By: Opeoluwa Adeniji In spite of the condemnation that trails the series of terror attacks committed by the Boko Haram since 2009, Adesola Amosun, the Chief of Air Staff, has disclosed that the Nigerian Air Force has actually benefitted from the insurgency. Amosun, who made this revelation at the commissioning of the remodelled Oko Barracks…
Ojukwu Emerges New Police Spokesman
Suleiman Abba, Nigeria Inspector-General of Police has appointed Emmanuel Ojukwu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, as the new Force Public Relations Officer, PRO. Ojukwu replaces Frank Mba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police who was the Force PRO from February 2012 to August, 2014 and has been redeployed to Lagos State Command as an Area Commander, Area…
Ebola: FG releases N200m to Lagos, Requests TKM Ebola drug
Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, on Wednesday disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the immediate release of N200m to the Lagos State Government as Federal Government’s direct support to the state in its efforts aimed at containing the spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease. He added that he had written to a Canadian…
Police Service Commission Promotes Mbu, Manko, 17 others to AIGs
The Police Service Commission has promoted Joseph Mbu, the FCT Commissioner of Police, his Lagos counterpart, Umaru Manko and 17 other Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police. Other promoted officers include Ambrose Aisibor, Adebayo Ajileye, Joel Theophilus, Wilfred Obute, Jubril Adeniji, Ibrahim Maishanu, Godfrey Okeke, and Chintua Amajor-Onu. Also promoted are Felix …
Fire Razes NFF Glass House
A fire incident has occurred inside a building at the office complex of the Nigerian Football Federation in Abuja. The inferno, which started at about 10am affected the offices of the Chief Accountant, the General Secretary and the ICT unit. The incident started with plumes of smoke oozing out of the office of the Chief…
Verissimo Launches Atmosphere Poetry Workshop
Jumoke Verissimo, author of the celebrated poetry collection, ‘I am Memory’ has begun a poetry workshop in collaboration with WriteHouse Collective.The workshop is a monthly project supported by PEN Nigeria Centre. The maiden edition of the workshop was held Saturday, August 16 at the NuStreams Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State. Verissimo is interested in improving…
Ebola: Liberia Orders Curfew and Quarantine of Capital City
Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and ordered the quarantine of an entire area of the capital, Monrovia, as part of measures to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00, adding that all movement would be blocked in and…
A Peep into Lagos Ebola Camp
It is one place that has recently generated almost an equal mix of interest and controversy. Many are interested in knowing what the isolation treatment center set up for patients who have tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba, looks like. Others, who say they already know,…
‘Ebola Prevention Should be More of Sensitization’- Femi Gbadebo
Femi Gbadebo, founder of Benola, a Cerebral Palsy initiative has hinted that preventing the spread of Ebola virus has to do with more of sensitisation than diverting huge sums of money towards the cause. He stated this on Thursday at the Combo Hall of the Lagos State Television, LTV while acting as the Chairman of…
Ebola: Ghana suspends Resumption of Tertiary Institutions
Ghana’s public tertiary institutions will reopen later than expected for the start of the new academic session, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Education has announced. Ablakwa explained that the decision was to guarantee that an effective virus screening system was in place before foreign students traveling from affected West African countries arrived in the…
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