The highly contagious fever has so far killed 2,185 people, according to the latest official figures, but health workers have faced attacks and threats.
The latest attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday after a Congolese radio
An unspecified number of employees have been fired from a suburban Illinois Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant after they allegedly asked a mixed-race group of people celebrating a child’s birthday to move because a regular customer did not want to sit near black people.
The group of 18 would-be customers of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Naperville, Illinois, about 30 miles west of Chicago, had just been seated at the restaurant when, two members of the party said, they were asked to move because of the color of their skin, reported the Naperville Sun.
It was about 8:30 p.m. on
A former Senator for Enugu North Senatorial District between 1999 and 2007, Senator Fidelis Okoro, has dragged the Police Service Commission, the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, over the alleged killing of his son, Mr John Chukwuemeka Okoro, by a police officer, Mohammed Yusuf.
The 31- year-old late Chukwuemeka Okoro, was alleged to have been shot by a policeman in Gudu area of Abuja on August 11, 2014
According court documents, the incident occurred when the deceased, who just came back from London then where …
The Traditional Rulers Council of Ikwuano/Umuahia are seeking to occupy the headship of Abia State Traditional Rulers Council.
The monarchs from Abia Central Senatorial District said the chairmanship position currently occupied by Eze Eberechi Dic (Obingwa in Abia South) will soon come to an end, and that based on equity,justice and fairness, they should produce the next occupancy of that position.
“Eze Dick has served out almost six years of two tenures in that office, since the outgoing Chairman is from the same Obingwa Local Government with the governor, it can only be …
Two “dangerous” murder suspects escaped from a California jail on Sunday and remain on the loose, according to authorities.
Santos Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, were awaiting trial on unrelated murder charges when they bolted from the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility in Salinas.
“We need the public’s help to be on the lookout” for them, the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Sunday.
Fonseca is 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, and Salazar is 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds, according to the sheriff’s office. Both have black hair and brown eyes, and have been in custody since 2018.
State High Court sitting in Calabar has restrained Governor Ben Ayade and four others from interfering in the affairs of the Cross River State Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Ayade, on October 25, inaugurated a four-man member JSC in what some lawyers consider a breach of the law.
The governor had earlier dissolved a five man commission inaugurated on July 7, 2017 while its tenure was yet to expire.
Irked by the development, Edem Edem Ita, Egbara Owan and his Lordship Fedelia Okpo Ene (rtd.),who claimed to be authentic members of the state judicial service commission, approached the court to …
The bodies of the kids, Mmesoma (11) Onyinyechi (5) and John (3) were removed from the rubble by neigbours who witnessed the incidence and have been buried.
Daily Sun gathered that Mr. Okereke was away watching football when he received news that the house had collapsed on his family.
It was also gathered that his wife had often expressed fears over the physical condition of the hut and wanted her husband to make alternative arrangements …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there was no division among its governors over the 2023 presidential ticket.
National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, at a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed media reports that the opposition party wanted to retain its presidential ticket in the North and South East as speculative.
Ologbondiyan said the PDP was yet to discuss the 2023 presidential election. He also said there was no plot to stop the ambition of any member in the 2023 election.
Ologbondiyan said the PDP, at present, was focused on working with governors and lawmakers elected on its platform …
The renewed interest of major powers to enter into cooperation accords with African countries is a good omen. A few months ago, the Japanese played host to a Japan-Africa summit. So did the Chinese. A few years ago, the United States did the same, likewise India. Occasionally, we hear expressions characterizing Africa as the last frontier, a description capable of various interpretations. It could mean the realization of a growing market of 1.2 billion people that needs to be explored and exploited. It may mean the acceptance of the continent as an emerging territory in need of all kinds of …
MUFUTAU Egberongbe, member representing Apapa Constituency in the House of Representatives, has raised alarm over the fresh invasion of Apapa by petroleum tankers.
Egberongbe, in a statement last week, called on Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain to Nigerians factors responsible for the recent return of gridlock and insanity to the area.
“I am forced to cry out because I was shocked to see tankers gradually trooping into Apapa again after the presidential special taskforce has successfully taken them off the road. I had to make my findings and what I was told was that the tank farms site …
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) has said about 10 million people were living with the disease in the country.
National President of the association, Dr. Alkali Mohammed, who is also the Chief Medical Director, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, stated this at a town hall meeting organised by the Katsina State chapter of the diabetes association.
“The disturbing aspect is that a number of people walk about without the knowledge that they have diabetes,” said Mohammed who described the disease as a leading non-communicable disease, projected to afflict 522 million people globally by 2030.
He said DAN was …
The International Day of the Girl-child, is an internationally observed day declared by the United Nations, is commemorated every October 11 since 2012, to celebrate and advocate for the welfare of the girl-child.
This annual event is marked world over and Nigeria is no exception. Commemorating this event, Bimbo Odukoya Foundation held its annual Girls’ Empowered Conference; an initiative of the foundation aimed at promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), amongst female students in secondary schools.
The event which was held at the multipurpose hall of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju Lagos, had in attendance 1280 female …
