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Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to face the reality that Nigerians are suffering. Fayose also urged Buhari to listen to the advice of experts who know how to reposition the country’s economy. The governor made the comments via a statement released by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka. The statement reads in part: “The reality the President must face now is that there is too much hunger in the land. Nigerians are hungry, they are suffering and the President should listen to those more knowledgeable than him in terms of management of the country’s economy instead of seeing them as threats.” “This style of sending the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Department of State Services (DSS) and other agencies of the Federal Government against anyone that offers suggestions on how to rescue the country from total collapse is...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has suspended four commissioners, Head of Service and Special Adviser on Lands for three months. The Governor's Special Assistant on Electronic Medi,  Simeon Nwakaudu, disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, August 31. The reason for the suspension was however not stated. Nwakaudu gave the names of the affected commissioners as Dr John Bazia, Chieftaincy Affairs, Mrs Tonye Briggs-Oniyide; Culture and Tourism, Fred Kpakol; Finance and Mr Boma Iyaye; Sports.

Togolese authorities said on Saturday they had slaughtered 11,500 chickens in response to an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at two farms in the capital Lome and the town of Adetikope, about 25 km north of Lome. Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has spread across a number of West African countries in the past two years, hitting poultry farms in Niger and Cameroon. "We are in the presence of the H5N1 virus," Agriculture Minister Ouro-Koura Agadazi said on public radio, after the strain was confirmed by laboratory tests in Italy. Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has spread across a number of West African countries in the past two years, hitting poultry farms in Niger and Cameroon. The outbreaks across West Africa have raised fears of transmission to humans, given poor health infrastructure in the region and a number of human H5N1 deaths since the virus first infected humans in 1997 during a outbreak in poultry in Hong Kong.

Liberia has the highest proportion of children missing out on primary school education, the United Nations said on Thursday, with nearly two-thirds of its children never stepping inside a classroom. African countries hit by conflict featured prominently in UNICEF's first global out-of-school ranking, with South Sudan coming joint second with Eritrea on the list. In both countries, 59 percent of children are out of school. Last month UNICEF said a spike in the forced recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan could be imminent amid fears the East Africa nation was on the brink of renewed civil war. Although school is vital for children living in crises, education is one of the least funded sectors in humanitarian appeals, the U.N. children's fund, UNICEF, said in a statement. "For countries affected by conflict, school equips children with the knowledge and skills they need to rebuild their communities once the crisis is over," UNICEF's chief of education Jo Bour...

Shettima said that the committee verified only 19,763 workers out of the 25,000 workers on the state payroll. Governor Kashim Shettima-led Borno State government has uncovered over 10,000 ghost workers out of the 25,000 civil servants in the state's work force. The governor said in a radio and television broadcast in Maiduguri on Wednesday, August 31, that the workers were uncovered after a verification to determine the actual size of the state's work force. ''You may recall that in December 2015, while presenting the 2016 budget at the House of Assembly, I promised to embark on staff verification to determine the actual size of the state civil service," he said. "We set up a high-powered committee chaired by the Secretary to the State Government to carry out a verification of the state civil service.'' Shettima said that the committee verified only 19,763 workers out of the 25,000 workers on the state payroll. "To finalise the exercise, a consult...