Must Reads: But why aren’t the Japanese f__king?, Fast track on drug for Ebola has faltered + more

Last year America sent Special Ops Forces into almost 70% of the countries in the world. MotherJones Did Facebook just finally kill off hoax news? Big Think Why aren’t the Japanese fucking? VICE Salman ascends throne to become Saudi King. NY Times Fast track on drug for Ebola has faltered. NY Times Saudi King Abdullah... Read More

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January 20, 2015

“GEJ is very scared of Osinbajo” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. Fayose, the APC ambusher. The opposition party is wary of Ayo Fayose… for he may be planning to ambush Buhari’s convoys. The APC alleged that Fayose had already hired members of Oodua Peoples Congress to attack the convoys on their way to the rally as Peoples Democratic Party did in Rivers State.‎ “They are... Read More

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January 19, 2015

United Nations declares Mali free of Ebola

by Chinwe Okafor As the fight against Ebola continues in African countries, it’s always a relief to hear some good news. The United Nations on Sunday, January 19, publicly declared Mali Ebola-free following a 42 day period without any new cases of the deadly virus. It would have been declared earlier in November but a... Read More

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January 13, 2015

Female football star asked to strip… to prove she’s not a man

by Chinwe Okafor Genoveva Anonma became one to watch when during the Ebola epidemic, she called for the 2015 African Cup of Nations to be cancelled to avoid the vast spread of the disease. Now, the Equatorial Guinea star and one of Africa’s leading footballers is making headlines again but for a different reason. The... Read More

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December 31, 2014

Dr. Wilfred Okiche profiles Dr. Stella Adadevoh: She is the good doctor (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

by Wilfred Okiche For 21 years, Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh, consultant endocrinologist, and consummate physician reported to work every day at the First Consultants Hospital, Obalende, a well-regarded and multi-specialist private centre in Lagos that thrives on retainership from corporate organizations. Professional, attentive and up to date on the latest medical advances in her specialty,... Read More

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December 31, 2014

Japheth Omojuwa profiles Babatunde Raji Fashola: There is something about this man (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

by Japheth Omojuwa The giant of Lagos politics, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would love to be credited with many successes, but except he succeeds in helping Nigeria get a president who’d save the country from its present ailing condition, Bola Tinubu’s greatest success can be summed up in two words “’Tunde Fashola.” On whether Governor Fashola... Read More

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December 28, 2014

Second time lucky: Ex-footballer, George Weah wins senate seat in Liberia

by Mark Bassey After losing to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the 2005 presidential election, erstwhile world footballer of the year, George Weah has defeated her son in the senatorial elections of Liberia. George Weah won by a landslide to earn 78% of the votes for Montserrado county seat. He beat Robert Sirleaf, who took nearly 11%,... Read More

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December 27, 2014

People’s Choice: Stella Ameyo Adadevoh is voted YNaija Person of the Year 2014… editors to announce final choice 30 December

December 22, 2014

Pastor Kumuyi heals Ebola victim through a phone call (Report)

by Anike Jacobs Over the weekend, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi revealed how his prayer healed an Ebola patient in one of the Ebola infested countries. Speaking at the National Deeper Life December Retreat, the man of God said he would not disclose the name of the country where... Read More

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December 20, 2014

Freeman Osonuga: This is how to survive the Ebola virus disease

by Dr. Freeman Osonuga Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which is also known as Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, is a deadly viral disease caused by Ebola Viruses. It was in the year 1976 that Ebola first appeared in two outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (where it took... Read More

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December 16, 2014

Opinion: Buhari V. Jonathan, let us compare

by Bala Muhammed The All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) recently held their Conventions to elect/confirm their respective presidential flag-bearers. In the two parallel events held in Lagos and Abuja, former military Head of State, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan emerged as the two parties’ respective... Read More

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December 13, 2014

7 things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. It is with immense regret we announce that Christmas has been cancelled…..at least in Sierra Leone. The spread of the Ebola virus disease may be over in Nigeria, but the good folks of Sierra Leone are still grappling with the virus. Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia to become the country worst affected... Read More

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December 8, 2014

#Ebola: @LindaIkeji spends N1 million on Lanre Da Silva Ajayi’s dress at #TFAA2014

by Anike Jacobs We told you we would bring you all the juicy details from Africa’s biggest youth concert, the Future Award Africa 2014 which held yesterday at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos… here we go! During the course of the award ceremony, an auction took place to raise money to support the campaign... Read More

