No Lassa fever outbreak in Kogi, says Commissioner

Abdulazeez, in a news briefing in Lokoja on Tuesday, said that there was no case of Lassa fever outbreak in the last four weeks in Kogi , as being…

The commissioner said that the case of a deceased student, who was admitted to the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja, was not lassa fever. The commissioner, therefore, advised members of the public to disregard the report as no case of lassa fever had been reported in the state.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission recently approved an increase in the electricity tariff, particularly for customers under Band A. Customers under Band A are to enjoy 20–24 hours of electricity supply daily, while those under Band B are the ones who get a daily electricity supply of 16–20 hours; Band C is supplied with…

Faced with sky-high inflation, low salaries and an overstretched healthcare system, doctors and nurses are leaving Nigeria in their thousands every year for better opportunities abroad. Between 15,000 and 16,000 doctors have departed in the past five years, according to Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. Today, Africa's most populous country has just 55,000 doctors…

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