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Diarrhea outbreak infects 127 in Ethiopia

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About 127 people were in September infected by acute diarrhea in Ethiopia’s second largest city Dire Dawa, 446 kms east of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. This is according to an Ethiopian official said on Monday. Muluken Argaw, Dire Dawa city Health Bureau Chief, said the infected people were being treated in the city’s main hospital, while several were discharged after they completed treatment. Argaw cited lack of proper waste disposal means, poor sanitation condition, and failure to properly cook vegetable foods as reasons behind the diarrhea outbreak. Several major cities…

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PDP chairmanship: Why I won’t step down for Bode George – Gbenga Daniel

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A national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gbenga Daniel, has stated that he had no plan of stepping down for any of the contenders. He said this in reaction to speculations that he might withdraw for Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman. Others in the race are Jimi Agbaje, 2015 governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State; Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Minister of Education and Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports. Daniel said: “All the aspirants for this position are my…

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Dangote reveals secret of business success

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Africa’s richest man and most successful industrialist, Aliko Dangote, today revealed the secret of his business success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts value from entire processes. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Nigerian vice-president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. He made the  disclosure At the Financial Times’ 4th annual Africa Summit  at Claridges in London. “In Nigeria we are learning how to produce the entire value chain,” Dangote added. Aliko…

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2,000 Nigeria police personnel protest over non-payment of salaries

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No fewer than 2,000 Police personnel attached to the Kaduna State Command are currently protesting over the non-payment of their August and September salaries. The aggrieved police personnel which cut across the rank and file of the Command, are assembled in front of the Salaries Office inside the Command headquarters in Kaduna Town. Addressing the aggrieved personnel, the State Commissioner of Police, Cyril Abeh, explained that the delay was from the Finance Ministry’s IPPS office and not the fault of the police. “They are police officers operating under the law,…

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Aisha Buhari blasts Nigeria’s healthcare, Aso Rock Clinic

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The Wife of the President,  Aisha Buhari on Monday carpeted the health care delivery system in the country and reserved special criticism for the State House Clinic, which she said lacks basic equipment for medicare. She called for a probe of the budget utilisation at the clinic. She expressed the views at the stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, New Born, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH and N) in Abuja. The event was also used to inaugurate the Governors Wives Advocacy Group (GWAG) on reproductive health in the country. “I…

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FG’s 360,000 jobs for youth ready soon, says Emefiele

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Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, yesterday explained how President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to provide 360,000 jobs for youths nationwide will be actualised. Emefiele told stakeholders at a meeting on the operational framework for the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS), under which the jobs will be created, that the scheme was targeted primarily at unemployed youths between the ages of 18 and 35. Emefiele said through the scheme, a minimum of 10,000 youths in each state, willing to engage in sustainable and profitable activities along the agriculture value…

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2019: Two-term governors set stage to upstage sitting senators

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Before the 2015 general elections, some governors, especially those who completed their first four-year term in office, did not only scheme to get a second term but made serious projections on what becomes of them after their eight-year mandate, and the ultimate destination seems to be the Senate. Since the return to democracy in 1999, the probable destination of many governors is the Senate soon after they finished their second term. Former governors now at the Senate include Bukola Saraki, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Aliyu Wamakko, Godswill  Akpabio, Danjuma Goje, Abdullahi…

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NNPC scandal: Kachikwu meets Buhari, Baru visits Osinbajo

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The closed-door meeting which was held inside the president’s office at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa lasted about an hour and 10 minutes. The minister arrived President Buhari’s office at 11.40am and left at 12:50pm. The meeting held as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, also yesterday visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at his office. Baru was sighted at the vice president’s office at about…

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Apple Launches iPhone 8, 8 Plus, X

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Apple has revealed the iPhone X, the phone is pronounced “iPhone 10”, the latest generation of its flagship device. The all-glass device has an edge-to-edge display and no home button. It unlocks using facial recognition software and features wireless charging. Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook also launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, two new phones that have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screens to mark the company’s 10 years anniversary. Like the iPhone X, the devices also have an all-glass design and can be charged wirelessly. In addition to the…

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Biafra: What Buhari told me about agitations – Gov. Umahi

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The Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari assured him of addressing problems facing the region while they were in New York for United Nations summit. He said this while fielding questions from Sun regarding agitations for the actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra and the recent proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Umahi said, “I had private discussion with Mr. President in New York and I want to assure the South-Easterners that the President will…

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