Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Bayelsa State Government has declared a total sum of N29.5bn as balance in its coffers after statutory deductions and capital payments as at the end of May. Addressing the media on the income and expenditure profile of the state for the months of April and May 2013, at its monthly Transparency Briefing in Yenagoa, the [...]
As the National Executive, Committee of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) ends its meeting in Yenagoa capital of Bayelsa State, the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has told Nigerians not to give up hope on the corporate existence of the country despite the present challenges. He said Nigeria will emerge from the present political crises [...]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson said over 11,000 youths from the eight local government areas in the state have denounced cultism, even though there seem to be raging war among different gangs in the state. Speaking during a parley with youth representatives at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Yenagoa, the Governor described the [...]
The Edo Government on Thursday announced the offer of automatic employment to four outgoing NYSC members of the 2012 Batch “B” for outstanding performance during the service year. Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who made the announcement during the passing out of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, said the gesture was to let others know that [...]
The reverently concluded maternal and newborn week has recorded a tremendous improvement resulting in over 800,000 children and mothers receiving immunization as well as other vaccines, across the 18 local government areas of the state. The exercise was flagged off at the headquarters of Abi local government area of the state, by the State Deputy [...]
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday commended the Federal Government for checkmating the activities of terrorists and terrorist organisations in Nigeria. NBA National President, Mr Okey Wali (SAN),said that the association had recommended tough measures to address the security challenges in the country. Wali, who spoke at the National Executive Council meeting of the [...]
There is need for more public advocacy and alliance building for the prevention of Mother- to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services in the country. This was part of an eight-point communiqué issued at the end of a three-day Zonal Networking Meeting of Media Practitioners on Public Advocacy and Alliance Building for PMTCT services held at [...]
Former Director-General of National Agency For Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, says the establishment of drug mart is one of the most practical ways to check inflow of adulterated and fake drugs into the country. Prof. Akunyili who stated this one the occasion of the foundation laying ceremony of the Pharmaceutical [...]
Commissioner for Health in Cross River State Prof. Angela Oyo-Ita, said the state was poised to eradicate ghost workers in the health ministry. Oyo -Ita newsmen in Calabar when she presented the ministry’s score card to the public, last Tuesday that a team had been set up to audit the staff records to ensure that only [...]
The Edo Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Wellington Omoragbon, has denied claim by some farmers that politicians had hijacked the farmers registration exercise. Omoragbon told newsmen in Benin last Tuesday that the exercise was done under the supervision of communities of top officials of both the federal and state [...]
