Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from December 2009, page 5

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Tension in Edo as Thugs Attack LG Chief Whip.
December 23, 2009... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem POLITICAL tension in Edo State heightened last Monday as suspected political thugs attacked the Chief Whip of Etsako Central legislative arm, Mr Peter Agabi, and abandoned him in the pool of his blood. The Appeal...

Urhobo Group Opposes Calls for Yar'Adua's Resignation.
December 23, 2009... Byline: Sam Eyoboka The Urhobo renaissance agenda, URA, a socio cultural non-profit, non-political pressure group, has picked holes in the calls by some individuals and groups in the country for the resignation of President Umaru Yar'Adua...

Anambra - Guber Candidate Sues INEC.
December 23, 2009... Byline: Enyim Enyim The governorship candidate of the African Liberation Party, ALP, Mr Imoyeto Ikeotuonye, who was allegedly wrongly substituted with one Mr Mike Nwafor, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before...

Govt Threatens Militants Over Fresh Attacks.
December 23, 2009... Byline: Kingsley Omonobi AGAINST the backdrop of the latest attacks by unrepentant militants who claimed to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, last weekend, the Defence Minister and Chairman of the...

Glo Stands Tall at Port Harcourt Fair.
December 22, 2009... Second National telecommunications operator, Globacom said its presence at the Port Harcourt International Trade Fair has made the event a beehive of activities. According to the company, visitors have continued to stream into the Glo...

Lagos Empowers 1200 Youths With Computer Skills.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Elebeke THE joy of 1200 youths knew no bounds penultimate week, as the Lagos state government, under its ministry of science and technology graduated 1200 unemployed youths from across the state, on various computer skills...

SPDC UPS Prize Money for NNPC/Shell Cup.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Patrick Omorodion The All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Championship tagged NNPC/Shell Cup which many thought has been rested will still hold after all with state preliminaries already on nationwide. The Head, PR, Brand and...

Cleric Tasks Multimesh on Love FM.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Prince Osuagwu FOR Arch Bishop and Primate of All Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, it is one thing to float a radio station and call it Love Fm, but another to allow it reflect the principles and tenets of love. ...

Naval College Graduates Technicians.
December 22, 2009... Nigerian Naval Engineering College, Sapele, has graduated a new set of naval trainees in Artificial Courses 20 and 22, Automobile Mechanic Course II, Leading Mechanic Course 21 and Basic Mechanic Course 21. Speaking at the graduation...

MTN Awards 514 Scholarship to Indigent Nigerians.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Ebeleke FOR MTN Nigeria, there seems to be no limit to giving succor to the disabled. There is also probably no limit to which an indigent person can get, to achieve his or her wishes and aspirations. There is only a short...

Nigerian Athletes Brace Up for Bleak 2010.
December 22, 2009... Unless there is a reversal of fortune for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, the country's athletes are set to face the 2010 season without running a single competition at the local level. There are even doubts if Nigeria will present...

Ikpeba, Siasia, Others Sweat Over Eagles '94 Houses.
December 22, 2009... As the Super Eagles gear up for the Angola 2010 Nations Cup and the SA 2010 World Cup, soccer loving Nigerians will be shocked to learn that those who represented the country at its first World Cup in the USA and the last set of players to win a...

Tribute - Elegy to Don Bruce.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Eddie Iroh ON December 11, 2009, a mere fortnight before Christmas, a truly great Nigerian was returned to mother earth. His name is Famous Chukwudi Usumero, aka Don Bruce, a stage name he had borne for over thirty years of dedicated...

PDP Chieftain Tasks Members on Revalidation.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Festus Ahon WARD chairmen of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) across the country have been advised to reach out to all party members in their wards in the ongoing revalidation of party membership. PDP Chairman in Ughelli North...

NCC Explains Stand on Mainone, Icasa Debacle, Wacs Landing Licence in Country.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Prince Osuagwu Recently, an undersea cable landing license granted to MTN Nigeria, promoters of the West African Cable Ssystems WACS, by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, attracted very serious criticisms from...

