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#Lagos gives N50 million lump sum to First Consultant Hospital

by Kolapo Olapoju The Lagos state government has announced a N50 million donation to First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, the hospital where the index case of the Ebola virus disease…

Analysis: Nigeria has been #Ebola free for an hour! How did we get here?

by Kolapo Olapoju As of the designated time of 0900 local time, Nigeria was officially deemed Ebola free by the World Health Organisation having survived for 42 days, or twice…

LOL! This is why Nigeria has been so successful at containing the Ebola virus

by Kolapo Olapoju It is no longer news that the World Health organisation has commended Nigeria for halting the spread of the Ebola virus disease, as no case of the…

Nigeria records rare achievement as @WHO acknowledges that we have halted #Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju According to the World Health Organisation, Nigeria and Senegal have managed to stop the spread of the Ebola virus disease. The apex world health body says the…

#Ebola: South African woman quarantined in Lagos after showing Ebola symptoms

by Azubuike Azikiwe A female South African national is being held by Nigerian health authorities after showing potential symptoms of the Ebola virus disease. The South African woman, whose identity…

#Ebola: Chukwu says another Ebola case has been recorded in Lagos

by Kolapo Olapoju According to the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, a new case of the Ebola virus disease has been recorded in Nigeria. On Monday, 8 September, Chukwu disclosed…

Isime Esene 10 years

Ebola: Panic in LUTH as patient dies mysteriously

by Isi Esene There was panic among patients and medical personnel working at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) as a yet to be identified patient suspected to be infected…

#Ebola: Nigerian man quarantined in Malaga

by Kolapo Olapoju A Nigerian man resident in Antequera, Malaga has been quarantined after showing potential symptoms of the Ebola virus disease. He was quarantined on the morning of Monday,…

Ebola: US donates $500,000 screening equipment to Lagos airport

by S'ola Filani The United States has donated equipment worth $5,000 to boost screening of the Ebola Virus Disease at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The latest gesture is in…

Two more people come down with Ebola in Nigeria

by Olorunwa Lawal Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, says Nigeria has confirmed two new Ebola cases, the first two to have spread beyond those who had direct contact with Patrick Sawyer,…

Ebola: Patrick Sawyer’s widow apologises to Nigerians, regrets Dr Adadevoh’s death

by S'ola Filani Mrs. Decontee Sawyer, widow of the Liberian who brought the deadly Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria has expressed her sadness at the death of Dr Ameyo…

#Ebola: The virus can be stopped in Nigeria – World Health Organisation

by Kolapo Olapoju The World Health Organisation, says the Ebola situation in Nigeria looks reassuring and the spread of the virus can be stopped. The vote of confidence stems from…

Ebola: Fiance of late nurse, Obi Ejelonu admitted to hospital

by S'ola Filani Fiancé to the late nurse, Obi Ejelonu, is suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus from his late lover who contracted the Ebola virus while treating the…

“Nigeria should sanction America over Dr Adadevoh’s death”: Top 10 tweet tributes (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju As first reported by YNaija, Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh of First Consultants Hospital has died from the Ebola Virus Disease. Since the news of her death hit…

Dr Ameyo Adadevoh succumbs to Ebola Virus Disease

by Kolapo Olapoju Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh of First Consultants Hospital has died from the Ebola Virus Disease, which she contracted after attending to Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American who brought the…

#Ebola bottle night: This church has the answers to the deadly virus (LOOK, READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju Things like this tend to serve as justification for Patrick Sawyer's desperate attempt to come to Nigeria! You gotta admire and at the same time be bemused…

Op-Ed Editor 10 years

Femi Fani-Kayode: Sawyer was trained to bring Ebola to Nigeria

by Femi Fani-Kayode They cultivated him, took care of him, paid him, brainwashed him, gave him all that he wanted in life and finally asked him to go on a…

Has an #Ebola patient recovered? Has another gone into a coma? [READ]

by Chidi Okoye The Vanguard is reporting that one of the medical personnel who was infected with the Ebola virus by Patrick Sawyer, a Senior Consultant at the First Consultant…

Op-Ed Editor 10 years

Opinion: How Nigeria has made too many errors on #Ebola

by Kingsley Ahanonu Suddenly, four days after the visit of Patrick Sawyer to Lagos aboard a Liberian flight on the 20th of July and with the news of his…

Can #Ebola thrive in Nigeria? We trace the history, and progress

by Adedayo Ademuwagun John got a call last week from his cousin Steven who lives in another part of Lagos. His voice was very urgent that morning. "I'm having symptoms…

Another person goes down with #Ebola, bringing the total number of infected to 11

by Godwin Akanfe Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed another Ebola case, bringing the total number to 11. A doctor who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American that brought the…

Ebola: Nurse who came in contact with Patrick Sawyer escapes quarantine to Enugu | 20 more people monitored

by S'ola Filani One of the nurses who made primary contact with Liberian, Patrick Sawyer is said to have escaped quarantine and gone to Enugu. While there, the infected nurse…