Sister Of Dead Ebola Doctor Escapes From Port Harcourt To Abia State

 A nurse helps a health worker put on protective gear before treating Ebola patients at a clinic in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. The sister of a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor, Iyke Enemuo, who recently died from the Ebola virus, fled to Abia State to avoid being quarantined...

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Ihejirika Fires Back At El-Rufai, Calls Him "Boko Haram Commander"

Speaking on Thursday in Abuja, Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Ihejirika shot back at former minister of the FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, who earlier today accused Ihejirika of being a sponsor of terror sect Boko Haram. The former Army Chief called El-Rufai's allegations a "diversion" to take attention from his own involvement. “The (commanders), including El-Rufai, know where the problem is," Ihejirika told Vanguard. "He should stop deceiving...

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Alimodu Sheriff Named as Boko Haram Sponsor

In a recent interview with Arise News TV, Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, who was hired by the Nigerian government some months back to help negotiate with Boko Haram members to facilitate the release of abducted Chibok girls, mentioned the name of former Borno state Governor, Alimodu Sheriff as a sponsor of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. He also said that an unnamed past Chief of Army Staff who was sacked by Pres. Jonathan...

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FG Recalls Disengaged Resident Doctors

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Residency Training Program in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, 28th of August, 2014 (yesterday) while the ongoing appraisal of the program continues. Nigerian medical doctors during a protest in Ibadan Sahara...

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PDP Grant Ribadu, Marwa, Others Waiver To Run For Adamawa Guber Election

         Nuhu Ribadu Members of the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party today granted the much needed waiver to boost the governorship dreams of a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.  The...

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Pastor Oyakhilome’s Wife Files For Divorce In London Court

  The wife of Christ Embassy Church founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Rev. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. According to TheCable, she outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable cannot publish for legal reasons. The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family...

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NSCDC Officials Chase Graduate Hawker to His Death

A 37-year-old graduate of Accountancy from the University of Lagos, who sold recharge cards under the Meckwen Bridge, Victoria Island,Lagos State, has been chased to his death by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Babalola Felix fell into the Lagoon as he was running to avoid being arrested by the NSCDC officials. The incident happened last week Monday afternoon. Our correspondent gathered that the NSCDC men had...

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Gunmen abduct two-year-old girl in Akwa Ibom

Three unidentified gunmen have abducted a two-year-old girl, Miss Patience Essiet, in Ukat Ubium, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. The mother of the abducted girl, Ms Affiong Tommy, 20, said the gunmen broke into the room through the back door around 4am on Wednesday. She said the gunmen first broke into her brother’s room, kicked him and asked him to lie still. She added that they threatened to shoot him if he tried to shout or run away. Tommy explained that two of the gunmen left her brother’s room and went into...

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Rivers records first suspected case of Ebola

Rivers State government on Wednesday said it is investigating a possible first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)-related death, which occurred in a private hospital in Port Harcourt.  The State Commissioner of Health, Sampson Parker, who revealed this yesterday said a health worker from Lagos had been admitted in a private clinic in D/Line area of Port Harcourt, and later died after much vomiting and stooling. Parker explained...

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US official says Ebola epidemic will worsen

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is going to get worse before it gets better, according to the top US public health official. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, said the epidemic would need an “unprecedented” response to bring it under control. Health ministers from across West Africa are due to meet in Ghana to discuss the growing crisis. The World Health Organization says the outbreak has killed 1,427 people. The health body says it is the largest ever Ebola epidemic and has infected an estimated 2,615 people. Liberia...

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Jonathan Holds Meeting With Obasanjo Over Security Challenges

              Jonathan and Obasanjo President Goodluck Jonathan and former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday met in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa where the two discussed the nation’s security challenge. Obasanjo confirmed the meeting to journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State, when he returned from Abuja. “Yes, I can confirm that I met with Mr. President on his...

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Japan confirms first dengue fever infections in 70 years

Japanese health officials said Thursday that three young people have contracted dengue fever, the first such infections in the country in nearly 70 years. The three are suspected of having contracted the disease when they were bitten by mosquitos in Yoyogi Park in central Tokyo, officials said. The patients -- a man in his 20s in Tokyo as well as a teen and woman in her 20s in Saitama Prefecture north of the capital -- go to the same educational institution in Tokyo. None of them is in a life-threatening condition, officials said. The...

