Ribadu’s and his friends
On April 9, 2014 in the thick of the All Progressives Congress, APC membership registration exercise, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, a chieftain of the party had blasted purveyors of the rumour that he was about to defect from the party.
How the world is underestimating Ebola: WHO
The Ebola epidemic tearing through western Africa is by far the deadliest known outbreak of the disease, yet the magnitude of the spread is believed to be severely underestimated.
Two year jail terms for hiding Ebola victims in S.Leone
Sierra Leone, battling a deadly outbreak of Ebola, passed a law on Friday that will see anyone harbouring a victim of the disease facing a two-year jail term.
Doctors’ strike contributed to my son’s death – CNPP spokesman
-National Publicity Secretary of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said Friday that the ongoing nationwide strike by medical doctors was partly responsible for the death of his son.
170 migrants feared lost at sea off Libya: coastguard
A Libyan coastguard official said on Friday a boat carrying 170 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was feared lost at sea off the capital Tripoli.
Alison-Madueke rallies oil & gas industry on containment efforts
Efforts by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to galvanize the entire nation for a massive curtailment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country have received a major boost with the convocation of the Oil and Gas Industry Stakeholders Forum on the disease led by the Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources and Board Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
