For Jenny Samuel, of 29, Obafemi Ajayi Street, Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos, the birth of her first baby, Desire, on New Year’s day, is a fulfilment of a long-standing dream to be a mother.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in conjunction with Pro-Health International recently moved its free medical mission to Omuma Local Government Council where over 5,000 people, mostly peasant farmers of Owaha Clan in Eberi Central of the LGA; their kith and kin from Etche and the neighboring people of Abia State treated for various ailments.

THRICE his life was at stake while propagating the concept of Invitro Fertilisation (IVF) in Nigeria, but today, he is rest assured Nigerians need not seek IVF treatment abroad.

The people of Erema of Egi Clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have expressed their gratitude to President Musa Yar’Adua for appointing their son, Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha, as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Yenagoa – Reprieve would soon come the way of motorists plying the ailing Tombia-Edepie road connecting the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State as the construction company handling the project, Enerco has returned to sit

GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi has cancelled foreign medical trip for top government officials and other privileged citizens of the state.

THE Senate Committee on Marine Transport and its counterpart at the House of Representatives are currently locked in horns over the controversial Maritime Security Agency (MSA) bill which recently passed its second reading.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, will Friday commis-sion the Arafat Mosque Complex in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Estako-West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) shut down the Soku Gas Plant last month as a safety measure, after a leak was reported on a pipeline that conveys gas from the facility to NLNG plant at Bonny.

ABUJA – The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the ban, by January 1, 2010, of all bulk sales of lubricants to retailers nationwide.