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Ebola: Nigeria records death of seventh victim

  The Nigerian Ministry of Health has announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the virus. The latest death was a patient at the isolation ward in the oil city of Port Harcourt, where a doctor died on August 22 after treating a Liberian man who […]

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British diplomat slumps and dies at Lagos airport

Mr Peter Leslie Carter, a top British diplomat on Tuesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The envoy, who was said to have arrived aboard a United Airlines flight, died at the arrival hall shortly after disembarking from the plane around 3pm. A top security operative at the airport said the diplomat […]

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Fight Boko Haram like Ebola, NLC tells FG

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdul- Waheed Omar, has asked the Federal Government to fight the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents with the same zeal it has been fighting the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country. Umar spoke at a one-day sensitisation on prevention of the EVD in the workplace, organised by […]

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Chibok girls: Powerful Nigerians don’t want girls rescued — Negotiator

Some powerful Nigerians are sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government and other concerned citizens to ensure that the over 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are set free. This was disclosed by the President, Civil Rights Congress, Mr. Shehu Sani, in an exclusive interview with Punch last week. Sani, who has been involved in efforts […]

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Ebola: Police raid Lagos hotels, arrest 39 foreigners

Men of the Nigerian Police from the Area A Command, Lion Building, Ikoyi, Lagos State, and operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service, on Friday raided one hotel and a guest house on Lagos Island, arresting 39 foreign nationals over the Ebola Virus Disease scare. The foreigners identified as 35 from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]

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Expect stable power supply by October – Minister

The Federal Government Friday promised that power supply will be stable in the country by October this year. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting on power chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo at the State House, Abuja. Maintaining that other issues in […]

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Sister Of Dead Ebola Doctor Escapes From Port Harcourt As 200 Are Quarantined In Rivers State

According to reports, the Sister of  the Port Harcourt-based medical doctor, Iyke Enemuo, who recently died from the Ebola virus, fled to Abia State to avoid being quarantined along with others who came into contact with the late doctor. However, one of her siblings, who is also a doctor, forced her to return to the […]

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Police arrest housewife & friends over fight with husband’s mistress

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a housewife and her friends for allegedly assaulting a 23-year-old girl suspected to be her husband’s mistress. Checks indicated that the woman and her friends were on the trail of the husband, who is a driver with the state Government and caught up with him at a bar in […]

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Ebola Outbreak Could Strike 20,000 People – WHO

The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a bleak assessment of the deadly disease. The United Nations health agency issued a strategic plan to combat the oubreak in four West African nations where it said the actual number of cases […]

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Update: Doctor dies of Ebola in Rivers – FG

Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola death outside Lagos, a doctor in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said the doctor had died on August 22, but the results of the tests have only just been made public. The medical doctor had treated a staff of the ECOWAS office in Lagos, placed […]

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Nigeria Records New Ebola Death In Port Harcourt

A doctor, who secretly treated a diplomat who had contact with the index case, Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, has died of Ebola in Nigeria. The doctor, who has yet to be named, died on Friday. His wife has also taken ill and has been quarantined in Port Harcourt. Interestingly, the diplomat the doctor treated is still […]

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Controversy Arises Over N1.9 Billion Ebola Fund

Controversy has arisen over the N1.9 billion supposedly released by the Federal Government for the purpose of stopping the Ebola scourge. The allocation of the money was announced by the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati. Abati said on August 8: “President Jonathan also approved a Special Intervention Plan […]

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Military uncovers terrorists’ new tricks for easy access into states like Lagos

Fresh indication has emerged that terrorists are currently employing new tricks to beat security checks. Among such moves is the recruitment of physically-challenged people to carry out their dastardly acts in some parts of the country. The recruitment of these set of persons, as gathered, was to allow easy access into states like Lagos. This […]

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15-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted Via His Mobile Phone In Ado Ekiti

A 15-year-old boy named Junior Abia died from an electric shock while listening to music via an earpiece on his mobile phone which was plugged the wall socket, charging. The incident which happened at the Okesa area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has left the people of the community in tears. Junior’s elder brother, […]

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Ebola: Confirmed cases now 13 – FG

The Federal Government has stated that the official number of confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, including the index (first) case in the country is 13 and not 14 as earlier announced, even as one more Ebola patient under treatment has recovered and is almost ready for discharge. Giving an explanation for the reduction […]

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Ebola: Custom impounds trailer load of monkey meat (Photos)

The Nigeria Custom Service has joined the fight against the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus by  impounding  a trailer load of smoked meat suspected to be monkey meat being imported into the country through the Jibia border in Katsina state. Monkey is suspected to be one of the major source of the virus which […]

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Africans Let’s Face Our Own Problems: A New Challenge To Help Prevent The Spread Of Ebola (Must See)

I am introducing a new challenge called Bathroom Selfie, this will help in the prevention of our major health problem now, Ebola. Take a Selfie in your bathroom with soap covering your face  and share it with the World. If you can’t do it when you are nominated, then, buy a roll of hand sanitizer  or […]

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Health Minister confirms two new cases of Ebola

The Minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has confirmed two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease. The two patients are spouses to the dead victims of the disease. This brings the total number of cases to 14, with five deaths and five survivors, while four are currently being treated.

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