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Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient

Kenya’s health ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine. The woman began showing symptoms 10 days ago and began receiving supportive care at an infectious disease unit in the capital, Nairobi. The ministry said medical personnel “did everything possible…

Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient

Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control discovered over 100 sacks of empty alcoholic beverage bottles at a residential building in Lagos. Authorities suspect the bottles were intended for counterfeit drink production. A Swiss diplomat's wife has been identified as the country's first Ebola patient, though her potential source of infection remains under investigation.

Veteran Nollywood actor Jide Kosoko revealed he is struggling financially after his film Eleko: Oba Esugbayi failed to recover its N300m production cost at the box office. Bayern Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany was hospitalized after collapsing during a training session with the club's reserve team. Twenty-four state Houses of Assembly have approved a constitutional amendment to create a dual policing system in Nigeria, fulfilling the necessary threshold for constitutional change.

President Bola Tinubu mourned the loss of veteran Nollywood actor Francis Duru, who died at the age of 57, describing his death as a significant loss to the Nigerian film industry. The University of Ilorin awarded Mathematics graduate Francis Olusegun a perfect 5.00 CGPA, making him the institution's top graduating student. The Works Minister, David Umahi, stated that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway lacks a single unified engineering design due to the project's section-by-section planning and costing.

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Ebola: Kenya announces second death

Kenyan health officials said the 65-year-old woman was a close relative of a man who died of Ebola last month. The woman developed symptoms while under quarantine in Nairobi.

Ebola: Kenya announces second death

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the Health Ministry said late Friday. The 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of the…

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