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December 2, 2014

Lagos will not pay doctors for strike period

by Jewel Stephen The Lagos State Government has faulted claims it was owing medical doctors in its employ, saying it has always paid the salaries of all its employees, doctors inclusive, when due. Some doctors working in the State Government’s hospitals staged a demonstration last week alleging that the government owed them an unspecified amount... Read More

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November 23, 2014

@rumanio: Now that Ebola is gone, where is your hand sanitizer?

by Wilson Rume Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has come and gone in Nigeria. During the outbreak of the virus, many Nigerians were greeted with fear due to the means of transmission from one person to another, which only requires direct contact with bodily fluids such as sweats, saliva and blood of an infected person. That... Read More

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November 15, 2014

How Australia has become the centre of an international storm over #Ebola

by Gemma Hunt Australia has become the centre of an international feud over the best way to manage Ebola outbreaks that have affected communities in Africa. They drew adverse criticism from health workers and from the human rights organisation Amnesty International by closing their doors to anyone from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea and they have completely suspended... Read More

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November 13, 2014

UBA commits $1million to the Ebola fight, Elumelu urges corporate Africa to take up the challenge

by Isi Esene The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Board Chairman, Tony O Elumelu, has announced the donation of $1million, to assist the fight against Ebola, currently present in three West African countries, where UBA does business: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The gift will be distributed through the UBA Foundation, UBA’s corporate social responsibility... Read More

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November 11, 2014

CAF disqualifies #Morocco from AFCON 2015 over refusal to host tourney

by Mark Bassey The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has stripped Morocco of the right to host next year’s African Nations Cup, while also disqualifying the North African nation from participating in the tournament. CAF announced this on Tuseday, 11 November, saying that it has began to examine prospective replacements and that the competition would go ahead... Read More

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November 11, 2014

This American singer thinks #Ebola is a music band (WATCH)

by Anike Jacobs This has gotta be the joke of the year! American reality TV star Amy Child has clearly been living under a rock lately. When she was approached by a BBC reporter at the red carpet of MOBO Awards recently, to speak on how well America has been able to curb the spread of... Read More

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November 6, 2014

Two Sierra Leone based Nigerians contract #Ebola

by Anike Jacobs Two Nigerians – 27-year-old indigene of Abia State and 22-year-old indigene of Edo State – who reside in Freetown, Sierra Leone have tested positive to the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The minister of state for health, Dr Khaliru Alhassan, who disclosed this at the just-concluded National Council on Health Meeting, in... Read More

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November 3, 2014

Hello, Lagos! The Future Awards Africa holds on 7 December, launches campaign for 1million young Africans to fight Ebola

by Isi Esene The Central Working Committee (CWC) of Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the date and host state for the 2014 edition of the event: “We are excited to announce that The Future Awards Africa 2014 will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, 7 December.” This is... Read More

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October 29, 2014

Reps tell FG what to do about Adadevoh and #Ebola

by Laila Ibrahim The Federal Government has been urged by the house of representatives to immortalize late Dr Stella Adadevoh by naming a medical institution after her. Adadevoh was the consultant who treated late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought the disease into Nigeria, at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos. She contracted the virus in... Read More

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October 28, 2014

Have you seen this viral hilarious video showing the difference between UK & US Coverage of #Ebola

British comedian Russell Howard has finally given the world something to Laugh about on the deadly Ebola virus. He has comically explored the difference between the UK & US coverage of the virus on BBC’s Good News. In the hilarious viral video, he analyzed the British as calm, while the US is in a frenzy... Read More

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October 28, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Is Goodluck Jonathan really clueless (Part 3)

by Femi Aribisala READ: Is Goodluck Jonathan really clueless (Part 1) READ: Is Goodluck Jonathan really clueless (Part 2) It is increasingly apparent that if Jonathan is “clueless,” his “cluelessness” is the magic that Nigeria needs at this very moment in time. By the time you are reading this, by the grace of God, the... Read More

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October 28, 2014

@diiwana Live in Liberia: This is the good side of #Ebola

by Dayo Olugbemi I guess you’re wondering how there could possibly be a good side to this Ebola Virus mayhem. Well this is it, since the spread of the disease and subsequent deaths of hundreds of people, a reasonable number of relationships have ceased to blossom, physically. I’m still here in Monrovia where like Conakry, Freetown, and at one... Read More

