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The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, said the Lagos University Teaching Hospital carried out the laboratory diagnosis of the case while the Institute Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal confirmed it on September 12. The minister made this known in a statement issued by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry on Monday in Abuja. The minister said that the State Epidemiology Team has begun investigation in the affected area and surrounding…

•Warns about disastrous consequences •Exposes why Wike dissolved EXCO The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has warned Governor Nyesom Wike not to proceed with his planned closure of over 5,000 private schools in the State, as the consequences for the State would be grave. The party issued the warning in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and released on Monday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. Rivers APC said: “We have been reliably informed that Governor Wike has concluded plans to close down over 5,000 private schools by this October. “The offence…

…Says we’ll continue to prioritise welfare of judges …As Lagos Chief Judge, Atilade Retires Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said his administration will continue to give utmost priority to the welfare of serving and retired judges in the State so as to enable them continue to give their very best to the economic prosperity of the State. Governor Ambode, who spoke when the outgoing Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said his administration on inception in May 29, 2015, embarked upon reforms in the judiciary…

Nigeria’s Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu will be holding a new media chat today on Twitter and Facebook. The new media chat which takes place at 4:00 pm will be real time to all users on social media across the globe. Kachikwu will be asked questions using the hashtag #7BigWins. The new media chat is themed Mid-Term Review and users can join the chat by logging onto any of his social media websites. READ: Chibok mediator Zannah Mustapha wins UN prize “Visit www.twitter.com/IbeKachikwu or/and www.facebook.com/Ibekachikwu or ask your questions using the hashtag, #7BigWins,” a statement…

Zannah Mustapha, a Nigerian lawyer who helped to secure the release of dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was on Monday announced the winner of a UN prize for providing education to children displaced by violence in northeast Nigeria. He is the founder of two schools which offer free education, meals and healthcare to its pupils, and even enrol children born to Boko Haram fighters to learn alongside those orphaned by the Islamist group’s eight-year insurgency. The Nansen Refugee Award, which is bestowed by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), has been won in the past…

Paris St-Germain boss Unai Emery says he will step in if Neymar and Edinson Cavani cannot sort out their differences over taking set-pieces. The forwards seemed to quarrel over a penalty in a 2-0 win over Lyon before Cavani took it and had it saved. “I have told them to sort it out between themselves,” said Emery. “I think that they are capable of doing that and that they will both be our kickers. If they cannot reach an agreement, I will decide for them.” He added: “I do not want this to become a problem for us.” PSG needed…

The ordinarily quiet town of Anyigba, Kogi State, came alive last Sunday as the country’s most entertaining comedy show, the Glo Laffta Fest, hit the town. Lining up to thrill the students and other members of the Kogi State University community were some of the best comedians in Nigeria. They included Godwin Komone, generally called Gordons, Bovi Ugboma and Benneth Daniel, better known as Acapella. With the massive publicity the organizer, Globacom, gave to the show, the university’s sporting complex venue of the event, had started to fill up as early as 8 a.m. even though the show was scheduled…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York to join other world leaders for the one week 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events starting on Tuesday. The President was accompanied by Govs. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, David Umahi of Ebonyi and Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of Ondo state. He was received at the JF Kennedy Airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande. The president was thereafter, welcomed at about 8:30 p.m. at his lodge by the Ministers of Solid Minerals Kayode Fayemi,…

By Pamela Osagie If you did not hear about the epic fight, which featured Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world-famous boxer who came out of retirement, and his Irishman, Connor McGregor, you are, most likely living under a rock. The fight, aptly dubbed ‘The Money Fight’, was billed to be the biggest fight in combat sports history. Highly sensationalized, it pulled up staggering statistics from viewership numbers to winnings for both fighters and promoters. The anticipated fight took place on August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena, Nevada. The night ended with Mayweather stopping McGregor at the tenth round and hitting a…

Her reign as the world’s oldest person did not last long; but her life – well, that’s a whole ’nother story. Violet Moss (also spelled Mosse) Brown, affectionately known as Aunt V, has died at at 117 years old in Jamaica, after being named the world’s oldest person in April. The Jamaican Prime minister announced her death on Twitter on Friday. https://twitter.com/AndrewHolnessJM/status/908845268032016385 Moss Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900, grabbed the Guinness World Record following the death of previous record-holder Emma Morano, of Italy, who died at the very same age. When she was named the world’s oldest…