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August 12, 2014

Here is the newsletter that shows Patrick Sawyer’s employers suspected Ebola before he came to Nigeria

by Hauwa Gambo It has now been confirmed that Liberian authorities knew Patrick Sawyer might be infected with the Ebola virus before he was allowed to travel to Nigeria for a conference. According to an internal company newsletter, the iron mining firm he worked for, ArcelorMittal suspended him from work when they suspected he had... Read More
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August 12, 2014

The 3rd person has now died of Ebola in Nigeria [DETAILS]

by Hauwa Gambo In more sad news, the third person has now died of Ebola in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS] today announced that one of its staff, Jatto Abdulqudir died of the virus. He joins Patrick Sawyer who was Nigeria’s first confirmed carrier, and one of the nurses who treated... Read More
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August 12, 2014

How Liberia cleared Patrick Sawyer to travel even though he was under observation for Ebola (REPORT)

by Hauwa Gambo New reports have emerged indicated that the Livberian government knew its citizen, Patrick Sawyer had the Ebola virus from his late sister before leaving to Nigeria, but still cleared him to travel to Nigeria for an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) conference. According to Premium Times, it can “authoritatively report”... Read More
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August 12, 2014

“If somebody is dead, leave him there” | GEJ was on FIRE yesterday, see our top 7 quotes

by Kolapo Olapoju   Speaking publicly for the first time since the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan didn’t mince words in his disgust at the late Patrick Sawyer, who deliberately brought Ebola to Nigeria. The President made the statement at the annual Interfaith Conference in Abuja on Monday, 11... Read More
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August 11, 2014

Another Ebola case confirmed: Victim toll rises to 10 persons (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed another case of Ebola in Lagos, making a total of 10 cases of victims of the Ebola virus disease (EVD). He said of the 10 cases recorded so far in Nigeria, 2 have died, while 8 are still alive. The Minister disclosed this... Read More
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August 11, 2014

Ebola: Jonathan says you should stop attending burials

by Azubuike Azikiwe President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Nigerians to be mindful of attending burial ceremonies. He gave this warning in Abuja during a conference organised by the Interfaith Initiative For Peace in Abuja while responding to some children who had during their presentation asked the government and religious leaders to help them end insurgency and the... Read More
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August 9, 2014

Hospital expose: Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer wanted to take the virus to Calabar

by Kolapo Olapoju   Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American man who imported the Ebola virus disease (EVD) to Nigeria, attempted to forcefully discharge himself from First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, and travel to Calabar, Cross River State, to attend an ECOWAS event. Sawyer, who was a consultant with the Liberian ministry of finance, arrived Lagos on... Read More
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August 9, 2014

FG places 139 people on Ebola surveillance [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju   According to the Federal Government, 139 people have been placed under surveillance following their alleged contact with the Liberian victim of the deadly Ebola virus. The Minister of Health, Prof. Chukwu Onyebuchi, disclosed this at a press briefing on Friday, 8 August, in Lagos, where he also announced that two new... Read More
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August 8, 2014

EMERGENCY: 2 more Nigerians confirmed with Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju   It has been announced by the Federal Government that two more Nigerians have been confirmed to have contacted the Ebola virus disease. So far, only one Nigerian death has been recorded; the matron that treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American who brought the virus into the country. As it stands, a total... Read More
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August 8, 2014

10 things you should know about Ebola in Nigeria | An infectious disease epidemiologist speaks

by Chikwe Ihekweazu   We are putting up this post as a result of increasing demand for information on this disease. As of today, the 7th of August 2014 there have been 9 cases (2 probable, 7 suspect) on Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria and 2 deaths. All nine cases have been known primary contacts... Read More
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August 8, 2014

We are sorry Patrick Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria – Liberia apologises

by Kolapo Olapoju   The Liberian Government has apologised to the Nigeria government over the case of Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, who knowingly brought the deadly Ebola Virus into Nigeria. Mr. Nurudeem Mohammed, the Liberian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, told the press in Abuja on Thursday, 7 August, that President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson was sorry... Read More
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August 7, 2014

Ebola shocker: Patrick Sawyer was told he had the virus before flying to Nigeria (REPORT)

by David Cyril According to FrontPage Africa, Patrick Sawyer, the Ebola infected Liberian-American who died in Lagos, was alleged to have urinated on the health workers who attended to him at the Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. According to the doctors at the hospital, Mr. Sawyer when asked denied any prior contact with an Ebola... Read More
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August 5, 2014

