Impending Constitutional, Political Crises Hang Over Local Government Creation

By Paul I. Adujie, New York Creation of more local government areas is desirable for many, if not all the state of Nigeria. And Lagos state can probably accommodate 100 local government areas instead of the current 20 local government areas. The worthiness of more local government for Lagos state is an argument for another day.
Read more...High Power Canadian Red Cross Delegation Visits Liberia

By Mambu James Kpargoi, Monrovia A high power Canadian Red Cross delegation arrives in the country Monday as guest of the Liberian National Red Cross Society (LNRCS).
Read more...Liberian Red Cross Begins Massive TB Awareness Campaign in Monrovia

By Mambu James Kpargoi, Monrovia The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) has launched a massive Tuberculosis awareness campaign in three counties to help prevent the spread and prevalence of the disease in the country.
Read more...Obama’s HealthCare Reform: Anathema to Change is Fear Factor

By Paul I. Adujie, New York A public citizen, once famously proclaimed during crises that there was nothing to fear, but fear itself. As it happens, this famous statement is poignantly relevant to the current boisterous debates about healthcare reforms in the United States. Healthcare Reform efforts have met with attendant deluge of high din of noise and ubiquitously permeating fear-mongering.
Read more...Red Cross Commemorates World First Aid Day

Mambu James Kpargoi, Monrovia The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) will today join the Red Cross Movement around the world to observe World First Aid Day.
Read more...Liberian Red Cross Joins Group of 77 for Monrovia Clean Up Day

By James Kpargoi, Monrovia The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) Saturday joined inhabitants of the Group of 77 headquarters on Newport Street in a massive clean-up and malaria prevention campaign.
Read more...Where Does Africa Foreign Aid Really Go: Africa or Elsewhere?

By Paul I. Adujie, New York No wise military commander would attempt in good sense, to feed a battalion or a brigade with the same amount of food which is only sufficient to feed a platoon.
Read more...Ellison Introduces School Nutrition Legislation “Hungry Minds Cannot Learn on Empty Stomachs”

By Rick Jauert, Washington, D.C Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minneapolis) will introduce two major pieces of child nutrition legislation next week when Congress reconvenes for the fall session.
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