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Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case, says all patients improving

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Kenya has confirmed a ninth case of Ebola, with health authorities saying all eight surviving patients are improving. The latest Kenyan case involves a 24-year-old man who is a cl... Read More


WHO pledges support as Nigeria records first imported Ebola case

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to support Nigeria's efforts to contain Ebola following the confirmation of the country's first imported case of the disease. In a ... Read More


Abia APGA 2023 governorship candidate Gregory Ibe dies

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Gregory Ibe, founder of Gregory University, Uturu, and a candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 Abia State governorship election, has died. His famil... Read More


EFCC arraigns four for N44m contract fraud in Maiduguri

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned four people on Tuesday for an alleged N44.7 million contract scam in Maiduguri, Borno State. The defendants consist o... Read More


Akwa Ibom doctors celebrates colleague's elevation to ANA fellowship

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Nigerian Medical Association(NMA), Akwa Ibom State branch, has congratulated Martin Akpan, a medical doctor and author, on his elevation to Fellow of the Association of Nigeria... Read More


How appeal court's verdict on nullification of some CAMA's provisions strengthens human rights suits

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on 17 September, upheld a Federal High Court judgement nullifying several provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, Nigeria's p... Read More


Ebola: 44 identified contacts to stay isolated for three weeks - Minister

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The 44 people identified as contacts of Nigeria's confirmed Ebola patient will remain in isolation for at least three weeks. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare... Read More


2027: Makinde promises tax breaks, end to militancy under APM's RESET agenda

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has promised to introduce tax incentives for businesses, improve education and security, and address ... Read More


Ebola in Abuja: 10 things Nigerians should know about the deadly virus

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, has put the country's health system on heightened alert, 12 years after it successfully contained an outbreak that cl... Read More


89 CSOs demand release of Nigeria's investment treaty review, warn of risks to public funds

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Eighty-nine civil society organisations in Nigeria have called on the federal government to publish its review of the country's investment treaties, warning that international arbi... Read More