Fayemi warns deposed LG bosses
EKITI State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has warned that the state government would take decisive legal steps if the deposed council chairmen in the state persist in taking laws into their hands by hindering workers from performing their lawful duties.
Stop the mad rush for overseas treatment – AGHAJI
Most Nigerians who seek medical treatment abroad really have no business doing so because many of the ailments being taken abroad can be successfully treated in Nigeria. This is the position of the Nigerian Cardiac Society which conducted a survey in 2009 that revealed that the country spends more money on foreign medical trips than on any other sector of the economy.
Fani-Kayode’s re-trial suffers setback
The planned re-ar-raignment of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, suffered a setback.
Scientists create ‘malaria-proof’ mosquitoes
BY tinkering with genetic codes of the malaria-causing Anopheles mosquito, scientists at the University of Arizona have reportedly created “malaria-proof” mosquitos by engineering a genetic “on” switch that permanently activates a malaria-destroying response in the insects.
Lagos residents tasked on law on domestic violence
Following the sharp rise in the incidences of rape and other forms of abuse against women in the society, Lagos residents have been urged to exploit the advantage of the State’s law on “Protection Against Domestic Violence” with a view to enjoying the remedies and benefits it can offer.
Banks are frustrating effort of shipowners
AN operator in the local shipping sector Oladipo Ogunwemimo spoke to Vanguard’s Godwin Oritse and registered their plight in trying to keep their heads above water in local shipping industry and inhibitions in trying to access the Cabotage Vessel Financing Funds from the four Primary Lending Institutions.
