EBOLA OUTBREAK: Fears That Guinea Ebola ‘Flare-Up’ Could Spiral After Five Killed

While the epidemic has come under control, experts have warned of the risk of new flare-ups, as Ebola can linger in the eyes, central nervous system and bodily fluids of survivors. Credit: AP Photo/Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville

There are fears by residents of Conakry, Guinea that the current “flare up” of Ebola could spiral.

Why 11 Years For Medicine Is Good For Nigeria — Okebukola

Prof Peter Okebukola

A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola, says the commission’s plan to make Medicine and Dentistry post-graduate programmes was long overdue.

Buhari To Nigerians: I Won’t Fail You, Don’t Lose Faith In My Administration

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured his government will deliver on its promised change.

Nigerians Lament Worsening Fuel Scarcity …We Empathize With Nigerians, Says NNPC

Fuel queue at an NNPC mega filling station - the scene is replicated across the country as at Good Friday

The majority of Nigerians are resigned to spending the Easter holidays in darkness and the pain of looking for fuel to buy.

Roger Federer Pulls Out Of Miami Open

Roger Federer, of Switzerland, responds to a question during a news conference at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 24, 2016, in Key Biscayne, Fla. This was to be Federer's first tournament since recovering from knee surgery. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Roger Federer has pulled out of the Miami Open due to a stomach virus.

US Woman Convicted For Practicing Law Without Degree Or License For 10 Years

Kimberly Kitchen sinks out of court after her conviction Thursday. WJAC

A US woman from central Pennsylvania who had served as the president of the county bar associated was found guilty of forging her law license. She had practiced estate law for a decade without being licensed ever going to law school.

AFCON QUALIFIERS NEWS ROUND-UP: Defensive Blunder Costs Nigeria Dearly In African Cup Of Nationals Qualifier

Coach Samson Siasia

Nigeria ignored a football fundamental -- always play to the whistle -- and it cost them dearly in a 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw with Egypt Friday.

27 States Have Difficulties Paying Salaries — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari

The grim economic situation in the country appears to be deepening by the day as 27 states in the country are finding it difficult to pay the salaries of their workers.

We Plan To Recover Looted Funds From UAE — FG

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama

The Federal Government said it hoped to recover looted funds that were stashed in the United Arab Emirates.

African, Arab Defence Ministers Focus On Terrorism At Egypt Meet

Egypt's Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi gives a speech during the opening of a conference for defence ministers and officials of the 27 members of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on March 24, 2016 ©Khaled Desouki (AFP)

Defence ministers and officials of 27 African and Arab countries began a two-day meeting in Egypt on Thursday that will explore military and counter-terrorism cooperation.

Recruitment Of 10,000 Men Into Police Begins April 1

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has commenced the process of recruiting 10,000 men into the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, warning against any form of shortcut during the exercise.

Overview Of 2016 Appropriation Bill; ₦500b Cash For The Poor Stays In ₦6.06tr Budget

National Assembly complex, Abuja

The National Assembly yesterday passed the 2016 controversial budget with a reduction of over ₦17 billion.

Rockefeller Family Charity Pulls Funds From Exxon Mobil Over Longtime Climate Change Cover-Up

© Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters

The Rockefeller Family Fund is cashing in all of its investments in ExxonMobil, citing “morally reprehensible conduct.” The multimillion dollar charity is also divesting itself from all fossil fuel companies over the industry’s stance on climate change.

Fuel Scarcity To Persist Till May, Says Kachikwu

Fuel queue in Abuja

There is no solution in sight to fuel scarcity, it was learnt yesterday. This was the outcome of the closed meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with leaders of trade unions in the oil sector in Abuja.

In Era Of Cheap Oil, Saudi Loses Shine For Foreign Workers

A Saudi vendor waits for customers at a mobile shop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 21, 2016. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser

Mobarak Musa, a mobile telephone salesman from Syria, has spent 10 years working in Saudi Arabia, sending part of his wages back home to support his parents and three brothers. A shift in Saudi labour policy means he won't be able to do so for much longer.

