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Islam Annan, an epidemiology and health economics professor at Ain Shams University, issued a warning about the threat posed by the Marburg virus, which has an 80% mortality rate.The Marburg virus has been around since 1967, and new cases are reported every year, according to Annan, who sp ....
On Saturday, the Lagos State Police Command announced that two dangerous armed robbers had been apprehended in Ibeju Lekki's Abijo neighborhood as they fled with their stolen goods.In a statement, Benjamin Hundeyin, the command's spokesman, claimed that while fleeing with their sto ....
A further N900 million has been recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the National Health Insurance Program.Wilson Uwujaren, the commission's spokesman, revealed the information in a statement on Saturday.He claimed that the amount was a portion of funds that ....
An accountant for a gas station in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, has been detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.The accountant was reportedly detained for alleged new naira note racketeering, according to a statement released by the Commission's ....
In the southeast Nigerian state of Anambra, three police officers were killed on Saturday when gunmen bombed the Ogidi Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili North Local Government Area.Early in the day, according to what PREMIUM TIMES has learned, the incident took place.This ne ....
Football player Christian Atsu from Ghana was discovered dead in Turkey's earthquake debris.His manager, Murat Uzunmehmet, informed the DHA news agency on Saturday that his body had been discovered in the province of Hatay in southern Turkey, beneath the debris.He said: †....
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officials as well as other ad hoc employees were attacked, according to the Anambra State Police Command.According to a news release by Anambra State Police Command spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga, the gunmen attacked while the INEC ....
The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has issued a severe warning to the state's commercial banks, threatening to shut down any institution that continues to only take the old N500 and N1,000 notes.On Friday, the governor issued a warning while inspecting the palliatives that ....
The old N500 and N1,000 notes should be turned in to banks right away, according to a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria.But it set the maximum amount that banks could take in at N500,000.The CBN insisted that the older currencies were no longer acceptable forms of pa ....
Chidozie Nwachi has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after defrauding Nicole Kierulff Sayers, an American, of $200,000 in fraud.The EFCC also said Nwachi had tricked Sayers into getting married.Sayers claims that after being taken advantage of, sh ....