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...”
The Chairman, Egor Local Government Area in Edo, Mr Victor Enobakhare, last Thursday, in Benin, urged residents of the area to imbibe the culture of good sanitation. Enobakhare said that his administration was committed to ensuring that the local government was kept clean and healthy for the inhabitants. “Promoting environmental sanitation is geared toward improving [...]
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Delta, says it has apprehended 188 persons for traffic violations and secured conviction against 78 others at its mobile court. The Sector Commander in the state, Mr Ford Oti, who said this on Friday at the beginning of the second phase of the sector’s ”operation shield” in Agbor, explained that 80 were charged to [...]
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has called on Nigerians to support and pray for President Goodluck Jonathan and his transformation agenda. Akpabio made the call at a banquet organised to commemorate the 2013 Democracy Day celebration in Uyo last Thursday. He said that Nigerians needed to work with the president and not to distract [...]
Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital are now counting their losses as a result of heavy rainfall in the past few days that caused heavy flooding of their premises, thereby disrupting social and business activities. Areas mostly affected includes Ekeki, Biogbolo, Okaka, Kpansia, Amarata, Yenuzuepie, Yenuzuengenni, Azikoro road and parts of Opolo among others. [...]
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Mrs. Angela Oyo-Ita, has promised full accreditation for all the schools of Nursing and Midwifery across the State before the next academic session in November. Prof. Oyo-Ita who stated this during the Convocation ceremony of the School of Nursing, Calabar charged the graduating students as professionals in [...]
No fewer than 16 undergraduate students last Monday benefited from the one N1 million Halliburton Energy Service’s scholarship grant in Akwa Ibom State. The Manager, Administration and Travel Management of the firm, Rev. Uche Samue, who presented the cheques to the students, said the scholarship was to lessen their financial burden in school. He added that it would [...]
The Bayelsa State Post-Floods Management Committee (PFMC) and the Flood Research Group, Federal University, Otuoke, have agreed to collaborate in mitigating the anticipated floods in the state. The two organisations had resolved to collaborate to proffer solutions to the impending floods in the state after a meeting held at the office of Bayelsa Post Flood [...]
The Edo State Government is to key into the Land and Geographical Information Systems to check double allocation of land in the state. The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Mr Donald Boih, said in Benin last Tuesday that the process was already on. Boih said that apart from checking double allocation of land, it [...]
The Ebonyi Government last Tuesday said the state’s Community Health Insurance Scheme would be used to boost maternal and child care programmes in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Sunday Nwangele, said in Abakaliki that the scheme would be used to drive efficient infant and maternal healthcare services. He said that the programme would [...]
The Police Command in Delta State last Monday arrested three females suspects in connection with the abduction of the wife of a staff of the Delta State University in Abraka. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, represented by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Lucky Uyabeme, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at [...]
