PROTESTS and condemnations have continued to trail last weekend’s councillorship primary elections conducted by the Abia State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to produce the party’s candidates for the December 17 Council elections in Abia State.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has decried poor investment in health and dearth of human resources across all levels of healthcare in the country, saying that, “We have nothing compared to a population of 170 million.”

LAGOS—ONE of the legs of ailing veteran Nollywood actor of Village Headmaster fame, Tunde Alabi, who has been battling complications from diabetes at the Lagos General Hospital, was amputated, yesterday.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isacc Adewole has cautioned Commissioners of Health in the North -East to carefully utilise the Save One Million Lives fund provided by the Federal Govenment in order to qualify for the second phase of the programme in 2017. Adewole, who gave the warning last week in Maiduguri, during the operationalisation meeting of programme organised for the Commissioners of Health of Bauchi, Gombe Taraba, Adamawa and Borno states.

Wife of the Benue State Governor, Dr. Eunice Ortom, has enjoined women to undertake regular Breast Self Examination, BSE, to ensure early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer cases.

Chairman of National Population Commission, NPC, Chief Eze Duruiheoma, said yesterday that Nigeria will require N222 billion to conduct accurate, reliable and acceptable population and housing census, proposed for 2018.

Five robbery suspects, including three staff of Peakins Pharmaceutical Company Limited, on Plot C, Mobolaji Johnson Estate, in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, have been arrested for allegedly stealing pharmaceutical products worth N56 million from the company.

Nsukka—Three students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, who allegedly invaded the institution’s Information Communication Technology, ICT, Centre, and carted away properties, have been arrested by a combined team of Nigeria Police Area command, Nsukka, and the security department of the university.

LAGOS—A fisherman, arrested alongside nine others for illegal sand mining at Iyagbe community in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has blamed his action on scarcity of fish in the river.