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Mrs Omolara Adesanya, the Providence People’s Congress (PPC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, says the party will construct a railway line from Apapa to Berger to ease the perennial gridlock in the state, if voted into power in 2019. Adesanya, a Chartered Accountant told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that if the people of Lagos want integrity and real development commensurate with the state’s resources, the PPC candidates should be their choice in the coming elections. “We are ready and we are working to rescue the people of Lagos State,” said the retired staff of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). “If the people of Lagos want real, positive and progressive change, let them install a government that will keep its words and be fully committed to community development. “’PPC will redirect traffic, especially for tankers and trailers on the roads by constructing a rail line from Apapa Wharf to Berger and we will have a dry port there. “’So, when ...

The war against malaria has been on for long, but still seems far from ending as malaria remains endemic and life-threatening in developing countries including Nigeria. Medical experts blame malaria prevalence on a number of factors including inadequate funds, drug counterfeiting, malaria resistance to drugs, mosquitos’ resistance to insecticides and global warming. Analysts also identified dearth of research into malaria cure, as a major factor. Mr Chukwu Okoronkwo, Head, Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, is worried that although some donor-agencies have strongly supported malaria elimination, Nigeria still has huge gaps. “Quite a lot of donor-partners are supporting malaria elimination in the country but we still have huge gaps, which is why malaria is still endemic in Nigeria. “We are appealing to more donor-agencies to come in; governments should also increase their funding for malaria...