THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of luring former governors of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and his counterpart in Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa to the ruling PDP, saying however that APC was relieved that the two former governors did not leave APC with their supporters.

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has said that foreign investors were impressed with Nigeria’s economic growth and overall performance at the just concluded World Economic Forum that held in Davos, Switzerland.

IT was Shehu Usman Dan Fodiyo who once warned that a political society can endure with unbelief, but it will sooner, rather than later, crumble with injustice. Of course, Shehu Fodiyo was a religious and political leader, who led one of the most extensive and remarkable state building projects in pre-colonial Africa. Rooted in a deep religious consciousness, he nevertheless understood that the right religious bona fide alone, cannot be the basis for state survival, where the state itself is built upon an enduring project of injustice.

The Abia Government says it will establish modern grazing reserves as part of efforts to reduce clashes between rural communities and herdsmen in the state.

The national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Maxi Okwu, who two weeks ago bounced back as chairman, courtesy of a Federal High Court, Abuja, judgement, yesterday, appealed to Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State and chairman, Board of Trustees of the party, to quickly resolve the recent leadership crisis in the party.

A Professor at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Philip Adetiloye, has said that recent findings have shown that aerial bombing is the cause of climate change.

OHANEZE Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, yesterday, warned the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to stop threatening the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, or be prepared to face the wrath of Ndigbo.

Workers in University of Nigeria, Nsukka, added a new dimension to the trouble in the crisis-ridden university when they shocked the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, by rejecting his offer of scholarship to indigent students.

Ghana will start their pre-tournament camping for the World Cup in May, a Ghana FA senior executive George Afriyie has said.

The United States Public Affairs Section in partnership with National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Gordon Barrett have charged Corps members, who have been identified as potential leaders, to build a prestigious network of young African leaders at the forefront of change and innovation in their respective disciplines.

THE Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, LIE, has had its fair share of unearned attention from the controversies surrounding repairs of the road commissioned 36 years ago. It has degenerated to a stage that its motorable portions are like seeing oasis in the desert.

ADMITTEDLY, our relationship with the West has been defined by undue duplicity. Close to 54 years of our so-called independence, we are still largely in chains. Nigeria’s annual Balance Sheet is perhaps still prepared in Washington, DC. Even in the area of our much touted oil wealth, when the multi-nationals sneeze, Nigeria catches cold because they hold the key to the industry.

RENOWNED painter and printmaker, Kunle Adeyemi has been working seriously towards the growth of the visual art in Nigeria.

The Director of TRC Colleges (UK) University Foundation Programme, Mr Keith Broomer has guaranteed entry of Nigerian students to its partner universities in UK/USA/CAN and RUSSIA which will run at two top Nigerian boarding schools from January 2014. He said that after due process and consultations, Whiteplains British School in Abuja and other centres that will soon be named as centres in Nigeria.

BAUCHI— Pregnant
women residing in rural areas of Bauchi State have accused nurses and doctors of molesting them during delivery, saying that the situation has increased the rate of mother and child mortality.
Vanguard investigation shows that most of the pregnant women residing in villages like Bayara, Turum, Durum and Kangare are unhappy with treatment they get from the various hospitals leading to complications during delivery.
At the Bayara Specialist Hospital in Bauchi, a pregnant woman and a mother of three, Aishatu Danladi complained of the maltreatment she received from some of the nurses during her first delivery, describing her experience as very traumatic.
According to her, “during my first delivery I had a very nasty experience because of the way some of the nurses treated me.
“When the labour started, I was rushed to the hospital by my husband but when we arrived at the theatre, they abandoned me, telling me that they had other patients to attend to.”
Aishatu said that she resolved never to attend any ante-natal service again, but to have her babies at home like her fellow women in the villages.
For Zuwaira Musa, she agreed with her husband to give birth at home because of the ill-treatment by nurses and doctors during labour.
“I have six children and I gave birth to all of them at home. I resolved to giving birth at home because of the way the nurses treat people like animals
“.I don’t think I deserve to be treated in such a way”.
In her reaction, the chief matron of the ante-natal unit in Bayara Specialist Hospital. Mrs Lious Danladi refuted the allegation that nurses maltreat pregnant women during delivery, saying it is false and does not correspond with the ethics of the medical profession.