Female doctor who treated Patrick Sawyer gets Ebola virus [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju   Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, has revealed that one of the doctors who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-born American who died of the Ebola disease, has contracted the virus. Chukwu disclosed this on Monday, 4 August, in Abuja, saying, “This is now the second case of Ebola virus disease... Read More
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August 5, 2014

Don’t bring Ebola virus here: T.B Joshua warns victims to stay in their countries

by Kolapo Olapoju   Following the visit of officials of the Federal and Lagos state health ministry to his church on Sunday, 3 August, over the Ebola virus spread, T.B Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, has instructed Ebola victims to remain in their countries. The delegation headed by Lagos state health... Read More
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August 1, 2014

Fear grips Anambra over Ebola [DETAILS]

by Mayowa Aboah   Anambra state has been hit by an Ebola scare after a man who allegedly died of the disease in Liberia, was brought into the South-East state. According to the State’s Commissioner for Health, Jehoshaphat Akabuike, who confirmed that death of a suspected Ebola victim, the mortuary, where the body was taken... Read More
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July 31, 2014

Are you arriving Nigeria soon? Airport authorities announce new measures for Ebola

by Olorunwa Lawal   The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that it has started temperature screening passengers arriving from places at risk from Ebola and has suspended Asky Airline because it brought the first case to Lagos. “Screening and monitoring is being done at all major international airports. It entails checking passengers’ temperatures with... Read More
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July 31, 2014

Nigerian who helped Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, is infected? [READ]

by Mayowa Aboah   According to a report, a Nigerian citizen who helped late Liberian national, Patrick Sawyer, to the hospital in Lagos, where he was later diagnosed of the virus, has reportedly developed symptoms of the Ebola virus. The man, whose name has been witheld, came in contact with late Sawyer after helping him... Read More
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July 30, 2014

Australia wants citizens to stay way from West Africa [DETAILS]

by Mayowa Aboah   Australia has warned its citizen against travelling to areas affected by Ebola in West Africa, after a Liberian national, infected by the deadly virus died in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, citizens were warned to avoid direct contact with patients of unknown illness.... Read More
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July 29, 2014

Lagos State Health Ministry says no Nigerian has been infected with Ebola virus

by Kolapo Olapoju On Monday, 28 July, the Lagos State Government announced that 59 people residents of the state came in contact with Patrick Sawyer, the 40-year-old Liberian who died of Ebola virus in Lagos on Friday, 25 July. Dr. Jide Idris, the Commissioner for Health, made this known in Ikeja, explaining that out of... Read More
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July 28, 2014

FG partners with airlines to set up Ebola Centres [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju The federal government has collaborated with international airline carriers to set up isolation disease centres at international airports across the country as part of moves to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. This development comes on the heels of the first case of Ebola virus in Nigeria, which killed Patrick... Read More
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July 28, 2014

We are watching those who touched Mr. Sawyer, but Asky has not given us the flight manifest – Lagos

by Emmanuel Chidiogo   At least 59 people who had contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who died from complications as a result of the Ebola virus in Lagos, have been placed under close surveillance. This was announced by the state’s commissioner for health, Dr. Jide Idris at a press conference in Alausa,... Read More
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July 28, 2014

History Class: This is the square-root of Ebola

by Emmanuel Chidiogo   Tagged to be the world’s deadliest disease of our time, the Ebola virus has been around for a couple of decades. In Nigeria, reports were heard of the existence of this disease in other countries and its fatality rate, never would one have thought (probably, some imagined) that the ugly Ebola... Read More
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July 27, 2014

Ebola’s arrival in Nigeria: The pertinent QUESTIONS we should be asking!

by Kolapo Olapoju Ebola, the deadly virus without a known cure, which was discovered in Africa back in February, has registered its presence in Lagos, Nigeria, and there’s already a prevalent feeling of confusion and heightening fear among the people. Patrick Sawyer, a 40-year old Liberian man, who was a WASH consultant at the Ministry... Read More
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July 25, 2014

Patrick Sawyer, Ebola victim, is dead

by Kolapo Olapoju   A health official within the Lagos state health system has confirmed to YNaija that Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian national suspected of having the Ebola virus, is dead. Sawyer’s death is the first recorded case of one of the world’s deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, with... Read More
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