The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, says the late Dr. Samuel Enemou, who treated Olu Koye, a Nigerian diplomat with the Economic Community of West African States, was aware that the diplomat was a carrier of the deadly Ebola virus. The commissioner stated this during a press conference in Port Harcourt on…
A cold war has broken out among presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC following reported entreaties by younger elements among the contenders to persuade erstwhile head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari out of the contest.The party also called on past leaders of the country to salvage the country from total collapse in the…
Just like ISIS in Iraq, the Boko Haram extremists have reportedly beheaded every Christian man available in the area. Also, their wives have been forced into Islam and given out in marriage to the sect members. The Director, Social Communications of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, gave this revelation on Thursday, in an electronic statement…
…Says: Jonathan Will be Accused of Trying to Rig if He Tries To prosecute themA Perth-based international adviser has survived months of extreme dangerto try to rescue more than 270 schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorist groupBoko Haram in Nigeria.Stephen Davis, 63, has returned from a four-month sojourn with rarefootage of the intense fighting in Nigeria’s north-east,…
The UK’s terror threat level is being raised from “substantial” to “severe” in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level means an attack on the UK is “highly likely”, although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was “imminent”.It is the second…
Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome undergoing divorceThe wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable cannot publish for legal reasons. The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First…
by Ifeanyi Onuba President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday lamented that a number of government programmes, which ought to have been effectively implemented for the benefit of Nigerians, could not be realised owing to poor data management system.For instance, he listed the abuse of the fuel subsidy scheme, which was meant to reduce the cost of…
The former Army Chief called El-Rufai’s allegations a “diversion” to take attention from his own involvement. ABUJA—FORMER Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd), Thursday, accused each other of sponsoring the deadly Boko Haram sect that has been terrorising many parts of northern…
The minister today confirmed that the diplomat had contracted the virus, and that the Ebola virus was responsible for killing the late doctor. Nigeria’s Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, today confirmed a report by SaharaReporters on Wednesday about the death of a doctor who treated a diplomat who contracted Ebola from a Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer.…
Cameroonian soldiers have launched further attacks against Boko Haram insurgents, shelling one of the sect’s camps inside Nigeria. The Cameroonian soldiers launched the attack across the Nigerian border and killed many of the insurgents, a security official stated on Thursday. The Agence France-Presse quoted the source to have said that the Cameroonian troops shelled the…