According to Chukwu, the drug has been used experimentally for many things and would be sent to Lagos on Thursday (today) for the treatment of the already confirmed Ebola patients
Browsing: Labaran Maku
Briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, Maku blamed the development on a nurse who defiled medical directives and travelled from Lagos to Enugu
The deceased, whose identities could not be ascertained at the time of this report, were said to be hypertensive
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the people should disregard such rumours as cure had yet to be found for the disease
Maku said that the council was briefed on preparations for the fundraising event by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Ayim Pius Ayim
Chukwu said that the ministry was alerted on July 22 on a suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease in Lagos involving a 40-year-old male traveling from Monrovia, Liberia to Nigeria
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, made this known when he briefed newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday
A police patrol van, which first arrived the scene, quickly withdrew following the number of sticks and machetes and youths who were making an advance towards the riot policemen
He said that the level of professionalism that distinguished the Nigerian media practitioners in the past was fast being eroded by the overbearing influence of most media proprietors in the country
The ceremony was performed by the Minister of Information and Communication, Labaran Maku, in Jos
Maku urged the insurgents in the North to sheath their swords for region to benefit from the wealth that awaits them through the digitalization of the broadcast media
A statement by Maku on Saturday in Abuja stated that the management and members of staff of the Federal Ministry of Information received the news of Akunyili’s death with shock
The minister said terrorism and related activities could only be tackled effectively if all segments of society, particularly the media, joined forces against it
Briefing State House cqorrespondents, Maku said the approval given was sequel to a memo presented by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Muazu Babangida Aliyu, reacting to the statement by Maku at the opening of a one-day meeting of the Federal and State Government’s Security Administrators in Minna, said if the views expressed by the Minister was the opinion of the Federal Government, “it is very uncharitable, it is more than unfortunate”
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, said the aim is “to cut off Chibok issue from politics
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, Maku said government would not just overlook what he described as serious misrepresentation in the budget passed
The decision of the Federal Government which was taken at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja was specific in its objective: “to open up the transport sector to the public for private participation”
The President announced the decision during a marathon emergency national security meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Ahmad Sajoh, the Director of Press, Adamawa Government House, in a statement on Wednesday, said “The likes of Labaran Maku represent the tragedy that has befalling Nigeria as a Nation