About 16 million girls, aged 15 to 19, and some one million girls, under 15 years, give birth yearly in developing countries with Nigeria inclusive. Complications during child-birth and pregnancy are the second causes of death for 15-19 years old girls worldwide.

In 2006 when he emerged the favourite of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, then incumbent governor of Lagos State, as well as governorship candidate of then Action Congress, not many people gave him a chance, least of all residents of the bustling metropolis of Lagos.

NOT many took him seriously when he plunged himself into the highly competitive presidential election under the All Progressives Congress, APC, which threw up Gen. Muhammadu Bunari at the last count.

IT was the ambition of Senator Liyel Imoke on Assumption of office to make Calabar, capital of Cross River State, one of the five leading destinations for meetings, conferences and conventions in the country. However, few months before his exit from office, his success in that regard would be measured by the fact that Calabar is today only third after Abuja and Lagos for MCCs in the country. That landmark is complemented by the fact that Calabar, the capital of Cross River is about the country’s number one destination for holidays and tourism.

Facts emerged, yesterday, suggesting that Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was grappling with problems which may have compelled it to postpone the February 14, 2015, presidential election, had the National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, not publicly called on the electoral body to consider the option of postponement.