UN Experts Give Burundi Death Toll As Country 'Introduces Two Sim Card Ban'

Political violence has been escalating in Burundi since April AP

New figures from the UN indicate that 474 people have been killed in Burundi since last April, when a crisis broke out over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term. 

Nigerian Doctors In US List Conditions To Relocate Home

Nigerian medical practitioners based in the United States of America under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas on Tuesday said they were determined to relocate to the country if the Federal Government could provide incentives for them.

FOR THE RECORD: Nigeria To Inject ₦350 Billion To Stimulate Troubled Economy — Minister

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo seen here addressing the gathering at the just concluded two-day National Economic Council Economic Retreat

The Nigerian government says it will inject ₦350 billion to stimulate its economy, which is facing a severe crisis occasioned by falling oil prices.

Senegal Votes To Limit Presidential Terms To Five Years

Polling station officials sit behind a ballot box during a referendum on constitutional reforms in Dakar on March 20, 2016 ©Seyllou (AFP)

Senegal has voted overwhelmingly in favour of limiting presidential terms to five years, the country's interior minister said Tuesday, after a weekend referendum widely seen as a test of the president's popularity.

China Detains 37 People Linked To Vaccine Scandal — Xinhua

Prior to the arrest, a mother-daughter sold 'fake vaccines' across the country worth more than US$88 million. Chinese health regulators published a list of the fake vaccines sold since 2011 and pledges to crack the case. (Photo: Carlos Reusser Monsalvez | Flickr)

Chinese police have detained 37 people linked to a vaccine scandal and are investigating three pharmaceutical companies, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

Pilots ‘Worked To Death’: Flydubai Whistleblower Says Fatigue-Related Crash Predicted

Emergencies Ministry members work at the crash site of a Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 20, 2016. © Maxim Shemetov / Reuters

An accident involving a Flydubai plane was inevitable, a former Flydubai captain told RT on condition of anonymity. He revealed that pilots are forced to work while exhausted, while saying he had been “worked to death” despite complaints.

OPEC Expects Upsurge In Oil Prices With Or Without Iran

© Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters

Crude prices will rise to a “moderate level” even if Iran joins the Russian-Saudi production freeze at a later date, predicts the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

INEC To Investigate Alleged Distribution Of Fake Result Sheets In Rivers Rerun

INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said it would investigate alleged distribution of fake result sheets in some polling units in Saturday’s legislative re-run elections in Rivers.

At Least 15 Reportedly Killed In Blasts At Maalbeek Metro Station Near EU Offices

Bodies litter scene after the blast at the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels

A blast at the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels has killed at least 15 people according the local transport operator STIB. The explosion took place less than an hour after a deadly airport bombing, which killed at least 17 people.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Guinea Monitoring 816 Ebola Contacts Following Flare-Up

A billboard with a message about Ebola is seen on a street in Conakry, Guinea in this October 26, 2014. Reuters/Michelle Nichols

Guinea's Ebola coordination unit has traced an estimated 816 people who may have come into contact with victims of the disease or their corpses during a recent flare-up in a village in the country's southeast, a health official said on Monday.

Carbon Dioxide Is At Highest Rate In 66 Million Years

© Yves Herman / Reuters

Following February’s record for the most abnormally warm month on record, a study published in National Geoscience revealed that humans are releasing carbon dioxide at a rate 10 times faster than at any time in the past 66 million years.

Buhari Says Power Crisis No Laughing Matter, Targets 10,000MW

President Muhammadu Buhari declares open, National Economic Council Meeting retreat at the State House Conference in Abuja. Photo: Sunday Aghaeze

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday admitted that the poor power situation in the country was no laughing matter.

