FG to eradicate malaria in 2013
By Eno Brown
The Federal Government is envisaging that by 2013, malaria will no longer be a major public health problem as families will have universal access to prevention and treatment.
This was made known by the Federal Ministry of Health through a document prepared by the National Malaria Control Programme tagged, A Roadmap for malaria control in Nigeria: strategic plan 2009-2013. Read the rest of this entry
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AKSG signs MOU to take-over Ituk Mbang Hospital
The Akwa Ibom State Government is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) for the take-over of the Methodist Hospital, Ituk Mbang, Uruan, from the church within the next two weeks.
The State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, announced this on Thursday when he received the Methodist Bishop of Adadia, Rt. Rev. Etim Ekong, and some officials of the church on a courtesy call on him. Read the rest of this entry
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AKSG Sets Aside N15b for Industrial fund
The Akwa Ibom State Government has set aside a 15 Billion Naira industrial fund in the 2012 Budget to provide soft loans for local entrepreneurs who may wish to set up industries through Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework. Read the rest of this entry
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Democracy in Nigeria
By Joe Etokudor
Nigeria as a nation has witnessed major events and milestones in her journey from colonial days through independence, the military rules and the interludes of civil rules. Nigerian intellectuals who have studied the histories of democracy in developed and stabilized nations at equivalent level and stage of development as that of our country must have come across similar social and political obstacles in their journeys through the development of true democracy. Read the rest of this entry
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Ending the Era of Square Pegs in Round Holes
By Joe Etokudor
It really amazes me that those who impose themselves on the Nigerian people through election rigging have the audacity to condemn, reject, alienate and ostracize a man that has the overwhelming support of his people. We must no delude ourselves; the voice of the people is the voice of God after all. Democracy is Government of the people, by the people and for the people. Read the rest of this entry
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SURE: 74,000 Jobs Set Aside For Vulnerable Groups – Okonjo-Iweala
Twenty percent of the 370,000 jobs that will be created nationwide this year under the public works programme of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Scheme (SURE) will go to vulnerable groups including persons living with disabilities.Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this at an interactive forum Read the rest of this entry
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The challenges ahead for the political class and the masses
By Joe Etokudor
On the verge of the fifth Republic, there were indubitable facts of tensions arising from the registration of more political parties by the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It is possible that two persons, individuals or groups within the same party remain enemies because of difference of origin, ethnicity or religion. Read the rest of this entry
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Ajimobi promises to tackle unemployment in Oyo
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised that his administration would continue to tackle the problem of youth unemployment bedeviling the state.
The governor gave the promise while declaring open a two-week induction programme for the first batch of the 20,000 youths recently employed under the Youth Empowerment Scheme of Oyo State (YES-O) at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iseyin. Read the rest of this entry
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