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President Goodluck  Jonathan, Wednesday,  said that his inclusion in list of richest African presidents is baseless and libelous, and demanded a retraction and apology from Richest Lifestyle.com and all those who have published the said article. The President through a statement signed by  Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. Read thus ‘’We have noted with consternation …

The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said. Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being treated with an experimental drug in isolation in a Dallas hospital. Earlier the US announced new screening measures at entry points to check travellers for symptoms of the …

Washington D.C.  –  By Alltimepost.com.   Nigeria is the largest recipient of President Barack Obama’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in the world, standing at $458 million annually. Mr. Stephen Swatrz, United States Official from the state Department who represented the U.S. Government at the recent celebration of Nigeria’s 54th independence anniversary in Washington D.C. said last Wednesday. The …

Timelapse video shows the Moon re-appearing from the Earth’s shadow A total lunar eclipse has been visible across much of the Americas and Asia, resulting in a dramatic “Blood Moon”. The eclipse began at 08:00 GMT on the east US coast and was visible in Asia at about 10:00 GMT. During the eclipse – which is the second to occur …

A doctor in Madrid says the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola remembers touching her face with her gloves after treating a dying priest. The nurse, Teresa Romero, is the first person known to have contracted the deadly virus outside West Africa. She treated two Spanish missionaries who died from Ebola earlier this year. Earlier, a World Health Organization adviser warned …

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 …