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Ogun initiates monitoring measures as NYSC member dies of Lassa fever
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The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday, declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
Coker said the hemorrhagic viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corp member who fell sick in Ondo and was brought to one of the state’s secondary health facilities in the Ijebu North Local Government where she died.
The commissioner disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Wednesday.
She listed the symptoms of this viral fever to include high-grade fever, headache, general body weakness, sore throat, muscle pain, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, chest pain and unexplained bleeding from the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and other body openings.
Coker urged residents of the state to quickly report anyone with these symptoms to the nearest government health facility for immediate medical intervention.
She said, “Ogun State has confirmed a case of Lassa fever and as such declared Lassa fever outbreak.
“The index case is a 25-year-old female National Youth Corps member who fell sick while in Ondo State and was brought to one of our secondary health facilities in Ijebu North LGA on 18th March 2025 and later died the same day.”
The health commissioner implored members of the community to promptly report to the hospital if they noticed any of Lassa fever symptoms.
“Any case of febrile illness that has not responded to 48 hours use of anti-malaria or antibiotics should raise an index of suspicion for Lassa fever!
“We implore all health facilities in Ogun State, public and private, to step up infection prevention and control measures and encourage compliance by all health facility staff.
“Healthcare workers that suspect Lassa fever in a patient are advised to call their local government disease surveillance and notification officer (LGA DSNO) whose numbers are placed in our health facilities or call State Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (0703-421-4893) or state epidemiologist (0808-425-0881)
“The Ogun State Government remains dedicated to protecting the health of her citizens through continuous surveillance and prompt response to infectious diseases.
“The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Rapid Response Team at ljebu North East is keeping the situation under control with enhanced surveillance and community engagement and mobilisation for effective response.”
On March 10, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced the death of a 31-year-old physician from Lassa fever in Ondo State.
The physician was said to have died of the disease shortly after returning from the United Kingdom.
The NCDC said the Ondo State Ministry of Health had activated contact tracing to check the further spread of the disease.
It noted that the deceased visited his fiancée in Edo State, as well as with family and friends, before travelling to the UK.
“All necessary in-country structures have been mobilised to ensure all possible contacts are traced and monitored, Port Health Services involvement in contact tracing and line listing of in-flight contacts to bolster surveillance efforts at the points of entry, and information has been shared with all relevant authorities in line with the International Health Regulations (2005), and contact tracing efforts also ongoing in the UK,” the NCDC stated.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Suspected bandits have kidnapped retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, and his wife on Matazu Road in Katsina State.
Security sources told PRNigeria that the couple was ambushed on Saturday morning, May 30, 2026, while travelling in a red Peugeot 504 saloon car.
The gunmen intercepted the vehicle and whisked the retired officer and his wife to an unknown location.
The driver escaped with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, a security source said.
The former DDI and his wife were waylaid by armed men on the route. The driver escaped with gunshot injuries and is receiving medical attention,” the source stated.
Security forces have launched search-and-rescue operations and deployed intelligence assets to track the abductors, according to the source. Official confirmation from the military was still pending at press time.
—Rising concern in Katsina—
The abduction comes amid persistent insecurity in parts of Katsina despite ongoing military operations against bandit groups in the North-West.
In recent years, several serving and retired security personnel have been targeted on highways linking Katsina to neighbouring states. PRNigeria reports that criminal groups now see high-profile individuals, including retired military officers, as lucrative targets.
Maj-Gen Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information and was one of the Nigerian military’s most visible spokespersons during the counterinsurgency campaign against Boko Haram.
The incident is expected to renew calls for stronger security along major highways and rural communities in Katsina, where residents continue to face kidnapping and banditry.
Credit :PRNigeria
Abia State Police Command has nabbed two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs.
The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State.
In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command said its officers apprehended the suspects through actionable intelligence, in collaboration with Olokoro vigilante personnel.
She stated that the suspects went to the residence of one Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo and attempted to forcibly take away her two-week-old baby girl.
DSP Chinaka said that the Nzubechi Chinagorom allegedly stabbed the nursing mother with a kitchen knife during a struggle, causing the baby to fall and hit her head on ground.
The police spokesperson said that the two suspects fled from the scene and ran into a nearby bush on realizing that the nursing mother, Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo cried out for help.
She added that the suspects were later apprehended at a bus stop
where they had reportedly gone to take hard drugs.
“The mother and child were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they received treatment and have since recovered.
“The suspects were apprehended, exhibits were recovered and investigation has been conducted at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Suspects will be charged to court on 2/06/2026,” Chinaka said.
Ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, SellJoel Ikenya, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State.
Mr Felix Hyat, the chairman of the election committee, who announced the results in Jalingo on Saturday, said Ikenya scored 34,173, to defeat Mr Dinshiya Usman, who polled 4,853.
Hyat, who described the exercise as free, fair and transparent, commended the state working committee of the party for the peaceful conduct.
Ikenya, in his acceptance speech, pledged to revive Taraba to her days of glory if elected governor in 2027.
“I will transform Taraba; I will change the state from salary base, to an industrialised state.
“My desire is to also revive the state infrastructure and attract more investors to boost the economy,” he said.
The governorship candidate, however, denied the allegations of factional PDP in Taraba.
“There is no factional PDP in Taraba; I don’t know where the other people are coming from.
“PDP in Taraba is one, and we do not have any faction in the state. We are working as one united family to reclaim our mandate from Gov. Agbu Kefas of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, the Nyesom Wike led faction of the party had recently declared senator Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate in Taraba.
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