A lawsuit for alleged libel has been filed with the Abuja High Court against The Sun Publishing Limited of Nigeria and its senior editors. The journalists named in the suit are Mike Awoyinfa, managing director and editor-in-chief, Louis Odion, editor of the "Sunday Sun", Femi Adesina, editor of "The Sun" daily and Steve Nwosu, editor of the "The Sun on Saturday". Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, the newspaper's publisher and the governor of Abia State, in southeastern Nigeria, was cited in the suit as the principal defendant. Chief Anthony Anenih, former works and housing minister and current chairman of the board of trustees of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), filed the suit on 23 March 2004, claiming damages in the amount of five billion naira (approx. US$37 million). According to Media Foundation for West Africa-Nigeria, the lawsuit followed a series of reports published by the "Sun" about an allegation by Kalu saying that Anenih had threatened to give him "the Bola Ige treatment," which is a euphemism for assassination in a manner similar to that of Chief Bola Ige, the former justice minister, who was murdered two years ago.

The Ministry of Education loses between four to six of the 235,000 teachers daily through HIV/Aids. Permanent Secretary Prof Karega Mutahi said there was a large number of teachers already infected and that many others are bed-ridden. This has affected teaching and student performance in both primary and secondary schools, he added. "Sick teachers have to be on the payroll which means that the already stressed education system must carry a large proportion of unproductive persons. That means that work is piled up on those not sick," he said.

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