Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola: Stop Cheating On Us, Nigerian Women Beg Husbands
Eromosele Ebhomele Following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, Nigerian women have started pleading with men to think…
US Ebola outbreak ‘possible’ but not large – CDC chief
People with symptoms of Ebola will inevitably spread worldwide due to the nature of global airline travel, but any outbreak…
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency…
Benin reports 2 possible cases of Ebola, one a Nigerian
Benin said Thursday that it has placed two patients, one of them a Nigerian, with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation and…
Ebola: Liberia appeals to Nigeria to protect its citizens
The Liberian Government has appealed to Nigerian authorities to protect Liberian citizens in the country from “stereotyping and harassment” in…
Ebola Scare: Delta Designates 4 Cremation Centres
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Even though it is yet to record any case of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Delta…
Doctors Suspend Strike, Citing Ebola Crisis
Public sector doctors on Thursday suspended a nearly five-week long strike over an Ebola outbreak which has killed two people…
Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa
Overwhelmed west African nations called states of emergency on Thursday as the death toll from a fast-spreading Ebola epidemic neared…
Ebola: Lagos Orders Churches To Stop Crusades
Kazeem Ugbodaga/with Agency Report Following the death of two victims of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, western Nigeria, the…
Ebola: Jang-led NGF to meet health minister, stakeholders
Governor Jonah Jang-led Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said on Wednesday it would hold a one-day sensitisation programme to educate and…
Ebola: Nigeria in talks with US for drug for victims
By Ayorinde Oluokun Nigeria Federal Government said on Wednesday that it has formally requested for the experimental drugs being developed…
Southwest govs. unite to fight Ebola, hold emergency meeting
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Governors of the Southwest geopolitical zone held an emergency meeting in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday over the…
Adeboye Bans Delegates From Ebola-Hit Countries
Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has banned delegates from…
WHO holds emergency Ebola meeting
The World Health Organization on Wednesday began a two-day emergency meeting on west Africa’s Ebola epidemic, with the UN agency…
Spain sends plane to evacuate missionary with Ebola
Spain’s government said Wednesday it will send an air force plane to Liberia to fly an elderly Spanish missionary infected…
Ebola kills Nigerian nurse, FG confirms five more cases
Federal Government on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of Ebola in Lagos and a second death from the virus, bringing…
Ebola drug hard to produce on large scale – US
An experimental drug given to two American patients with Ebola is made from tobacco leaves and is hard to produce…
American woman with Ebola arrives at US hospital
An American woman who was infected with the dangerous Ebola virus arrived Tuesday in the United States for treatment, days…
Ebola: Lagos Goes After Infected Doctor’s Family
Kazeem Ugbodaga/with Agency Report The Lagos State Government is going after the family of the female Lagos medical doctor who…
Ebola Virus Lands In Saudi Arabia, Nigerian Pilgrims Face Ban
Saudi Arabia is testing a man for suspected Ebola infection after he returned recently from a business trip to Sierra…
Nigeria sets up committee on Ebola treatment
Nigeria Federal Government on Monday began the search for the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease with the inauguration of a…
Nigeria doctor hit with Ebola Virus, 8 quarantined
Federal government has confirmed that a medical doctor who came with Ebola Virus victim, Patrick Sawyer has been hit with…
Between Boko Haram And Ebola Virus
By Tayo Ogunbiyi These, indeed, are unusual times for mankind. Like never before, natural disasters, poverty, hunger, international conflicts and…
Ebola: T.B. Joshua Stops Healing, Korea Bans 3 Nigerians
Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, has banned people from Ebola…
US Ebola patient ‘seems to be improving’
A United States doctor infected with the Ebola virus “seems to be improving,” a top US health official said Sunday…
First Ebola case on US soil as doctor returns home
Doctors worked to save America’s first Ebola virus patient Saturday after he arrived in the United States aboard a private…
Ebola: ASKY resumes flight operations to Nigeria
By Simon Ateba ASKY airlines resumed flight operations to Nigeria on Saturday, after it was suspended by the Nigerian Civil…
Ebola: Liberians dying of ignorance, say aid workers
It is a sweltering morning in the over-stretched Ebola clinic in the Liberian capital Monrovia, and Kendell Kauffeldt scowls in…
No Ebola in Anambra – Obiano
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra said in Awka on Friday that there was no case of Ebola virus in the…
Ebola: Fashola urges shutdown of neighbouring borders
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to shut down some of its borders…