BREAKING NEWS

No Saudi ban over Ebola for Nigerians going on haj

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia, which has barred pilgrims from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea from the haj due to Ebola concerns, will allow Nigerians to attend, an official was reported on Monday as saying, suggesting the smaller outbreak there was less worrying.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been worst hit by an outbreak of the disease in West Africa, with a combined death toll in those three countries since March of 2,097, as at Sept. 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
A further eight people have died in Nigeria, out of 23 cases, and there has been one confirmed case in Senegal.