WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000

WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000

Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization, WHO said on Thursday. In figures described by its director-general as “an outrage”, the WHO said most of last year’s measles deaths were in children […]
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Sowore: We have not violated court order — DSS

Sowore: We have not violated court order — DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, said it did not violate the court order on the release of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Counsel to the DSS, Hassan Liman, SAN, made the remark in an interview with newsmen shortly after the Federal High Court sitting in the ongoing […]

INEC to conduct  28 outstanding court-ordered re-run in January 2020

INEC to conduct  28 outstanding court-ordered re-run in January 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Jan. 25, 2020 to conduct 28 outstanding court-ordered re-run elections in 12 states. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr. Festus Okoye,  National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the decision was arrived at the […]

UPDATED: DSS releases Sowore, Bakare from detention

UPDATED: DSS releases Sowore, Bakare from detention

Following a 24-hour ultimatum that was handed to it by the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Department of State Service, DSS, on Thursday evening, released pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from detention. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the last general election […]