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An attempt to immortalise late Ken Saro-Wiwa, an Ogoni environmental activist who was hanged in 1995 by the military regime of Sani Abacha, was on Thursday blocked at the senate.

The proposal came through a
motion sponsored by Lee Maeba (PDP River state) which sought the senate ’s consent to name a prominent national monument and major road in Abuja after the late Saro-Wiwa. Mr. Maeba was also seeking that the senate declare 11th November of every year to be named and recognised as ‘Ken Saro-Wiwa Day’ in Nigeria.

However, all his pleas were
turned down by his colleagues at the senate.

The senators argued that if the motion was accepted, it will contradict the state action which carried out the execution of Mr. Saro-Wiwa and that it will only attract unwanted public attention that can’t be afforded now.

Olarewaju Falodun, a
dermatologist and consultant with the National Hospital, Abuja, has advised consumers to avoid the use of any deodorant they react to. Mr Falodun told the News Agency of Nigeria, in Lagos, that the use of deodorants in many cases is more of an individual ’s body reaction. “There are some people who after using some particular deodorants, develop some reactions such as boils, because some of these deodorants could actually block the pores of the skin,” he said.

“Some of them, other than blocking the pores, actually can become allergic reactions, because some of the components used in creating them can create an allergic situation, and so some individuals can react to the components of a particular deodorant. So for that reason, for an individual who has the
reaction, we say please don ’t use it.”

He said heavy use of a perfume, apart from affecting the skin, could cause an airway reaction to an asthma patient, as a result of a particular component of that perfume, and urged anybody observing any reaction to consult a dermatologist.

The Federal Government will
examine crucial areas where
Nigeria and Turkey can have co-operation and improve on their existing ties, Vice President Namadi Sambo stated in Abuja during a courtesy visit to him by a delegation from the Republic
of Turkey led by its Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister, Cemil Cicek.

The delegation was at the State House to brief Mr Sambo on the outcome of the just concluded 4th Joint Commission meeting
between Nigeria and Turkey and the agreement signed thereafter.

“The joint agreement that has just been signed is in line with the policy of this administration, considering that this visit has come at an appropriate time when Nigeria is focused ontreviewing and rejuvenating her economic development to ensure that its socio-economic standard is transformed to a positive one, to place her among the 20 most developed economies by the year 2020,” Mr Sambo said.

Gbawe:
Surprise , surprise !!! Shocking to see "democratic" Jonathan working for the ambitions of an undemocratic election rigger who should be in jail if , according to Femi Falana, Nigerian Courts have the integrity to invoke relevant clauses that would ensure election riggers are punished and disqualified from contesting further elections. Next , the fans of Jonathan will come here to say he is strenghtening our democracy when Nigerians only see desperate actions from a man determined to be President in 2011 by all means possible!!!

violent:
so where is Jomo Gbomo

President Goodluck Jonathan is making efforts to pacify
chieftains of the Peoples ’
Democratic Party in Delta State bent on ensuring that Emmanuel Uduaghan, who was recently sacked as the state governor, does not contest the rerun election expected to take place in
the next three months.

Mr. Jonathan is reportedly talking to Edwin Clark, a foremost Ijaw leader who is allegedly bent on truncating the re-election bid of Mr. Uduaghan.

The former governor who was in Abuja on Wednesday to meet Mr. Jonathan told journalists at the Presidential Villa that he had come to, “brief President Jonathan, the leader of our party, on the political development in my state.” He later met with the
president in the evening, and Mr Jonathan was said to have assured him of his support.

Raymond Dokpesi, the director
general of Ibrahim Babangida’s
presidential campaign
organisation, maintained at a
Federal High Court in Abuja
yesterday that he had no
connection with the
Independence Day bomb blast
which killed 19 people.

The State Security Service (SSS)
had detained Mr Dokpesi shortly after two car bombs exploded in Abuja on October 1. The service defended its questioning of Mr Dokpesi, saying he had exchanged texts messages with some of the persons suspected of complicity in the twin blasts.