A   Nigerian soldier has been confirmed dead from Lassa fever in Jos, Plateau State. According to the Army, the soldier was attached to 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba Barracks, Jos. Lassa-fever Spokesperson of the division, Ikechukwu Stephen, who confirmed the incident yesterday, said the deceased died at Bingham University Hospital, Jankwano, Jos. According to Mr Stephen, a Major, the senior non-commissioned officer was first admitted at the division’s hospital before he was referred to Bingham Hospital, where he died. Mr Stephen did not disclose the name of the affected soldier, but later released a statement explaining his death: “The Headquarters, 3 Division wishes to inform the general public that a male senior non- commissioned officer of the Division was admitted and was being managed for resistant malaria at the 3 Division Hospital after returning from Kogi State, where he went for his father’s burial. “Consequently, th...