Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, a veterinary doctor turned politician was between 2003 and 2006 commissioner for Health in Ogun State and has been the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health since 2007. She is the rallying force behind the opposition to Governor Gbenga Daniel’s political hegemony in the Gateway State.

A POPULAR saying is that the only constant thing in life is change. In the building industry, change occurs virtually everyday in the design of homes and materials used in their construction. From the primitive system of covering the roof with thatch, we progressed to the use of corrugated roofing sheets popularly called zinc. This was followed with the introduction of asbestos. But its use did not last long before homeowners, particularly the affluent ones, switched over to long span aluminum roofing. Today, what is vogue among the rich is the use of roof tiles.

THE Ijaws of Egbema and Gbaramatu in Warri area of Delta State, weekend, threatened to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court to seek redress over the non-extension of the exercise in the three Warri local government areas of the state.

DETERMINED not to hand over uncompleted housing projects to the incoming administration, the Lagos State Government will not embark upon any new housing schemes. Rather, it will channel its resources to ensure that all ongoing projects are completed before the May 29 handover date.

Bayelsa East Senatorial District is the most powerful district in the oil-rich Niger Delta given that the President of the country, Dr. Goodlduck Jonathan and the Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Silva hail from there. However, a battle is raging over the manner the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for the zone in the 2011 election emerged.

TUESDAY, February 1, our panel gathered to discuss the elections that are due in April. The focus was on the challenges that awaited the elections. They were easy to mention, but the task was to untangle them and project how the 2011 elections can be better handled than previous ones. We faced our own challenges too which resulted in the size and composure of the panel.

A MODEL estate that would redefine the way property development should be done in this era of climate change and efforts to mitigate its adverse impacts, was flagged off last week in Lagos. The high end estate which was aptly named Cameron Green, is the brainchild of Messrs UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc and would be built on a parcel of land measuring 11,000m2 at No 1-3 Cameron Road, in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos.

BY CHIOMA OBINNA AS part of the efforts to scale up public awareness about cancer prevention, the National Cancer Prevention Programme, in collaboration with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has inaugurated a special media advocacy group known as the Coalition of Journalists Against Cancer (CoJaC). The media body […]

Following the emergence of Alhaji Haliru Dauda Jika as the new speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, controversies have continued to trail the impeachment of the former Speaker Alhaji Ahmed Abubakar Faggo.

TUESDAY, February 1, our panel gathered to discuss the elections that are due in April. The focus was on the challenges that awaited the elections. They were easy to mention, but the task was to untangle them and project how the 2011 elections can be better handled than previous ones. We faced our own challenges too which resulted in the size and composure of the panel. The National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, had set the previous day as the last day for the submission of names of candidates for the elections. The bedlam in Abuja kept some of our panellists there. Back in Lagos , the burial rites of Pa Anthony Enahoro was going on at the same our panellists were meeting. Again, some of our panellists were involved in the event. From the challenges that the voters’ registration exercise introduce to security, internal democracy in the parties, the capabilities of INEC, to the role of voters, our panellists took a holistic views of the issues that must be confronted now if the 2011 elections are to fulfill the promises they hold.
Preparations for the elections are unique with the unprecedented financial and legislative support INEC has enjoyed. Yet anxieties, fears, doubts, and hints of hope ran through the discussions, but the conclusions are that there is time to tackle them and it is in everyone’s interest to do so…

For little Chioma Chiowunde, a Primary 4 pupil of Excellencia International School in the FCT, Abuja, Friday, February 4, 2011 would be unforgettable. On that day, 10-year-old Chioma, along with several other girls aged 9-15 from within the FCT and environs were vaccinated with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine free-of-charge. The significance of the landmark event was not lost on Chioma.

AUTHORITIES of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos have urged Federal government for increased budgetary allocation even as the Federal government has restated commitment towards improving facilities in Federal Teaching and Specialist hospitals across the country.

PRIVATE developers who have been going through the needle’s eye to get their building plans and other documentation approved by the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning & Urban Development, have appealed to the State Government to simplify the process to make it less stressful. The developers noted that despite recent measures adopted by the Ministry to make approvals faster, the process is still too sluggish because some of the demands are uncalled for.

Pipeline explosion has claimed many lives and damaged property which monetary value cannot be quantified. For instance, the Abule-Egba tragedy of year 2006 and that of Ijegun in year 2008 left many families reeling in endless throes of pains and agonies.

When Ahmed Mohammed was born into the family of Mr. & Mrs. Sekinat Mohammed, their joy knew no bound as their hope of getting their own offspring was finally fulfilled,after 15 years of marriage. Joseph was the apple of his parent’s eyes.