WE had all looked forward to a great golden jubilee celebration. We had put the issues that rankle us aside for awhile. Nigerians were in the streets in the national colours celebrating in the belief that there was something to mark in 50 years of Nigeria.

THE immediate past Edo State representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Mathew Iduoriyenkenwen, has warned youths from the Niger Delta against allowing themselves to be used by politicians outside the region to destabilize the nation due to the Presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan.

It came a little as a surprise, if for nothing but its loud echo of life under an odious dispensation, one governed by the ethic of unaccountable power- but it was all the same a little surprising to see media photographs of Igbo leaders locked out of the venue of a summit planned to hold at the Concorde Hotel in Owerri.

STATE Security Service, SSS, said yesterday that nine suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the October 1 twin bomb blasts that almost marred Nigeria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, which claimed 16 lives and several others were injured.

WORKERS of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Monday, insisted that over 50 of them were yet to be fully paid their monetisation benefits and threatened to embark on an indefinite industrial action.

United Nations, The UN Security Council Monday condemned last Friday’s bombings in Abuja and urged all member-states to “cooperate actively” with Nigeria to bring the perpetrators to justice.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Monday passed a vote of no confidence on the 6-3-3-4 system of education introduced in 1989, saying that it has failed to provide the solutions to the Nigerian education system.

AS the nation clocked50 last week, the promise of access to affordable comprehensive healthcare services became more realisable courtesy of a partnership between Union Diagnostics & Clinical Services Plc, Lagos and Global Hospital, India.

After 50 years of Independence, Nigeria has only one physiotherapist attending to 30 patients in most hospitals across the country, a situation experts in the study and practice of Physiotherapy say it is a far cry from the World Health Organisation’s recommendation.

Currently, the problem of misdiagnosis has become a public health concern in Nigeria. This has not only caused a lot of medical errors but had led to the deaths of so many Nigerians. Good Health Weekly however spoke to the new Registrar/Chief Executive of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Prof. Anthony Emeribe, a Professor of Haematology in the College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar and a Medical Laboratory Scientist with specialisation in haematology.

CONCERN has been raised about the low level of expertise and quality of ultrasound scanning in Nigeria, hence the need for government to put in place and enforce regulation that would standardise the practice in the country. The urgent need for development of Nigeria’s biotechnology resources has also been stressed.

Following the death of over 17.1 million people globally from heart related diseases last year, a workplace environment that is smoke free coupled with exercise and stress free moments have been identified as major factors for improved health.

DELTA Izon Renaissance for Change, DIRC, a group based in Bomadi, Delta State, weekend, called on the three lawmakers, representing Bomadi and Patani constitutencies in the state House of Asssembly to give account of their stewardship for the 12 years they have been in office.

IJAW of Egbema extraction in Benin River axis of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have cried out over alleged marginalization of their people in political appointments by the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan administration

SPEAKING against the backdrop of the recent bomb explosions, which resulted in loss of several lives in Abuja, on a day the nation was celebrating its 50th independence anniversary, the Nigerian Baptist church has called on Nigerians to seek the path of peace and love for one another.