Two turkey farms in Canada have been placed under quarantine after H5 bird flu was detected in one of them, Canadian health authorities said. The Canadian agency responsible for food inspections said it was conducting further tests to determine the precise strain of the virus and the severity of the infection.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu and distanced itself from the hate speech made by him that any anyone that refuses to vote for APC governorship candidate in Lagos, Akin Ambode, will die in the lagoon within seven days.

Pope Francis has asked for support for Christians throughout the world, calling for concrete participation and tangible help to defend and protect “our brothers and sisters who are persecuted’’. The Pope called for protection for those exiled, killed, and beheaded solely because they were Christians.

Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Tuesday swore in two commissioners, Mr Solomon Agidani and Mr Joseph Tarkaa. Mr John Ngbede, the former Commissioner for Works and Transport, resigned his appointment to pick up the running mate ticket for PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state. Mr Aondowase Chia, the former Commissioner for Rural Development and Cooperatives died in March.

Former presidential aspirant and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Pat Utomi has said that the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu was joking when he threatened that any Igbo that voted for Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Lagos governorship election will die in the lagoon within seven days.

Police in Ebola-hit Sierre Leone raided a funeral on Tuesday and arrested 13 people suspected of organising an unsafe burial, risking spreading the disease, officers said. Police superintendent Da Samah said “heavily-armed” police arrived just in time to stop a 50-year-old man being interred on the outskirts of Freetown after they were tipped off about the ceremony.

Armed security men on Tuesday barricaded all roads leading to the Ekiti State Secretariat, the building that houses the State House of Assembly. Civil servants could not get to their offices as they were turned back by the security men. The workers returned home as they could not confront the combined force of armed policemen and personnel of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Israel has promised to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption and terrorism and also help to develop the the agriculture sector. This is contained in a statement issued by Mallam Garba Shehu, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, on Monday in Abuja.

A 15-year-old South African girl was on Sunday pulled from a flight moments before trying to leave the country to join the Islamic State jihadists, state security said. “We can confirm that she was planning to leave the country with the intention of joining IS and had been actively engaged with social media networks,” State Security Minister David Mahlobo told local daily, The Star. The girl was reported missing by her grandparents Sunday morning when she disappeared from her Cape Town home.

#Lagoonsurvival: Top 10 jokes on Akiolu’s death threat

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it termed as emerging “height of political tension’’ in Lagos and Ekiti states, ahead of the April 11 elections. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary. He urged the president-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to call his members and supporters, particularly in Lagos and Ekiti, to order.

A 37 year-old man, who was arrested alongside a mother of three and four others with 16.51kg narcotics at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, has said he had no regrets over his action, blaming his indulgence on frustration.

FIRE outbreak from an oil blowout on the Riapele-Forcados Trunkline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, a subsidiary of NNPC, has reportedly killed a mother and three children in Odidi, Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State.