Dr Wale Egbewunmi, the Coordinator, South West Zonal Centre, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Ibadan has decried the low patronage of the facility by tertiary hospitals in the zone.

Not even the most starry-eyed protester of the thousands gathered at Egypt’s Tahir Square last February could have imagined what finally played out in an Egyptian court room when Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were put on trial last week.

TWO students of the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka in Delta State have been reported dead in a blood-spattered clash between the Mafite and Black Axe secret cults in the university town.

Frontline actor, Justus Esiri, has called for insurance policy for actors in Nigeria, saying acting is becoming hazardous.

The President of the NUJ, Malam Mohammad Garba, has said that the union has concluded negotiation with the Federal Government on the planned Media Salary Structure.

Men of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kogi have started monitoring preaching in mosques and churches, as part of measures to prevent religious crisis in the state.

The discovery of a bomb led to a stampede in an area of the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, but authorities were able to defuse it before it exploded, police said Wednesday.

Prime Minister David Cameron said a “fightback” was underway Wednesday after four nights of violent riots as he authorised police to use water cannon for the first time in mainland Britain.

PRESIDENT Bonni Yayi of the Benin Republic yesterday called on African leaders to put more efforts towards African unity by removing all the “artificial boundaries” which he said had fragmented the African continent.

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has been urged to dialogue with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi over the Islamic banking that is heating the polity.