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July 29, 2013 17:14:16pm GMT By Press Release Lagos Lagos State Government has donated a mobile intensive care unit ambulance and other intensive care unit equipment such as Defibrillator, ECG Machine and Ventilator valued at million of naira to the Creek Military Hospital, Ikoyi, in order to enhance the intensive care unit of the hospital as well as improve their service delivery to the people of Lagos. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who made the donation on behalf of the government stated that the donation is a demonstration of the state government’s resolve to support institutions that share common objectives and goals with the government in addressing the healthcare delivery system of the people of the state. Said he, “a lot of the equipment we are donating to the hospital including the multi-parameter cardiac monitor, ventilator, automated external defibrillator, pulse oximeter, portable echocardiogram machine and ECG machine are geared towards the developmen...

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by Funmi Ojuroye 29th July, 2013 Continue reading the main story Taliban militants wearing police uniform have launched an assault on a prison in north-west Pakistan. The attack on the jail in the town of Dera Ismail Khan began with several explosions at around midnight on Monday. Gunmen then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and machine-guns, police chief Sohail Khalid said. The prison houses hundreds of Taliban and militants from banned groups. The fighting is still going on. The attackers were chanting "God is great" and "Long live the Taliban," officials told the Associated Press. A local resident told the agency that the initial blast was so loud that "it rattled every house in the neighbourhood". Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has claimed responsibility for the attack. He said around 300 prisoners had been freed. "The Taliban have loudspeakers and they are calling the names of their friends," t...

GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland — Reuters Published  Monday, Jul. 29 2013, 10:59 PM EDT Last updated  Monday, Jul. 29 2013, 11:00 PM EDT

by  F unmi Ojuroye   Jul 29, 2013 #BJP   #Congress   #Elections   #India   #NDA   #PoliticsDecoder   #Third Front   #UPA The Congress will be hard pressed to end up with a third term in government. PTI The BJP will have to cover a lot more ground over the seven or eight months remaining before the next parliamentary elections if it seriously intends to gain power at the center. The Congress, meanwhile, will have to work twice as hard in terms of policy and strategy if wishes to retrieve lost ground. A survey done by  Times Now, C-Voter and India TV  suggest that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party and the NDA the largest political formation as against the ruling Congress and UPA.  Narendra Modi  is by far the preferred Prime Ministerial contender over  Rahul Gandhi  or any one else but these preferences will not translate into as big an advantage in Lok Sabha seats, at least f...

Published on July 29, 2013 by Funmi Ojuroye Fashola at the inauguration of the hotel committees The Lagos state government has set up two committees to assess hotel facilities in the state and advise government on how to improve them. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), who inaugurated the committees for the grading and certification of hotels and hospitality facilities as well as for hearing and addressing grievances arising from the exercise saw the constitution of the committees as a positive step in re-energizing the industry. The main Committee, Hotels Grading and Certification Committee, headed by Larry Segun-lean, is to grade and certify the hotels in terms of their standards as one, two, three, four or five star hotels while the second committee, the Appeal Committee, chaired by Mr. Gbolahan Elias, is to hear appeals and address complaints arising from the exercise. In his remarks before inaugurating the two Committees, Governor Fashola s...

by Funmi Ojuroye Updated Monday, July 29th 2013 at 18:51 GMT +3 South Africa: A  court case  aimed at ousting ex-South African president  Nelson Mandela 's aides from two companies he set up has been delayed, a law firm has said. A judge took the decision after lawyer  Ismail Ayob , acting for Mr Mandela's daughters, withdrew from the case. The women were trying to gain control of the companies, said to be worth about Sh143m. Mr Mandela's grandson Mandla accused them of trying to "loot" the 95-year-old ex-president's wealth. Mr Mandela has been seriously ill in hospital since 8 June. He spent 27 years in prison for fighting white supremacist rule in South Africa and became its first democratically elected president in 1994. He stepped down from office five years later. 'Blatant abuse' In April, two of his daughters, Makaziwe and Zenani, brought court action to oust prominent human rights lawyer George Bizos, ex-Housing...

MIC UPDATE By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press  |  July 29, 2013  |  Updated: July 29, 2013 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Britain's Home Office confirmed Monday it will demand a 3,000-pound ($4,630) refundable bond for visas for "high-risk" visitors from six former colonies in Africa and Asia — a pilot scheme that has brought warnings at home and abroad that it will damage trade. Britain said in a statement Monday that it will go ahead with the pilot scheme despite the outrage, charges of discrimination and warnings of retaliation. The statement sent by email did not say when the pilot program would start. But it said it could apply the scheme in the future for all visas and any country. "The pilot will apply to visitor visas, but if the scheme is successful we'd like to be able to apply it on an intelligence-led basis on any visa route and any country," it said. For now, the targeted countries are Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and ...

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Nurturing talent, handling players from 18 different countries, what we can learn from getting lost while jogging and more; 29 Jul 2013 22:30 My way: A Japanese audience got a glimpse of the Wenger Method   Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has given a fascinating insight into what he sees as the similarities between top level business and top level football. Wenger gave a speech, and answered questions from a select group of businesspeople, in Saitama, Japan, on Friday before  the Gunners  played the final game of their pre-season Asian tour. Mirror Sport was there to take this full transcript. The Arsenal manager - who has a degree in economics - was entertaining and honest about egos in football, the game's star culture, handling players of different nationalities - and getting lost while out jogging! Q: In a highly competitive, globalised market, how does Arsenal find the best talent? A: One of our strengths is young people know we will give them a...

The mother of Palestinian Ateya Abu Moussa, who has been held prisoner by Israel for 20 years, reacts as she is hugged by her grandson after hearing news on the possible release of her son, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 28, 2013. Abu Moussa was expected to be among more than 100 Arab prisoners to be released as a step to renew stalled peace talks with the Palestinians ahead of plans to convene negotiators in Washington later this week 29 JULY 2013 Israeli and Palestinian teams have flown to Washington ending five years of diplomatic stalemate and preparing for a new round of  Middle East  peace talks, although optimism was in short supply after 20 years of failed attempts to reach a deal.