U.S. Legislators Appeal to Museveni Over Anti-Gay Law.
December 22, 2009... The US Republican Executive Committee Members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission has appeal to the Ugandan President, Mr Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to soft pedal on the proposed anti-homosexual law. The letter signed by Frank Wolf, Chris...

Abia Budgets N60.70 Billion for 2010.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Anayo Okoli GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State, yesterday presented the 2010 state budget proposal of N60.70 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration. The budget proposal represents a 28% increase from the 2009...

Robbers Kill Former Envoy, Driver.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Jimitota Onuyme FORMER ambassador to Gabon and Ukraine, Ambassador Ignatius Ajuru and his driver were Sunday gun down by heavily armed robbers around Obehi, a border town between Rivers and Abia states. His orderly at press time,...

Ebonyi Assembly Drills Erring Contractors.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Dennis Agbo THE Ebonyi State House of Assembly, yesterday, drilled 10 contractors, who the House accused of non-performance on the different roads and bridges contracts awarded to them by the state government. The lawmakers' action...

Court Stops Onovo From Arresting Ex-NDIC Boss, Ogunleye, Five Others.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige An Abuja High Court yesterday issued an order stopping the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo from inviting or arresting the former Managing Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji...

South East Royal Fathers Wade Into Igbo Leadership Tussle in Oyo.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Ola Ajayi FOLLOWING the intervention by the South East royal fathers in the leadership tussle between the Igbo Community Development Association, ICDA, and Igbo Community of Oyo State, ICOS, the two groups have been warned to desist...

Anambra Guber Debate to Gulp N17 Million, By Organisers.
December 22, 2009... The gubernatorial debate planned for candidates in the Anambra election will gulp N17 million, Dr Ifeanyi Obiakor, a board member of the Nigeria-America Friendship Association, NAFA, has said. He said that the debate will be organised by the...

Lack of Vehicle Delay Justice System, Says Ogundipe.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Tordue Salem The Comptroller General of Prisons, Mr. Olusola Ogundipe, yesterday attributed the delay in justice for inmates in prisons to lack of Black Marias to convey them to Courts. Besides, he told the Committee that all...

Imo Suspends Contracts' Award.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Imo State Government has suspended the construction of new projects, including roads in the 2010 fiscal year. The state will also scale down the continuation and/or completion of on-going projects. Governor Ikedi...

Conoil Shareholders Seek Indigenous MD/CEO.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Peter Egwuatu SHAREHOLDERS of Conoil Plc have asked its Board of Directors to search for indigenous Managing Director/CEO that would lead the company to achieve greater height, even as the Board assured them of improved performance in...

More Gas on Flaring.
December 22, 2009... We will make a fair commitment on ending gas flaring in the next few days before the international community, and we will deliver this time around. Climate change is a wake-up call. We will do what we were supposed to have done. Climate change...

Banks Shun FG's Order as Oceanic Sacks 1,000.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Funmi Komolafe, Babajide Komolafe and Victor Ahiuma-Young In apparent defiance of the Federal Government's directive against retrenchments in the banks, Oceanic Bank yesterday sacked no fewer than 1,000 staff. On Sunday, the...

'Emphasis on Certificates, Cause of Exam Malpractice'.
December 22, 2009... Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has attributed the high rate of examination malpractice in the country to the emphasis placed on certificates and formal education. While he agreed that acquiring certificates was a good thing, the...

South South Works Commissioners Hail FG's Amnesty Programme.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Austin Ogwuda COMMISSIONERS of Works drawn from the South-South region have hailed the on-going amnesty programme of the Federal Government, noting that it had helped to reduce the cost of projects execution following improved...

FG, Nupeng Meet Over Planned Strike.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young REPRESENTATIVES of the Federal Government and leaders of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday began a marathon meeting to avert a planned strike by members in the Oil and Gas...

FG Declares Dec 24, 25, Jan 1 Public Holidays.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken In an unprecedented development President Umaru Yar'Adua has declared Christmas Eve, Thursday 24th December 2009 a public holiday. It is the first time in memory that Christmas Eve would be declared a public holiday...

FG Earmarks N239 Billion for Roads.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Tordue Salem The Executive has proposed the sum of N249.4billion for expenditure on federal roads in the country in 2010. According to its proposal, about N6billion will be spent on personnel costs, N21.6billion has been set aside...

