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Nearly a quarter of maternal deaths in low and middle income countries were among women who had a cesarean delivery, a systematic review and meta-analysis found. An examination of 196 studies from 67 low and middle income countries found that in 72 studies, 23.8% of maternal deaths (95% CI 21.0-26.7) in low and middle income countries were women who had undergone a cesarean section, reported Shakila Thangaratinam, MD, of Queen Mary University of London, England, and colleagues.  The overall risk of maternal death from cesarean section in these countries was 7.6 per 1,000 procedures (95% CI 6.6-8.6), with the highest…

Theresa May has suffered a parliamentary defeat on a third attempt to pass her Brexit deal through the UK House of Commons, leading the prime minister to warn that parliament was “reaching its limits” in finding an agreed exit from the EU. May had sought approval for her deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on what had long been scheduled to be Brexit day. Instead MPs voted by 286 to 344 against the EU divorce treaty, which if passed would have opened the way to Britain leaving the EU on a revised date of May 22. Speaking after…

Since the inauguration of the 8th Senate headed by Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to 31 bills. Buhari had on March 20, declined assent to five bills that were passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to him to sign into law. In separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and which will be read when Senate resumes plenary next week, President Buhari listed the latest rejected Bills as the National Institute of Credit Administration Bill, 2018; Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency Bill, 2018; Ajaokuta Steel Company Completion Fund Bill, 2018; the National…

Election observer groups have asked the National Assembly to immediately convene public hearing on the 2019 elections, saying that the conducts and subsequent outcomes were questionable. The accredited local and international observers, speaking at a post election assessment forum, Thursday, in Abuja, lamented how rampant vote-buying and inducement of voters were, demanding complete audit of the general exercise. The observers, under the aegis of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA, and Election Observation Platforms, insisted that the 2019 general election cannot pass integrity test. In their various reports presented…

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has denied being under any form of pressure to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at last month’s presidential election. CAN said that, as a religious group, it remains apolitical and would congratulate and rejoice with whoever the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared winner of the fiercely contested poll. Recall that a source within the national leadership of CAN had, in a recorded conversation, told Vanguard on Wednesday, that some influential persons in government were unrelenting in their persuasion for the Church to pay the President a congratulatory visit. However, CAN President,…

While Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, handed an indefinite suspension on Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for supporting the governorship candidate of another party, it has not applied the same sanction on Rotimi Amaechi for doing something similar in Rivers State. The APC, however, justifies its action, saying the issues of the two officials, though similar, are different. In Imo, Okorocha backed Uche Nwosu of the Action Alliance against Hope Uzodinma of the APC. Both candidates, however, lost to Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In Rivers State, the Supreme Court barred the Independent…

The Senate, Thursday, heard that Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, is suffering shortfalls of more than N1.3 billion in budgetary releases by the Ministry of Finance. The Commandant of the academy, Major-General Adeniyi Oyebade lamented that the shortfalls had made it almost impossible for the Military institution to pay non-regular allowances to its personnel, adding that the allowances affected by the N1.3 billion shortfall in 2018 budget releases, are hazard, responsible and excess workload allowances. Oyebade who appeared before the Senate Committee on Defence in presentation on performance of 2018 budget allocations to the Academy and proposals for the 2019 fiscal…

The Ship Owners Association of Nigeria, SOAN has pleged to exploit legal opportunities in the Cabotage Act for the development of shipping in the country. Newly elected president of the body, Mkgoerge Onyung who made the pledge after the election of the association that took place Thursday in Lagos, said there are lots of opportunities yet untapped in the Cabotage Act and that his priority would be to work at bringing benefits to SOAN members legally through the Act. Onyung assured members of SOAN that the new executive under his leadership will continue to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, assured that his government will give serious attention to the provision of critical infrastructure and stabilization of the economy as well as the political environment in the second term. President Buhari stated this when he received the Special Envoy of the President of Republic of Congo at the presidential villa, Abuja. Mr Jean Claude Gakosso, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Congolese in Diaspora conveyed a special message on behalf of President Denis Sassou Nguesso to President Buhari. The President said “Stability is critical, if a country would manage its resources effectively. I am aware of the…

The Senate, Thursday, lampooned the Federal Government over what it described as the poor implementation of the 2018 budget, noting that Nigerians were not feeling the impact of government because of the failure of the executive to adequately fund the budget. The Senate also blamed the government for not releasing adequate funds that would enable the federal agencies to execute developmental projects. Speaking to Journalists Thursday, in Abuja shortly after the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed appeared before the Senate Committee Chairman on Information, Senator Suleiman Adokwe (PDP, Nasarawa South), said: Before the budget defence exercise, we have done a…