Doctors’ strike: An ill wind for April elections?
WITH just a few days before commencement of the 2011 general elections, and no apparent or immediate or sustainable end to the protracted public doctors’/health workers’ strike in several States of the Federation, there are fears that the present scenario may truncate the upcoming national electoral process.
How I escaped from kidnappers — 60-yr-old woman
Kidnappers are on rampage in Delta State in spite of the law passed by the state House of Assembly making the unwholwsome act punishable by death without an option of fine. Rather than serve as a deterrence, the Act sponsored by Dan Mayuku seem to have encouraged the abductors
IAP wades into TUC, NLC dispute
The Industrial Arbitration Panel, IAP, sitting in Abuja, on the trade dispute between two factions of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, affiliated to Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the one affiliated to the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has ordered the immediate remittances of check-off dues running into hundreds of million naira in favour of the ASSBIFI affiliated to TUC, in accordance with the provision of Section 13 (2) of Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) 2004.
Early detection key to preventing kidney diseases – Experts
Just like the old saying, “A stitch in time saves nine” medical experts who gathered at a community free health screening organised by the MTN Foundation last week in Lagos have said that early diagnosis remains the key to preventing, managing and curing of kidney diseases.
Black-out aborts judgment on Uduaghan’s tenure completion suit
A Federal High Court, Asaba, was yesterday forced to postpone judgment on the tenure completion suit by the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan,to March 15 (today) following a black out in the court.
Ex-Ekiti governor Oni challenges ouster in Appeal court
After about five months out of office, ousted governor of Ekiti State, Egnr. Segun Oni, has appealed against his outer by a Governorship Election Appeal Tribunal sitting in a Ilorin Kwara state, on October 15, 2010.
Child mortality: Expert rates Nigeria’s nutritional value low
A UNICEF nutrition specialist , Dr. Davis Omotola has rated the average nutritional status of Nigerian children as low. Omotola who made the assessment at a Protein Seminar entitled: “High Quality Proteins: The Missing Link in Development” organised by Alltech
Monarch appeals to FG to rehabilitate failed roads
The Eze Aro of Arochukwu, in Abia State, Mazi Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene and rehabilitate some major federal highways which are in deplorable conditions in Abia State.
…Woos investors in wastewater management
The Lagos State Government will tomorrow hold its first wastewater investment forum aimed at elevating the essential sector in structure, stature and sophistication. The one-day forum has “Wastewater Sectoral Policy, Unveiling the Investment Potentials’ as its theme
N100 billion owed contractors may cripple sub-sector- FOCI
The inability of the Government and multi-national companies to settle a debt of over N100 billion owed contractors may cripple activities in the nation’s construction sector, the Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI) has warned.
Amaechi tackles opposition in Rivers
Following series of attacks on his administration by opposition candidates for the office of governor in Rivers State, the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has been defending the policies of his administration and what he has been doing for the state.
