Guinea has declared an end to the Marburg virus disease outbreak after discovering no new cases over the past 42-day incubation period, or the time between infection and the onset of symptoms. The virus outbreak, which was confirmed on August 9 marked the first time the disease emerged in the country and in West Africa. Only the index patient who was diagnosed with the virus posthumously, was recorded and more than 170 high-risk contacts monitored for 21 days. Marburg, a highly infectious virus that causes haemorrhagic fever, was detected in southern Guinea. The country’s health authorities, with support from World…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition. The imposition of the sanctions is the bloc’s toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move was agreed at an emergency summit of ECOWAS in Accra to respond to last week’s coup in Guinea and perceived slow progress towards constitutional rule in Mali following a coup last year. Regional heads of state decided to freeze the financial assets and impose travel bans on Guinea’s junta members and their relatives, insisting on the release of…
Mr Temitayo Orebajo, Director, Tax Policy and Advisory Department, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are expected to register for tax purposes and obtain Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). Orebajo said this in Abuja on Thursday at a webinar on CSOs tax responsibilities and compliance. He said the webinar was aimed to promote CSOs understanding and knowledge of their tax responsibilities. The webinar was organised by FIRS and the European Union Agents for Citizen-Driven Transformation (EU-ACT), a Non-Governmental Organisation. The webinar is to provide an opportunity for CSOs to engage the FIRS on parts of tax…
By Bashir Rabe Mani Sultan Saad Abubakar on Thursday assured corps members of adequate security in Sokoto state. The sultan gave the assurance when he hosted a select group of the 2021 Batch B, Stream II corps members drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT. This was contained in a statement signed by Musa Abubakar, Acting Director, Special Duties, NYSC and issued to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. “The monarch said it has become imperative that the lives and security of all corps members serving in the state must be prioritized by all the concerned authorities.…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi, has established a molecular genetics and infectious diseases laboratory, the first of its kind in the North East The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Jibrin Bara disclosed this in Bauchi on Thursday, adding that the laboratory will be used for Lassa fever and COVID-19 testing. “I am glad to inform you that samples for Lassa fever testing will no longer be taken to Abuja or Eruwa Teaching Hospital in Edo, where it used to take weeks before results are out. Now it will take only…
Essential Things About Nupe Kingdom is a revelation by the 13th Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr Yahaya Abubakar on the occasion of its 18th anniversary. First published by the Punch is reproduced by ASHENEWS: How would you describe your reign on the throne in the last 18 years? I give gratitude to Almighty Allah for allowing me to, once again, observe and witness the anniversary of my birthday and ascension to the throne of my forefathers. September 11 (2021) marks my 18th year on the throne as I ascended the throne on September 11,…
Indications are that the offensive against the bandits in Zamfara State is making some progress. Hundreds of them have been killed through aerial bombardments and some of those running away are being mopped up by ground forces. We must congratulate our troops for the success so far and urge them to do more. In the Eastern Front, internal fighting within Boko Haram led to the killing of factional leader Abubakar Shekau. There were reports yesterday that the killer of Shekau and leader of the ISWAP faction, Musab Al-Barnawi, has been killed in a revenge attack. These are very positive developments…
If you are wondering about the unusualness of the word NEPTUNE as the name of a newspaper/magazine, you are not alone; I was too. No, it is not the Roman god of the sea, nor is it blue, brine, deep, ocean, sea. There is neither sea nor ocean in the North East where the publisher, Dr Hassan Gimba, hails from and which the medium is named after. NEPTUNE is an acronym for News, Entertainment, People (Politics), Tradition and Unity of the North East. So, from the beginning, the publisher carved a niche for the paper and himself, then other things…
Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, (DMO) has disclosed that the country’s total public debt (federal and state governments), has risen to N35.46 trillion at the end of the second quarter (Q2) of 2021. This represents an increase of N2.36 trillion from the N33.10 trillion recorded in March 2021. The Director-General, Patience Oniha made the disclosure of the second quarter during a virtual media presentation on Wednesday. According to her, the federal government accounts for 83.07 percent of the debt burden while the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) account for 16.93 percent. She added that the total external debt…
The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba has disclosed that the recruitment dispute between the Police Service Commission and the Police hierarchy, has been resolved. Baba disclosed this while addressing officers and men of the Police Command in Niger, at the command’s headquarters in Minna on Thursday. He said that now that the dispute was over, recruitment into the force would commence in earnest. According to him, between now and 2022 no fewer than 20,000 policemen will be engaged into the force to boost its manpower. “Our problem with the Police Service Commission on who recruits is over, the recruitment which…