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Newspaper Headlines: NCDC raises alarm over surge in Lassa fever cases in Edo, Ondo

byKunle Daramola
October 13, 2024 7:00 am

The dailies report on measures devised by state governors to corner funds allocated to LGAs.

There are also reports on Dangote refinery beginning crude oil production soon.

Punch reveals how governors continue to take local council funds through secret oath-taking deals and agreements with elected chairpersons. The newspaper says the Ogun state police command said it is hunting the killers of Adeleke Adeyinka, councillorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Tribune reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has raised the alarm over surge in cases of Lassa fever in Edo and Ondo states. The newspaper says stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the north-central are hell-bent on removing Umar Damagum as acting national chairman of the party.
The Nation says Dangote Group plans to commence crude oil production before the end of this year to solve the crude supply woes its refinery has been facing. The newspaper reports that suspected herdsmen killed four persons in a Benue community.
Independent reports that some lawyers have canvassed for the scrapping of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying the anti-graft agen­cy has consistently overstepped its bounds. The newspapers says Emeka Kalu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital terri­tory (FCT), to face his duties and allow Simina­layi Fubara, governor of Rivers, to govern the state in peace.

 

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