Quintuplets: Three discharged, two still under intensive care

BY EBUN SESSOU
On Friday 23, 2011, the news of the Nigerian born quintuplets (five babies) who were born at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, spread across the country. The news was not just for broadcast only but for people to know that such a wonder also takes in this part of the world.
The three weeks old babies born into the family of Mr and Mrs Wale Shofunlayo are still hale and hearty but they are still at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where they are being taken care of.
At present, three of the children have been released to their parents while the other two are still under a close watch by the authorities of the hospital.

Counting the cost of a Greek gift

By Charles Kumolu
ISAIAH Danmaliki (not real name) works with one of the Federal Government parastatals in Lagos State. But for the recent increment of the national minimum wage he lived on a monthly salary of N18,000 before now.

In Rivers, food prices sky-rocket, fares now 300 percent higher

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT: Mrs Chigozie went to the popular Mile 1 market in Port Harcourt Wednesday evening to buy food items. As she was haggling with meat sellers, she did not know when she suddenly burst into tears. Later when she pulled herself together, she muttered to those around that she was forced to start weeping when she realised that the prices of things in the market had gone up by over a 100 percent.
Her experience has become almost a regular occurence at the market where periwinkle that sold for N100 a cup before the withdrawal of fuel subsidy now goes for N250.

Bonga oil spill: RA/FoE findings

Location: Odioama Community, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
Following an alert from fisher folks in Odioma community on the discovery of oil slick suspected to be from Shell’s Bonga Field, ERA/FoEN monitors visited the Atlantic shoreline in the company of some of the fishermen where spreading spill was sighted.

Nigeria takes on Rwanda in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations draw

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The struggle for places at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on the western island of Sao Tome e Principe this weekend — more than a month before the 2012 final is staged in Gabon.

Fayemi grants amnesty to 10 inmates

Ten inmates of the Ado-Ekiti Prison have been granted amnesty by Gov. Kayode Fayemi as part of the new year celebrations. They include eight males and two heavily pregnant female inmates of the prison.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, said the two pregnant inmates, Bose Joseph and Omotosho Yetunde, were at advanced stages of pregnancy and there were fears that their prospective babies could suffer stigmatisation if allowed to deliver in the prison yard.
The statement said the eight other inmates had been under incarceration in the prison for between 12 and 14 years while awaiting trial.

Fire guts Wema Bank head office

LAGOS – Wema Bank Plc’s head office in Lagos, yesterday, was gutted by fire which emanated from the power generating set.
However, the bank was unable to ascertain the cost of damage that might have occurred as a result of the fire at press time.