Mortein partners Lagos Govt to tackle malaria
As part of activities marking this year’s World Malaria Day, Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of anti-malaria powerbrand, Mortein has joined forces with the Lagos State Government to up scale action for the elimination of malaria in Nigeria through community engagement.
DESOPADEC Bill splits Delta oil communities
WARRI—OIL communities in Delta State are at “war” over a bill by the governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, to the Delta State House of Assembly, to streamline the operations of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC. The bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission, Five Ethnic Nationalities Oil Producing Development Agencies, Five Ethnic Nationalities Producing Areas Investment Corporations and Other Matters Connected Therewith, will go for a second reading today.
ITF Futures: Nigerian players cruise on in Abuja
Nigerian players commenced their campaign in the ongoing Tombim Abuja Open on a bright note, as no fewer than five of them defeated some highly rated foreign opponents to advance to the second round of the competition holding at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
MAY 29 HANDOVER When kidney patients lament Uduaghan’s exit
OGHARA—PATIENTS at various stages of dialysis and kidney transplant in Delta State are finding it difficult to hold back their emotions, as their chief source of hope and sponsor, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, prepares to vacate office next month. The cause of their expression of grief is not far-fetched. Uduaghan, a medical doctor, has been subsidizing whatever amount it was costing them in their battle for survival from kidney failure by 75 percent. They have actually been undergoing dialysis every two or three days or weekly, depending on the gravity of the deadly ailment because of the governor’s support.
Troops storm Sambisa, rescue 300 females as Boko Haram kills 22 in fresh Borno Village attacks
In a daring and precise operation the Nigerian troops have stormed the Sambisa Forest and rescued about 300 women and girls.
Also at least 17 people and five others were killed by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram in Marguba community and other surrounding villages of Beneshiekh, the headquarters of Kaga local government area of Borno state.
A MISSING LINK ROAD: 11 villages abandoned by gov, reps, minister
IKOT EDEM UDO—THE people of Ikot Edem Odo community, comprising 11 villages in Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, routinely cut off from other parts of the state by flood and bad road, during the rainy season, are sad that Governor Liyel Imoke failed to construct a link road to the agricultural area, a month to his exit from power.
