African health ministers meet to tackle challenges
By Damilola Samuel Health ministers from 47 African countries have begun discussions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on measures to strengthen healthcare systems and improve the continent’s response to emerging health challenges. The three-day meeting, which opened on Tuesday, is the 76th session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa and brings together health […]
IBB: I won’t drop presidential bid
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, said he is in the 2011 presidential race to make a statement, vowing he would not drop the ambition to return to power.
Gani extolled as Edo immortalises him
HUMAN rights activists including the former secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Frank Kokori, Femi Falana, Festus Keyamo, Ayo Opadokun, stormed Benin, yesterday, with one of the widows of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, to witness the commissioning of a township road and layout named after the deceased legal luminary , by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
Aftermath of Northern Governors’ Meeting: PDP targets Governors’ powers
Following the decision of the Northern Governors who voted, though marginally, last Tuesday for zoning, there is a new thinking in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to whittle down the influence of the state governors on the party’s national convention from whence the party’s presidential candidate will emerge. This is the story of the latest intrigue in the unfolding drama for or against President Goodluck Jonathan’s aspiration.
Akomas, Abia deputy gov, resigns
The political crisis in Abia State deepened yesterday after the deputy governor, Comrade Chris Akomas who is under investigation by a panel for impeachment offences resigned from office.
Woman sets adopted son ablaze
Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a 35-year old woman (name withheld) for allegedly setting her adopted son, Mohammed Mubarak Bala, aged ten, ablaze.
