Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow I spent eight hours on a journey that took three, two decades before the arrival of Nigeria’s pseudo-democracy. When Yakubu Gowon built the Shagamu–Ore dual carriageway within three years of his post-war rule, it was pleasurable to ride to Benin from Lagos. Samuel […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A combination of international non-governmental organisations have at a joint meeting charged leaders of G20, the world’s 20 largest economies, meeting in Australia this weekend to urgently take concrete actions to end the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. The call was made yesterday by […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Confederation of African Football, CAF, has confirmed the expulsion of Morocco from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after the country’s refusal to host the tournament because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak in the West African sub- region. CAF expelled Morocco, who […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In order to ensure safe and dignified burial for people who die of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the World Health Organization has released new protocols to be adopted in the burial process. The new protocol consists of 12 steps that burial teams […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As the world continues to search for a solution to the current Ebola scourge, the US government is said to be considering the use of robots in tackling the disease. This is said to be one of the issues in discuss at a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow 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 […] More
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