Experts Say Diabetes, Hypertension Excluding Malaria Fever And Other Chronic Diseases Are On Increase in Anambra

 

 A team of Italy based Non Governmental Organization  has called on Nigerian government  to invest more on programmes that will improved hearty living standard of the citizenry.

They identified hypertension, diabetes and other chronic disease as the ban of sickness among indigent people in Anambra State, describing it as a major pointer to a decline in the living standards of the people.

INTRODUCING: ANAMBRA SCORECARD, EVENTFULL FACEBOOK PLATFORM

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I realised democracy benefits on Abacha death row — Obasanjo

 Former President  Olusegun  Obasanjo has pledged to   support the President   Muhammadu Buhari  administration to succeed, saying there is  no  alternative to democracy.
Obasanjo spoke  on Friday at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta when officials of the National Association of Nigerians Students  paid him a visit.

The former president, while narrating   his near death experience under the late Abacha administration, recalled that he and some  retired military officers and civilians were jailed in 1995  for allegedly plotting to overthrow the administration and  released after  Abacha’s death in 1998.

AMAECHI DIDN’T LEAVE N7BN IN RIVERS TREASURY

The controversy concerning Rivers State’s treasury took a different dimension on Saturday when Governor Nyesom Wike disagreed with his predecessor’s insistence that he left N7.5bn cash in the state’s coffers.
Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi had, in a statement, said a total of N7.5bn cash was left behind as the balances for the state’s internally generated revenue account with Skye Bank; the Federal Account Allocation Committee accounts with Zenith Bank and Access Bank; and the state’s Reserve Funds in First Bank.

How 11 killed, 5 injured as Boko Haram attacks Army Chief, Buratai’s convoy

There was massive gunfire fight between troops in the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai and scores of Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to ambush the Army Chief during an operational visit to troop’s location in the epicenter of the counter insurgency battle on Saturday.

The ambush of the Army Chief’s convoy by the terrorists according to a statement issued in Maiduguri and signed by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, occurred at Faljari village between Mafa and Dikwa

Glo Premier League: Results of Match Day 25 fixtures

Following are the results of Match Day 25 fixtures in the 2014/2015 Glo Premier League, played on Sunday:
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RADIO BIAFRA BACK ON AIR

Controversial pirate channel, Radio Biafra, has again resumed transmission, despite the Federal Government’s claim that it had jammed the station’s signals.
The Federal Government had on July 14 announced that it jammed the transmission signals of the radio station, which was operating illegally from an unknown location.
Our correspondent observed that the channel had not been transmitting on the FM 104.7 band, on which its signals was received in Enugu, since July.

ABACHA ALMOST KILLED ME, SAYS OBASANJO

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, stated that there was no alternative to democracy, as he almost lost his life to a dictator under a military rule.
He said this on Friday at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, when officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students and some students union leaders from various institutions paid him a visit.
Obasanjo and some other retired military officers and civilians were jailed in 1995 by the military government of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, after he was found guilty by a military tribunal of allegedly plotting to overthrow Abacha’s administration.
They were released after the dictator’s death in 1998.

SEE Full Script of Obiano's Welcome Address at the South East/Delta States' Security Conference

 A welcome Address by the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano during the Regional Security Conference of the South East and Delta States in the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, on August 22nd, 2015.

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Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the good people of Anambra State, I welcome you to this historic conference. With the greatest sense of humility, I receive you with open hands and an open heart. First, I must congratulate all my brothers, the governors of the South East and Delta who assumed office almost three months ago. I have followed your programmes from your first day in office and I can boldly say that there is hope for our people. I have no doubt whatsoever that you will justify the great confidence our people have placed in you with a masterful performance. My brother, Governor Rochas Okorocha who has been there earlier than all of us, I congratulate you too on your second coming. I have no doubt that you will finish strong! Igbo bu Igbo, ekenem unu!

Obiano Sets Regional Security, Economic Agenda for South East, Delta States

(L-R) Chief Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State and Mr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State during the South East/Delta States' Security Conference at the Governor's Lodge, Amawbia ...Saturday
The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has rallied his fellow governors in the South East and Delta States to a ground-breaking Security Conference that will rid the South East and Delta region of all crimes and criminalities that have stunted economic growth for decades in the region.

Delivering a Welcome Address at the Conference which was attended by the governors of Abia, Enugu and Delta with a representative of the governor of Ebonyi State, Governor Obiano described the conference as “finest hour” and the “turning point” in the march of the people of the region to greatness.