Ambode calls for support to curb activities of quack medical personnel

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday urged doctors to support the government in curbing the activities of quack medical personnel to save lives and revive the healthcare system. Ambode made the plea at the Induction Ceremony for the 11th Set of Medical Doctors and the Unveiling of the Roll of Honour, Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) in Lagos.

Mega Party: Members may settle for ADP as a name

AHEAD of 2018 Presidential election, political intrigues and realignment are beginning to shape the political scene, with moves by politicians to form a mega party. Vanguard gathered weekend that barring any last minute change, politicians and conveners of the new political party drawn from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were already fine tuning the name for the new party.

Pen Letter from Sergey Mavrodi to the Nigerian Authorities

Honorable authorities,

So far MMM has come under a constant attack from you. In this regard, I would like to ask you a few simple questions. Since you are concerned with the interests of millions of your fellow citizens, I hope that  you would be so kind to answer them.

1. What are you trying to get? Do you want the MMM System to collapse and millions of people to suffer? Who will support them then if now MMM is their only means of livelihood? Will you? You even don’t pay wages to people? Or might you not care about them? Might you be using a trendy topic to make a good name for yourselves? What will you say to a mother who will have no money to buy food for her child? Will you let her child die for the sake of the higher interests of the economy?

Ooni identifies secret to greatness

The Chancellor of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu Ile-Ife, Osun State, Chief Ramon Adedoyin has expressed the urgent need for, ”men of wisdom, foresight and of sterling character to save Nigeria from corruption in high places, avarice, abject and dehumanizing poverty, snobbish and tainted estimation of ostentatious life style, in a pauperized society.”

Adedoyin said this in his remark during the closing of the 4th Convocation ceremonies of the university where 293 first degrees students graduated, while 29 had First Class, just as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, spoke on the secret to achieving greatness.

Super Falcons as Federal Government’s albatross

The Aso Villa Chapel was always a beehive of activities during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. I featured activities in the worship centre many times in this column during that administration.

When members were not celebrating Fathers’ Day, they would be marking Mothers’ Day or other Christian festivities with fanfare. Many people would be falling on one another with the sole purpose of attracting the attention of the then President, his wife and many other powerful men in the government.

Stop violence against women, girls – Group

The Coordinator, African Women Lawyers Association Nigeria(AWLAN), Abuja chapter, Mrs Olanike Bakrin, has called for the elimination of violence against women  and girls.

Bakrin gave the advice during a visit to Kpaduma Village  at Asokoro in commemoration of the 2016 UN 16 days campaign against gender-based violence in Abuja on Saturday.

According to her, ending violence against women and girls can become a reality with laws to protect women and punish perpetrators as well as services to rebuild women’s lives and comprehensive prevention.

Human life no longer has value in Nigeria – NBA

Mr. Mahmoud Abubakar

The Nigerian Bar Association says it is worried over the level of human rights violations in the country.

According to the NBA, with insurgency, militancy and extrajudicial killings going on, it appears as if human life no longer has value in Nigeria.

It said the situation was particularly worrisome because the Federal Government, whose primary obligation is to secure the lives and property of Nigerians, appeared to be failing in this responsibility.