Stop Bringing Hostages to Delta, Ex-Militant Warns Kidnappers.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Emma Arubi EX-MILITANT leader of Deadly Underdogs in Warri North Council area of Delta State, General Ezekiel Akpasubewei, has warned kidnappers of all shades in the region to henceforth desist from bringing their hostages to Delta...

Benin Monarch Gives Igbinedion Ultimatum.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase THE Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, was yesterday in Benin given one week to apologize and seek forgiveness from the Oba of Benin. Public Relations Consultant to the Oba of Benin, Obi Martha Dunkwu,...

Total Announces Hydrocarbon Discovery on OPL 223.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo TOTAL announces that its subsidiary, Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd, has discovered hydrocarbons in the southern portion of the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 223 deepwater offshore South-Eastern...

Group Wants EFCC to Halt Bafarawa's Prosecution.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Chinyere Amalu The National Association of Nigerian Youth Leaders, NANYL, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC) to halt the prosecution of the former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa,...

We Didn't Snub Reps' Enquiry - Waziri.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Emma Ovuakporie Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri , yesterday debunked claims made by the House Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes that the agency has not been responding...

FRSC Commissions Okigwe Information Centre.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara The Okigwe Information Processing Centre of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, charged with the responsibility of processing drivers licence, has been commissioned. This is coming as the Transition Committee...

Rights Group Condemns Imposition of Illegal Levy On Aba Traders.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Anayo Okoli An Aba based Human Rights group, Justice and Peace Foundation, HRJPF, has condemned the alleged imposition of what it called "illegal levy of N3,000" on the traders in Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State. The...

Doctors Tasked On Empathy to Patients.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Dennis Agbo MEDICAL Doctors in Nigeria have been asked to exhibit good attitude toward patients, whose lives are under their care in the different hospitals that they work. The charge was given, yesterday, by the Medical Director...

Media Inevitable in Democracy - Gov Sheriff.
December 22, 2009... Byline: Ndahi Marama Governor Ali Sheriff of Borno State has said the entrenchment and continued sustenance of democracy in a federated system of government can only be achieved through the media by reporting "objectively and fairly" on good...

Human Capacity Development, Key to Gas Master-Plan, PIB - NNPC.
December 21, 2009... THE expected gains from the implementation of the Nigerian Gas Master-plan and the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be a mirage without the upgrading of the technical and regulatory know-how of the Nigerians and other nationals who will manage...

Eket 132/33kv Transmission Station Energised.
December 21, 2009... The Eket 132/33KV Transmission Station at Eket in Akwa Ibom State has been energized to Ibom Power Plant, adding 37MW to the grid as a result of the completion of Ibom Power Station by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Eket and its environ now...

Communities Laud Federal Govt Over Road Project.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase THE Obozogbe-Niro, Ugboko Numagba, Idunwebo, Iguododo and other fifteen communities in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State have expressed gratitude to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua for awarding contract...

PTDF Signs N14.8 Billion Agreement for Oil, Gas Polytechnic in Bayelsa.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Yemie Adeoye & Daniel Alfred The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) on Friday signed an agreement for the development of the second phase of the Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, in Ekowe, Bayelsa State , as part of...

Unitykapital Plans It Deployment, Micro-Insurance Services.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Michael Eboh UnityKapital Assur ance Plc has announced plans to transform its operations through the deployment of world class Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and venture into insurance services that cater for the needs of...

Refineries - NNPC Lauds U.S.$5 Billion Greenfield Project in Lekki.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Oscarline Onwuemenyi The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Development, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, has charged major players in the petroleum industry to consider investments in the refining of crude oil to...

Oyo Pumps First Oil Offshore.
December 21, 2009... THE Nigerian company Allied Energy and Eni, through its affiliate Nigerian Agip Exploration, have started up production from the oil field, located in the Niger Delta Deep offshore, about 75 kilometers off the Nigerian coast. Allied Energy and...

Suswam Commended.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase A businessman of Benue State extraction resident in Benin-City, Mr. Itachu Ugbu Mac, has lauded the developmental efforts of Governor Gabriel Suswan. He said that since Suswan's assumption of office in 2007, the...

