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Wednesday, April 5, 2017<br />
Rajab 7, 1438 AH<br />
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1087<br />
DAYS<br />
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR<br />
www.dailytrust.com.<strong>ng</strong><br />
N200<br />
Vol. 42, No. 28 48<br />
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Meni<strong>ng</strong>itis punishment<br />
from God, Gov Yari says<br />
...215 die in Zamfara as toll reaches 336<br />
By Isiaka Wakili & Judd-Leonard Okafor<br />
Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz<br />
Yari has attributed the current<br />
outbreak of meni<strong>ng</strong>itis in the<br />
country to retributive justice from<br />
God.<br />
The governor said the current<br />
outbreak of Type C Cerebrospinal<br />
Meni<strong>ng</strong>itis is God’s way of punishi<strong>ng</strong><br />
Nigerians for their immoral conduct.<br />
The governor spoke in Hausa<br />
duri<strong>ng</strong> an interview with State House<br />
reporters yesterday after meeti<strong>ng</strong><br />
President Muhammdu Buhari.<br />
Zamfara State is the most ravaged in<br />
the latest outbreak, accounti<strong>ng</strong> for 215<br />
out of 336 deaths nationally.<br />
“What we used to know as far as<br />
meni<strong>ng</strong>itis is concerned is the ‘type A<br />
virus’ which had been tackled through<br />
vaccinations by the World Health<br />
— Continued on page 5<br />
• Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (left) with President Muhammadu Buhari, duri<strong>ng</strong> his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday. See<br />
story on page 10>>><br />
Photo: State House<br />
Internally displaced<br />
man defiles 2 sisters<br />
P 4<br />
What senators discussed<br />
with APC chairman Oyegun<br />
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P 3 end recession – NEITI P 13
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