THE Federal Government yesterday emphasised the need for Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to prioritise projects to be executed to meet up with the funding guidelines by international financial institutions.

FORMER Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called on governments at all levels to do more in the fight against poverty and create more opportunities for Nigerians.

Effective community mobilisation has been identified as an essential tool in achieving drastic drop in the nation’s maternal and child mortality rates.

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has appointed a journalist, Mr. Adewale Adeoye, as his Senior Special Assistant, SSA, on Public Affairs. Adeoye was until recently, the Deputy Editor (Sunday) of The Nation Newspapers.

Enugu State Police Command, yesterday, paraded 249 suspected kidnappers arrested from different parts of the state in the last few months.

President Goodluck Jonathan, has been urged to wade into the crisis currently characterising the nation’s drug distribution system.

THE second World Pneumonia Day activities in Lagos, Abuja and most other major cities in Nigeria on Friday November 12, 2010, was essentially to buttress the message about the need for protection, treatment and prevention of infants and young children from infection with the pneumococcal bacteria which causes pneumonia and other pneumococcal disorders.

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The November 2010 edition of Reproductive Health Magazine which hit the newsstands last week, focuses on various health issues ranging from aging, infertility, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, breast cancer, sickle cell diseases and more.

With just 400 radiographers serving 140 million Nigerians, and an average of 10 radiographers attending to 350 beds in most teaching hospitals across the country against the World Health Organisation’s recommended 20 patients to a radiographer, the incidence of improper and inaccurate diagnosis is bound to be on the increase.

As its own contribution towards the reduction of the spate of deaths from childhood pneumonia in Nigeria, multinational pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK has pledged support for Nigeria’s efforts.

Rot. (Dr.) Eyo Nyong is a General Medical Practitioner and Medical Adviser, Motorparts Industry. In this interview with Chioma Obinna, Nyong who is also Coordinator of the annual health programme of the Catholic Chaplaincy Centre, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) maintaines that free screening for all Nigerian women will check the spread of cervical cancer.

EVEN as an estimated 500 Nigerians benefited from the free health screening organised by the Catholic Chaplaincy Centre of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)/College of Medicine University of Lagos (CMUL)’s 2010 Health Education and Health Service Day in Lagos, Nigerians have been urged to take responsibility for their health.

International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria have raised alarm over the drop in drilling activities in the country, which may affect crude oil reserves addition in the future.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, youth Leader in the Delta South Senatorial District, Mr Andrew Igben, has charged supporters of the party in the district to remain calm and brace up to the challenges posed by the Appeal Court nullification of the April 2007 gubernatorial election in the state