Director general Dr Margaret Chan says west African countries’ health systems needed international help to manage infections WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan called for an international response to Ebola outbreak. Link to video: Ebola outbreak an ‘international public health emergency’, says WHO The World Health Organisation has declared the […]

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TKMR) said U.S. regulators have paved the way for the company to possible give its experimental Ebola drug to people infected with the deadly disease. The Food and Drug Administration had previously put tests of the drug, known as TKM-Ebola, on hold. The Vancouver-based company said the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria is planning to auction N100bn in bonds with tenors ranging from three years to 20 years at the auction next Wednesday, the Debt Management Office has said. The DMO said on Thursday that it would offer N15bn in three-year, N50bn in 10-year and N35bn in […]