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.
