PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA ON RE-ELECTION, REAFFIRMS NIGERIA–BRAZIL PARTNERSHIP. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA ON RE-ELECTION, REAFFIRMS NIGERIA–BRAZIL PARTNERSHIP I congratulate my friend, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, on his re-election for a record fourth term. Your renewed mandate offers an opportunity to strengthen the longstanding friendship and historical ties between Nigeria and Brazil. As two leading nations of the Global South, we can promote economic integration and advance our shared interests in a rapidly changing global order. I look forward to expanding cooperation in trade and investment, agriculture and food security, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, science and technology, education, aviation, and cultural exchange. I affirm Nigeria's continued commitment to working with Brazil to strengthen multilateral cooperation and advance shared priorities in Africa, South America, and across the Global South. On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I wish you a successful new...

A WOMAN THAT RECENTLY DIED OF EBOLA IN SIERRA LEONE,MAY HAVE INFECTED AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE AS PER TODAY.

                Today friday it was reported that a woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed at least 27 other people to the disease,raising the risk of more cases just as the deadliest epidemic on record appeared to be ending.Just a day earlier,the World Health Organization {WHO} had declared that all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa,meaning that the region was officially free of the disease after a two year epidemic that killed more than 11,300 people.It warned however of potential flare-ups,as survivors can carry the virus fo months.The new case in Sierra Leone is especially disquieting because authorities failed to follow basic health protocols.The victim a 22 year old female named Mariatu Jalloh,began showing symptoms at the beginning of the year,though the exact date is unknown.The victim is a student in Port Loko,the largest town in Sierra Leone's Northern Province,Jalloh travelled to Bamoi Luma near the border with Guinea in late December.By the time she travelled back to her parent's home in Tonkololi district,east of the capital Freetown,using three different taxis,Jalloh had diarhea and was vomiting.She was nursed by members of a household of 22 people.She sought treatment at a local hospital on January * where a health worker,who did not wear protective clothing,took a blood sample.It was not immediately clear whether the sample was tested for Ebola.She was treated as an outpatient and returned home,where she died on January 12.Health workers took a swab test of Jalloh's body following her death,which tested positive for Ebola.The report stated that five people who were not part of Jalloh's parents household were involved in washing her corpse,a practice that is considered one of the chief modes of Ebola transmission.Almost all the victims of the regional epidemic,which originated in the forests of Guinea and Liberia.All three nations have been declared free of the virus at various times.

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