Sterling Bank Appoints New Chairman

Sterling Bank Plc has appointed Asue Ighodalo as the new chairman of its board of directors. Ighodalo succeeds S.A Adegunwa who retired from the bank after twelve years of exceptional service.

In a statement by the bank’s chief executive, Yemi Adeola, he commended the outgoing chairman for contributing immensely to the sustained growth of the bank.

During his tenure, Dr. Adegunwa provided purposeful leadership and demonstrated his undivided commitment to ensuring that Sterling Bank occupies its rightful place in the banking industry, whilst bringing his diverse experience in international business to bear on the fortunes of the Bank”, the statement read in part.

No Plan to Review Traffic Law on Okada Operation in Lagos

The Lagos State Government Sunday debunked insinuations, especially in the social media, of a plan to review the State’s Road Traffic Law 2012 as it concerns operations of commercial motorcycles (Okada) saying it has no intention of reversing itself on the matter as the Law was made in response to popular public demand.
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Raji, the Government emphasized that it has no plans, either now on in the near future, to reverse itself on the matter of Okada operation in the State pointing out that by that decision considerable gains have been made in the area of protection of life and property in the State.

MDCAN Hails FG Over Fight Against Ebola

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has commended the Federal Government’s proactive and prompt response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the country.
MDCAN made the commendation in a statement, signed by its President, Dr. Steven Oluwole, at the end of its Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, at the weekend.
The group therefore called on the government to provide better protection for the health personnel in the forefront of the fight against the disease.
MDCAN, however, said that considering the measures being taken by the government in an effort to contain the disease, there was no need for the closure of the country’s border and grounding of flights.

Immigration Needs 25,000 New Recruits - Paradang

Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (CGI), David Paradang, has said the NIS urgently needs to engage minimum of 5,000 new officers yearly for the next fives years to be able to meet manpower deficit facing the paramilitary service.
Recruitment of about 4,000 personnel into the service last April ran into major hitch, resulting in stampede and death of about 16 persons across the country.
Paradang reiterated that NIS staff strength of 22,321 was grossly inadequate to meet statutory obligation of the service, contain irregular migrants and meaningfully contribute its quota in the battle against insurgents and organized crimes across the nation’s 1,475 uncharted borders.

British Baby Shocks Medical Profession by Learning to Feed Herself at Just THREE DAYS old

Glugging milk from a bottle, Amara Chiedozie looks like any other contented three-week-old. Except, that is, for the fact she is already capable of holding the container on her own. Even more incredibly, her mother claims she has been doing it since she was three days old. The strength of her grip at such a tender age has amazed her family and medics. Her mother Onyi Chiedozie, 20, said:

Ebola Strikes: Ameyo, Daughter of Kwaku Adadevoh, Great Grand Daughter of Herbert Macaulay, Dies

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) struck at the heart of Nigeria, when Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, a consultant physician, and member of the illustrious Kwaku Adadevoh/Herbert Macaulay/Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowder lineage succumbed to the scourge of the disease.

Adadevoh contracted the virus from the Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who imported the disease into Nigeria.

Sources close to Adadevoh, 58, said she succumbed to the disease yesterday evening, having been in a coma for some days.

Pope Francis Speaks On Death & Retirement

Pope Francis has publicly broached the prospect of his own death for the first time, light-heartedly giving himself "two or three years" but not ruling out retirement before then. The 77-year old pontiff while addressing reporters on a flight back to the Vatican from South Korea, said

"I try to think of my sins, my mistakes, not to become proud. Because I know it will last only a short time. Two or three years and then I'll be off to the Father's house," he said.