Tag: Onyebuchi Chukwu
Ex-Minister Faces PDP Disciplinary Panel
Former Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee of his party, the Peoples Democratic…
4 Ministers Set To Quit Jonathan’s Cabinet
Four ministers in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet who have signified their interest in seeking political offices in their states and…
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak In Nigeria: The Issues At Stake
By Jaye Gaskia My worry is that we might end up with a situation where only a few highbrow public…
Ebola: Health Minister Moves To Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker says the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu will be…
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…
Resident doctors refuses to resume work in Lagos
Five days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspended its strike, resident doctors in the Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos…
FG warns against complacency in Ebola fight
Nigeria’s health minister on Wednesday warned against complacency in the country’s fight against Ebola, despite only one patient remaining in…
Ebola: FG postpones school resumption by one month
Nigeria said Tuesday that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to…
Nigeria announces containment of Ebola, discharges 2 patient
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu announced on Tuesday said that two more patients of Ebola Virus…
Ebola: Nigeria reverses the number of cases to 13
Nigeria’s minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu on Monday announced the reversal of the number of confirmed cases of Ebola…
Ebola: Nigeria records two new cases
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced that two more Nigerians have been infected with…
Ebola: Nigeria may still record a few cases – Health minister
Ayorinde Oluokun Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, Nigeria’s Health Minister said on Thursday that few cases of the Ebola Virus Disease could…
Four more Ebola patients discharged in Nigeria
Ayorinde Oluokun Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health on Monday announced that four more patients undergoing treatment for the deadly…
How Ebola Crisis Could Be Contained
By Mohammed M. Youssouf Following the death of more than 900 people in West Africa from the worst outbreak of…
Ebola: Five patients near full recovery – Minister
Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, has said that five of the patients infected with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and treated…
Released Ebola patient not Dr Adadevor – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Sunday in Abuja said he never mentioned Dr Adadevor as the female…
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…
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: 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…
Health Minister confirms new Ebola case in Lagos
Nigeria on Monday confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital Lagos, bringing the total number of people…
Ebola: Health Minister confirms nine cases
By Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health on Friday said that there were nine confirmed cases of Ebola…
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 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…
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…
‘Heart Disease, Stroke Cost Nigeria $800m Yearly
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes cost Nigeria losses of up to 800 million dollars (about…