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Health: Ebola survivors likely to become disabled after a year

Ebola survivors need long-term rehabilitation to keep them from getting disabled, after they recover from illness. BY ADRAMS MULAMA Scientists from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool assessed disability among Ebola survivors, 12 months after they were discharged from a hospital in Sierra Leone. The researchers assessed vision, hearing, mobility, self-care, communication and cognition.

Sport: Integrity: NFF goes tough on defaulters, warns officials’ appointment committees

“All affiliates of the Nigeria Football Federation and indeed all Football Stakeholders are advised to submit the list of officials that have failed to comply with the directive of the NFF to relinquish one position out of the two or more positions occupied that portends a clear conflict of interest in the discharge of their duties,” read the circular, signed by NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi. The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday called on the Football Associations in the 36 States and the FCT to forward to it names of persons in their jurisdiction who are still defiantly wearing multiple hats in Nigerian Football.

Health: Zamfara decries prevalent of six child killer diseases

Alhaji Yusuf Mafara, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, expressed this concern at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on breastfeeding in Gusau on Tuesday. The Zamfara State Government has decried the recent increase in the six child killer diseases among children in the state. Alhaji Yusuf Mafara, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, expressed this concern at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on breastfeeding in Gusau on Tuesday.

Politic: Internal party democracy as recipe for sustainable democracy, by Atiku Abubakar

That in order for the APC to succeed as a party in government and for our democracy to endure, the Party, the Legislature and the Executive must work in concert. They should not see one another as a competitor or rival. At a pre-inauguration retreat for All Progressives Congress’ Senators-Elect at Abuja on 23rd May, 2015 I made the following arguments: That in order for the APC to succeed as a party in government and for our democracy to endure, the Party, the Legislature and the Executive must work in concert. They should not see one another as a competitor or rival.

Entertainment News: Fela Still Relevant 20 Years After His Death, Says Segun Arinze

Popular Nollywood actor and TV personality, Segun Arinze, known as “Black Arrow’’, says Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is still relevant 20 years after his death.

Business News: Business Mogul Wants Free Visa For Tourism Investors To Boost Sector

Mr Yomi Fadugba , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MOYDAK Construction Ltd., Lekki, Lagos, has urged the Federal Government to make entry visa free for investors in the tourism industry. Fadugba, a hospitality consultant and investor, who made the appeal when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, said that would attract tourism investors.