Dr. Uduak Christabel Udom, the immediate past President of the African Council of Optometry, has just been elected the President of the World Council of Optometry (WCO). In this interview, she speaks about the problem of optometry in Nigeria and Africa and what can be done to move the profession forward.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has urged workers and labour unions in the country to shun the use of illegal strikes, especially during an election year to settle trade disputes between them and their employers as such acts affect productivity and employment drive of governments.

The nurses Mrs Fasilat Olayinka Lawal and Miss Sekinat Sanusi, relied on the prescription of their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria which says nurses should either wear nurse cap or shoulder lenght hijab as contained in a circular dated February 11, 2002 (reference number N&MCN/CMF/721/1/3).

Obviously convinced that their present predicament had gone beyond the ability of man to solve, the people of Zaar community in Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro local government areas of Bauchi State recently decided to appeal directly to God for divine intervention. Wanting an end to the multiple crises bedevilling their communities, the people had embarked on a three-day joint session of fasting and prayer.

OSUN State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, his Ogun counterpart Ibikunle Amosun, Sultan of Sokoto, President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland Oba Sikiru Adetona have prayed that God should expose sponsors of Boko Haram.