LASSA FEVER: FG targets 10,000 health centres, sets up c’ttee
Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adeboye, yesterday, gave an assurance that Lassa Fever would be completely eradicated in the country this year.
FG to give priority to infrastructure devt in tertiary institutions
FEDERAL tertiary institutions will henceforth be given priority in terms of infrastructural and staff development in tandem with President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to reposition the education sector for better productivity.
INEC moves to deploy more technology for future polls
Eighty-two of the state and federal level contests conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the 2015 general election have been quashed by the courts, the commission has disclosed.
N5,000 STIPEND: No records on unemployed youths — Minister
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. James Ocholi, yesterday, said Nigeria lacks comprehensive data of employed and unemployed youths.
Olubadan: Eulogies pour in for late monarch
IT was a mixture of joy and sadness in Ibadan, yesterday, as the ancient city came to terms with the death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana, who passed away Tuesday night.
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara; Governor Akinwumi Ambode and Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu described the death of the Ibadan monarch as a rude shock.
Fear grips Gbaramatu residents over JTF’s threat
RESIDENTS of riverine communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, are worried about the next move of the Joint Task Force, JTF, which had threatened community leaders to produce the ex-militants that bombed crude oil and gas pipelines in the state, last week.
