October brought major developments across Nigeria’s health sector, with the confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja prompting renewed disease surveillance, contact tracing and emergency response...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has identified 53 contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case of Ebola disease in the Federal...
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...
France has reported the world’s first documented human infection with Shamonda virus (Shav) in a patient with a severely weakened immune system who died in early...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Nigerians to remain calm, noting that one confirmed case of Ebola does not mean the country is experiencing an...
Kenya has confirmed a ninth case of Ebola, with health authorities saying all eight surviving patients are improving. The latest Kenyan case involves a 24-year-old man...
Kenya has confirmed a third case of Ebola after a 65-year-old woman tested positive while in quarantine. The woman is a close relative of Kenya’s first...
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, involving a 39-year-old man who developed symptoms while in quarantine, 10 days after the country’s first confirmed patient...
Nigeria is reviewing its Ebola preparedness after Kenya confirmed an imported case of the Bundibugyo virus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said....
Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to...
Human rights activist Maduabuchi Idam has said the promise by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, to deliver Ebonyi State...
Former Super Eagles captain and head coach Sunday Oliseh has celebrated Nigeria’s historic FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup triumph, declaring...
The Federal Government has funded the accrued pension rights of enrolled federal workers who have yet to retire through December...