaramatu crisis amidst the mortar burst and whining bullets, it dawned on me that when pressed with the demands of inner truth men do not easily assume the task of opposing […]

ABUJA-AS part of efforts to ensure adequate gas supply to the188MW Aba Independent Power Plant, towards the effective take-off early next year, Geometric Power Limited, the promoter of the project has signed an agreement with Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, SPDC and its JV partners, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Agip Nigeria and Total Nigeria Ltd.