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On the 14th of August, 25 year old Justina Obioma Ejelonu, a nurse who came in contact with the late Patrick Sawyer,died of Ebola. Her sister spoke to Punch �The day she met the infected Liberian was her first day at work at that hospital. She just got that job. ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the suspension of scheduled stream two orientation programme of the 2014 Batch ‘B’ Orientation in six states billed to start on Monday, September 1st due to the dreaded Ebola disease in the country. Brig Gen Johnson Olawumi, the Director General of the ...

Kwara State Chairman of the Ebola Viral control Committee ,Prof. Sunday Opabola told reporters that the first suspected case in the state is a seven-month old baby who had come with his parents from Ibadan for a visit at Ilorin after one of those taking care of him had returned ...

The headless body of a young man was found on a side street in Agiliti, Mile 12 area of Lagos, . It was discovered that his manhood had also been cut off. People suspect it was ritual murder but no one knows for sure what happened. The murdered man has ...

An experimental drug developed by a Nigerian in diaspora for the�treatment of Ebola is expected to�arrive the country today, the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. � The drug, called �Nanosilver”, has been approved for use�by the�World Health Organization (WHO) as an experimental treatment ethical in the case of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has re-introduced bank charges on Automated Teller Machines. Bank customers as from 1st of September, 2014 will now pay N65 when they make use of other banks ATMs. � � Though in the directive, CBN stated that the first 3 withdrawals in a month on ...

Aliko Dangote has donated N150million to help in the fight of the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Foundation, Mrs Adhiambo Odaga announced this at a media briefing at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Monday. She said the money will be ...

A doctor who attended to late Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital has been confirmed positive with the Ebola virus. Speaking at a news conference today, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said the doctor is currently undergoing treatment at the quarantine centre in Lagos. Prof Onyebuchi ...

It is not always bad news. I thought I should share this so we know there is chances of survival and there are people who survived the virus. 22 months old Isata from Sierra Leone is the youngest patient to recover from Ebola virus – this implies that there are ...

Liberia’s deputy finance minister, Sebastian Muah Omar, has been criticised for approving Patrick Sawyer’s trip to Nigeria,despite health officials placing him on Ebola danger list . In a heated conversation on Facebook as tracked by ‘concerned Liberians.org’ ,Omar defended his action harshly . This happened when the news just came ...

25year old Justina Obi Ejelonu, who attended to late Liberian Patrick Sawyer while he was ill at the First Consultant hospital in Lagos, has died. According to Sahara reporters, her relatives called to inform them of her demise in the early hours of today. Ms. Ejelonu had been kept in ...

Mrs Decontee Sawyerr, widow of Late Patrick Sawyerr, the Liberian man who came into Nigeria with the deadly Ebola virus, has said her sick husband risked all to come to Nigeria because he believed so much in the health system here & wanted to be properly diagnosed and treated. She ...

To prevent being infected with the deadly Ebola virus, two people in Makurdi, Benue who believed salt could help prevent contracting the virus have been confirmed dead. Dr Joseph Kumba, Director, Public Health in the Ministry of Health and Human Services confirmed the report. �We got the report at a ...

One of the nurses who had previously had contact with the Liberian Ebola patient Patrick Sawyer, fled her quarantine center in Lagos and returned to her home in Enugu, exposing about 20 people who she came in contact with to the deadly virus. Information Minister Labaran Makuwho disclosed this said ...

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Patience Jonathan on arrival at the Gdansk Walesa International Airport on Wednesday 13th August 2014, was pictured greeting officials and aides at a respectable distance with a palm-rubbing acknowledgement. It is being referred as the new way to greet as a ...

Leadership by example….. Some state governors, Ministers of Health, Information & FCT are right now in the Villa attending a special meeting with President Jonathan on the Ebola Virus disease.

EFF’s motor mouth, Julius Malema, has accused President Jacob Zuma of practicing witchcraft. This is after two mermaids were found in Nkandla’s �fire pool”, allegedly alive and kicking. A leaked picture of the mysterious mermaids has been circulating social networks throughout the week, with many expressing their shock while others ...

An Australian man Andrew Sayer who resides in Melbourne is presently searching for a Nigerian friend Oghenekohwo whom he fears may have contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The Australian made the disclosure on Twitter hours ago and the tweets have since gone viral. According to him, this ‘Nigerian’ friend of ...

The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, has approved the use of an experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, for treatment of patients infected with the virus. The committee, which composed research scientists, is a national body under the Federal Ministry of Health. The endorsement is contained in a statement issued to ...

In curtailing the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, some private hospitals in Lagos have allegedly stated chasing out patients with fever. The few ones that accept the patients allegedly compel them to wash their hands and apply sanitizers before proceeding into their building. The guys at the News Agency ...