In a bid to help its neighbours overcome the Ebola Virus Disease, the Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday announced that it has donated drugs and supplies worth more than $249,000 to Sierra Leone. This was contained in a statement released and signed by the Ministry of Health’s spokesperson, Ayo Adesugba. According to the ministry,…
UN Lacks Resources To Fight Ebola
Tony Banbury, head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola in West Africa has disclosed that the agency does not have the “resources necessary to defeat it.” Banbury said more help was urgently needed, despite significant contributions from the UK, China, Cuba and the US. But he was hopeful of achieving the target of…
Ebola: Nigeria To Send 506 volunteers to Affected West African countries
The Federal Government has announced that it will send 506 volunteer health workers to three West African countries affected by the Ebola Virus Diseases. This was revealed on Thursday, October 30 by the Minister of State for Health, Khaliru Alhassan during the 57th National Council on Health. Alhassan said the first batch of 250 would…
Drama At Lagos Airport As Cured Ebola Patient Arrives
There was a mild drama at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos yesterday as a Nigerian, who had already been cured of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone arrived the country aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight. Theophilus Onnakhinon, who had been cured of Ebola was flown from Sierra Leone by the airline. A…
EBOLA: Nigeria’s Triumph in Collectivism
Hurrah! At last there is something to celebrate in Nigeria. We are Ebola free for now. It proves our varying but progressive ingenuity under a collective ideal. Some fellow exported Ebola to Nigeria and we stopped him at our border before he could diffuse it to unmanageable dimension, thanks to Ameyor Adadevoh, the heroine of…
Free of Ebola But…
Nigeria continues to earn plaudits at home and abroad for its effort in eradicating the Ebola virus from its shores but the recent upsurge of Lassa fever in the country calls for caution For a country that had often been portrayed negatively in the foreign media it is understandable why many Nigerian government officials will continue…
Condemned Mutineers: Our Sons Must Not Die – Families
Last week, Nigerians expected two victories. And it was apparent that politicians would have rehearsed how to celebrate, for each one of them was worth dancing for. But whatever celebrations planned for the expected breakthroughs had to be mellowed because only one of them fell through. The World Health Organisation declared Nigeria Ebola free. It…
How To Make Money from Ebola
With the Ebola outbreak dominating the national discourse, parents are inevitably going to be confronted with the necessity of explaining the deadly disease to children. Although Nigeria has been declared Ebola-free, schools, parents, guardians might still need to explain or describe properly to the curious children what Ebola is all about without necessarily spreading unfounded…
Ebola: IMF Restates Commitment To African Countries
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has reiterated its commitment towards tackling the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak in Africa. Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Managing Director, made the disclosure on Friday in Washington DC during a meeting with the president of Guinea. “On behalf of the Fund, my main message today to President Condé and to the…
Ebola: Jonathan Releases N200m to Rivers
The Rivers State Government said on Friday announced that President Goodluck Jonathan has released the sum of N200m promised by the Federal Government as part of its contribution to the fight the Ebola virus disease in the state. Sampson Parker, the State Commissioner for Health, expressed gratitude to the President for fulfilling his promise in…
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