Abuja Media Circle

Lagos State Government says it has recorded six deaths from cholera outbreak out of 45 cases in some communities in Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Dr Jide Idris, the State Commissioner for Health, who made the disclosure yesterday at a news conference in Lagos, however, was not specific about the timing of the incident. Idris said that state government was already taking appropriate measures and had contained the outbreak. “Following this, 45 cases were line-listed by the Epidemiology Unit of the ministry. Six deaths were recorded among the 45 cases. Majority of the cases did not present with the classical rice-water stool, rather they presented with atypical diarrhoea and vomiting. “Ano-rectal swabs were collected from 15 cases and taken to the Central Public Health Laboratory, Yaba. “Initially, there were no growths; however, continuous culture yielded Vibro cholera from seven out of the 15 samples,’’ he said. The commissioner said that the “Vibrio c...

The senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Bruce (PDP) on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to adjust his approach to the anti-corruption crusade, saying policy was scaring investors. Mr. Bruce, who said this while contributing to the Senate’s debate on the economic recession in the country, said that Nigeria should not expect foreign investments as even local investors had stopped investing. He said people who had money to invest were no longer doing so because the anti-graft agencies were harassing any person with cash transactions running into millions. “Buhari’s approach to anti-corruption is wrong: let us forget the foreign investors, what about the local investors? If people are afraid, they will not invest; fear will not be a policy to grow the economy. Money is a coward; it only goes to places where there is peace and tranquillity. “I have a friend who paid legitimate N50 million into his account and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) came a...