A Nigerian woman resident in Italy has been hospitalised with symptoms that have led doctors to fear she may be the country’s first case of someone contracting the Ebola virus.
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Muslim pilgrims from Plateau State have been warned to uphold the true tenets of Islamic doctrine and obey the constituted rules of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to ignore the pressure from school owners, who have been trying to prevail on it to shift its position on school resumption.
The African Media Initiative on Tuesday announced the postponement of the 7th African Media Leaders Forum due to the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West African countries.
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned residents against stigmatizing survivors of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease or those placed under surveillance.
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a bill to provide for disposal of unclaimed corpses in the state hospitals through cremation.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday advised victims of the Ebola Virus Disease to seek early treatment as it could increase their chances of survival.
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it was yet to take a position on the recent directive by the Federal Government that schools across the country should resume on September 22.
Doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association have kicked against the directive of the Federal Government that public and private primary and secondary schools should resume for the 2014/2015 academic session on September 22.
The United States of America Government on Tuesday said it has earmarked over $100 million in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru, says every member of the society should return to the age-long principles of maintaining proper hygiene in and around the home, workplace, and recreational areas with a view to halting the spread of the deadly Ebola virus disease.
Saudi Arabia on Monday in Riyadh said that the smaller Ebola outbreak in Nigeria was less worrying and did not require barring pilgrims for the forthcoming 2014 hajj.
A US air marshal was attacked with a syringe at Lagos airport in Nigeria and has been taken to a US hospital, the FBI said on Monday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State (APC) has expressed satisfaction with the way and manner the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Administration has decisively tackled the Ebola outbreak in the State, urging people not to panic as the situation is under control.
A total of 1,011 Indians, who have returned from Ebola-affected areas, are being tracked for the virus, the heath ministry on Sunday said.
After missing out from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Grand Prix in China and managing to make it to the Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan last month, Nigeria’s Chika Chukwumerije, has been listed among the top athletes in the world that will compete at the next WTF Grand Prix, to be held in Manchester, UK on 25th and 26th October 2014.
As parts of its contribution to enlightening the public on how to curb the spread of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a group, a youth group is organizing awareness campaign tour of the 23 Councils in Rivers State.
Protalix, an Israeli biopharmaceutical company located outside of the northern city of Carmiel, said Saturday that it has the resources to produce the experimental Ebola vaccine, ZMapp, which has recently run out.
A leading academic has warned that university students could be at risk from the deadly Ebola virus – because 21,000 students from countries in the affected region are about to arrive in the UK.
An aide to Sierra Leone’s President has said the president was “seriously” contemplating a nationwide shutdown to contain spread of Ebola.