Once upon a June 12
Parliamentarian Toye Farounbi took it up from there by making a strong case for June 12 instead of May 29 to be recognised as the real Democracy Day. “Nobody can take away the importance of June 12 in this country. That is why I praise the efforts of those who make sure it’s remembered every year.
Cervical cancer: NCCPP urges Qiagen to extend Digene HPV test kit to Nigeria
TOWARDS mitigating the rising incidence of cervical cancer in the country, the National Cervical Cancer Prevention Programme (NCCPP) is advocating for incorporation and use of the new Digene HPV test introduced by Qiagen N.V., a Netherlands holding company and leading global provider of sample and assay technologies, into the national cervical cancer screening programme in Nigeria.
Rate of poverty threat to nation’s stability, cleric warns
He posited that if all those who claim to be Christians behaved like true Christians, the nation would have been a better place, and lamented that most of those who say they are Christians are hypocrites, advising them to prepare for death because it is inevitable.
MEND wants JTF probed over alleged extra-judicial killings
Video clips of the alleged extra-judicial killing are on an internet portal, www. youtube.com.
N150m scam: Govs contributed to funding — House Leader
By Tordue Salem ABUJA — The Leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, Tunde Akogun said yesterday that the just-concluded retreat for members held in Kano and Uyo was partly funded by Governors, as he exonerated himself from allegations of misappropriation of funds that were voted for the capacity-building event.
Festive fun as Bridge Clinic marks children’s day
IT was a day of festive fun on Saturday June 6, 2009 at the Murhi Okunlola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos, when the Bridge Clinic, a leading fertility clinic in Lagos, organised a children’s party to herald its success 10th year of successful assisted reproductive interventions in the form of IVF.
Kidnapped lawmaker resumes
The Lagos State House of Assembly member, Mr Hodewu Suru Avoseh, representing Badagry II, who was declared missing and later found, yesterday made his first appearance in the Assembly and declined to make detail comment on the issue based on police directive.
Halliburton: CNPP appeals to US on information
TWO days after Vanguard’s exclusive publication that US authorities were not too enthusiastic in providing assistance in the investigation of the multi- million dollar Halliburton scam by the Mike Okiro panel, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), has warned that failure of the US to provide such information will create the opportunity for looters of the nation’s wealth to escape.
Zenith boosts education in Kano
KANO — THE Kano State government is working toward putting in place an initiative that will ensure that every student in public schools in the state possess textbooks in English and Mathematics.
Catholics not fighting Lagos on charges —Okogie
THE Catholic Church is not on collision course with the Lagos State Government over land use charges, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has averred.
Benue hosts Information Council parley
By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Benue State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mrs. Ntol Adoga Unongo, has disclosed that the 40th edition of National Council on Information and Communication has been slated for Makurdi in the week with N30 million earmarked for that purpose.
