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By Our Reporter Dr. Akitoye Olumide, Consultant Anesthetist from the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital has attributed the leading cause of cardiac arrests to high consumption of fatty foods which deposit cholesterol in the vessels carrying blood to the heart. Olumide disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Enugu during the training of 24 medical doctors from the South-East on basic life support and pediatrics advance life support skills. “Incidences of cardiac arrests leading to several deaths are on the increase in adults because our lifestyles are fast approaching that of the Western countries but with low awareness,” he…
Osmund Agbo For someone whom grace had located at every defining moment in this chequered journey of life, you would expect to see a face ever beaming with smile and a heart brim-full with gratitude. But that was not the case with yours truly, especially in the early part of 2013. And yes, I remember that time clearly in my head since it was the same year my family and I relocated to Houston, the city we love. It was also the year we purchased our first home. I had completed my professional training, gotten married to the love of my…
By Our Reporter The Judaism Fellowship Initiative of Nigeria (JFI) has appealed to the National Assembly to alter the 1999 Constitution as amended to ensure that electoral matters are not held on Saturdays. The President of the group, Chief Arthur-Regis Odidika made the appeal on Wednesday in Enugu during the public hearing on the proposed alterations of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Odidika also said that the conduct of Census should not hold on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays known to be the worship days for major religions in Nigeria. said that the call had become necessary following the exclusion and…
By Our Reporter A political group, Women Political Participation Technical Working Group (WPP-TWG) has advocated for the amendment of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution to include gender as a benchmark for Federal Character. Prof. Joy Ezeilo, a member of the group, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu while presenting their memo during the public hearing on the proposed alterations of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Ezeilo said that the constitution had already created the Federal Character as an Affirmative Action Mechanism that ensured the representation of marginalised groups in the country. The professor of law, therefore, called for the alteration of Section 14…
By Our Reporter A sociopolitical group, Enugu State Citizens Support for Equity and Good Governance says it will mobilise residents of the state for the forthcoming Continuous Voter Registration in the state. The Coordinator, Mr Onyendozi Onwe disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the group to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State Council. Onwe said that the essence of the visit was to seek the collaboration of the union to ensure that residents of the state were given the right information to participate in the democratic process. He said that…
By Our Reporter The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it is not against the ban on open grazing of cattle in Southern part of the country. The South-East Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Siddiki said that the governors of Southern Nigeria may have taken the decision due to the exigencies of the time, adding that no one should vilify them. Recall that governors of states in Southern Nigeria had a forth night ago announced a ban on open grazing of cattle in the area. Siddiki,…
By Gideon Arinze THE cries of children in the children’s ward repeatedly rise and fall at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, in the capital city of Enugu. Nurses garbed in white dresses walk around the ward, catering to the needs of the children. Some of the mothers in the ward hold conversations in groups of two and three. At one end of the room, housing about 15 beds, 10-month-old Chisom Nnamdi fiddles with a book. He just recovered from malaria, which began in March and wants to go home. But he can’t. His…
By Our Reporter Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt..-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a military airplane crash at the Kaduna International Airport. According to an authoritative source, the incident happened on Friday at about 6pm under a heavy rain. Attahiru was said to be in company of seven other passengers, including his aides and top military personnel and non of them survived the crash.
Intelligence intercepted by a Nigerian security agency has revealed how the longest-reigning leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, died in a battle with rival ISWAP in Sambisa forest. Speculations about Mr Shekau’s death were rife since Wednesday evening, but multiple inside sources and intels gathered by a Nigerian security agency apparently confirmed the death. The intel, sighted by DAILY NIGERIAN, revealed conversations between top fighters of the group who witnessed the death of the dreaded terrorist leader. According to the intel transcript sighted by DAILY NIGERIAN, ISWAP top commander Baana Duguri informed ISWAP logistics commander Modu Sulum that they killed…
By Our Reporter A building under construction at the Queen Elizabeth Specialist Hospital also known as Federal Medical Centre, Umuahiain Abia State has collapsed. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Azubuike Onyebuchi, said that the incident happened early hours of Monday. Onyebuchi said that the incident did not record any casualties, adding that he expected the contractor and site supervisor to explain what caused the collapse of the building . He said that the affected section of the new ultra modern building was meant to house the Accident and Emergency Section of the hospital. Meanwhile, a cross section of members of the public has called for a thorough…