Cholera claims 11 lives in Borno
Health officials in Borno said yesterday that death toll from suspected cholera outbreak at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Biu, Biu Local Council had risen to 11.
Should the world be scared of Ebola?
After AIDS, SARS, avian flu and the coronavirus, now Ebola is in the headlines and sparking panic. AFP asks health historian Patrick Zylberman if the world should fear a pandemic.
Drogba announces international retirement
Veteran Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba on Friday announced his retirement from international football at the age of 36.
Ebola overreaction will do more harm than good – experts
Anxiety over Ebola is spreading faster and wider than the virus itself could ever do, say experts who cautioned Friday against overreacting to an admittedly scary but containable disease.
Organisers of AFRIMA 2014 unveil judges
The nine of the thirteen judges that will appraise entries for the maiden edition of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, have been unveiled.
NNPC shuts down clinic in Lagos over suspected patient with Ebola virus
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Friday announced the indefinite shutdown of its clinic in the Muri Okunola area of Victoria Island, Lagos, following a suspected case of Ebola virus on admission at the clinic.
