The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, yesterday condemned the decision by Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State to ban and criminalize street trading and its patronage.

The Federal High Court has dismissed the suit filed by the Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers, NAPPMED, against the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN. Delivering judgment in Akure, Ondo State in suit No: FHC/AK/CS/01/2004 which NAPPMED sought to stop the PCN from regulating activities of its members, Justice F.A. Olubanjo dismissed the suit for lack of merit.

“FAMILY planning is about saving the lives of women and children. Family planning is one of the keys that unlocks the potentials of women and girls. If a girl or woman is able to voluntarily space the births of her children, it frees her and her family from the cycle of poverty.” These remarks by the Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BMGF, Melinda Gates, set the tone for a High Level media briefing recently,

The International Finance Corporation, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, yesterday, granted a $73.5 million loan facility to OIS Indorama Port Limited for the development of a multi-purpose port terminal at Onne in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to boost Nigeria’s fertilizer export.

Irked by the plight of Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Yaba, Lagos, has commenced research into the failure of first line Antiretroviral, ARV, drugs in the country. The Institute has also updated its Human Virology Laboratory to carry out molecular studies and screening for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

AS Nigeria grapples with irregular power supply a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an international audit and consulting firm has highlighted that in order for the country to scale up its generation output, an increase in generation, transmission and distribution capacity needs to be achieved.

ABUJA—The Federal Government has developed a technical working group to develop policies and legislation that will end girl-child marriage in the country, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has said. Senator Alhassan disclosed this in Abuja, just as the Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Chief Eze Duruiheoma, charged state governments yet to domesticate the Child Rights Act to urgently do so for the welfare of Nigerian children.

APC candidate Godwin Obaseki has described the nomination of Mr. Philip Shuaibu as his running mate by the APC state caucus as one of the best things to have happened to the youths of the state.

A contractor, Gbenga Majekodunmi, was on Monday docked at an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a landlady of N400,000 on the pretext of constructing a kitchen for her.

Union Dicon Salt (UDS) on Monday unveiled 100 million dollars expansion programme initiatives aimed at enhancing the company’s profitability level and shareholders’ value.