EKSUTH: The making of world-class institution

Ekiti State residents have access to good healthcare delivery following a gradual but thorough transformation of the major hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital from a state hospital that had just one consultant to a teaching hospital that now boasts of many consultants in major fields of medicine. ODUNAYO OGUNMOLA reports.

Health care delivery is one of the major components of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and one of the most important indices of standard of living of any populace.

The health of the population should be of paramount concern to any responsible government because it has far-reaching effects on the productivity of its citizens.

Hold a “meaningful, serious” dialogue with the African country’s opposition -John Kerry

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Friday called Burundi’s election “deeply flawed” and urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold a Hold a ''meaningful, serious'' dialogue  with the African country’s opposition, the State Department said in a statement.

Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, accusing him of violating the constitution by running for re-election.

Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term plunged Burundi into its biggest crisis since an ethnically charged civil war ended in 2005.

Eight Ekiti PDP State Executives Set to Join APC

An Ex-Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and governorship hopeful come the next election, Rt. Hon Femi Bamisile has confirmed that considering his efforts to mobilize the party and ensure that it returns to her old formidable structure, not less than eight members of the State Executives of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in the State are set to join the All Progressives Congress in the State. The decamping he said will take place any time soon.

INTELLECTUALS IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA - Kayode Fayemi

INTELLECTUALS IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA:
THE LESSONS AND LEGACIES OF PROFESSOR JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS 


Being the text of the paper by Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, Former Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria At the 3rd Annual John Atta Mills Memorial Lecture 

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I must start by expressing my gratitude to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, and the Planning Committee of the 3rd John Atta Mills Memorial Lecture, for the privilege of speaking to this distinguished gathering. It is an honour to be considered to speak at the 3rd John Atta Mills Annual Lecture as the first outsider, after the distinguished forerunners at the 1st and 2nd Annual Lectures. Our elder, Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi and my brother, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas respectively, have established this series as one to look forward to, based on the relevance of their presentations to the cause of the unity, peace and progress of Africa. 

Nigeria commited to good governance, fighting corruption - Muhammudu Buhari

This month, the world moved a step closer to the defeat of Boko Haram, the jihadist group that has terrorised hundreds of thousands in the northern states of Nigeria. In one of my first acts since taking office as president six weeks ago, I have replaced the heads of Nigeria’s army, navy and air force.

Our new military leadership has not been chosen because of their familiarity with those in government, as was too often the case in the past, but on their track records and qualifications alone.