Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, has clarified that the N10 billion emergency intervention fund approved by the fed... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, has said no government would use the Ebola outbreak as a political weapon. Mr Idr... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Nigeria may declare the Ebola outbreak over as early as 7 December if no further confirmed or probable cases are detected, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, M... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a nurse was killed and another health worker severely injured while responding to an Ebola alert in the Democratic Republic of the... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Nigeria currently has no active Ebola case after the country evacuated its index patient to Switzerland, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The WHO Regional Director for Af... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 25 -- As temperatures rise across parts of Nigeria, health authorities are warning residents to take precautions against the effects of extreme heat. The warning comes as the country mo... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- The Lagos State government says it has stepped up preparedness measures and is prepared to respond following Nigeria's confirmation of an imported case of Ebola disease in the Fede... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- Uganda has barred travellers with a history of travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from transiting through the country as it investigates the traveller who tested ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has confirmed that the Ebola virus detected in Nigeria is highly similar to the virus identified in Kenya's f... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded details of the federal government's utilisation of the N10 billion ... Read More