The Film Blog: 93 Days got the Oby Ezekwesili stamp of approval

If we weren’t planning to see the biopic 93 Days, now we certainly are. We have been a bit worried. This has been a highly anticipated film. And such an authentically Nigerian story. But it was curious the fact that it launched on Tuesday, and we had seen no reviews yet. For a film with... Read More

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September 13, 2016

93 Days premieres in Nigeria today!

93 Days, the long awaited movie directed by Steve Gukas will finally premiere in Nigeria today, 13th of September at The Rock Cathedral Lagos. Starring Danny Glover, Bimbo Akintola, Keppy Ekpenyong, Somkele Iyamah Idlahama, Tim Reid,Alastair MacKenzie, Gideon Okeke and more, the film tells the true story of how Nigeria was able to eradicate the... Read More

Ebola Movie, 93 Days receives standing ovation at Toronto International Film Festival (PHOTOS)

After its successful screening at The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the world premiere of 93 Days took place on Friday, 9th September 2016 at The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The event which started with the arrival of the cast, producers and director had the movie introduced by Cameron Bailey, Creative... Read More

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August 22, 2016

Opinion: Life lessons from Stella Adadevoh’s heroism

by Afam Ikeakanam In March 2014, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared there was an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Nigeria had no idea what was coming for her. The disease then rapidly spread like wildfire to the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. As with every tragic foreign... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Ebola Movie: Producers of 93 Days say project cost N400 million (PHOTOS)

Members of the press were invited for an exclusive screening of the movie 93 days at Filmhouse Cinema, Surulere, Lagos on Thursday, August 12, 2016. Also in attendance at the screening were producers of the film, Bolanle Austin-Peters, Dotun Olakunri and Sola Oyebade who plays a minor role in the movie. In a Q&A session with pressmen at... Read More

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January 13, 2016

‘We’ve produced a vaccine for Ebola’ – Russian President, Vladimir Putin

by Emeka Nwankwo Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday claimed that his country has developed a vaccine for the dreaded Ebola virus. President Putin, however, did not state the name of the vaccine neither did he give details about how the drug works or how it was developed. Putin revealed to RIA Novosti news agency... Read More

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November 24, 2015

Ebola makes a return to Liberia, 15-year-old boy dies

In September, Liberians were relieved to learn that the deadly Ebola Virus Disease had been eradicated from their country. But it appears the jubilation was short-lived. According to Chief Medical Officer of Liberia, Francis Kateh, a 15 year old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first of such fatality in months. The boy, “Nathan... Read More

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November 5, 2015

This is why Ebola survivor, Dr. Ada, was delivered of baby in the U.S

It’s over a year since WHO declared Nigeria, an Ebola free country, and now, Nigeria celebrates baby-birthing by a survivor of the deadly disease. Dr. Ada Igonoh, Ebola survivor, was delivered of her baby in the United States and First Consultant Medical Centre’s Chief Medical Director, Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri has explained why. At a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday,... Read More

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November 3, 2015

Ebola survivor gives birth to baby girl in the US

Survivor of Ebola virus disease, Dr. Ada Igonoh has given birth to a baby girl. Dr. Igonoh of First Consultant Medical Centre, was delivered of her baby at the Greater El-Monte Community Hospital, California, USA. Igonoh is the only female medical doctor to have survived the deadly Ebola virus disease. She has been placed under medical surveillance and... Read More

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October 9, 2015

There’s no Ebola case in Nigeria – FG

The Federal Government says there are no new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Linus Awute, made this known at a press briefing on Friday in Abuja. Awute said the Ebola scare at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, which resulted in the death of a patient, was not as a result of... Read More

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October 8, 2015

Ebola scare in Calabar, 10 quarantined, FG dispatches medical team

The death of a patient with Ebola-like symptoms, at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, has created panic among residents of the city. The patient, who was vomiting, stooling and bleeding from nose, was brought in from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State with high body temperature. The unidentified patient would eventually die after samples had... Read More

