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Ebola: Dr. Stella Adadevoh made the supreme sacrifice —Colleagues, relatives

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos Following the death of the Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, her family members have said that they have been left devastated. Adadevoh was the lead doctor who attended to the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, that brought the Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria. She died on […]

Opinion: Who is Marilyn Ogar working against?

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, August 21st, 2014

AUGUST 21, 2014 BY ABIMBOLA ADELAKUN By tomorrow, Friday, August 22, the kidnapped girls of Chibok would have been unwitting ”guests” ofBoko Haram for 130 days. Between their kidnap and frightful escapes, the recurring line from the relevantsecurity agencies has been, “We know where they are”! Ironically, every Nigerian knows where they are too: With Boko Haram! The […]

Minister threatens to revoke N3.4bn contracts

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Steve Oru The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has threatened to revoke the contracts for two of the nine skill acquisition centres in the Niger Delta over poor and delayed contract execution. The two contracts are the Skill Acquisition Centre in Otuke, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and […]

Ebola: US embassy workers’ families to leave Liberia

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Thursday, August 21st, 2014

The US State Department has ordered the departure of all family members of its embassy staff in Liberia, one of the four West African nations hit hard by the Ebola virus. “The State Department ordered the departure from Monrovia of all eligible family members not employed by post in the coming days,” department spokesperson Marie […]

Five new suspected Ebola cases in Lagos –LASG

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

As Nigerians continued to mourn Dr. Stella Adadevoh on Wednesday, another sad news broke on Wednesday that five fresh suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease had been reported in Lagos State. The state Commsioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who announced this shortly after the Federal Government gave an indication that it might immortalise Adadevoh, […]

Ebola crisis: Liberia confirms West Point patients missing as Cameroon closes land, sea and air travels from Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, August 18th, 2014

This man carried a young girl out of the West Point health facility on Saturday Following earlier denials, Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are “missing” after a health centre in the capital was looted. The government had sought to reassure people, saying all the patients had been moved to another health facility. […]

EBOLA: Guinea move Togo 2015 Nations Cup qualifier to Morocco

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 18th, 2014

The Guinea Football Federation has announced that it will play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo in Morocco. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) ordered the match to be played at a neutral venue due to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea. The Group E tie will be played […]

Police uncover biggest baby factory in Port Harcourt

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, August 18th, 2014

OPERATIVES of the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and men of the Rivers State Police Command have uncovered what might be the biggest baby factory in the southern part of Nigeria, where operators allegely sold babies to women for between N2.5 million and N6 million. The police are also on the trail of the […]

Man pushed out of moving vehicle, crushed to death by another

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Monday, August 18th, 2014

A man in his early 20’s yesterday met his untimely death in Aba, Abia state, when he was pushed down from a moving commercial bus, and eventually crushed by another commercial bus that was coming from behind. Sunday Sun learnt that the young man whose identity could not be immediately ascertained had boarded the commercial […]

Rogue bankers steal customers’ funds online

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 18th, 2014

The simplification of banking services by technology has brought with it some hazards, including online frauds, OZIOMA UBABUKOH writes on the increasing rate of tampering with customers’ funds by bank employees Cases of internal online fraud committed by bank employees have been on the rise lately, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that […]