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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

What is Ebola, how does it spread and why is the DR Congo outbreak an 'emergency'?

What is Ebola and why is stopping this outbreak so difficult? An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dealing with this outbreak is difficult as it involves a rare strain for …

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

APC overturns Plateau Reps' primary result, declares Gagdi winner

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has overturned the result of the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency primary election in Plateau State, declaring incumbent lawmaker Yusuf Gagdi as the winner. The party announced the reversal on Monday at the APC state secretariat in Jos, barely a day afte…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Osoba, Dadah, Afuape, five others declared winners of APC House of Reps primaries in Ogun

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has announced the winners of its House of Representatives primary elections conducted across the state on Saturday. Chairman of the Ogun State APC National Assembly Primary Elections Committee, Philip Shaibu, announced the results at the party secre…

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1 week, 4 days ago Technology

“Pity my soul” — Chike reacts as Frank Edoho’s divorce saga deepens

Nigerian singer, Chike, seems determined to live up to his nickname, the ‘boo of the booless’. While this, on the surface, connotes a certain comfort the singer provides ladies through his lyrics, recent developments suggest that there is more to his title. In the past week, Chike has been in the n…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s maritime university upgrade stalls as billions flow into repealed academy

On 16 February 2023, then President Muhammadu Buhari signed a law intended to upgrade one of Nigeria’s most strategic training institutions. The law—University of Maritime Studies, Oron (Establishment) Act 2022, gazetted on 15 May 2023, created a new university in Akwa Ibom State and repealed the M…

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Al Jazeera Africa Verified

1 week, 4 days ago Politics

What is the UAE’s Barakah nuclear plant, nearly hit by a drone?

A drone attack that caused a fire close to the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates has raised further concerns about nuclear security and military escalation in the Gulf as discussions of peace between Iran and the United States hang in the balance. Barakah was the first nuclea…

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BBC Africa Verified

1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Kenya matatu strike over high fuel prices paralyses transport

Strike over high fuel prices paralyses transport in Kenya Thousands of Kenyan commuters have been stranded and businesses paralysed as public transport operators went on a nationwide strike to protest against recent increases in the cost fuel. Key roads in the capital Nairobi remained largely empty…

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Al Jazeera Africa Verified

1 week, 4 days ago Politics

The world cannot afford to fail women, children and adolescents

In too many parts of the world, giving birth still comes with more fear than hope: a clinic without electricity, a nurse without supplies, a mother who knows that giving life may cost her own. These fears are not merely emotional, they are borne out by the facts. Every two minutes worldwide, a woma…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

I don’t want my death to be caused by a woman - Frank Edoho

Veteran Nigerian broadcaster and television host Frank Edoho has spoken about the emotional struggles many men endure in silence, saying he does not want his death to be attributed to any woman in his life. Edoho made the remarks during an interview on the YouTube podcast Outside the Box, published…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

What Nigeria called chaos, Africa now calls a model, By Shuaib S. Agaka

When countries begin to study your institutions, frameworks, and implementation systems, it means your ideas are starting to travel beyond your borders. Nigeria is gradually becoming more than a producer of successful startups. It is becoming a reference point for how African countries can organise…

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Al Jazeera Africa Verified

1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Ebola, hantavirus: Is the world prepared for the next pandemic?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world. The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came as several countries are battling…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Iran eyes challenging stock market reopening after lengthy war closure

Tehran, Iran – The Iranian stock market is due to reopen this week after an 80-day closure due to the war with the United States and Israel. While the exchange is not the core engine of economic financing in sanctions-hit Iran, the reopening could offer an insight into the state of the country’s ec…

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1 week, 4 days ago News

Abducted flotilla activists release pre-recorded messages calling for help

Abducted flotilla activists release pre-recorded messages calling for help Several abducted activists aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla have released pre-recorded messages on their social media accounts calling for help after the Israeli navy intercepted their boats in international water…

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1 week, 4 days ago Business

The Gulf does not have to choose Iran or Israel

One of the most dangerous ideas in today’s Middle East is the claim that Gulf states must choose between Iran and Israel. This framing is politically simple, but strategically misleading. It assumes that Gulf security can be reduced to alignment with one regional actor against another. The Gulf’s c…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Iran sends response to US proposal to end war via mediator Pakistan

Iran has submitted a response to the latest United States proposal to end the war via mediator Pakistan, as a fragile truce comes under growing strain. Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told a press briefing on Monday that Tehran’s response to the latest US proposal had …

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

DRC health minister visits hotspot for Ebola outbreak

DRC health minister visits hotspot for Ebola outbreak The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with its 17th Ebola outbreak, declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization. The DRC’s health minister is visiting the hardest-hit Ituri province, amid fears high regional …

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BBC Africa Verified

1 week, 4 days ago Politics

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergency

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province, which has …

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1 week, 5 days ago Politics

Fatima Bio: From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady

From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady It takes Fatima Bio only a moment to respond when we ask what it was like to be an asylum seeker in London. "Better than being married to an old pervert," she says deadpan, before laughing - a reference to her fa…

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1 week, 5 days ago Business

How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo?

How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo? The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is concerning. It has been spreading for weeks undetected in a part of the world where civil war makes getting on top of the virus difficult, and the species of Ebola involved is rare, so there…

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The Punch Verified

1 week, 5 days ago Technology

Police arrest six suspected ‘one chance’ robbers in Lagos, recover tricycle, fake gun

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of a notorious “one chance” robbery syndicate allegedly operating around Ago Palace Way in Okota, Lagos State. This was contained in a statement released by the state police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi shared on X o…

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