Enough Fuel for Holidays, Says Agency.
December 21, 2009... AT the onset of the yuletide season, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the nation has petroleum sufficiency for over forty days that would serve the country all through the forthcoming Christmas holiday season and...

Minister Laments State of Facilities at National Stadium, Lagos.
December 21, 2009... If the mood of the Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Engineer Sani Ndanusa, was anything to go by, then facilities at the National Stadium, Lagos, would soon wear a new look. The minister who flew into...

Bilikisu Shines at Lagos-GTBank Principal Cup.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Solomon Nwoke PETIT Bilikisu Raji of Epetedo Girls Grammar School, Logos Island was the toast of soccer fans at the Saint Gregory's College play ground Obalande weekend when her side clashed with Akande Daunsi Community High School...

Ex-Militant Leaders Urged to Shun Violence.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume A former militant leader in the Niger Delta, Soboma Jackrece, also known as Egberipapa, has urged former militant leaders in the region to re-direct the minds of youths in the region from the culture of violence and...

NFF Ready to Get Help for Amodu.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Jacob Ajom Determined to ensure Nigeria win the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Nigeria Football Federation has made provision for a physical trainer for the national team and has actually begun search for one. Nigeria...

Scarcity of Bank Funds Leads to Fuel Scarcity in Country.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Yemie Adeoye As millions of Nigerians continue to suffer untold hardship over the unavailability of petrol just four days to Christmas, some controversy over the volume of products in stock appears to be brewing in the downstream...

Veterans Mourn Etim Henshaw.
December 21, 2009... Association of Sports Veterans of Nigeria has expressed shock at the death of the first captain of the pioneer Nigerian National football team, Etim Henshaw, who passed on recently in his country home in Calabar. In a statement signed by its...

New Tax Regime, Tariff Policy Out Jan - Finance Minister.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Omoh Gabriel The Federal Government will in January introduce a new tax regime, tarrif and other fiscal policy measures. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, said this in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, in Abuja. ...

Forget Yar'Adua's Return for Now - Saudi Doctors.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Jide Ajani Fresh facts emerging suggest that President Umaru Yar'Adua may not return to Nigeria soon, based on the instructions of his medical minders, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal. The original plan, according to impeccable...

No Plans for Post-Yar'Adua Era, says PDP.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that its national leadership has commenced secret plans with Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan for a post Yar'Adua administration. The party in a statement...

Recovered War Explosives for Destruction in Owerri.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the stockpile of landmines, unexploded ordinance and explosive remnants of war recovered in Imo State will be destroyed tomorrow, at the shooting range of the 34 Field Artillery...

AC asks FG to give Nigerians Daily Update on Yar'Adua's Health.
December 21, 2009... The Action Congress (AC) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to give Nigerians a daily update on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua to stem the growing rumours surrounding his state of health. In a statement issued in Lagos on...

Maritime Security Agency Bill Passes Second Reading.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Godwin Oritse THE controversial Maritime Security Agency (MSA) Bill has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives, a development that may likely bring about an amendment in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and...

Fuel Price Hits N150 Per Litre, as Scarcity Persists.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young & Yemie Adeoye PETROLEUM products marketers across the country appear to have finally gone ahead of the Federal Government to commence a full blown deregulation of the downstream sector as price of premium...

NCC Denies Media Report on Submarine Cable Rights.
December 21, 2009... The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has refuted media report purportedly claiming that South African government refused to grant submarine cable rights to Nigerian companies. NCC stated: "The attention of the Commission has been...

Motorists, Residents Groan as Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Ola Ajayi FUEL scarcity which resurfaced last week in Ibadan has continued unabated as motorists and residents in the city spend endless hours at few filling stations that dispensed the products. Already, some independent marketers...

2011 - I'll Not Be Discouraged, Says Ajimobi.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Ola Ajayi SENATOR Abiola Ajimobi, the governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the 2007 election, now a member of Action Congress (AC), has said the intrigues that led to his loss at the Court of Appeal would...

