Nigerian Bulletin

JCI Lagos Royale Holds General Assembly May 20

eternal — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:11:22 +0000

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Lagos Royale (Protem), will hold its monthly General Assembly on Sunday, May 20, at the Radisson Blu Anchorage hotel, Victoria Island by 3pm.

This month’s GA themed ”Branding the Leader in You” will have as the guest speaker, the Senior Manager, Special Project and Promotion Strategy of Globalcom, Mr Joshua Akinbanjo.

Junior Chamber International is a membership-based, not for profit organization of 200,000 young people, age between 18 to 40, and present in 5,000 communities in 100 countries around the world.

Intended Attendees can book their seat for free online via www.royalemay.eventbrite.com.

Lagosians are dying…without doctors – The Guardian

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:54:46 +0000

AS the attendants wrapped sheets around the body, the man looked away.

Since Friday, when he came to look after his brother, an acutely ill patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), the body he watched them wheel away would be the third to be taken to the mortuary from that ward.

As he looked out of the window, there was nothing like the former bustling LASUTH environment. Only a handful of people were moving about.

The strike has forced Lagosians to take their ailing relatives elsewhere, especially to private hospitals in the metropolis, many of which are packed with patients.

Those who stayed at the government hospitals were paying a huge price because the doctors have stayed away.

Media professionals to promote peaceful region – Vanguard

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:49:52 +0000

Media representatives from Turkey and 54 African countries have declared their determination to make concerted efforts to ensure a peaceful region for their people as well as a stable and prosperous world. This was part of their final declaration at the end of a two-day Turkey-Africa Media Forum 2012 held in Ankara from May 9-10 2012.

Participants at the forum initiated by the Directorate General of Press and Information of Turkey (DGPI) with the support of the African Media Initiative (AMI) included representatives from the public and private media organizations as well as scholars.

In the final declaration issued at the end of the forum, the media professionals said:

“As the media representatives of the Afro-Eurasia landmass,

* We commit to leverage the power of media to establish a common future for the countries in the region and promote human development and economic prosperity of our peoples.

Naira falls to two-month low on dollar demand – The Nation

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:47:50 +0000

Naira fell to its lowest level in two months against the U.S dollar on the interbank market yesterday, on strong dollar demand from investors repatriating their dividends abroad, traders said. The naira closed at 158.90 to the dollar on the interbank market, the lowest since the middle of February, compared with the 158.03 naira it closed at on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

“The market was hit by large demand for the dollar with which it could not cope with due to lack of dollar flow, putting pressure on the naira,” one dealer said.

LAGOS DOCTORS/GOVT FACE-OFF: We’ll take case to Fashola’s superiors -NMA – Tribune

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:35:49 +0000

THE 788 medical doctors whose appointments were recently terminated by the Lagos State government have asked Justice Benedict Kanyip of the National Industrial Court, Lagos, to void the identical dismissal letters purportedly issued to them by the government.

The suit was instituted by both the chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr Olumuyiwa Odusote and the General Secretary, Dr Idris Durojaiye, for themselves and on behalf of other members of the Guild.

Joined as defendants in the suit are the Lagos State government; the state Commissioner for Health; Lagos State Health Service Commission and the state University Teaching Hospital Management Board.

PDP accuses labour, civil society groups of bias – Punch

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:34:14 +0000

Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Nigerian Labour Congress and civil society groups of bias in their actions.

The party therefore called on them to be objective on issues of national importance.

The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday, accused Labour and the civil society groups of singling out the PDP for blame while turning a blind eye to the abuses of democratic process and rule of law by the opposition political parties, especially the Action Congress of Nigeria.

The statement read in part, “For reasons whose border is very distant to objectivity, the PDP has been the subject of undeserved victimisation, of negative profiling by the labour and civil society groups who at the same time play the ostrich to the lawlessness and pyre of democracy by the opposition political parties.

FG, ACF Partner to Tackle Boko Haram – Thisday

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:31:26 +0000

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Wednesday night closed ranks with President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle insecurity, especially the issue of Boko Haram which has nearly brought the economy of Northern Nigeria economy to its knees.

Chairman of ACF, Lt General Jeremiah Useni, said the body was ready to work with the Federal Government to address the issue, adding that their forum was not “a small body” to take their word lightly.

He particularly expressed happiness that the government had agreed to dialogue with the group and assured that all would soon be well.

Stockbroker, 2 others accused of stealing N.141m – Vanguard

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:28:10 +0000

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged a 36-year old stockbroker, Faniran Olubanji Samuel and two others before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, for allegedly stealing N141, 000, 000 belonging to APT Securities and Funds Limited during a Shares transaction.

Other defendants in the suit are Charles Odum 33 and Solomon Nathaneal 30. They were said to have sometime in March 2008 conspired to commit felony to wit stealing the sum of N135,000,000 property of APT Securities and Funds Limited, an offence contrary to Section 516 of the Criminal Code Law CAP C17, Lagos State, 2003.

Concern over Nigeria’s ‘loss’ of LNG market – The Nation

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:26:19 +0000

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) used to control ten per cent of the global market share. It has dipped to between seven and eight per cent. There are fears it may dip to five per cent, if its growth plans are not accelerated, writes Assistant Editor (News) OLUKOREDE YISHAU

Former Head of Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan, was in a mixed mood on Tuesday. Shonekan was happy; he was also sad. Happy that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) project, which he helped midwife, last year alone, among others, generated not less than $10 billion; sad that the growth of the company, of recent, is being stalled for unclear reasons.

UNILAG VC’s family, management settle on burial arrangement – Tribune

intoxyka — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:23:38 +0000

THE tension over the circumstance surrounding the death of the vice chancellor of University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, was doused on Wednesday, as the family agreed with the institution’s management to go on with the burial arrangement.

At a news conference jointly addressed by the elder brother of the late vice chancellor, Chief Dehinde Sofoluwe and the university’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Professor Babajide Alo, the duo debunked the allegation that the late professor was poisoned.

They said he actually died of heart attack, according to the medical reports by the various consultants who diagnosed him with Myocardial Infarction at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).