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OPINION: The right time

By Maryam Ogunremi I woke up this morning feeling so alive and refreshed. I haven’t felt this way in days. My mind has been troubled, but I think a good night’s rest would have calmed it. I didn’t have that luxury because the weather had been quite hot. Sleeping on my bed had become tabooor. This is a serious taboo …

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WHO leads response to hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated evacuations and risk assessments following the deaths of three people and multiple suspected infections. One patient remains in intensive care in South Africa. To date, one case has been confirmed after verification in the laboratory, but there are five additional cases that are suspected to have occurred among the passengers on the plane. …

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Police capture 3 suspected bandits, recover stolen cattle in Sokoto

Sokoto Police have arrested 3 suspected armed bandits in Tangaza Local Government of Sokoto State. This is contained in a press release issued to journalists in Sokoto by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmed Rufa’i. He said officers in Gidan Madi received credible information from some good Samaritans and accordingly swung into action, intensified patrols and conducted stop and …

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