In the wake of the State of the World’s Mothers 2013 Report ranking Nigeria 2nd among the top 10 countries with the most first-day of life deaths, the Federal government has been urged to urgently finalise passage and approval of the National Health Bill, NHB, to provide more resources to tackle the high incidence of maternal and infant deaths.

BENIN CITY —THE leadership of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to disclose the evidence that Governor Adams Oshiomhole begged to join the party or shut up forever.

There are strong indications that Kenyan football authorities have perfected plans to frustrate the Super Eagles when they go for the second leg of the 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Harambee Stars of Kenya.

The elections into the various boards of national sports federations have been carpeted by former member of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Col. Sam Ahmedu (Rtd) as he raised alarm of a grand plot to stop him and some other critical stakeholders in the federation from participating in the exercise.

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As relatives of those who died in the buildings which collapsed in Lagos last week, mourn the demise of their loved ones, there are fears that more rickety houses in the “Centre of Excellence” would take their turn sooner or later. This is because the Lagos landscape, especially the high density squalid neighbourhoods are littered with “coffins” which people live in as houses.