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PDP sets up panel to consider waiver for Ribadu, Marwa, others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) rose from a late night meeting Wednesday announcing the postponement of the screening for all its 14 aspirants for the governorship of Adamawa State. The meeting which ended at 8.15 pm also set up a committee to consider the applications of some of the aspirants who defected to the PDP from the All Progressives' Congress (APC). The Committee was to submit its...

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Four Military officers quizzed over mutiny

Nigerian Soldiers Strong indications emerged on Wednesday that the military high command had started taking decisive steps against security personnel involved in acts inimical to the military tradition. It was gathered on Wednesday that four army officers were arrested for allegedly encouraging some soldiers, who disobeyed a directive on posting to Bama, one of the areas where Nigerian troops are fighting Boko Haram insurgents. Mutiny...

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Night of Tribute Held for Late Dora Akunyili In Anambra State

Anambra State Government yesterday held an Honours and Tributes ceremony for late Prof. Dora Akunyili, at the Women Development Centre in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The well-attended event hosted by Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State, was graced by eminent personalities such as former Heads of State, Generals Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo.She will be burried today August 28th.    ...

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Ebolaphobia: Nigerian Government Shuts Schools Till Oct 13

  Taking further precautions against the spread of the disease, the Federal Government yesterday announced a new resumption date for public and private primary and secondary schools across the country. The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, who made the announcement, declared that all the schools must remain closed until  October 13, 2014. The minister directed that all summer...

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Tom Ikimi Abandons APC

  A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tom Ikimi, said he had withdrawn his membership of the party. Ikimi, who is a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, said he ceased from being a member of the APC from Wednesday, August 27 (today). The former minister of external affairs accused some leaders of the party, especially former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, of imposition. The former chairman of the defunct...

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Why Enugu Deputy Governor Was Impeached

Impeached Governor Sunday Onyebuchi The Enugu State House of Assembly has impeached the state’s Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi. Mr Onyeabuchi was removed for operating a commercial poultry at his official residence and of disobeying Governor  Chime, charges that, under the law, do not qualify as impeachment offences. In fact,  the deputy governor’s removal is believed to have been masterminded by Governor Sullivan Chime, who interestingly...

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I'm Ready To Sweep Any Street In Nigeria–Ribadu

Nuhu Ribadu Former presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, said that his desire to serve at any level propelled him to drop his initial presidential ambition to contest the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Adamawa State governorship poll. Mallam Ribadu said he is ready to sweep any street in any part of the country, as a mark of service to his fatherland....

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480 Nigerian soldiers strayed into Cameroon- Army

  About 480 Nigerian soldiers are said to have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents. This was confirmed by the Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who said the troops had already been disarmed. But the Director of Defence Information, Maj. -Gen Chris Olukolade, said the soldiers merely strayed into Cameroon and therefore were not “deserters.” Badjek told the British Broadcasting Corporation ...

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Spouses of dead victims test positive To Ebola

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that there are two new confirmed cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country. Chukwu at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday morning, said the confirmed cases had had secondary contact with the index case, the Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer. Chukwu said, “The two patients are spouses of those that had primary contacts with Sawyer. They are among the secondary contacts that...

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Nigerian Government Pays Students in Russia Scholarship Allowances

Some students on FG scholarship in Russia The Federal Government has paid the eight months allowances it owed the over 322 Nigerian students on the Bilateral Educational Agreement scholarship in Russia. The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Tuesday that the failure by the Federal Government to pay the allowances of the students had forced them into begging and resorting to illegal jobs, which put them at risk of deportation in Russia. Following...

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I’ve been seeking for what to do since 2003 –Na’Abba

Gali Na’Abba A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Gali Na’Abba, yesterday said he had been searching for job since he left the House in 2003. Na’Abba, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, represented the Kano Municipal Federal Constituency of Kano State from 1999 to 2003 during the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. He spoke during a national stakeholders’ summit on gender-based violence affecting...

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How Nigerian woman causes Ebola scare in Germany

A Nigerian woman showing symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease caused a scare after she fainted at a crowded jobcentre in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday. She was immediately rushed in an ambulance to the Charite Hospital but about 600 visitors and officials of the job centre were quarantined by emergency service officials who sealed off part of the street in Prenzlauer Berg district where the centre is located. Several who came into contact with...

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