Panic in Liberian villages as two Ebola victims 'rise from the dead'

There's currently panic, fear and confusion in two villages in Nimba County in Liberia after reports that two female Ebola victims have risen from the dead.According to local reports, 44 year old Dorris Quoi who lived in Hope Village Community and a 67 year old woman identified as Ma Kebeh, died of the Ebola virus and were about to be taken for burial when they resurrected and are now walking among the living.According to reports in a local newspaper,...

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P-Square Denied Visa To Namibia Due To Ebola Scare

According to reports, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Namibia has confirmed to that Pop star twins Psquare’s visa application to Namibia was rejected by the country’s High Commission in Nigeria.[caption id="attachment_3607" align="aligncenter" width="644"] Psquare allegedly denied entry into Namibia due to Ebola scare[/caption]P-square’s forthcoming concert in Namibia just turned into a huge disappointment after the country’s immigration office...

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EBOLA: 1.4 Million People Could Be Infected – US Centers for Disease Control

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have predicted that 1.4 Million people could be infected with Ebola by January . Ebola could infect a whopping 1.4 Million people by January, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disturbing predictions were released today, September 23 and according to the New York Times, “in the worst-case scenario, Liberia and Sierra Leone could have 21,000 cases of Ebola by September...

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Villagers Kill 8 Ebola Awareness Health Workers in Guinea

Eight members of a team who were trying to spread awareness about Ebola in the village of Wome – in southern Guinea have been killed by the villagers.Some local officials and journalists were also killed, BBC reports.Sources say the victims may have been killed because the villagers are suspicious that the health workers are spreading the disease. Also, some of the residents are still in denial about the existence of Ebola.According to reports, the...

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Ebola: NAFDAC to Prosecute Professor who Claimed Ewedu is a Cure

In the midst of the Ebola outbreak, several individuals have claimed to have the panacea for the disease.  Kolanut, salt, Ewedu, and other food items have been rumoured to cure Ebola.The National  Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to crack down on people who make such erroneous claims, beginning with the professor who claimed Ewedu can cure Ebola.Director General of NAFDAC, Paul Orhii made the announcement...

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Malaysia Reports Suspected Ebola Case

 Kuala Lumpur (Xinhua/NAN) A 24-year-old Zimbabwean student is currently under observation for Ebola in eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak, on Monday a local official in Health department said.The student fell ill on Saturday and had been transferred to Sarawak General Hospital isolation ward from a private hospital.Sarawak Public Health Assistant Minister, Jerip Susil, said that the student had no related signs to Ebola except for symptoms...

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Ebola: We Are Yet To Receive FG's N200m assistance - Rivers Govt

Nigeria has been battling with the Ebola virus for over two months now since  Liberian-American ECOWAS Diplomat, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, brought the virus into the nation. Since the virus crept into River state, The Rivers state government has said that they have not seen the N200m assistance the FG promised them despite Lagos State receiving the sum.READ ALSO: Tinubu Advises FG To Immortalise Adadevoh.Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Rivers...

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Ebola: FIFA Pledges Financial Support to West African Countries Affected

Lagos (NAN) President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), Sepp Blatter, on Saturday said the organization would give full support to three West African countries heavily hit by the Ebola Virus Disease.According to “Inside Games,” an online news provider, Blatter made the pledge at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.The publication stated that the world football’s governing body said that the issue would be discussed...

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I See No Reason Why Schools Should Remain Closed – Health Minister

Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu had yesterday revealed that there really is no reason school should remain closed after september. [caption id="attachment_1550" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu addresses diplomatic envoys on the status of the Ebola disease control in Nigeria at the Foreign Affairs House in Abuja August 7, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde[/caption]He was talking in a media briefing...

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EBOLA: Liberian Woman in Lagos Commits Suicide by Hanging Because of Ebola fears towards Her (Photos)

The woman found hanging from the tree in the early hours of today September 12th on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos has been identified as a Liberian woman simply called Kate.   According to Punch, the woman was a worker in a sachet water factory before she killed herself. A resident of the area said people in the area started to distance themselves from her after the outbreak of Ebola in Lagos which was brought into the...

