The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of lassa fever within one week across the country.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever within one week across the country.
Cumulatively, from week one to 13, the country recorded 806 confirmed cases and 150 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 18.6 per cent, higher than the CFR for the same period in 2023 . According to the report, no health worker was infected in the reporting week, and individuals between the ages of 31 and 40 were predominantly affected by the infection.
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Ondo Vanguards for Good Governance has accused Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of printing fake membership cards and slips ahead of the party’s primary on April 20.Justice Abimbola Awogboro of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced convicted social media influencer, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky to six months in custody over mutilation of the naira.
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