Wednesday, October 22, 2014
NMA opens endowment for Ebola
2:22 PM
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Nigerian
Medical Association has opened an endowment fund as the country begins
building up its preparedness for a probable re-emergence of Ebola virus
disease.
The fund comes despite World Health Organisation certifying Nigeria Ebola-free after the disease was contained.
The fund is to pay for training and equipping healthworkers against Ebola, said NMA president Dr Kayode Obembe.
He spoke at the association's...
I won’t step down for anybody – Kwankwaso
2:12 PM
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Rabiu Kwankwaso
The Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso yesterday said he will not step down for anyone in the
race for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress.
The governor is among APC’s
four presidential aspirants, the others being retired General Muhammadu
Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah.Since
Senator Bukola Saraki announced he was shelving his...
Why WHO declares Nigeria Ebola-free
2:07 PM
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Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu
The World Health Organisation (WHO)
yesterday declared Nigeria officially free of the Ebola virus disease
after six weeks passed without recording any new case.The
declaration by WHO representative, Rui Gama Vaz, in Abuja came 42 days
after the last person in possible contact with the virus was taken off
observation...
US, investors to build $20bn power plant in Katsina
1:57 PM
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United
States government officials and a consortium of companies have arrived
in Katsina State for feasibility studies on a 1000 megawatts gas plant
to be financed from the $20 billion Power-for-Africa grant from the US
government.
Six other African countries - Tanzania,
Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Liberia - are to benefit from the grant aimed
at improving power supply on the continent.The officials are
looking at...
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Health workers begin nationwide strike Today
1:52 PM
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Health workers across the country will today begin an indefinite
strike over alleged government’s refusal to accede to their demands.
The aggrieved workers ousted their grievances to include intractable
leadership crisis in the health sector; non-commencement of residency
training programme for health professionals, non-implementation of new
call duty allowance and non-payment of arrears of CONHESS 10 skipping,
among others.
National...
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Taraba 2015: Northern Patriotic Front Rally Support For Acting Governor
2:42 PM
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Ahead of the 2015 governorship election in Taraba
State, the Northern Patriotic Front (NPF) has called on the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to give priority to the acting governor, Alhaji Garba
Umar, in the contest for the state’s governorship election.
The...
PDP Chieftain Commends aspirant for renovating party secretariat, donating chairs
12:48 PM
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The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party of Ijumu Local Government
area in Kogi State, Alhaji Isau has commended Comrade Tosin Adeyanju for
renovating and donating chairs to its party secretariat at Iyara local
government.
Alhaji...
Friday, October 10, 2014
Police arrest pastor with human skull in Osun State
5:14 PM
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A 35 year old pastor
with the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Osun state, Clement Oyetunde was paraded by men
of the Osun state police command yesterday October 9th after he was
found with human skull and other charms at his church premises in
the Adeowo area of Modakeke in Osun.
According
to reports, Clement said a friend brought the skull to his house and
buried it in his compound but that the spirit of the skull kept calling
for...