Okowa didn’t lose $10m to girlfriend, says Delta

The Delta State Government has distanced the state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, from an online report claiming he defrauded the state of $10m, only to lose the money to an unnamed girlfriend living in the United States of America.The money, it was reported, was part of the bailout given to the state by the Federal Government  to offset workers’ salaries.

Lassa fever: 55 persons under surveillance healthy, says Delta

The Delta State Government has declared 55 persons put under surveillance following the death of a doctor who was admitted in a private hospital in Asaba, the state capital, and thereafter died in Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State.

 The Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge, has said that the Lassa fever outbreak  has been brought under control.

 Azinge, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Asaba, revealed that none of the 55 persons placed under surveillance for having direct and indirect contact with the deceased showed any sign or symptom of Lassa fever.