FG opens avian influenza lab at LUTH
TREATMENT and prevention of Avian Influenza outbreaks and other viral infections in the South Western part of the country have been further strengthened with last week’s commissioning of the Avian Influenza Control Project (AICP) treatment Centre and Diagnostic Laboratory Unit at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi Araba, Lagos.
We lack capacity to monitor party finances – Jega
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has admitted that the commission lacked the capacity to monitor the funds being spent by candidates and political parties in the run up to next month’s elections, saying this is one area that the commission would strengthen after the elections.
FG tasked on autism research …As Int. confab holds in Ghana
The Federal Government has been enjoined to show commitment towards the plight of Nigerians living with autism by funding epidemiology research on the condition which has been found to be common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and paediatric AIDS combined.
Hospital strikes hike treatment fees in Lagos
PERSONS seeking comprehensive healthcare in private hospitals in Lagos and environs are now paying higher than usual to obtain such services
Technip seeks partnership with NNPC
AN international oil service and engineering company, Technip Group, has indicated interest to work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in its core areas of business.
Another industrial unrest looms at ports nationwide
INDUSTRIAL unrest is again imminent at the nation’s ports two weeks after the seaports were shut down by workers over the refusal of terminal operators to review their wages upward since June 2010 when the subsisting conditions of service elapsed.
