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Nigeria Methanol Deaths Reach 48 in Ondo State
Health

Nigeria Methanol Deaths Reach 48 in Ondo State

At least 48 people have died and roughly 100 more are hospitalised in southern Nigeria after drinking a locally brewed alcohol suspected to be laced with methanol. A total of 182 people are believed to have consumed the drink, with cases concentrated in the Odigbo and Irele local government areas of Ondo state.

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