Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has nominated Mr. Ayodele Hamzat Subair for confirmation by the State House of Assembly as the Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).

Ado-Ekiti—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday, signed the anti-grazing bill into law warning that any herdsman caught with arms or dangerous weapons in the state would be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law.

ABUJA—Galaxy Backbone, the Information and Communications Technology shared services provider of the Federal Government, has reached a deal with Ericsson Nigeria to design and deploy ICT-based solutions and services to fight terrorism and other security threats in the country.

In its bid to constructively engage children and young adults during the holiday, the Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative, YEDI, has sensitized over 4,000 students about prevention of endemic diseases such as malaria and HIV.

The recent outcry over the cost of healthcare which has become less affordable for most Nigerians played out during a free qualitative consultation, diagnosis and treatment programme at the Alimosho Local Council Development Area of Lagos when hundreds of residents trooped out in their numbers to participate in the programme.

Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited and its Co-Venturers in the Agbami field project has screened a total of 14,352 presumptive tuberculosis cases in Nigeria out of which 2,126 cases were detected.

With a woman dying every minute due to complications of pregnancy and child birth, stakeholders in maternal and child health, have identified poor access to quality and affordable healthcare as well as lack of emergency obstetric care as factors working against maternal and child healthcare in the country.

WARRI—THE Warri Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group, WIPG, in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, alleged that some Itsekiri war lords were planning to attack Ijaw communities in Warri and environs.

CALABAR- IT has become a yearly ritual in Cross River State that during the rainy season, getting to Calabar the state capital or any part of the state by road is usually a herculean task because of the unspeakable condition of the roads.

ASABA — THE Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara chapter, Delta State, has called on the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to save the health institution from collapsing.