Hardly does a week pass these days without one sad or near-tragic incident or the other being reported about our airports and aviation industry

The Cross River State government has refuted claims that the 76 oil wells that had been given to neighbouring Akwa Ibom states have been reclaimed by it.

No fewer than 150 Nigerian girls last week benefitted from the Procter and Gamble West Africa’s (P&G) Always care Scholarship awards.

I was afraid he would fail me if I turned him down. I would have no one to report him to because I have no witness to corroborate any story I tell. Besides, we are told that most of the lecturers who engage in this dastardly act operate a cartel of sort. All they need to do is ask a colleague to fail one in order to take the blame or suspicion off their shoulders.

FORMER presidential aide, Professor Julius Ihonbvere, yesterday, raised an alarm over what he described as threat to the nation’s democracy by politicians.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed the new strategy adopted by the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes- which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.

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Security operatives and authorities of the Federal University of Technology Yola in Adamawa State have swung into action to unravel the circumstances behind an acid attack on a female undergraduate of the university. The lady, a 25-year- old 100 level student of Economics, Miss Franca Ogbu, is presently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Center, Yola.

Fidson Healthcare Plc, a visionary healthcare company in Nigeria, has taken initiative of leading the wellness generation in realization of the emerging age of wellness and preventive medicine. This is being achieved through the entrenchment of a wellness policy in the workplace.

To ensure 100 percent awareness on HIV&AIDS in the communities, the Centre For the Right To Health (CRH), in conjunction with the Society for Family Health (SFH) supported by the United Nations AIDS Control Agency (USAID), are imploring community- based approaches to check the spread.

Rising from a 3-day discourse on “Engaging Government for Accountability in Delivery of MDGs 4 & 5, Female media executives and other civil society organisations have called for urgent action from all stakeholders in advocating, educating and informing workable health policies in Nigeria, as well as providing culturally appropriate, evidence-based skilled care as needed.

Stakeholders at the just concluded 5th National HIV & AIDS conference have called for immediate scaling up of HIV prevention strategies, saying it is the only way the fight against the disease could be won.

PUBLIC health issues that are dominating the 63rd World Health Assembly which opened in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday May 17, 2010 featuring over 3,000 delegates from Nigeria and191 other nations of the world include pandemic influenza H1N1, polio, climate change, malaria, monitoring of the achievement of the health-elated Millennium Development Goals amongst others.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young ABUJA — THE Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, called on public servants to ensure that any increase in salaries and emolument was reciprocated with  increased productivity as it inaugurated a new negotiating team comprising government and labour representatives to resolve disparities in the pay structure of the core civil service. Minister of […]

BISHOP of the Asaba Diocese of the Nigeria Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev Jestus Mogekwu has expressed sadness over the delay in handing over missionary schools back to them.

Nigeria’s captain Nwankwo Kanu has assured Nigerians that the Eagles will not go into the World Cup, especially the opening group match against Argentina to pick balls, but to play all the way to an appreciable level Africa would be proud of.