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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Nigeria faces a low risk of an Ebola outbreak compared to several other West and Central African nations currently grappling with the haemorrhagic disease, the World Health Organisation has confirmed, even as the virus continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and into Uganda. The Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies…
More than 1,100 people are suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus across the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, the African Union’s continental health agency has confirmed, raising fears that the outbreak could escalate rapidly across central and east Africa. In a commentary published in the Financial Times on Sunday, the Director…
Nigeria has activated a nationwide public health alert against the deadly Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention placing Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, and eight other strategic states on high importation risk amid an escalating outbreak across East and Central Africa. The advisory, dated May…
A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed tragic milestones, catching health authorities flat-footed. The World Health Organisation reported nearly 1,000 suspected cases and 220 deaths tied to the virus. Global health leaders concede that the epidemic is actively outrunning containment measures on the ground. Compounding the crisis, the virus has…
Canada and The Bahamas have joined the United States in imposing temporary travel restrictions tied to the worsening Ebola outbreak in central and east Africa, a coordinated tightening of borders that underscores mounting international anxiety over the virus’s cross continental spread. The measures specifically target travellers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda…
African governments and international development partners have pledged approximately $498.8 million to strengthen response operations against the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola Virus outbreak, even as the World Health Organisation warns that the epidemic is currently outpacing containment efforts across the continent. The figure was disclosed by Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease…
A rapidly accelerating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed an alarming threshold, with suspected infections now exceeding nine hundred. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that surveillance teams have identified nine hundred and four suspected cases across the country. The official tally includes one hundred and one laboratory-confirmed infections….
Nigeria’s Immigration Service has moved to reassure the public that the country’s land borders pose no unchecked risk of Ebola entry, even as the World Health Organisation places the rapidly expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda under its highest international alert status. The Nigeria Immigration Service spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi,…
You have not changed what you eat. You are not eating more than usual. But your stomach is constantly distended, uncomfortable, and unpredictable. Some days, you look three months pregnant by mid-afternoon. Clothes that fit in the morning feel tight by evening. And nobody warned you this was coming. Bloating is one of the most…
The Federal Government has launched a nationwide distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn care equipment to 252 health facilities across 30 states. Administered under the Sector-Wide Approach programme, the intervention earmarks roughly $200,000 worth of specialized medical hardware for each participating state. Abuja designs the initiative to curb Nigeria’s stubbornly high maternal and infant mortality…