IN 2012, as a young medical doctor, Dr. Dayo Olakulehin had a brainwave. His moment of ingenuity came during his housemanship while he was on duty one night at the Olikoye Ransome Kuti Children emergency ward, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos. Olakulehin’s idea was to design and build a portable, battery-powered ventilator specifically to assist unconscious patients breathe.

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Nigeria sits at the bottom of the table when it comes to delivering power. It ranks 187 out of 189 countries in the world, according to a World Bank business report.

Nigeria sits at the bottom of the table when it comes to delivering power. It ranks 187 out of 189 countries in the world, according to a World Bank business report.

Nigeria sits at the bottom of the table when it comes to delivering power. It ranks 187 out of 189 countries in the world, according to a World Bank business report.

Lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, was, yesterday, told how former Managing Director of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, allegedly disbursed the N2.6 billion stolen by him.

Six Fulani herdsmen arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for allegedly kidnapping and terrorizing businessmen, including residents of Okeho, a border town in Oyo State, have been charged to court.

The Ijaw Youth Assembly, DIYA, has raised concern over the militarisation of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State in the wake of the court order by a Federal High Court, Lagos, against former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, coupled with the attack on oil installations by some aggrieved youths.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has warned contractors handling various road projects in the state to re-double efforts to ensure they deliver quality jobs within the stipulated contract period as his administration is in a hurry to complete all ongoing projects for the overall benefit of the people.

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Ebonyi State, Mr. Abia Onyike, yesterday, stressed that the constant blame being heaped on former President Goodluck Jonathan over the state of economy by the Federal Government was a reflection of its unpreparedness to provide quality services to Nigerians.

The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command, Mr. Hosea Karma has ordered the immediate release of eight suspected persons arrested in connection with the razing of a house at Mgbachu village Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area on new year’s day this year.

The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has filed a N500 million criminal suit against the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, over the brutal assault on one Yomi Olomofe, a journalist at Seme border post of the NCS last year.

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has vehemently denied the allegation that its leadership expropriated the N23.5 million donated to critically injured ex-corps members, describing the report as mischievous.

Trade Union Congress, TUC, in Rivers State, has decried the seeming poor response of the Federal and Rivers State governments to contain the spread of Lassa fever that has killed a medical doctor and two others in the state within one month.

THE outbreak of Lassa fever which has been ravaging some parts of the country, has claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the illness in Delta State.