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Senegal’s First Ebola Patient Makes Full Recovery

Dakar (dpa/NAN) – Senegal’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday said the country’s first Ebola patient, a 21-year-old student from Guinea, has made full recovery.The ministry’s Director of Disease Control, Idrissa Talla, told newsmen in Dakar.According to the director, the unnamed male student is free of Ebola symptoms and tested negative to the virus on two occasions.Report said the student arrived in Dakar in August by road from Guinea, where the epidemic...

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We Have No Current Case of Ebola In Nigeria - Health Minister

The Nigerian ministry of Health has announced that the country currently has no active case of the deadly Ebola virus. [caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu addresses diplomatic envoys on the status of the Ebola disease control in Nigeria at the Foreign Affairs House in Abuja August 7, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde[/caption]In a post by spokesman for the Minister of Health,...

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Lawmakers To Re-examine Schools' Resumption Date

If latest news are to be believed, then academic activities may not resume in both private and public schools in Nigeria in the month of September.This is based upon reports that the House of Representatives has asked its Committee on Education to take another look at the resumption date announced for private and public schools in the country.According to a report published by Thisday online, the decision of the lawmakers is necessitated by growing...

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Ebola Spread By Taxi Passengers, WHO Warns

  [caption id="attachment_896" align="aligncenter" width="737"] A Liberian burial team wearing protective clothing loads the body of a 60-year-old Ebola victim after retrieving him from his home.[/caption]In spite of global effort to wage war against the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned that the Ebola virus is spreading exponentially in Liberia.The United Nations agency said...

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Ebola: British Researchers Partnering with Dangote to Release Vaccine by December

There appears to be a ray of hope in the fight against Ebola.Dr. Mike Turner, a British scientist researching Ebola, told Punch that thanks to a partnership between the non-governmental organisation he works with, and Dangote Foundation, an Ebola vaccine could be available as early as December this year.Turner is Head of Infection at the Wellcome Trust, an NGO in the UK that facilitates medical research.Speaking on the partnership, he said:“We...

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Ebola Solution: WHO Recommends To Use Survivors' Blood

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed how the use of Ebola survivors’ blood could help the infected patients to recover.While there is no approved drug for the deadly tropical virus which has already claimed around 2,000 lives in West Africa, hundreds of people still have managed to win the battle with Ebola.  Health experts say that such survivors develop antibodies in their blood and thus immunity from further infection, Premium...

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EBOLA: Minister Reveals Date For Resumption Of Education

Nigeria’s Health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has today revealed that students could go back to school by Mid September in the country.The Education Ministry though Minister  Ibrahim Shekarau had formerly stated that school is to start by October 13 due to the spread of Ebola virus in the nation.Chukwu however disclosed this at to the State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over...

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Prophet Iginla Who Predicted Ebola Outbreak Speaks Again

The General Overseer of Abuja-based Cham­pion Royal As­sembly Church, prophet Joshua Iginla, claimed in a recent interview that the world had not seen the worst Ebola yet.It is believed that Iginla predicted the outbreak of the deadly tropical disease on December 31, 2013, saying that some virus would hit the world soon. Ebola epidemic started in West Africa in February and has killed more than 1,500 people since. With every single death...

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Rivers State Government Sends 3 People to Ebola Treatment Center

The Rivers Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, on Sunday in Port Harcourt said three persons have been moved to the state’s treatment centre for observation on the Ebola disease.Parker told newsmen the patients are a doctor, a pharmacist and a woman who had contact with Dr Ike Enemuo, who died of Ebola on Aug. 22.Enemuo was a Port Harcourt-based medical practitioner who treated an ECOWAS diplomat with the Ebola virus.“We...

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WEMA Bank To Bar Customers Over Ebola

Following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Nigeria, many banks have introduced new measures to curtail the spread of dreaded disease.Investigation revealed that among the new preventive measures introduced by some of the Nigerian banks are self-dispensing hand sanitisers, and body temperature scanners at all their branches in the country.Checks also revealed that some of the banks have introduced protective gears for members of its...

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