ASHAKA Cement Plc, AshakaCem, has signed an N11 billion contract with a Chinese firm, RUNH Power Corporation Limited, for the construction of a 16-megawatt lignite-fired coal power plant in its factory in Gombe State.

The first female president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mrs. Priscilla Kuye, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a National Disability Rights Commission, NDRC, with innovative deal and commitment that will enable disabled people attain their potentials.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idiris, has warned that Ebola Virus Disease and other highly pathogenic emerging and re-emerging epidemic prone diseases remain threats to Nigeria and other West African countries.

In her arms lay a tiny baby wrapped in an overall. Only those standing close to her could see him. Intermittently, he screamed like a helpless puppy. No one but the parents understood his pain. At eight months, Eme ka Ibe, of Ezinihite, Mbaise, Imo State, cannot sit or crawl. Unlike his peers that may have begun to stand and even take their first steps, Emeka’s skinny body and yellowish hair are indications that all is not well with him. He is suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM.

IBENO—SEA bandits have chased scores of fisher persons out of business at several communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following incessant attacks on them on the high seas, seizure of their outboard engines, theft of money and murder in quite a lot of cases.