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…
Jonathan appoints Kifasi as new Head of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Danladi Kifasi as the new Head of Service of the Federation as Bukar Goni Aji retires. This is contained in a tweet posted by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Kifasi, the new Head of Service of the Federation was, until this appointment, Permanent Secretary in…
NFF Presidency: Odegbami, Ogunjobi, Umeh disqualified
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has disqualified three major aspirants for the post of the President of the football federation. Those disqualified are Segun Odegbami, ex-Nigerian international and 1980 Nations Cup winner; Taiwo Ogunjobi, also an ex-international and suspended member of the NFF executive committee; and Victor Umeh, current Acting Chairman…
Ebola: Government Postpones Schools Resumption
The Federal Government on Tuesday approved the extension of the current holiday of primary and secondary schools across the country as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Ebola Viral Disease, EVD in the country. Comrade Jude Imagwe, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Matters disclosed this in Abuja…
Ebola: NGE Calls for Proactive Action
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE has called on government at all levels to “set up isolation centres and units as proactive measures to stay a step ahead of the deadly Ebola virus.” The body also commended the Nigerian media’s reportage and sensitisation measures taken as part of campaign against the disease, since its…
Women Advocates Seek Media Coverage for Female Rights
In a bid to ensure increased and improved media reportage of girls and women rights in Nigeria, gender advocates from civil society organisations have called for a wider media coverage and prompt reportage of female rights. They made the call on August 7 at a round table discussion in Lagos organised to appraise the viewpoint…
WriteHouse Collective Signs Dami Ajayi
WriteHouse Collective, a firm poised to create credible and enduring platforms for writers has recently signed a publishing contract with Dami Ajayi, shortlist of the Melissa Manuscript Prize Ajayi is a prolific bard; a medical doctor by day and writer by night. He is also the co-publisher of the Saraba Magazine and one of the…
Dangote Doubles Capacity of Ibeshe Cement Plant
Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, has increased the capacity of Dangote Cement Plc, Ibeshe, Ogun State plant from 6 million tonnes to 12 million tonnes per annum by adding two new lines. Sunday Adondua, deputy manager, production/process and training coordinator, said of the new lines: Lines Three and Four, one has been commissioned and…
Osun Election: Policemen Protest Non-Payment of Allowances
There has been an outbreak of violence at the Police headquarters, Osun State on Monday. Policemen posted to the state for the August 9, 2014 governorship elections are protesting non payment of their allowance. The road leading to the police headquarters has been blocked by the protesting police officers. They have also decided to vent…
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