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The warning came as the Federal Government intensified efforts to contain Nigeria’s confirmed case, quarantining high-risk contacts, isolating and monitoring others and strengthening preparedness across states and health facilities to prevent community transmission.

Bichi's appointment is for an initial four-year term, effective Thursday, October 22, 2026. He succeeds A.A. Gadzama as Chairman of the Governing Board.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to place 46 persons identified as contacts of Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola patient on a no-fly list for 21 days, as the Federal Government intensifies measures to prevent further spread of the virus.

The drive to establish State Police in Nigeria has gained fresh momentum, with 17 State Houses of Assembly now backing the constitutional amendment seeking to decentralise policing and create State Police Services.

The Senate has moved to strengthen Nigeria’s response to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, ordering compulsory health and symptom screening at all entry points and directing its committees to fast-track the amendment of the country’s 100-year-old Quarantine Act.

A retired officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, who previously alleged that he was tortured and detained for 21 days following a dispute over the management of retired officers’ welfare funds, has apologised to the Director-General of the agency, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, for taking the matter to the media.

Aliko Dangote has disclosed that Dangote Industries Limited has acquired a 25 percent stake in a petroleum products pipeline network in Kenya as the conglomerate expands its fuel distribution infrastructure across Africa.

Uganda has denied having any confirmed active case of Ebola, saying the Nigerian woman diagnosed with the deadly virus in Abuja had travelled to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) before transiting through Uganda on her way to Nigeria.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised countries against imposing travel or trade restrictions on nations affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, even as Nigerian health authorities monitor 44 contacts following confirmation of an imported case in Abuja.

Brent crude oil rose above $111 per barrel on Tuesday before retreating to around $109, as the International Energy Agency warned that global energy markets might not return to normal in 2027 amid persistent Middle East tensions.