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October 27, 2014

Nigerian cocaine smuggler left to die in Madrid airport over Ebola fears

by Chidi Okoye A Nigerian man was left to die at Madrid’s international airport over fears that he had the Ebola virus disease. The incident occured at about 5 pm on Saturday, 18 October at Madrid-Barajas airport, in Spain. Airport staff refused to touch the unidentified man, who was left trembling and shaking, as he laid on... Read More

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October 27, 2014

The border where anyone can get in, even if they have Ebola

by Adedayo Ademuwagun After the first Ebola case in the country was reported in July, people feared that the outbreak would overpower the healthcare system and result in a pandemic. But the government performed remarkably and the outbreak was snuffed out within a few months. Today, Nigeria is officially free from Ebola. Borders are a... Read More

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October 25, 2014

Meet the man who tamed Nigeria’s most lawless city – @TundeFashola profiled by UK’s @Telegraph

by Jewel Stephen Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola has been profiled by UK news platform, ‘The Telegraph’, over his accomplishments in transforming Lagos and most recently, his leadership in the fight against the Ebola virus disease. In a report by the Chief foreign correspondent, Colin Freeman, the Governor was hailed for “cleaning up its... Read More

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October 25, 2014

2-year-old victim of Ebola virus disease dies in Mali

by Chidi Okoye According to the country’s officials and state TV reports, the two-year-old girl who became Mali’s first case of the Ebola virus disease has died. The two-year-old had travelled with her grandmother hundreds of kilometres by bus from Guinea via Mali’s capital to the western town of Kayes, where she was diagnosed on... Read More

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October 24, 2014

Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama calls on CAF to postpone Nations cup

by Mark Bassey Super Eagles skipper and Lille FC first goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has implored the Confederation of African Football, CAF, to cancel next year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON), due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease. Following his club’s stalemate draw with Everton on Thursday night, the goalie told Dailymail.com his opinion about the... Read More

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Must Reads: But why aren’t the Japanese f__king?, Fast track on drug for Ebola has faltered + more

“GEJ is very scared of Osinbajo” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

United Nations declares Mali free of Ebola

Female football star asked to strip… to prove she’s not a man

Dr. Wilfred Okiche profiles Dr. Stella Adadevoh: She is the good doctor (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

Japheth Omojuwa profiles Babatunde Raji Fashola: There is something about this man (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

Second time lucky: Ex-footballer, George Weah wins senate seat in Liberia

People’s Choice: Stella Ameyo Adadevoh is voted YNaija Person of the Year 2014… editors to announce final choice 30 December

Pastor Kumuyi heals Ebola victim through a phone call (Report)

Freeman Osonuga: This is how to survive the Ebola virus disease

Opinion: Buhari V. Jonathan, let us compare

7 things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

#Ebola: @LindaIkeji spends N1 million on Lanre Da Silva Ajayi’s dress at #TFAA2014

Lagos will not pay doctors for strike period

@rumanio: Now that Ebola is gone, where is your hand sanitizer?

How Australia has become the centre of an international storm over #Ebola

UBA commits $1million to the Ebola fight, Elumelu urges corporate Africa to take up the challenge

CAF disqualifies #Morocco from AFCON 2015 over refusal to host tourney

This American singer thinks #Ebola is a music band (WATCH)

Two Sierra Leone based Nigerians contract #Ebola

Hello, Lagos! The Future Awards Africa holds on 7 December, launches campaign for 1million young Africans to fight Ebola

Reps tell FG what to do about Adadevoh and #Ebola

Have you seen this viral hilarious video showing the difference between UK & US Coverage of #Ebola

Femi Aribisala: Is Goodluck Jonathan really clueless (Part 3)

@diiwana Live in Liberia: This is the good side of #Ebola

Nigerian cocaine smuggler left to die in Madrid airport over Ebola fears

The border where anyone can get in, even if they have Ebola

Meet the man who tamed Nigeria’s most lawless city – @TundeFashola profiled by UK’s @Telegraph

2-year-old victim of Ebola virus disease dies in Mali

Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama calls on CAF to postpone Nations cup

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