Tag: Ondo

EDUCATION NEWS & LIFE

Mad man invades school in Ondo, strangles pupil to death

Mad man invades school in Ondo, strangles pupil to death

Phenomenal July 6, 2023

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My kidnappers flogged the hell out of me – Ondo Imam

My kidnappers flogged the hell out of me - Ondo Imam

Phenomenal June 24, 2023

FEATURED STORIES POLITICS

Ondo Acting Governor speaks on Akeredolu’s absence

Ondo Acting Governor speaks on Akeredolu's absence

Phenomenal June 14, 2023

How Amotekun, police rescued 13 kidnapped passengers inside Ondo forest

How Amotekun, police rescued 13 kidnapped passengers inside Ondo forest

Phenomenal June 8, 2023

Ondo Deputy Governor’s wife shuttles between UK and Nigeria – Aide on allegation of domestic violence

Ondo Deputy Governor's wife shuttles between UK and Nigeria - Aide on…

Phenomenal June 5, 2023

Planting season: Ondo traditional rulers raise alarm over influx of miscreants

Planting season: Ondo traditional rulers raise alarm over influx of miscreants

Phenomenal February 19, 2023

Naira scarcity: Oyebanji begs traditional rulers, religious leaders to help calm

Naira scarcity: Oyebanji begs traditional rulers, religious leaders to help calm

Phenomenal February 16, 2023

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‘Islam is politics and politics is Islam’

League of Imams and Alfas in Akure, Ondo State

Phenomenal February 12, 2023

Lassa fever: Ondo records 106 cases, 8 deaths Prof. Francis Faduyile, Special Adviser to Ondo State governor on Health Lassa Fever By Segun Giwa Akure, Jan. 29, 2023(NAN) Ondo State government has said 106 cases of Lassa Fever and eight deaths have been recorded in the state this year. Prof. Francis Faduyile, Special Adviser to the governor on Health, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akure. Faduyile said the confirmed cases were in six local governments of Owo, Akure North, Akure South, Ose, Akoko South-West and Idanre. According to him, Owo has the highest cases of 68, Akure North (13), Akure South (11), Ose(9), Akoko South-West(5) and Idanre (1). “Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 23, we have had 268 suspected cases of Lassa Fever, 106 confirmed cases and unfortunately eight deaths,” Faduyile said. He explained that the prevalent period of the disease was during the dry season and part of the rainy season when farmers were cultivating lands for farming. “The farmers during this period will do a lot of bush burning and when they burn the bush, the rats will move from their natural habitat to a place safer and a lot of them tends to come towards homes in that surrounding. “The first way to prevent Lassa is to stop bush burning, and we have sensitised against this,” he said. Faduyile advised people not put their foods where rats can have access. “We have observed that some of our cultural activities like spreading cassava on the road to dry are harmful because rats can come around eat out of the cassava and drop faeces or urine on it. “Besides, we have observed that our level of hygiene, if it is not well improved, it can attract rats, because rats are scavengers and when there is uneaten food, that is not covered, they tend to come,” he said. Faduyile noted that the government has embarked on advocacy through the local governments and traditional rulers as well as other preventive means to stem the disease. “Every year there is ‘deratification’, that is to kill all the rats, and we have started it this year which has been largely successful. “Also, there have been a lot of advocacy to medical personnel for them to have high index of suspicion for any fever,” he said. Faduyile said the government has improved the state Infectious Disease Hospital, Akure, to a standard that can take care of Lassa fever.

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Lassa fever kills 8 persons in Ondo

Lassa fever kills 8 persons in Ondo

Phenomenal January 29, 2023

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Man sets 5 step-children ablaze in Ondo after wife allegedly denied him sex

A 54-year-old man has been arrested by the Police Command in Ondo…

Phenomenal November 6, 2022