Lassa fever kills 19 in Taraba

By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo At least 19 persons have died of  Lassa fever at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jalingo, Taraba state,  in the last two months. The state commissioner of health  Gbangsheya Buma, disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with journalists in Jalingo. He said eight out of nine suspected cases that…

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Yakubu Dogara, Former Speaker, Nigeria's House of Representatives

We can overcome, Yakubu Dogara

KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY RT. HON. YAKUBU DOGARA, SPEAKER OF THE 8TH ASSEMBLY ON THE THEME: PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA:THE PRAGMATIC APPROACH, AT A TWO-DAY PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SUBMIT ORGANIZED BY SULTAN MACCIDO INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 8TH NOV. 2021 PROTOCOLS: I count it great…

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Emefiele: Cash withdrawal policy, not intended to make life difficult for Nigerians

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that the recently-introduced cash withdrawal policy is not intended to make life difficult for Nigerians but to strengthen the economy. Speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state, Emefiele said many nations were adopting digitisation and…

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