Security: Delta bans entry of herdsmen
Asaba—DELTA State Government says it has banned new entry of cattle rearers into the state as part of measures to monitor security situations in the state in order to ensure that the state was safe for Deltans and investors.
Desert encroachment: FG earmarks N10b for green wall programme
The Federal Government says it has set aside N10 billion to halt desert encroachment in the Northern part of the country.
Seplat JV commences 2013 CSR in host communities
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited, a major indigenous player in the petroleum exploration and production business in Nigeria and its Joint Venture partner, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) a subsidiary of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC have commenced its 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, initiatives in host communities.
Delta NBA flays assassination attempt on pioneer Chair
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ughelli branch, Delta State, has condemned what it described as the deliberate shooting and attempted assassination of its pioneer chairman, Chief Peter Wanogho, by soldiers deployed in Orogun, on April 17, during the community’s annual festival.
In Africa, a third of malaria drugs sold are substandard – NIMR
Expert in malaria control has declared that estimated one third of anti malaria drugs sold in Nigeria and Africa at large are fake or substandard.
Insecurity: NMA directs UMTH doctors to down tools
Following what it described as “unwarranted brutal assault” of health workers at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has directed medical doctors in the hospital to immediately withdraw services until security and safety of all health workers can be guaranteed.
