Lassa fever takes over Lagos as 3 more LUTH staff test positive

Lassa fever takes over Lagos as 3 more LUTH staff test positive – Newspaper Review

The main headlines of mainstream Nigerian newspaper of Thursday, August 10 are focused on the outbreak of Lassa fever in Lagos and the shooting in St.Phillips Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Anambra state.

The Nation reports that the officials confirmed yesterday three more cases of Lassa fever in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and business honeypot. But the state government urged residents not to panic as it is on top of the situation.

Two persons infected with the disease have died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. A resident doctor who participated in the autopsy on the cases got infected.

Yesterday, three of the 100 people being traced in connection with the treatment of the cases were declared positive after tests.

The Nation newspaper

The Punch reports that the St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, has released the names of worshippers who died in the Sunday attack by some gunmen.

The church said 13 people had been confirmed dead so far, adding that those injured were receiving treatment in different hospitals in the state.

A statement by the Diocesan Bishop of Nnewi, Most Rev. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke, said 22 worshippers survived the attack.

The Punch Newspaper

This Day reports that the federal government, badly weighed down by the debilitating effect of Nigeria’s huge debts, on Wednesday sought a way out, approving the issuance of dollar-backed Treasury bills even as it extended the maturity period from between 91 and 364 days to two and three years respectively.

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This Day Newspaper

Vanguard reports that revelations emerged yesterday that the country has lost over N11 trillion Naira to corruption in the electricity sector since her return to democracy in 1999.

The revelation was contained in a report titled: From Darkness to Darkness: How

Nigerians Are Paying the Price for Corruption in the Electricity Sector, released in Lagos from findings carried out by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Projects, SERAP.

The research was supported by MacArthur Foundation. In the 64-page no-hold- barred report, the organisation detailed how Nigeria and Nigerians are being ripped off through corrupt practices embedded in the electricity sector, which it said must be tamed to avoid total calamity in the country’s economic sector.

The report revealed that the country may witness a total estimated loss of N20 trillion from corruption in the sector in the next decade if urgent steps are not taken.

Vanguard Newspaper

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The Guardian reports that the protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence from the country continued yesterday in Abuja despite attack on the protesters on Tuesday by policemen. Essentially, the protest at the Unity Fountain is against Buhari staying for over 90 days in London, United Kingdom on a medical vacation.

The protesters under the auspices of “Our-Mumu-Don-Do Movement” led by maverick singer and social crusader, Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy are accusing Buhari of holding the country to ransom by his continued absence.

According to them, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been unable to allocate portfolios to ministerial nominees and take decisions that could move the nation forward despite the transmission of power to him, proving that Buhari’s absence is stagnating the nation.