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September 28, 2015

Watch Wizkid perform to 60,000 Guineans

Wizkid was the headline act for a music festival in Conakry, Guinea, on Saturday. 60,000 fans came out for the concert, which was organised to raise awareness on combating the Ebola virus. Besides Wizkid, others Guinean artistes who performed at the Esplanade du Palais du Peuple, include; Kiff No Beat,BanlieuZ’art, Azaya, Soul Bang’s, Sia Tolno,... Read More

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August 5, 2015

Ebola survivor Ada Igonor shares her experience one year after

Dr Igonoh Ada was one of the few who survived the Ebola attack and she has God to thank for all of it in a series of tweets, Dr Igonoh narrated her ordeal once again Exactly a yr ago, I had survived my first night at the Isolation centre,Yaba, not knowing when and if I... Read More

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July 19, 2015

The Nigerian Ebola Story: The victors, the villains and the victims

In the midst of this apprehension however, a woman displayed bravery. Dr Adedevoh discharged her duties without fear or favor. She defied the odds, upheld standard practice, spurned intimidations and threats from various powers and put her life on the line just to save Nigeria from an impending catastrophe! She and her team remained undaunted... Read More

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June 30, 2015

New Ebola case reported in Liberia

Over a month after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Liberia Ebola-free, Liberian health authorities have reported a new case. A 17-year-old boy has died and been buried. Via NYTimes: The case occurred in a small waterside village just outside Monrovia. The family of the 17-year-old, who died over the weekend, called a burial team... Read More

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June 21, 2015

North Korea’s ‘agbo’ cures HIV and Ebola

I remember when growing up I would have a stomach upset or headache or something as silly as a slight scratch on my arm. I would cry to my mother and she’d always have the solution to soothe me – the bitter agbo that is always hidden under the under or behind the standing mirror. The concoction (agbo) every mother has readily... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Must Reads: There is really no money in journalism, It seems Twitter doesn’t really care about harassment + more

Well, it seems twitter doesn’t really care about harassment, here is why. Vox Ebola has been lurked in human blood long before it broke? New York Times Journalism doesn’t pay after all. Gawker Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison New York Times Bishop who covered up sex abuse finally tenders his resignation. WashingtonPost

Ebola, harassment, journalism, twitter.

April 18, 2015

Is it Ebola? || What you should know about the strange disease ravaging Ondo

by Isi Esene There has been an uneasy calm in Ondo as a yet to be identified disease ravages the sleepy community of Ode Irele in the South-west state. Though the state government led by Governor Olusegun Mimiko has assured citizens that everything is being done to put the disease under control, reports of at-least... Read More

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April 13, 2015

It never happened! LUTH says nobody died of Ebola in its hospital

by Damilola Jagun A rumour which circulated on social media that a person died of Ebola Virus Disease, has been refuted by the management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, in Idi Araba. The story went round on several online platforms that two foreign nationals were taken to LUTH, where they died of Ebola. Speaking... Read More

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March 27, 2015

Commentary: Pres. Jonathan’s PR failure may cost him dearly

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Muhammadu Buhari lost the presidential election three times and bowed to Jonathan in the last one. But today the president is struggling to catch up with Buhari in the same states where he dusted the old general just four years ago. So why didn’t he fire his PR people? The president has... Read More

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March 23, 2015

Beware Nigeria, Ebola has returned to Liberia

by Chinwe Okafor Barely two weeks to the official declaration of Liberia as an Ebola-free country by the World Health Organisation, Liberian health officials have discovered and confirmed a fresh case of the Ebola Virus Disease. The new case was detected in a 44-year-old female food seller that health officials said had not been on a monitoring... Read More

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March 20, 2015

Must Reads: Why I never wanted Empire series to end, Why Facebook is being sued for gender discrimination + more

One-third of heart attack patients don’t remember they had a heart attack. Vox Can every company really act like a startup? Vox This is how Larry King tweets. Spoiler: it’s amazing. Vox Empire is a wonderful, extravagant mess and I never want it to end. Gawker Deep in the jungle, hunting for the next Ebola outbreak. Washington Post... Read More

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March 5, 2015

Synagogue building foundation was indeed faulty – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju Fellow Nigerians, below are 7 pertinent stories you didn’t read yesterday… but should really have. 1. Steal from the house of the Lord… and die. When three armed robbers went to steal N954,000 church offering, from St James’ Cathedral Bishops’ Court, Igarra, Edo state,- two out of them never knew would end up dead, and... Read More

