Nigeria will be officially declared Ebola-free in less than a week after containing the disease that has killed more than 4,000 people. Eight of the 20 people infected in the country died and there have been no new cases confirmed … read more
Nigeria has denied reports about burying slain soldiers in mass graves in the restive northeastern region, which has been ravaged by a five-year insurgency by Boko Haram. “There are insinuations that we bury people in mass graves which are not … read more
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed skepticism Nigeria has eliminated the deadly Ebola virus. The United Nations agency also queried similar “success” in Senegal regarding the eradication of what has been the worst outbreak of the disease in years. “Are … read more
As Ebola continues to claim lives in West Africa, reports have emerged that it could also affect one of the region’s major exports: cocoa. And a break in supply of cocoa will affect one of the most popular and beloved … read more
At least two students from Nigeria who applied to a Texas college were told they wouldn’t be admitted because of Ebola. Kamorudeen Abidogun, a Texas man originally from Nigeria, said he received two letters from Navarro College, a two-year community … read more
At a shipping conference in Copenhagen last Tuesday, intelligence experts voiced a curious hypothesis about pirate attacks in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea: The attacks, they said, will increase as Nigeria gears up for general elections scheduled for February. “The … read more
Protesters in Nigeria are planning to hold a rally to mark the six-month anniversary of the abduction of 219 school girls by Takfiri Boko Haram militants. Members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign are set to walk to President … read more
Leading companies offering medical evacuation services are drawing a line at flying Ebola patients out of West Africa for treatment abroad as the cost and the complexities of the deadly epidemic grow. Several airlines have cut flights to the region, … read more
As Nigeria awaits the official certification as an Ebola-free country by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after it successfully contained the outbreak of the deadly viral disease, fears are rife that some visible lapses in the preventive efforts could reverse … read more
Military authorities prosecuting the war against terrorism in the North East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have arrested several soldiers, who were discovered to have leaked vital security information on the troops’ strategies and tactics to Boko Haram that … read more