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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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I serve a God who answers prayers – Brantly, Ebola survivor

  One of the United States aid workers who recovered from an Ebola infection, Dr. Kent Brantly, has said he was “thrilled to be alive” as he and another patient were discharged from the hospital.   In his first public speech since leaving the hospital on Thursday for treatment of the deadly virus, Brantly, 33, […]

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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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Woman Breaks Bottle On Friend’s Head Over Ebola

A man who hugged a female friend in Ajah, Lagos got more than he bargained for when she smashed a bottle on his head. The victim, Ademola Ojikutu, was attacked by his pal, Bunmi, after he grabbed her from behind without her approval. The lady was said to have reacted by smashing a beer bottle […]

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Ebola: Adedavoh, senior consultant infected by Sawyer, dies

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded the fifth Ebola virus fatality with the death of Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos. Adadevoh, a consultant endocrinologist, was the first Nigerian to be diagnosed with the disease. Dr. Stella Adadevoh The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media […]

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Nigeria Replies US Govt on the Efficacy of Ebola Drugs

Contrary to the wide held opinion by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that trial and experimental drugs being administered in West African countries including Nigeria, on Ebola patients may lack clinical standards,  the Federal Government Friday said such comments were not helpful. FDA had on Friday said that the “by law, dietary […]

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Ebola Virus Particles Can Be Transmitted By Air – Prof. S.A. Omilabu

College of Medicine and University of Lagos Professor, Consultant Virologist and Ebola expert, Professor Sunday Aremu Omilabu speaks with Sahara TV about the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria… Watch Here :

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Ebola latest: Another nurse dies, doctor in bad state

A nurse, Justina Obi Echelonu, one of the primary contacts who participated in the initial management of the index case, late American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, at the First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos, has died in quarantine. (The Lagos State Ebola quarantine centre and Late Nurse Justina Obi Ejelonu) She is the second nurse and fourth fatality […]

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Ebola Drugs Expected in Nigeria Today

Relief appears to be on the way of Ebola Virus Disease ( EVD ) patients as the Federal Government Thursday ordered for drugs to be given to the patients. Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu briefing journalists in Abuja on the update of the virus said, “the drug, Nano Silver is already on its way […]

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Ebola: Nurse, husband who escaped quarantine relocated to Lagos with 20 others

Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband. The suspect, identified as a nurse, said to have travelled to her home town to visit her family, is now under surveillance with […]

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Ebola: Why my husband travelled to Nigeria – Patrick Sawyer’s wife

The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has defended her husband’s decision to travel to Nigeria, saying he did so in desperate search for a country with better healthcare system than his own country. In an article published earlier yesterday, TMZ Liberia Magazine quoted Decontee Sawyer, who is a […]

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Tunde Kelani Shoots Movie On Ebola Virus With Halima Abubakar

This Ebola virus which has been making headlines on various news media and on everyone lips for quite some weeks now needs proper preventive measures and public orientation to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. So a United Kingdom based health organization has contacted respected and award winning Nigerian film maker, Tunde Kelani to […]

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Sawyer was mad to bring Ebola here – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described the late American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer’s visit that heralded the entry of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the country, as “pure madness.” This came as the Federal Government appealed to Nigerians not to panic and adhere to the highest possible personal hygiene measures and safety guidelines issued by the […]

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Newly married nurse tests positive for Ebola in Lagos – FG

Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Monday that another Lagos nurse has tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease. The development came 22 days after the first first case of the virus was recorded. The minister explained that the newly married nurse was among those that had direct contact with the late Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who […]

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Nigerians beg Obama to give Lagos nurse vaccine as she recounts her encounter with Sawyer (Photo)

Nigerians on different social media platforms on Saturday asked President Barack Obama to give a vaccine, ZMapp, being developed in the United States to treat a Nigerian nurse, Justina Ejelonu, reportedly infected with Ebola. On such websites as Facebook and Twitter, the petitioners begged Obama to release the vaccine to Ejelonu and other Africans suffering […]

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Ebola : Canadian returning from Nigeria shows symptoms

A Canadian who recently visited Nigeria is being held in isolation at Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario for showing symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease. According to a Canadian public health official, the patient was reported to be showing initial symptoms of Ebola which were similar to more common diseases, such as malaria. Dr. Eileen […]

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Health Zone : US State Department Ebola Alert (Must Read)

In order to help our Embassy Community better understand some of the key points about the Ebola virus we have consulted with our medical specialists at the U S State Department and assembled this list of bullet points worded in plain language for easy comprehension. Our medical specialists remind everyone that they should be following […]

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