NAUTH moves to tackle Lassa fever, says no outbreak yet in Anambra
NNEWI—THE management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, Anambra State, has introduced measures aimed at combating the spread of Lassa fever, if noticed in any part of the state. The Chief Medical Director, CMD of NAUTH, Prof. Anthony Igwegbe made this known during a Sensitization Seminar organized by the hospital to educate workers in the institution on the disease and how to tackle it, if noticed.
‘Okowa’s victory, a call for commitment’
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Mr. Ochuko Odugba has urged Deltans to see the victory of the state governor, Sen Ifeanyi Okowa at the Supreme Court as a call for commitment towards the development of the state.
Boko Haram: Don’t return IDPs to unsafe territories, Anglican Church tells FG
ABUJA—THE Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Revd Nicholas Okoh, has called on the Federal Government to exercise caution in its efforts to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, home as promised by the first quarter of this year.
We’re not leaving destroyed communities, Dalori residents tell Buhari
MAIDUGURI—District Head of Dalori, Alhaji Usman Lawan Dalorima and residents have informed President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State that no amount of threat or threats from Boko Haram insurgents will compel them to desert their community and become refugees in any of the settlement camps in Maiduguri.
When the father is the rapist!
Why would a father rape his own child? Why would an uncle rape his niece? Is it true that when a man marries a woman who already has a teenage girl, he is actually targeting the teenage girl? According to rape survivors, the worst form of abuse that any woman can deal with is rape. If not properly and professionally handled, the survivor becomes psychologically traumatized, at times suicidal. Where the perpetrator is a family member, someone trusted, with an obligation to protect and care for the survivor, it becomes even more traumatic.
Igbo not marginalised in Buhari’s govt – APC stalwart
UMUAHIA—A CHIEFTAIN of the ruling All Progrssives Congresss, APC, in Abia State, Dr. Ephraim Iroakazi has come in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari over the allegation that he has marginalized Igbo people, saying that the President has so far given Ndigbo what was due to them. Speaking to reporters in Umuahia, Iroakazi said that President Buhari has not in any way sidelined the Igbo so far.