Borno State Reveals Level Of Boko Haram Destruction — Report

Young women fleeing from Boko Haram walk past burnt livestock in the village of Mairi, Borno state, in February 2016

Some 20,000 people have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state in northeast Nigeria, according to a report for the World Bank that puts the cost of destruction at US$5.9 billion.

Seven Ex-Governors, Politically Exposed Persons To Lose Stolen Nigeria Funds Kept In UAE

*EFCC chair, minister off to retrieve cash

All seems set for the repatriation of over US$200billion stashed away by some former governors, ex-ministers and other public officers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Proposals For Rescuing Nigeria’s Ailing Economy — Buhari; Education, Science and Technology Excluded In This Retreat

Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo addressing the guest at the National Economic Council Meeting retreat at the State House Conference in Abuja. Image credits: STATE HOUSE

As the National Economic Council (NEC) begins a two-day retreat in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed ways of reinvigorating Nigeria’s ailing economy.

FOR THE RECORD: Rivers Rerun Election: INEC Suspends Announcement Of Results

Rivers Rerun: Governor Wike cast his vote at his PU In Ward 9, Unit 7 at Obio-Akpor LGA

Rivers Rerun: Minister of transport Rotimi Amaechi cast his vote at unit 14, Ward 8, Ubima, in Ikwerre LGA by 12.30pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended announcement of results of Saturday’s re-run elections in Rivers State.

US Marijuana Industry May Reach US$44 Billion By 2020 — Report

© David McNew / Reuters

The sale of cannabis could infuse up to US$44 billion into the US economy by the end of the decade, according to the annual report from Marijuana Business Daily posted on last Monday.

US, UK Spotted 80 Chibok Girls Shortly After Abduction — Report

Chibok girls

Western governments knew the whereabouts of 80 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram but failed to launch a rescue mission for them, Sunday Times of London has reported.

Economy Has Stopped Working, Labour Tells Buhari

The organized labour on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the opportunity of the planned economic conference to come up with policies that could be implemented to get the country out of its current economic woes.

Talon Wins Benin Presidential Race As Zinsou Concedes Defeat

Cotton magnate and leader of the opposition Patrice Talon (L) casts his vote at Zongo polling station during the presidential run-off election in Cotonou, on March 20, 2016 ©Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP)

Businessman Patrice Talon won the second round of Benin's presidential election, his adversary and incumbent Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou told AFP before the release of official results.

Spain: 14 Killed, 30 Injured In Student Bus Crash On Highway

Emergency services personnel stand at the scene of a bus accident crashed on the AP7 highway that links Spain with France along the Mediterranean coast near Freginals halfway between Valencia and Barcelona early Sunday, Spain, March 20, 2016. The bus was reportedly hired out to carry students to and from a fireworks festival in Valencia and was on the return leg of its journey when the accident happened. (AP Photo)

A Spanish official says a bus carrying university students back from a fireworks festival has crashed in northeast Spain, killing 14 passengers and injuring 30 of its more than 50 occupants.

Benin's Holds Run-Off Presidential Vote

Pupils hold banners picturing presidential candidate and leader of the opposition coalition Patrice Talon during a rally in Ekpe ©Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP)

Benin votes on Sunday in the deciding second round of its presidential election, with Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou taking on businessman Patrice Talon for the tiny West African country's top job.

Campaign posters for Benin Prime Minister and presidential candidate of the ruling Cowrie Forces for an Emerging Benin party Lionel Zinsou in Cotonou ©Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP)

Cuba Casts Aside Rancor To Welcome The First US President To Visit In 88 Years

Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet at U.N.

President Barack Obama arrives in Cuba on Sunday for a 48-hour visit, making history by venturing into what was once enemy territory and sparking enthusiasm among Cubans who have seen their Communist government vilify 10 previous U.S. leaders.

Nigeria Records Lowest Exports In Three Years — NBS

Nigeria’s export trade has been on a downward spiral since January 2013, a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated.