Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola: Enugu residents wear gloves to work, markets
In Enugu State, some citizens have resorted to taking precautionary measures to protect themselves from contracting Ebola Virus. NAN reports…
Corps members abandon sick colleague as Ebola scare hits Ekiti
The Ekiti State Government on Friday described as untrue reports that a youth corps member, who slumped at the orientation…
Ebola: Lagos disabuses use of substandard equipments
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo The Lagos government has decried allegations that substandard Personnel Protective Equipment (PPEs) are being used at facilities set…
Ebola kills fourth victim in Nigeria
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria has risen to four, while six others infected with the virus…
UN to feed up to one million people hit by Ebola
The United Nations is to fly in food aid for up to a million people affected by the Ebola outbreak…
Ebola: Lesotho pull out of U20 qualifier against Nigeria
Lesotho said on Friday they have pulled out of this weekend’s final 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier against Nigeria because…
Lagos Ebola fears hit sex workers, traders
Kate, Bright and Happiness sat on the lawn of a Lagos brothel, sipping lager and chatting with men in groups…
Ebola: Nigeria, others barred from Youth Olympics
Athletes from Ebola-hit countries in west Africa have been barred from competing in some sports in the Youth Olympics that…
Pilgrims with Ebola disqualified from Hajj
The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) on Thursday said intending 2014 pilgrims discovered to have contacted Ebola virus would not be…
Jonathan Sacks All Resident Doctors Over Ebola
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all resident doctors in all federal government hospitals across the nation…
Obama talks to Liberia, Sierra Leone leaders on Ebola
United States President Barack Obama called his counterparts in Liberia and Sierra Leone Thursday to discuss the Ebola outbreak in…
Ebola Drug Arrives Nigeria Today
An experimental drug for treatment of Ebola has been provided by a Nigerian in diaspora and will arrive the country…
Ebola slows down Customs operations
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said the prevalence of Ebola virus in the country was slowing down its…
Ebola: Confirmed Nigeria cases rises to 11
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Nigeria has risen by one to 11, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said on…
WHO lauds FG’s response to Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday commended the Federal Government’s response to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in…
Ebola: Nigeria will contain the spread – Governors
Governors of the 36 states on Wednesday in Abuja assured citizens that the Ebola virus would soon be contained as…
Ebola: Infected nurse leaves Lagos for Enugu, breaking quarantine
A nurse who contracted Ebola at a Lagos hospital travelled to the eastern part of Nigeria before falling sick, raising…
Gulf states discuss Ebola precautions ahead of hajj
Representatives of the Gulf monarchies met in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss precautions against the Ebola epidemic ahead of the…
No Ebola Virus At Seme Border ––NIS Boss
Jeff Ezemadu The Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Seme Command, Comptroller Domyil Barko, has said that there is no case…
Ebola Scare At Orile-Agege General Hospital
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Paul Iyoghojie There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Orile-Agege General Hospital, Agege area of Lagos, southwest…
Germany urges nationals to leave Ebola-hit countries
Germany on Wednesday called on its nationals to leave Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as the death toll from the…
Ebola Fears: Rwanda Wants AFCON Qualifier Against Nigeria Moved
The football governing body in Rwanda, FERWAFA has requested the Confederation of African Football, CAF to find another venue for…
LASU fees, Ebola: Fashola seeks permission to re-order budget
By Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Tuesday urged the state House of Assembly to approve a…
Sierra Leone seeks experimental Ebola drug
Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it would seek a shipment of a controversial experimental drug to fight an Ebola outbreak…
Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…
Ebola: Instant hand sanitizer scarce, expensive
Since the deadly Ebola Virus killed Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria, hundred of thousands of people have improved their personal hygiene…
WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs
The World Health Organization authorised Tuesday the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola as the death toll topped 1,000…
Ebola Virus: Do Not Panic —NOA
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians not to panic over the outbreak of Ebola virus in the country.…
‘Ethical’ to use experimental Ebola drug, ZMapp – WHO
A panel of medical experts has determined it is ethical to provide experimental treatments to patients infected with the deadly…