Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today, Saturday, 3 March 2018

Here is a summary from Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today, Saturday, 3 March 2018

Military Extends Search For #DapchiGirls To Other African Countries

The Security agencies in Nigeria has extended the search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College , Dapchi, Yobe State, neighboring countries

In a statement issued iAlhaji Lai Mohammedn Abuja this Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and security officials on Thursday traveled to the North-east to add more urgency to the search, which has now been extended beyond the North-east theatre.

Rann Attack: Corpses Of Aid Workers Taken To Mortuary, One Still Missing

The bodies of three of the four aid workers killed in Rann in Borno State have been deposited at a mortuary in Maiduguri.

The corpses were transported to the Maiduguri airport by helicopter and taken to the mortuary by ambulances.

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people in the attack in the community, near the Cameroon border, and a female nurse was abducted.

Lassa Fever: 90 Persons Have Been Killed In 2018 – CDC

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that 90 (ninety) persons have died of Lassa fever since its resurgence some months ago.The situation report released on Friday disclosed that from January to February 25, 2018, 1081 (One thousand and eighty-one) suspected cases have been reported from 18 states.

2019: Plot thickens to stop Buhari with Saraki, Tambuwal#

President Muhammadu Buhari may have strengthened his hand in getting the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with last Tuesday’s sweeping extension of the tenure of the National Working Committee, NWC.

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