Lassa fever deaths rise to 214 as fatality rate reaches 25.0 % – NCDC
Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the Case Fatality Rate climbing to 25.0 per cent, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said.
Aisha Buhari donates 5 trucks of relief items, N55m to Boko Haram victims
WIFE of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has donated five trucks of assorted relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, and victims of insurgency in Borno State.
Strike: OPS vows to sanction workers
The Organised Private Sector (OPS) under the aegis of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) said that any employee who failed to report for duty during the strike would be sanctioned.
Court reinstates impeached Kogi Speaker, Deputy, 7 Principal Officers
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, reinstated the impeached Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. MomohJimoh Lawal.
Chibok Girls: Amina’s rescue has given us new hope—Buhari
APPARENTLY elated by the rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 219 Chibok School girls abducted on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, said yesterday, that her recovery has opened a new window of hope to Nigeria and an opportunity towards a vital information.
Fix date for Anambra Central rerun, IPAC tells INEC
THE Anambra State Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, an umbrella body for all registered political parties in the state, yesterday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to fix a date for the rerun of the controversial Anambra Central senatorial election, regretting that the people of the zone have been left out of decision -making in the country’s upper legislative chambers as a result of the impasse.
