The number of persons already killed by the fatal disease called Ebola has now risen to five with the death of one Dr Ameyo Adadevoh on Tuesday in Lagos. The deceased was one of those who treated late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American believed to have transported the deadly disease to Nigeria. Adadevoh led the medical…
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3 Die In Fresh Boko Haram Raid, School Set Ablaze
An attack by Boko Haram members in a northern village in Cameroon on Monday afternoon resulted in the death of a least three persons, Anadolu Agency reports on Tuesday. During the invasion, no fewer than 12 villagers were also abducted by the insurgents, who have carried out several fatal attacks in northern Nigeria. Cameroon shares…
Fresh Ebola Cases In Kaduna, Lagos
Three new cases of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, have been discovered in Lagos and Kaduna, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, has revealed. The Commissioner, while addressing newsmen on Monday in the state, said four persons infected with the disease have been discharged after they responded positively to treatment. He added that the…
Epileptic Power Supply Responsible For WASSCE Mass Failure—Lawmaker
A legislator from Lagos State has said that the epileptic power supply in Nigeria is the main cause of the recent mass failure recorded in the 2014 West African Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, which held few months ago. In the released results, only 31.28 percent of candidates who sat for the examination obtained credits in…
Boko Haram Suspect Nabbed At Lagos Airport With Explosives
A young man believed to be in his late teens or early 20s has been apprehended in Lagos with some explosives. The boy, suspected to be a member of the dreadful Boko Haram sect, was caught at the Lagos office of the National Airspace Management Agency located inside the Lagos Airport. As at the time…
PDP Worse Than Ebola–Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, is worse than fatal Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, which is giving most countries of the world sleepless nights. The governor made this disclosure over the weekend at an occasion in the state. Okorocha, who was present at the 2014 New Yam…
Oduah Is The Most Credible In Anambra–Group
A group of elders from Anambra North Senatorial Zone in Anambra State, has described former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, as the most credible person to represent the region in the Senate come 2015. At a meeting held over the weekend, the elders said they might consider the controversial ex-minister for the position, which is…
Ribadu Dumps APC For PDP
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has quit the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pitch tent with the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. There have been speculations before now that the former presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in 2011, which formed the APC with other…
FG Bans Use Of Non-Revenue Staff As Tax Collectors
The Federal Government has directed that henceforth, non-revenue officials should no longer be used by federal and state tax agencies for collection of taxes. This decision was reached at the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting presided over by the Vice President, Namadi Sambo. It would be recalled that the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, had…
Doctors Fire Back, Vow To Continue Strike
Medical doctors in Nigeria under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, have reacted to the directive of the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health, to suspend the residency programme of its members. Addressing the media in Abuja on Friday, the association further said it will not end its industrial action, which caused…