After a fit of vomiting, a 63 year old man died on a flight from Nigeria to JFK on Thursday, October 16th, according to a NYPost report. CDC officials declared the man did not have Ebola after a “cursory” exam. … read more
Justice Grace Modupe Onyeabo of an Ikeja High Court on Friday upheld the prohibition on the use of hijab (Muslim head scarf) in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State. The judge dismissed the suit instituted by the Muslim … read more
Doubts have overclouded a purported breakthrough deal that was to set more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls free and implement a ceasefire between the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram group. The fate of the missing schoolgirls is still being … read more
Nigeria said on Friday it had agreed to a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago. There was no immediate confirmation from … read more
A US congressman is calling for tougher protocols in dealing with suspected Ebola cases after a “vomiting” man on a flight from Nigeria to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport allegedly died before the plane landed. In a letter addressed … read more
The Voice of America says that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is in talks with the Nigerian government to release more than 200 girls abducted six months ago and also negotiate a cease-fire to a deadly insurgency that has … read more
A Lagos High Court is expected to rule Friday on whether a Muslim girl child could wear hijab (headscarf) in public schools, in a watershed legal case that has pitted the Muslim community in Nigeria’s commercial capital against local authorities … read more
One of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies says a vaccine to tackle Ebola will “come too late” to curb the current epidemic, as the UK and other European countries begin screening passengers for the virus at international airports. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), … read more
Almost 4,500 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year, according to fresh figures released today the World Health Organization. The WHO said that as of 12 October, 4,493 … read more
Poor sanitation and the intake of unsafe water, which results in diarrhoea, kills about 150,000 children in Nigeria annually, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. It urged parents to make children see the need to always wash their … read more