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Deaths in jigawa in the last 10 days investigation on going

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2020 0

The Special Assistant to the Local Council Chairman on Media, Sani Kakabori who spoke to Channels Television says an average of ten people mostly above the ages of fifty dies everyday for the last ten days, in the local government. However, the state Government has established a five man

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Rising deaths in Kano caused by Malaria, other illnesses – State Commissioner for Information

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

The Commissioner for Information in Kano state, Muhammad Garba, has said preliminary investigation shows the rising cases of death recorded in the state, is majorly caused by ”complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria”.Garba disclosed this in a statement. Part of the statement reads Although an investigation into the cause

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Hypertension, diabetes, meningitis, acute malaria reasons for rising deaths in Kano – Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

The Kano Government has acknowledged and decried the rising death rates in the state capital but declared that none was caused by the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Malam Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner of Information, gave the clarifications in a statement in Kano. “The state government acknowledges recent deaths in Kano, but it is on top […]

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Kano death list of 20 topshots death in 24 hours

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2020 0

For Kano, these times aren’t the best of times for them. Furthermore, news spread on Saturday, that many prominent residents of the Kano state have dropped dead in the last 24 hours. According to sources, some had Coronavirus symptoms, what killed others still remains unknown. Also, there is the speculations of meningitis but residents say […]

Health

Coronavirus: 700 more deaths in Spain

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2020 0

Spanish media reported that 23 residents in a Madrid retirement home had died from COVID-19 or symptoms related to the new virus, news reports said. The residence hung up when called by The Associated Press, but its management released a statement saying it had been pleading for more staff and supplies, including virus tests, after […]

Featured Politics

Kukah leads procession in Sokoto to mourn deaths from insecurity

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

Sokoto –  Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto on Wednesday  led a  peaceful prayer procession in Sokoto organised by the diocese to mourn Nigerians  killed by  Boko Haram insurgents, bandits,  terrorists  and kidnappers. The procession which attracted hundreds of Christian faithful and Muslim communities in the state, started from  Abdullahi

Health

NPC to carry out survey on causes of infant deaths in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2019 0

Lagos – The National Population Commission (NPC) says it will soon commence the 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) Survey in 13 local government areas of the state. The commission’s Director in Lagos State, Mr Murphy Adigun, made this known on Wednesday at a news conference in Lagos. Adigun said that the selected councils include […]

Opinion

Buhari, deaths and rumours of death

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2017 0

Since the travel of President Muhammadu Buhari to the UK for medical reasons, the nation has been rife with the rumoured death of the president. In fact, there is a picture in the cyberspace showing the president to be relaxing and watching TV over there in the UK. While some, for whatever reason, had celebrated […]