Kenyan authorities have identified 28 contacts of the deceased, including family members and healthcare workers, but none have tested positive for Ebola so far.
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Tinubu Declares Three-Day Mourning For Air Force Personnel, As NAF Victims On Board Ill-Fated Flight
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning for Air Force personnel who died in the crash of a military plane. He also directed that flags should be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect to the officers. President Tinubu had earlier expressed profound sadness over the crash of...
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One Child Killed In Istanbul School Knife Attack
Turkish interior ministry says one child died after a teenage girl stabbed eight pupils at a school in Istanbul on Tuesday.Official said the attack took place at a middle school in the city’s northwestern Basaksehir district at around 8:40 am.Eight girls were wounded, one of whom died of her injuries.“One of the students receiving treatment...
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FG Declares Thursday 1st October, Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2026, as a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on...
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Oil Marketers Cut Petrol Prices As Crude Falls
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other petroleum marketers have reduced the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) across major depots in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri, following a decline in international crude oil prices. The reductions were recorded in the latest depot price report published by Petroleumprice.ng, with the biggest adjustments seen in Lagos,...
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Gunmen Kill 11 In South African Township
The head of the provincial government and police says gunmen stormed a homestead in a township in South Africa’s eastern port city of Durban, killing 11 people. South Africa is awash with legal and illegal firearms, and shootings are common, often fuelled by gang rivalry and competition between informal businesses. Three other people survived the...
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South Sudan Government Dissolved Ahead Of December Vote
South Sudan President Salva Kiir dissolved the government and appointed a caretaker administration ahead of the country’s first elections, a move analysts said gave him unbridled power. The world’s youngest nation achieved independence in 2011 but soon after plunged into a five-year civil war and figures among the poorest and most corrupt countries. All vice-presidents,...
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France’s Highest Court Upholds Hakimi Rape Trial
France’s highest court has upheld a decision for Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi to stand trial over an alleged rape. The Court of Cassation rejected Hakimi’s appeal against a decision by the Versailles appeals court, which found sufficient evidence for a criminal trial. The case relates to allegations by a woman who accused...
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ICC Convicts Ex-Central Africa Rebel Leader For Crimes Against Humanity
The International Criminal Court convicted a former Central African Republic rebel commander on four counts of crimes against humanity including torture and unlawful imprisonment. The ICC found that Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, 56, oversaw beatings and maltreatment as head of a feared prison unit as the CAR spiralled into civil war in 2013. Wearing a blue...
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First Cohort Of Syrian Policewomen Graduate From New Academy
Some 150 Syrians became the first graduates of the country’s new police academy for women, as the Islamist authorities rebuild their security apparatus. Rows of new policewomen, mostly wearing hijabs below their regulation hats and berets, lined up holding weapons for the ceremony, before they joyfully embraced their families. Brigadier-General Huda Sarjawi, director of the Women’s...