EFCC vs Tompolo: Judge orders security agencies to produce Tompolo
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, directed security agencies in the country to compel the attendance in court of ex-Niger Delta militant, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), charged with N13 billion theft by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
N6.5bn allocation: Lagos begins biometric verification of pensioners
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration in Lagos State has commenced the process that will lead to the disbursement of N6.5 billion 2016 budgetary allocation for the payment of all entitlements as well as arrears of its pensioners.
No crisis at LUTH, says Management
THE management of the Lagos Uni-versity Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos has refuted reports of alleged crisis at the health institution. It said the allegations of delayed December 2015 and January 2016 salaries, non payment of Skipping Allowance, among other issues, was an attempt by some minority groups of the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to give the impression of impending crisis at the institution.
Survivorship, key to cancer management, control — GRALOW
A professor of Medical Oncology, Prof. Julie Gralow, has said that for Nigeria to reduce incidence of cancer, the country must bring survivorship to the center stage. Speaking at the 2nd Omolara Jolaoso Memorial Lecture to commemorate the 2016 World Cancer Day, Gralow, of the Department of Medicine, University of Washington and Director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in the US, said presently the US has over 14 million cancer survivors while the cancer death rate dropped 20 percent since 1990. She added that the five years survivor rate for cancer patients exceeded 90 percent.
How Ondo is tackling high incidence of kidney disease
IN 2014, the Ondo state gov-ernment established a Kidney Care Centre as part of its medical village as part of moves to urgently nip in the bud, the rising incidences of Non Communicable Diseases in the state. During a tour of the Centre, Good Health Weekly gathered from the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Akin Bodewa Akinwunmi, that from a study carried out in Akure South and Ondo West in 2014/2015, High Blood Pressure had a prevalence of about 75 percent while obesity among women was more than 90 percent.
Hyundai Motors, Diamond Bank Vehicle Credit scheme runs till end of Feb
Prospective patrons and fleet managers willing to access soft bank loans to procure Hyundai vehicles at discount price without necessarily undergoing bureaucratic bank charges can take advantage of Hyundai Motors Nigeria and Diamond Bank PLC ‘Dream Deal’ vehicle finance offer the management of both organizations have announced that this scheme will run till end of February 2016.
