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Doctors in Madrid have been testing three people for Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person known to have contracted the deadly virus outside West Africa. Some 52 others are being monitored, health officials say. The nurse, identified in media reports as Teresa Romero, had treated two Spanish missionaries who died of Ebola after being repatriated. Some 3,400 …

The US-led coalition has carried out its most sustained air attacks so far on Islamic State fighters attacking the Turkey-Syria border town of Kobane. Syrian Kurdish fighters said the strikes were the most effective yet but should have come much earlier. Correspondents said the surge of IS appeared to have been halted. Earlier Turkey’s president warned Kobane was “about to …

Nigeria responded with fury Monday after South African authorities confiscated a second tranche of funds meant for arms purchase to fight the extremist Boko Haram sect, denying the deal was unlawful and warning South Africa of its investment in Nigeria. The warning came after the South African government seized US$5.7 million wired by the Nigerian government through a bank to …

The Military has arrested 50 persons suspected of vandalising pipelines at Majidun area of Ikorodu in Lagos. About 100 canoes and ferries used by the vandals were reportedly recovered as at 7.30p.m. on Saturday. Vanguard gathered that over 1,000 jerricans filled with siphoned petroleum product and over 2,000 empty ones were also recovered. The raid, which was jointly carried out …

The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease. The nurse is said to be the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. Health Minister Ana Mato said the woman was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel …

The South African Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has seized another $5.7 million for yet another arms deal between South Africa and Nigeria. This is the second multimillion-naira arms deal between the two countries in the past month that has resulted in the money being frozen in South African banks. Last month, $9.3million in $100 bills stashed …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that his administration was poised to use the remaining period of his tenure to attract both local and foreign investors to the State with the newly created Ministry of Investment, Public and Private Partnership. The Governor made this known recently in Benin while swearing in …

Washington D.C. – By Alltimepost.com. Nigeria has been described as a nation united in diversity, where everyone will be able to realize his or her potentials. Nigeria’s Deputy Defense Attaché in the United States of America, Colonel Julius Ehioze Osifo made this assertion in his introductory remarks at the celebration of the country’s 54th years of nationhood which took place …

Washington D.C. – By Alltimepost.com. Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefunye last Wednesday assured that the challenges facing his country would soon be overcome by the collective determination and goodwill of the Nigerian people. Prof Adefunye who spoke at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington D.C. as a host during the celebration of Nigeria’s 54th years of nationhood advised …

There was confusion, yesterday, over the alleged beheading, by Boko Haram, of an air force pilot whose fighter jet went missing three weeks ago. The military dismissed the claim that a man beheaded in Boko Haram’s latest video was the pilot. A group which identified as Nigerian Army Support Group, however, confirmed the death of the pilot – a wing …