The Commissioner for Health in Sokoto State, Dr Ali Inname, says four persons have died and 56 hospitalised as result of the outbreak of diarrhea, occasioned by water contamination in Sokoto, the state capital. The incident occurred at Helele in Sokoto North local government area of Sokoto metropolis. Inname said on Wednesday, attributed the incident to the drinking of contaminated water by people in the affected settlement, adding, however, that state government had contained the spread of the disease. He said that the survivors had been placed on treatment at Helele and Kofar Rini Primary Healthcare Centres as well as…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the new service chiefs at the Presidential Villa. The service chiefs, who were appointed on Tuesday, arrived at the villa in their old official vehicles at about 4.00p.m. The new service chiefs – Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm. Awwal Zubairu Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff and AVM Isiaka Amao, Chief of Air Staff – may be decorated with their ranks by the president at the meeting. The service chiefs replaced former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; former…
Six persons on Wednesday lost their lives in a ghastly accident which occurred within the Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi. Eyewitnesses told newsmen in Lokoja that three people died on the spot while three others died later in an hospital. A female victim of the accident said to be in a critical condition was later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre , Lokoja. Also confirming the accident, Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Solomon Agure said that 10 people were involved. He said that three of them died on the spot while six were critically…
Locusts have remained a major threat to the Horn to Africa due to favourable weather conditions, Keith Cressman, a senior locust forecasting officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) said. In a statement issued in Nairobi on Wednesday, Cressman observed that while plenty of efforts have been made in the past year to fight the locusts, the current weather in the region favours the insects. “We have not seen a break in the weather pattern. We had a cyclone in December. “Cyclones normally don’t occur in the region during the period, but this is the…
Speaker of House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila says the lawmakers plan to pass Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by April. Gbajabiamila made the announcement while speaking at a public hearing on the Bill, organised by the House ad hoc Committee on PIB on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the oil industry had been performing below expectations due to the absence of national legislation. According to him, it is disappointing and frankly difficult to explain how successive governments have failed to deliver on the reform. “This public hearing allows all stakeholders to contribute to the Bill for an Act to provide…
The Benue Deputy Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu, on Wednesday revealed that nine aides of Gov. Samuel Ortom had tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Abounu, who made the disclosure in Makurdi during a press conference, said despite the number of aides that tested positive for the virus, all government activities were going on smoothly. Ortom had through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase, announced that his latest COVID-19 test result had returned positive. Abounu, the State Chairman of Action Committee on COVID-19, said the committee had already carried out contact tracing of those who came in contact with all those infected…
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, for allegedly killing his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 and his four-year-old male child with a shovel. CSP Haruna Mohammed, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Awka. Mohammed said the suspect allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained before attacking his wife and child. “On Jan. 26, at about 7:45p.m., Police operatives attached to Ozubulu Police Station arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, of Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. “Suspect allegedly ran amok in…
A suspicious package has been found at site in Wales where the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is stored. Manufacturing partner for AstraZeneca, Wockhardt UK, confirmed to dpa that emergency services were called to the warehouse in the Welsh town of Wrexham early on Wednesday after the package was found. “Upon expert advice we have partially evacuated the site pending a full investigation,’’ a spokeswoman for Wockhardt UK said. “The safety of our employees and business continuity remain of paramount importance.’’ North Wales Police told dpa, “We are currently dealing with an ongoing incident on the Wrexham Industrial Estate. “The roads are currently closed and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned four directors of Petrol Union Oil and Gas Company Ltd. charged with £2.55 billion fraud. The defendants are Abayomi Kukoyi (said to be trading under the name and style of Gladstone Kukoyi and Associates), Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi Okpalaeze and Prince Emmanuel Okpalaeze. The defendants were charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos and are facing trial along with Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Ltd. They were alleged to have committed the fraud between 1994 and 2007. The EFCC alleged that the defendants fraudulently procured a cheque…
One-third of all African stories in news outlets on the continent are sourced from foreign news services according to a new report from Africa No Filter (www.AfricaNoFilter.org). The ‘How African Media Covers Africa’, highlights the fact that stories about Africa continue to be told through the same persistent and negative stereotypes and frames of poverty, disease, conflict, poor leadership and corruption. Download the How African Media Cover Africa report: http://bit.ly/AfricaNoFilter The research surveyed 38 African editors, analyzed content from 60 African news outlets in 15 countries (Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, DRC, Egypt, Tunisia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal) between September and October…