As cases of Noma disease progressively rise to alarming dimensions, Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, is flagging off an awareness campaign against the deadly disease on Monday, April 15 in Lagos, as an initiative of the Paul Jegede Foundation, sponsored by Japaul Oil and Maritime Services.

Hard times await Traditional Medicine Practitioners, TMP, who flaunt the laws of the land as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has threatened severe sanctions, including a jail term for illegal advertisers of herbal medicines.

Oil majors under the aegis of the Oil Producers Trade Section, OPTS, of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, have denied claims that they arbitrary fix costs for their projects and deduct the value of the cost from earnings before profits are shared, under the Production Sharing Contract, without any input from the Federal Government.

In the second generation of its Gran Turismo, Porsche is introducing the world’s first plug-in hybrid to the luxury class – the Panamera S E-Hybrid with 416 hp of system power. Along with this premiere, two luxurious Executive versions are making their debut – the Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo with an extended wheelbase . In addition, an entirely new three-litre V6 engine with biturbo charging is launched with the new Panamera S and 4S.

ACTION Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Osun State, has alleged that Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the state has concluded plans to rig the election of 2014, using organised labour to create chaos before and after the election process, as allegedly done in 2003.