Adamawa

The Adamawa Government said it would promote health

tourism by inaugurating Adamawa-German Diagnosis Centre at Yola in 2013.

Governor Murtala Nyako made this known in Yola while receiving a traditional ruler, the Gang Wari of Ganye, Alhaji Umaru Sanda, who paid him homage.

Nyako said that the development would not only improve health service delivery in the state, but also generate revenue and reduce high cost of foreign health tourism.

“Latest high medical facilities including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and laboratory diagnostics facilities are provided at the centre and will start operation very soon,” Nyako said.

Bauchi

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has described the

death of the Emir of Dukku, Alhaji Haruna Rashid as a great loss not only to Dukku, Gombe State, but to the northern Nigeria as a whole.

He said that the late Emir had contributed immensely to the peace and unity of the region and the country as a whole while he was alive.

In a statement, Yuguda said that the fatherly advise of the octogenarian monarch would be missed by all.

“At times like this when the country is going through political transformation, advise from elder statesman like the late Emir was needed in order to shape the political future of the country.’’

Ekiti

One Emmanuel Ene last Thursday appeared before an Ado-

Ekiti Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing jewellery and money belonging to one Ojo Oke at Anisulowo Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, in Ekiti State.

Police prosecutor, Caleb Leranmo told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 30.

“The accused stole jewellery worth N1 million, 25 pounds sterling and 400 dollars, property of Ojo Oke, in the hotel.

Counsel to the accused, Mr Emmanuel Adedeji, prayed the court to grant his client bail, saying that he would not jump bail.

FCT

The Police in Abuja last Thursday arraigned a commercial

bus preacher, Chukwuemeka Okere, 36, before a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court for alleged cheating and being in possession of stolen items.

Police prosecutor, Eze Okechuckwu told the court that on December 10, Okere, who resides in Nyanya Gwandara area of Abuja, lured Zamani Zuneya of Garki II, Abuja, to a hill in Kubwa under the pretence of preaching to her.

“While praying for Zuneya on the hill, he stole her bag containing two cell phones and N15,000.

“During police investigation, one of the cell phones was recovered from the accused,” he told the court.

Gombe

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Gombe

recently said that four persons died in an accident during Christmas celebrations in the state.

The Gombe State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Kuteb Galadima, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen.

Galadima, who attributed the accident to over-speeding, stated that it occurred on Christmas Day at Lafiyawo Village in the Akko Local Government Area of the state.

Galadima explained that the accident involved a Peugeot 406 car with the registration number: RBC 861 AA, which hit a tree a few kilometres outside the state capital.

Kaduna

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kaduna

State, recently pledged to support Governor Mukhtar Yero in the restoration of peace and unity in the state.

A delegation of the party, comprising the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Sen. Sani Saleh, its state Chairman, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro and other members gave the pledge while on condolence visit to the governor in Kaduna.

Saleh said the visit was to commiserate with the family and people in the state over the “sudden and shocking” demise of the late governor.

Kogi

The Legal Aid Council said that it provided free

legal representation to 5,063 persons in Kogi between 1993 and 2012.

A Senior Legal Officer in the council, Mrs Flora Imo, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen last Thursday in Lokoja.

She said that the free legal representation was in criminal and civil cases in High Courts and Magistrates’ Courts spread across the state.

The officer said that the council had also offered free legal advise to people and facilitated granting of bail to a number of suspects.

Kwara

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin,

Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, recently said the institution would integrate sign-language into its academic system.

Ambali said this when staff and students of the Centre for Supportive Services for the Deaf (CSSD) visited him as part of activities to mark the International Day for the Disabled.

The vice-chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services, Prof. Yisa Fakunle, said the university was doing what it could to support the centre.

Ambali, who gave an assurance that the university would ensure effective functioning of the centre’s equipment, said the introduction of sign-language was to foster effective lecture delivery.

Lagos

An economist, Dr Henry Boyo, recently advised

the Federal Government to pursue people-oriented policies in 2013 to reduce cost of living of Nigerians.

Boyo, the Chief Executive of Technol Systems Ltd., told newsmen in Lagos that many of the economic policies of government in 2012 were “not too people friendly“.

“The monetary profile of any country depends on its monetary policy model.

“In 2012, inflation ate up substantial part of people’s earnings in Nigeria, “ he said.

Niger

Governor  Babangida Aliyu of Niger State said the secu

rity threat by the Boko Haram group in the northern part of the country had stalled development in the region.

Aliyu made the remark during an interactive session with journalists at his residence in Minna.

He said that insecurity caused by the sect in the North had made it difficult for investors to invest in the region for fear of losing their investments.

“I am not satisfied with the slow pace of development in the northern region, but under my leadership as chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, we have given the region good leadership.

Osun

The Osun Commissioner for Health, Mrs Temitope Ilori,

says the state government has invited a team of ophthalmologists from Saudi-Arabia to carry out free eye surgery in the state.

Ilori, who announced this last Thursday at the treatment centre at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo, said more than 2,000 people had been registered for the exercise.

She explained that the team would comprise of 20 experts from Saudi-Arabia and indigenous medical doctors on the ground.

The commissioner urged residents to register their names and ensure they were screened so as to ascertain their day of appointment and the condition of their visual problems.

Oyo

The Oyo State Government has collaborated with the Uni

versity of Ibadan on joint inspection of all public schools in the state.

The inspection is to ensure quality control, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Adetokunbo Fayokun, has said.

Fayokun, in a statement issued in Ibadan said that the state had begun to reap the dividends of the education summit organised earlier in the year.

She said that some of the recommendations made by the summit had been implemented, adding that there was improvement in the education sector in the state.

Plateau

Senator. Gyang Pwajok (PDP- Plateau North), has filed an

appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the December 20, nullification of his election by an Abuja Federal High Court.

The Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola, while delivering judgment in a matter filed by the Congress for Progress Change (CPC) against INEC and PDP, had nullified the October  6 by-elections and asked Pwajok to “stop parading’’ himself as senator.

The CPC had approached the court to determine whether the first respondent, INEC, had the power to reject the names of its candidate for the by-election.