Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola: Schools may resume mid-September – Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Wednesday that students in private and public schools across country may…
Patrick Sawyer And the Burden Of Collective National Guilt
By Osuolale Alalade It was a refreshing quiet Christmas day in 2009. I remember it so vividly because of the…
British Ebola victim discharged from hospital
A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital on Wednesday after…
Ogun private schools kick against new resumption date
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Ogun state chapter yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction at the Federal Government’s…
Another US health worker infected with Ebola
A third American health worker has tested positive for the Ebola virus while working with patients in West Africa, the…
Ebola: Kaduna records first suspected case
A student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has been put into isolation at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital,…
World ‘losing battle’ to contain Ebola – MSF
International medical agency Medecins sans Frontieres said Tuesday the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United…
Concerns over food shortages in Ebola-hit nations
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of “grave food security concerns” in the west African countries hardest hit by the…
Ivory Coast approves match amid Ebola fears
The Ivory Coast government on Tuesday relented and agreed to let the national football team play an Africa Cup of…
Ebola kills 31 people in DR Congo – WHO
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 31 people and the epidemic remains…
FCTA confirms suspected case of Ebola in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Monday that it is expecting the result of test conducted on a…
Saudi suspends labour visas for nations hit by Ebola
Saudi Arabia has stopped granting visas to workers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the countries worst-hit by the deadly…
Hackers target victims with Ebola scam mails
Henry Ojelu A new trend is emerging with the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in some West African countries…
Govt lauds Airtel’s fight against Ebola
The special medical team constituted by the federal and state governments to fight the spread of Ebola Virus Disease has…