President Muhammadu Buhari has launched three new acquired combat helicopters.

 

The combat helicopters include two Augusta 109 and one Mi-171E combat helicopters.

 

The unveiling of the aircraft took place during the induction ceremony of the Nigerian Air Force.

 

The federal government has said steady progress is being made in the production of vaccines for Lassa Fever which has now spread to 27 states.

 

Minister for Health, Dr. OSAGIE EHANIRE, who disclosed this in Abuja at a two-day meeting with state Commissioners for Health also said primary health care centers have been standardised to provide 24 hours full service.

 

According to him, the aim of the meeting was to acquint the Commissioners of Health on the Seattle Declaration and strategises on its operationalisation; as well as enlightens them on other health priorities of the governor’s forum.

Nigeria now has a new Visa Policy for the year 2020.

President Muhammadu Buhari made a formal presentation of the

87 page document yesterday at the State House in Abuja.

 

The document is a revised version.

President Buhari said the review of the visa policy is intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad to complement local ones.

The 2020 visa policy is to enhance business opportunities and achieve African integration through the visas on arrival for holders of passports of African Union countries.

 

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Christian Association of Nigeria have disagreed over the identity of Nigerians so far killed by Boko Haram insurgents.

 

 

The position of the President is that Boko Haram insurgency which began in 2009 has claimed the lives of more Muslims than Christians but CAN disagrees.

 

 

BUHARI gave his position in an op-ed published in Speaking Out, a guest opinion column for Christianity Today, a United States-based magazine.

 

 

The op-ed was a tribute to the Michika Local Government Area Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, Pastor Lawan Andimi who was recently killed by Boko Haram.

 

 

But CAN President, Reverend Supo Ayokunle in Ibadan over the weekend cited the killing of Andimi and a student of the University of Maiduguri, Ropvil Dalyep, saying there was no doubt that the Boko Haram insurgents were targeting Christians.