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Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas report their first cases of monkeypox.
2022-06-24

Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria.
2021-11-16

The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, increases to 22, as the search-and-rescue operations enter their third day.
2021-11-3

The U.S. CDC approves the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 and 11 years old.
2021-11-2

The third major Democratic Party televised debate takes place at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas, with a focus on health care in the United States.
2019-09-12

Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection.
2018-04-26

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirms previous rulings that Texas' 2011 voter ID law is discriminatory and does not comply with the Voting Rights Act, and orders a lower court to resolve the problem in time for the November elections.
2016-07-20

At least 70 homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire in Bastrop County, central Texas. The Texas A&M Forest Service reports the blaze in Bastrop County is currently 80 percent contained.
2015-10-20

Explosions are reported in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
2012-02-22

Nigerian part of Jos is sealed off as police search the city following the discovery of a booby-trap bomb.
2010-07-23