The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
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Health authorities isolated two suspected Ebola patients in North-East Nigeria on 31 October 2026, triggering fresh surveillance protocols across regional transit routes. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that field officers moved both individuals into designated isolation units while reference laboratories ran diagnostic blood tests. The new alerts arrive eleven days after…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has identified two suspected cases of Ebola disease in the country’s North-East region, with both individuals isolated as investigations and laboratory tests continue. The agency disclosed the development in an update posted on its official social media channels on Saturday, saying contact identification and listing were…
Nigeria must observe a strict 42-day watch before declaring an end to its Ebola incident, the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday. The directive follows the recent medical evacuation of the country’s index case, a 42-year-old Ugandan national married to a Swiss diplomat, to Geneva for treatment. WHO Executive Director of Health Emergencies Chikwe Ihekweazu…
Ebola: Nigeria Monitors 54 Contacts as NCDC Warns Outbreak Not Over Nigeria is monitoring 54 primary contacts linked to its confirmed Ebola case, even after the index patient and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the country is not yet out of the woods….
The Federal Government approved the medical evacuation of Nigeria’s sole confirmed Ebola patient to Switzerland following formal diplomatic requests. The patient, a 42-year-old Ugandan national married to a Swiss diplomat, fell ill in Abuja after returning from Uganda on 3 October. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jide Idris, confirmed…
Nigeria has no active Ebola case following the medical evacuation of its index patient and her husband to Switzerland, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, said on Monday. The patient, a Swiss diplomat’s wife, was flown out of Abuja in the early hours after Nigerian clinicians stabilised her through the…
Federal health authorities are scrambling to set up specialised treatment centres across border states after the tally of traced Ebola contacts climbed to fifty-three on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention activated its emergency incident management system under Coordinating Minister of Health Muhammad Ali Pate following the arrival of an infected traveller…
Nigeria arranged to fly its index Ebola patient out of Abuja on Monday morning for treatment abroad as public health teams scrambled to contain the rare Bundibugyo outbreak. The 42-year-old woman arrived from Uganda weeks ago and married a Swiss citizen before falling ill in the federal capital. Flight plans reveal fragile local isolation capacity….
Pope Leo XIV will not need chemotherapy, radiotherapy or any other further treatment after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung, his doctors said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old pontiff’s medical team said final tests showed the cancer had not spread beyond the tissue removed. The update, released by the Holy See…
The woman at the centre of Nigeria’s first Ebola case in 12 years is infected with the Bundibugyo strain, a variant of the virus for which the World Health Organisation says there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Olajumoke Babatunde, Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service at the Nigeria Centre for Disease…