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March 4, 2015

Nigeria, others “highly vulnerable” to Ebola-like epidemic – Study reveals

by Godwin Akanfe Almost 30 countries around the world are “highly vulnerable” to an Ebola-style epidemic, with Somalia, Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Haiti most at risk, Save the Children – a major charity group – said on Tuesday. An increasingly mobile global population makes deadly outbreaks more likely, with the emergence of two new diseases... Read More

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March 2, 2015

Ebola nurse to sue hospital where she was infected

by Chinwe Okafor Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola in Texas after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the first U.S. Ebola patient to die, plans to file a lawsuit against the hospital where she was working and its parent company, the Dallas Morning News reports. Pham told the News that she still has nightmares and body aches as a result of... Read More

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March 1, 2015

Sierra Leone Vice President quarantined over Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Sam Sumana has reportedly placed himself in quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola. The bodyguard, 42-year-old John Koroma, died from Ebola on Friday, February 27. Sumana said he “has decided to place himself in precautionary quarantine awaiting the results of tests by the health authorities.” Although... Read More

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February 26, 2015

Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive: Why the military are now taking the fight to Boko Haram (Part 1)

by Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive In criticizing the Nigerian military’s war efforts in the North East, we often fail to understand the historical context within which they are performing the current task, we choose to disregard the decades of sheer neglect of future military planning… Robert Gates is one American that had the privilege of serving... Read More

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January 25, 2015

PDP behind attack on Jonathan – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. PDP behind attack on Jonathan. The opposition, All Progressives Congress, says the recent back-to-back attacks on President Jonathan’s campaign rally… was sponsored by his own party. “Information is now in the public domain that these attacks were self inflicted, with the aim of demonizing the APC and instigating retaliatory attacks in the southern... Read More

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January 23, 2015

First batch of Ebola experimental vaccine shipped to Liberia

by Chinwe Okafor The first batch of an experimental vaccine against Ebola is on its way to Liberia, according to reports. Though this is the first shipment to potentially serve as a preventative medicine to reach Liberia which has suffered the hardest on the hit since the disease came into place, experts say that it may be difficult... Read More

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The Film Blog: 93 Days got the Oby Ezekwesili stamp of approval

93 Days premieres in Nigeria today!

Ebola Movie, 93 Days receives standing ovation at Toronto International Film Festival (PHOTOS)

Opinion: Life lessons from Stella Adadevoh’s heroism

Ebola Movie: Producers of 93 Days say project cost N400 million (PHOTOS)

‘We’ve produced a vaccine for Ebola’ – Russian President, Vladimir Putin

Ebola makes a return to Liberia, 15-year-old boy dies

This is why Ebola survivor, Dr. Ada, was delivered of baby in the U.S

Ebola survivor gives birth to baby girl in the US

There’s no Ebola case in Nigeria – FG

Ebola scare in Calabar, 10 quarantined, FG dispatches medical team

Watch Wizkid perform to 60,000 Guineans

Ebola survivor Ada Igonor shares her experience one year after

The Nigerian Ebola Story: The victors, the villains and the victims

New Ebola case reported in Liberia

North Korea’s ‘agbo’ cures HIV and Ebola

Must Reads: There is really no money in journalism, It seems Twitter doesn’t really care about harassment + more

Is it Ebola? || What you should know about the strange disease ravaging Ondo

It never happened! LUTH says nobody died of Ebola in its hospital

Commentary: Pres. Jonathan’s PR failure may cost him dearly

“Obasanjo begs court to let his books be sold” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

Beware Nigeria, Ebola has returned to Liberia

Must Reads: Why I never wanted Empire series to end, Why Facebook is being sued for gender discrimination + more

Synagogue building foundation was indeed faulty – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

Nigeria, others “highly vulnerable” to Ebola-like epidemic – Study reveals

Ebola nurse to sue hospital where she was infected

Sierra Leone Vice President quarantined over Ebola

Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive: Why the military are now taking the fight to Boko Haram (Part 1)

PDP behind attack on Jonathan – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

First batch of Ebola experimental vaccine shipped to Liberia

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