A grant of N443 million $2.8 million has been received by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from the government of Japan to tackle prevention of infectious diseases among Nigerian children.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was last Sunday celebrated its victory in the area council elections of last weekend in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. But it was not an easy victory. It was also not a tensed election as the election came and went leaving most of the electorate indifferent.

Kwara State Police Command yesterday confirmed the death of two persons (not police officers), adding that no fewer than 15 suspects have been arrested in connection with the breakdown of law and order in Ganmo community, Ifelodun local government area of the state.

Port Harcourt—The Senate has waded into the Eket-Ibeno road contract in Akwa Ibom State that was awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, since November 2009.

Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, yesterday, said his administration had not borrowed a kobo since its assumed office, despite the reported debt profile of the state by the Debt Management Office.

The Federal Government has empowered the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader with the sum onebillion Dollars, $1 billion, which has been approved in form of bond, to enable it purchase electricity from the generating companies.

As part of efforts to widen Nigerians’ access to safe and efficacious ant—retroviral medicines, ARVs, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, recently facilitated donation of free ARV drugs to the SEV-VA Foundation of the Benue State First Lady, Architect Dooshima Yemisi Suswam. The drugs donated by the ACTLAP Children Foundation of Canada by to support the Foundation to ameliorate the plight of people living with HIV in the State.

AT least four persons reportedly sustained injuries following a clash between supporters of the ruling Labour Party in Ondo State and the opposition, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at the venue of the Election Petition Tribunal yesterday.

As Nigerians expect the Flying Eagles to do well at the African Youth Championship in Algeria, former international Josehp Dosu in a chat with Goal.com predicted that the John Obuh-led boys have what it takes to defend the trophy they won two years ago.

TOWARDS saving Nigerian women from the pain and trauma of endometriosis – an incurable female health disorder that occurs when the endometrium (cells lining the uterus) grow in other areas of the body, Nordica Fertility Centre, with offices in Lagos, Asaba and Abuja, in conjunction with the Endometriosis Support Group, have joined other organisations in the world to support affected women as well as create more awareness and enlightenment about the disorder.