Editor’s note: This interview with Saa Sabas, an Ebola survivor who now volunteers for the Red Cross Society of Guinea, was conducted for CNN by Moustapha Diallo from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (CNN) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has hit “unprecedented” proportions, according to relief workers on the ground, with the WHO ... Read More »
The Lagos State Government on Monday called on all Nigerians to be calm and not panic, assuring them that both the State and Federal Governments are well prepared to ensure that the Ebola Virus Disease did not spread and that no Nigerian is infected with the virus. Addressing a joint Ministerial Press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health ... Read More »
The much anticipated African edition of the Africa Fashion Reception was hosted from 3rd – 5th July, 2014 by the government of Nigeria. It was held in Yenagoa, the oil rich capital of Bayelsa state. The event was put together by Legendary Gold Limited in collaboration with the Nigerian Ministry of Tourism, Culture & National orientation, the World Fashion Week ... Read More »
Lagos, Nigeria; July 2014: 160 players made up of five zonal male and female teams will be vying for honours when the National Finals of the season four of the annual Airtel Rising Stars U-17 tournament kicks off in Lagos on Wednesday, July 30 at the Yabatech Sports Complex, Lagos. The number consists of a male and female team of ... Read More »
The President of the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria and the Iyaloja General, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has urged all Nigerians to embrace peace and religious tolerance as we celebrate the end of Ramadan. In a release signed by her media consultant, Gboyega Akosile, the Iyaloja General enjoined Muslims to put to good use, what the holy ... Read More »
A female suicide bomber killed several people in Kano on Monday, witnesses said, after weekend violence blamed on Boko Haram forced authorities to cancel festivities marking a major Muslim holiday. Multiple witnesses said the attacker targeted women who had lined up in the Hotoro area on the outskirts of Kano to buy kerosene. The queue was long, said area vendor ... Read More »
The Police in Aba, Abia, has confirmed the death of a four-year-old boy after an all night prayer in a church on Saturday morning. The police, who did not give the name of the deceased, also confirmed that 15 other persons were choked during the event. A group called the “Young People’s Christian Fellowship, Ututu, Arochukwu’’, were reportedly made unconscious ... Read More »
No fewer than 60 students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), yesterday, narrowly. escaped death following a mysterious fire that engulfed the Coal City Shuttle bus conveying them from the permanent site of the institution in Agbani, Nkanu West council to city centre. The bus belonging to Enugu State Ministry of Transport is among the ones ... Read More »
Destiny Ugorji As residents of Oil Producing Communities in Imo State groan under deep-rooted poverty and underdevelopment, massive fraud has been uncovered in the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Community-ISOPADEC, a Commission established to enhance development of Oil producing Communities in the State. Last Tuesday, there was a melee in the Commission, the cause of which, despite frantic efforts to ... Read More »
The Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ken Nwosu, who was shot last week by gunmen while on his way to his country home, is dead. He died after medical doctors battled in vain to save his life for the five days he was in the hospital. Dr Nwosu, a former executive director at the National Root Crop Research Institute, ... Read More »
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