Senate Probes Sack of NDLEA Officer.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions is investigating the sack of a female officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mrs. Udeoji Tochukwu Francisca who was dismissed for marrying the...

Aondoakaa's Constitution.
December 21, 2009... AS permutations on the politics of running Nigeria while the President ails continue, two presidential aides are steadily creating a version of the Constitution to suit their wearing explanations on the President's heath. Chief Michael Kaase...

Naccima Demands for IPP Fund.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Franklin Alli The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has asked for the establishment of Independent Power Projects (IPPs) Fund by the Federal Government for investors in the sector...

Senate Queries N300 Million Diversion in Solid Minerals Ministry.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Senate Committee on Solid Minerals has asked the Minister of Solid Minerals, Mrs. Dizeanni Allison-Madueke, to justify the continued existence of the ministry, arguing that it had failed to develop the sector. ...

Aquila Capital Secures $5 Million SME Loan.
December 21, 2009... Despite the extremely tough challenges of the Global Economic slow-down and the Nigerian Banking credit and liquidity squeeze, Aquila Capital Limited, the diversified financial services group, has secured $5million in Long-term debt financing...

NESG, Insincerity and the Economy.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Les Leba The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) concluded its 15th Annual Summit last week in Abuja. As is the custom, the heavy weights of industry and commerce and other representatives of the major stakeholders in the Nigerian...

Delta Speaker Flags Off Free Rural Health Care Project.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Martin Okonta, will, 23 December 2009, kick-off this year's edition of the free medical services for rural communities in the state. The free medical services for rural...

Brace Up for Reforms-MBAN Charges PMIs Operators.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Yinka Kolawole Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria, MBAN, have called on primary mortgage institutions, PMIs, operators to get ready for the sectoral reform package to be announced soon by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). ...

Commissioner Reads Riot Act to Workers.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Austin Ogwuda DELTA State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Frank Omare, has warned field officers in the ministry that stern disciplinary action awaited any of them that either colludes with contractors to shortchange the state...

We Won't Relinquish Ownership of Broking Firms - CEOs Reply Naicom.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Patience Saghana Insurance companies' Chief executives' have condemned National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)'s opposition to managing directors owning and running a broking or loss adjusting firm along with their paid employment...

Why Fuel Scarcity Persists.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Mike Ebonugwo THE recurring decimal of fuel scarcity in Nigeria was the issue that occupied the attention of parliamentarians at a bus-stop gathering in Ikotun, Lagos on Tuesday. This was the fallout of a complaint by a commuter...

Don't Give Up on Ibori, CDHR Tells EFCC.
December 21, 2009... MEMBERS of the Committee For the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Delta State chapter, have hailed the decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to appeal the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court in Asaba last...

Saraki Laments Persistent Fuel Scarcity.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Demola Akinyemi Chairman, Governors' Forum in Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has lamented the persisting fuel scarcity across the country, attributing the hardship to the uncertainty trailing the proposed deregulation policy of the...

Vanguard Publisher, Five Others Bags NIMN's Most Valuable Personality Award.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Princewill Ekwujuru It was a night of accolades when Mr. Sam Amuka Pemu, Publisher of the Vanguard Titles and five others were honoured by the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) with the Most Valuable Personality (MVP)...

2010 - Soludo's Victory, Boost to My Candidature - Ekwunife.
December 21, 2009... Following the euphoria that attended the return of Professor Charles Soludo to the Anambra governorship race, the only female contender to the Government House Awka, Iyom Uche Ekwunife of Progressive Party Alliance (PPA) has said that the...

Edo Saves N14 Billion to Execute Capital Projects.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has disclosed that his administration was able to save over N14billion to finance a wide range of capital projects, mostly roads, across the state due to the tight...

DAAR Communications Takes FG to Court Over Licence Withdraw.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige DAAR Communications Plc, owners of Ray Power 100.5 FM radio station and AIT, has requested a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the Federal Government from actualising its plans to withdraw its network licence....

Makurdi Medical Centre Declared Death Zone.
December 21, 2009... Byline: Tordue Salem The House of Representatives Committee on Health has declared the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, in Makurdi, Benue State, a death zone, with some of the worst facilities in the world. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Lad...