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
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…
Port health authorities, state ministries of health, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have once again reactivated contact tracing machinery, screening points, and port-of-entry quarantine protocols. The directives follow fresh regional alerts over emerging viral outbreaks across West and Central Africa. Thermal cameras hum at international arrival halls in Lagos and Abuja….
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…
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…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar demanded a full public audit of the N10bn emergency Ebola fund on Friday, 23 October 2026, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of dangerous bureaucratic inertia following the confirmed infection in Abuja. The political opposition seized upon contradictory official statements after the ruling All Progressives Congress claimed the special contingency allocation remains…
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…
The World Health Organisation pledged emergency medical gear, laboratory materials, and field epidemiologists to Nigeria on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after federal health authorities confirmed the country’s first imported case of Ebola disease inside a private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory. Viruses ignore sovereign borders with ruthless ease. Coordinating Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate…
Aviation authorities tightened disease surveillance protocols across all Nigerian airports on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after federal health officials confirmed an imported case of Ebola disease inside the Federal Capital Territory. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ordered its border teams to work alongside Port Health Services, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Federal health authorities in Abuja urged Nigerians on Wednesday to maintain calm and vigilance after laboratory tests confirmed an imported case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory. The patient, an international air passenger who arrived in the country from Uganda, remained inside a private medical clinic in the capital city for several days…