Bauchi

A Consultant Endocrinologist, Dr Sule Bathner, has

advised people with diabetes ailment to feed more on fiber and starchy food.

Speaking in Bauchi at the monthly meeting of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria, Bauchi chapter, Bathner also said that moderate consumption of fat, cholesterol and protein and other classes of food items was advisable.

According to him, a combination of mixing food items that had starch and fiber slows down the digestion process, making it convenient for the system of diabetics to assimilate.

He said that this process assisted greatly in ensuring a controlled sugar level in the person’s system. The physician also advised against the common practice of moving the outer layer of grains before preparation.

Borno

The Borno State Government will prosecute contrac

tors found wanting in the execution of projects, Gov. Kashim Shettima has said.

The governor stated this while laying the foundation stone for the construction of the N823 million Bama Ultra Modern Market in Bama, heaquarters of Bama Local Government Area.

Shettima said the government would also sanction site engineers who failed to ensure that contractors executed standard job.

“Let me warn that government will henceforth apply sanction on any site engineer who allows contractors to execute poor jobs. “Government will also blacklist and prosecute contractors who execute bad jobs.

FCT

The Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) has approved

the commencement of clinical training for students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja. The university disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Gwagwalada, FCT.

It said the approval followed a visit to the institution by the VCN’s Accreditation Committee on December 4, 2012.

The statement signed by Malam Waziri Garba, the institution’s Information Officer, said the approval was contained in a letter written by VCN to the university.

Kano

A group, under the aegis of Concerned Arewa Patri

ots (CAP), has called for the fielding of a credible candidate from the north to contest for the country’s Presidency in 2015.

The North-West Co-ordinator of CAP, Mr Maiyaki Idris, made the call in Kano while briefing newsmen.

‘’CAP hereby appeals to the North to passionately address the crucial choice of a presidential candidate with credible standards devoid of ethnic, political and religious sentiments,’’ he said.

The group appealed to politicians from the north to ensure the selection of a candidate who is “incorruptible, sellable, reliable’’.

Kogi

Farmers in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi have

appealed to the Federal Government to provide seedlings and relief materials to cushion effects of the 2012 flood disaster.

The farmers, in separate interviews in Ibaji, told newsmen that they lost all their crops and granaries to the disaster. The Tide reports that Ibaji Local Government Area was the worst hit area in the state by the 2012 floods.

This had led the Federal Government into evacuating all residents to Idah town in the state.

The area is a border riverine community between Kogi and Anambra, comprising no fewer than 34 villages with farming as the major occupation of inhabitants.

Kwara

Alhaji Nurudeen Mohammed, a former Commissioner

for Finance in Kwara, has urged the nation’s anti-graft commissions to intensify their efforts at tackling corruption to engender development.

Mohammed, who stated this in Ilorin, appealed to the EFCC and ICPC to live up to their mandates of ridding the menace of corruption, which he said had reached an alarming rate.

He pleaded with the judiciary to ensure quick dispensation of justice, especially in matters that related to corruption.

The former commissioner, who is the Tafida of Kaima in Kwara, urged Nigerians, irrespective of religion and social cultural background, to work with security agencies in their bid to ensure a crime-free society.

Lagos

A university lecturer, Dr Oluyombo Onafowokan, on

Sunday in Lagos urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts that would further reduce poverty among Nigerians in 2013.

Onafowokan who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Financial Studies, Redeemer’s University, Mowe in Ogun, told newsmen, government needed to be pro-active.

He said this would help it in achieving an improved standard of living for the populace.

Nasarawa

Mr Raphael Saka, the Chairman, Nasarawa State

House of Assembly’s Committee on Education, in Lafia decried the low level of school enrolment of the girl-child in the North.

Saka told newsmen, there was the need to address the imbalance if Nigeria must attain its set target of Education For All (EFA) by year 2015.

‘’It is only in the North that people are forced to go school, especially the females. It is a hard sell convincing parents that a girl should be educated first before getting married.

Niger

The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has appealed

to religious leaders to use religion to foster unity, peace and harmonious coexistence among Nigerians.

Abubakar made the appeal at the 4th graduation ceremony of 70 students of Madarasat Tahfizil Quran Wa Tarbiyatul-Islamiya School, Bida, and the school’s N20 million appeal fund in Bida.

“The two major religions of the world, Islam and Christianity preach peace as such the leaders of both religions should join hands to foster unity among Nigerians.

He cautioned all those that were aggrieved to always use dialogue to resolve their differences rather than confrontation.

Osun

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Saturday in Ile-

Ife unveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun, as part of activities marking the inauguration of Ori-olokun garden.

The governor performed the unveiling of the huge Ori-Olokun sculpture at the Ori-Olokun Roundabout, formerly Mayfair Roundabout in Ile-Ife.

He described the monument as a precious heritage of the Yoruba race, and urged the people to protect and preserve it.

Mr Taiwo Olaiya, the Executive Secretary, Ife Central Local Government, under whose jurisdiction the garden is situated, also described the monument as the most famous in history.

Oyo

The Anti-Vandal Squad of the Nigeria Security and

Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has arrested four suspected pipeline vandals.

The four suspects, Tijjani Abdulahi, 33; Sarafa Sanusi, 35; Wasiu Ajibola, 35; and Sunday Solomon, 40, were paraded at the Command Headquarters at Iyaganku, Ibadan, by the State Commandant, Mr Clement Adesuyi.

Adesuyi, while parading the suspects, told newsmen that the suspects were arrested late Friday evening at Ajanla farms area in Sanusi Village along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

He said that the alleged culprits had already tapped into an NNPC petroleum pipeline that passed through the area and were only waiting to convey the products when they were apprehended.

Yobe

The Yobe Ministry of Sports will develop a new

scheme of partnership with schools and institutions in the state to promote sporting activities at the grassroots.

Alhaji Yusuf Yahaya, the state Commissioner for Sports, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Damaturu.

He explained that the scheme was intended to develop potential to make good use of sporting facilities at the zonal community sports centres.

The commissioner noted that the zonal community sports centre in Geidam, which was designed to improve sports development at the grassroots, would be completed in 2013.