THE health condition of Ikemba Nnewi and former leader of Republic of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu now on admission at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu remained critical as members of his family intensified efforts to fly him abroad for further medical attention.

NATIONAL Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande who was Tuesday returned unopposed during its party national convention held in Benin City, said that the task of the party was to groom young Nigerians to take over the running of the affairs of the country from 2011.

Telecom giant, Airtel Nigeria has reiterated its committed to providing quality education to poor children, even as it said that education of less privileged children would result in true freedom to earn, choose and live aright.

A rather unusual but heated debate had erupted during a session at the NITMA awards organised by the Nigeria Computer Society NCS in Lagos recently during which leading stakeholders in the sector and the President of the Information Technology Association of Nigeria, ITAN; Dr. Jimson Olufuye had argued vehemently over the proper acronym to call the sector: IT or ICT?

Anything found on a crime scene that has the potential to give a clue to reconstruction is known as evidence. Also know in some quarters as artifact, trace or trail, evidence is anything that can be used to track the cause of crime.

BARELY two weeks of the launch of Great Ogboru’s campaign for change in Delta State, the message of change has continued to gather momentum in and around the State. The crowd that greeted Great Ogboru, popularly known as the peoples general on arrival at the airport to kick starts his campaign for change at Warri was unprecedented.

The Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda was Tuesday official turbaned as the, ‘Mattawalen Bauchi, a traditional title that bestows on him the status of the ‘Chief Legal Officer’ to the Emir just as the former Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Yakubu Lame was turbaned as the ‘Santurakin Bauchi, Chief Informant to the Emir.

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Edo State and an businessman, Mr. Kenneth Imansuagbon kicked off his annual distribution of rice to the people of the three Senatorial districts of Edo State as a way of showing gratitude to God and identifying with the people during the Christmas season.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is presently holding its National Convention at the Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin in Edo State.

No fewer than 75,000 Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, members in Ebonyi state have pulled out from the party to pitch tenth with the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in next year’s general election.

MANAGEMENT of children with cases of foreign body injuries has been stepped up at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, following the donation of Bronchoscopy equipment at the paediatric unit of the health facility. Bronchoscopy is a technique utilised to visualise the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

TOWARDS attaining the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, on health and addressing the poor maternal and infant health indices in the country, Healthline Foundation, a Californian based non-profit healthcare organisation is partnering with Federal government to deliver quality health services and ensure equitable coverage of high impact maternal, newborn and child health interventions to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in seven States of the Federation.

AS malaria still accounts for over 60 percent of outpatient cases in Lagos, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has blamed the high prevalence of malaria on behavioural factors.

Nigerian researchers have been tasked to observe strict compliance of professional ethics with a view to ensuring better research outcomes in the country. Participants at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)/ AMANET Research ethics symposium series tagged:

GOOD news for Nigerian couples faced with the challenge of male-factor infertility that is attributable to the problem of low sperm count and poor sperm motility. Such couples now have access to IMSI – a novel assisted reproduction technique that boosts chances of men with the problem of low sperm count and low sperm motility to father their own biological children.