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WHO, UNICEF hold emergency meeting over cholera outbreak in Lagos

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June 19, 2024

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The World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) held an emergency meeting on Tuesday over the cholera outbreak in Lagos state.

Walter Mulombo, the WHO country representative, shared details of the meeting via his X account.

“Happening Now: @WHONigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria @IOM_Nigeria hold an emergency meeting on the emerging cholera outbreak in Lagos state,” he wrote.

“The three agencies are discussing joint @UN_Nigeria support @NCDCgov @ProfAkinAbayomi.”

As of Sunday, 15 people had died and over 60 had been hospitalised in Lagos following reports of a severe outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by cholera.

Akin Abayomi, the commissioner for health, said laboratory investigation confirmed the strain to be cholera sub-type O-1, adding that the subtype is associated with more severe diseases.

Abayomi said the identified strain is “highly aggressive and contagious, with potential for widespread dissemination”.

He said through community-based case finding and contact tracing, the government observed that the number of cases “has peaked and is now significantly declining”.

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On Monday, UNICEF had called for extensive measures to protect schoolchildren against the cholera outbreak in the country.

Celine Lafoucriere, chief of the UNICEF Lagos field office, said cholera “critically affects” children and called for efforts to prevent disruption in the academic calendar over the spread of the disease.

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Tinubu’s planned cabinet reshuffle won’t make any difference, says Buba Galadima

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September 28, 2024

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Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says President Bola Tinubu‘s planned cabinet reshuffle would not make any difference.

On September 25, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu “has expressed his desire to reshuffle his cabinet and he will do it”.

Speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels TV on Friday, Galadima said reshuffling the cabinet would not curb food inflation.

Galadima claimed that the president intends to reward his cronies with the reshuffle.

“That (planned cabinet reshuffle) has nothing to do with me or any Nigerian. What is of importance to all of us is bringing down the harsh conditions of living and the buck stops only on the table of one man. That is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Galadima said.

“No amount of reshuffling can make a difference. As far as that team is only ‘job for the boys,’ nothing will come out of it.

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“Anybody that calls himself president or governor is responsible for their cabinet’s performance. He should be told that some of his appointees are more interested in their pockets than service delivery.

“I expected him to do better than this; and to hit the ground running.”

The NNPP chieftain asked Tinubu to find a solution to the country’s foreign exchange crisis “which has seen the naira performing abysmally”.

There have been growing calls from Nigerians and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Tinubu to reshuffle his cabinet and remove underperforming ministers.

Tinubu’s policies have driven petrol prices to record highs and depreciated the naira to record lows since he assumed the reins on May 29, 2023.

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Israel claims Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut strike

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September 28, 2024

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The Israeli military announced early Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike on Beirut.

“Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Military spokesman Captain David Avraham also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had been “eliminated” following strikes Friday on the Lebanese capital.