Free medical treatment for Ogijo residents
To keep alive, the vision of late Dr. Marius Unchenna Ashibuogwu who died at the age of 28 shortly after his graduation from medical school, MUA foundation an organisation set up in his remembrance has provide free medical treatment for the residence of Ogijo in Ogun State.
PDP is the only political party with no owner, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the “only truly democratic party where everyone is the same and with equal stake’’.
Makinde to donate salaries to teachers’ pension if elected
Mr Seyi Makinde, the governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), in Oyo State, said his salaries would be paid into teachers’ pension if elected.
LP chair, BoT chairman disagree over Jonathan, polls shift
Akure—NATIONAL Chairman of the Labour Party, Abdulkadir Abdualsalam weekend disowned the party’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Dan Iwuanyanwu’s statement on the party’s endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan and postponement of the general elections.
February Polls: We won’t deploy our personnel to North-East zone — EU
The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission in Nigeria has said that it will not deploy its personnel to the north-east zone during the February general elections due to the security challenges in the affected states.
Education and National Development: The Jonathan Example
Many years ago, the philosopher, Aristotle, observed that the difference between the educated and the uneducated is like that between the living and the dead. To Aristophanes, it is the dissimilarity between broken and unbroken horses. As President of the US, Lyndon Johnson declared: ”At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems; the answer for all the problems of the world — come to a single word. That word is education.”
Terrorism and the collective will
If the Boko Haram is not tackled by the collective will of the people, nothing any government can do, the government can only act to the extent the people give it liberty to perform, even if you bring in the best generals in the world to govern.
‘Mad man’ disrupts church service
IT was pandemonium when a ‘mad man’ dressed in swaddled in multi-coloured fabrics saun-tered in the worship centre of Glory Chapel of the Redeem-ed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Agbelekale, Abule Egba, Lagos, last Sunday sending choristers, members of the church scampering in every direction seeking safe haven.
Ex-militant bathes former lover with acid
According to Juliet’s father, “when I met him at Ekpan Police Station, I said to him, ‘Igwe is this you?’ he replied, ‘Daddy, I beg.’
“I said, ‘you are begging to go free after deliberately maiming my daughter?’”
Ogun confirms outbreak of bird flu in Ota, Sagamu, others
The Ogun State government yesterday confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza otherwise known as H5N1 and also known as bird flu.
APC doubts Jonathan’s pledge on handover date
LAGOS — THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed doubt over President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise that the May 29, 2015 handover date is still sacrosanct, noting that the dates for the presidential and governorship polls should also remain sacred.
