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According to the latest data of World Health Organization, it has now been officially confirmed that Ebola reached country’s capital Conakry. Among the 66 people who died in the Ebola outbreak there have been 4 health care workers. There have been 66 people who were confirmed to have died from Ebola, all in rural areas. All of the cases that happened in cities were proven negative until today. The Health Minister of Guinea confirmed 4 deaths of Ebola in Conakry. According to the Health Minister, Remy Lamah, the virus was transmitted by a man who came back after visiting Dinguiraye in central Guinea, which is pretty remote from the places of Ebola outbreaks. He showed symptoms of haemorrhagic fever. This man died shortly and his 4 brothers, who attended the funeral, started showing the symptoms and are now in isolation ward being tested for Ebola. They all have been tested positive. The whole family of that man is under quarantine too. According to reports, the...

\ • NEC  tackles Fulani/farmers’ crisis • Group threatens self-help BLOODY raids by Fulani mercenaries on Benue communities  took  another dimension Thursday when the marauders invaded Shengev community in Gwer West Local Council leaving 15 people dead without gunshot wounds.   The worry is that the victims did not die of gunshot or machete wounds as in the past but were foaming in the mouth, leading to fears that they may have been attacked with chemical weapons.   Another dimension may also have emerged in the Boko Haram insurgency problem as the militant sect has threatened to attack some institutions in Plateau State with explosive devices.   A circular to that effect, a copy of which The Guardian picked up, said the leader of the sect, Sheikh Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, has instructed some members in the state to send the list of institutions that, if attacked, will cause serious injuries to the state.   The list of institutio...

The Economic Community Of West African States has asked its member states for help to stop the recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola fever in Guinea Republic. In a recent statement by ECOWAS spokesman, Mr. Sunny Ugoh revealed that they made the call at its 31st meeting held in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday. The statement said that ECOWAS wants an end to the epidemic as it can cause a loss of life, spreads easily and a serious threat to regional security. The statement not only asked for help from the member states but also from the international community especially the West African Health Organisation, to take relevant actions. It also said that they are mobilising stakeholders and gathering resources to stop the epidemic. Ebola is a severe and mostly fatal disease in human and non human primates ranging from monkeys to gorillas and has a kill rate of 34%. It has appeared periodically since its initial recognition in 1976. g READ MORE:  http://news.naij.c...

Eight suspects were reportedly arrested on Thursday by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the "forest of horror" in Soka area of Ibadan. Еhe police did not provide the names of those arrested while the investigations are still continues. However, the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 11 promised to bring those responsible for tortures and murders to justice. Urging residents to report any suspicious movement they notice in their area, the AIG asked residents to avoid jungle justice. It would be recalled that after the discovery of the ritualists' den last Saturday, people set ablaze a man they caught with 42 SIM cards of different networks oh him. Moreover, another suspect was captured by the residents, but the police managed to rescue his life and carry out the arrest. Expressing his dismay over the Ibadan tragedy, Rep. Ibrahim Olaifa (Accord-Oyo) said several victims were found together in varying states of poor...

THE apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday breaks silence over the persistent scarcity of lower denominations of naira in the market, accusing the commercial banks of flouting CBN directives, which instructed that all banks must withdraw monies in a minimum of four different denominations.  The Acting Controller of Yola CBN branch, Alhaji Abba Baba Titiwu, told The Guardian Friday in Yola that the attitude of commercial banks operators has constituted a harsh economic environment for small scale business men and women due to lack of lower denominations of naira in the market.  “Commercial bank managers will come to CBN and make a request for a withdrawal of N100 million or more and they will say that they want only N1000 and N500 naira notes, if we insist to give them N100 and N50 or N20 naira they will claim that the money is for ATM. But the question is which kind of ATM will take N100million naira,” he said.  Titiwu who is the Assistan...

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 shifted to another section of the southern Indian Ocean on Friday after new analysis by investigators indicated that the aircraft was traveling faster than previously thought. The new lead comes from analysis of radar data between the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca before radar contact was lost, AMSA said. Those data show that the aircraft traveled at a higher speed than investigators thought, therefore used more fuel and possibly traveled less far south, according to the Australians. The new search area is 680 miles northeast of where planes and ships have been scouring the waters for any sign of the plane. It is also four times as large as where the search team was looking Thursday, expanding the area being covered from 48,500 square miles to 198,200 square miles, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Australian officials said the new lead was based on continued analysis of inf...

TONY Pulis was charmed by Jose Mourinho when the Portuguese led his Chelsea side to victory over Crystal Palace in December - but the Eagles boss is aiming to send him home miserable this weekend.   Palace welcome Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea to Selhurst Park on Saturday, with their own top-flight status still in the balance.   Pulis, who was appointed as Ian Holloway’s replacement in November, is looking to become the first man to keep a Palace side in the Premier League beyond a single season.   And, after his side went down to a closely-fought 2-1 loss at Stamford Bridge, Pulis is hoping to get his own back on Blues manager Mourinho, who he holds in high regard having only come up against him for the first time last year.   “For me Jose is one of the elite managers in the world,” Pulis said.   “If you look at his record he has managed the great teams and the great teams need to win and he does that for them. He doesn’t just do it...