Evans: We’re not under pressure – Police
The Nigeria Police Force, yesterday, said they were not under pressure in the handling of the case of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans. The Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said this while featuring on a talk show on African Independent Television, AIT.
Borno records 3,000 births in IDPs camps
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, yesterday, said it registered 3,000 births among internally-displaced persons, IDPs, in the past six months.
Don makes case for Made-in-Nigeria goods
A UNIVERSITY don, Professor Ihegazie Okpara, has called on Nigerians to patronize home made products, saying such attitude would help to grow the nation’s economy.
‘Ex-gov Orji was not pelted with sachet water, stones in Ikwuano’
A FORMER Commissioner for Industry, Science and Technology in Abia State, Chief Henry Ikoh, has dismissed reports to the effect that an ex-governor of the state, Sen Theodore Orji, was pelted with sachet water and pebbles at a burial ceremony in Ntalaukwu.
Diarrhoea, pneumonia leading killer diseases among children in Lagos— PSN-PACFaH
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia among children in Lagos State despite the availability of effective drugs to combat the scourge.
NUP crisis deepens as electricity pensioners pull out
Ubani said the allegations were unfounded and that he did not contravene any known laws as alleged
Groups visit hospitals, offset 14 patients’ bills
Mavrodi Mondial Movement, MMM, in conjunction with an NGO, Life Changing Humanitarian Services, recently visited three hospitals in Ojo Local Governmental Area of Lagos State where it distributed provisions, toiletries, blanket and also off-set medical bills of 14 patients in the hospitals.
Pharmacists raise alarm over drug abuse
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has expressed worry over rate of drug abuse in the society and called on relevant stakeholders to rise to the task of ridding the society of the menace.
Capitol Hill Hospital gets ISO Certification
CAPITOL Hill Hospital, Warri, has received the ISO 9001:2015 QMS certification from Interconformity Assessment and Certification for its outstanding contribution to the health sector with a vow to maintain and improve its quality of service.
Lafarge boosts Nigeria’s housing stock with Easy Home Scheme
LAFARGE Africa Plc, a member of LafargeHolcim Group, weekend, revealed that its housing scheme christened Easy Home introduced three years ago,has boosted Nigeria’s housing sector as 30,000 Nigerians have become home owners, just as the scheme has made 445,000 people landlords globally.
Trespass: Edo High Court adjourns ruling to Oct 6
AN Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has adjourned ruling till October 6, 2017, in the case involving the Deputy Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie and others over an alleged trespass on a parcel of land belonging to Ogba Zoo.
