The United States on Thursday said it was concerned by increasing Boko Haram violence and territorial gains in Nigeria, warning that the deteriorating situation threatened the African giant’s future.

Fans attending Nigeria’s first Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo on Saturday will have to undergo Ebola screening, the sports commissioner in the southeastern state of Cross River said on Thursday.

ALTHOUGH stakeholders have lauded the efforts of the government to postpone resumption of all private and public primary and secondary schools, Nigerian children cannot stay home forever for fear of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Sooner or later, primary and public schools will have to resume whether or not the scourge ends. It is with this in mind that managers of schools have put in place measures to prevent further spread upon resumption.

An Ebola outbreak in Nigeria’s oil producing hub of Port Harcourt could spread wider and faster than in the financial capital, Lagos, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday. The UN health body said the arrival of the virus in Port Harcourt, which is 435 kilometres (270 miles) east of Lagos, showed “multiple high-risk opportunities […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement of a ceasefire plan for Ukraine has been greeted with widespread scepticism, with suspicions still running deep in Kiev and the West over Moscow’s true motives.