10 Confirmed Cases of Ebola In Nigeria
Nigeria's health officials have confirmed 10 cases of Ebola in Africa's most populous country.
Of the 10 confirmed cases, 2 of the infected patients have died from the disease. The two deceased...
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Ghana’s Inter Ministerial Committee on Ebola Meet Today To Review Strategies on Preventing The Entry of the Deadly Virus
The inter-ministerial Committee on Ebola is expected to meet today to review strategies on preventing the entry of the deadly virus into the country.
The committee was set up to institute measures to...
Guinea Closes Borders to Halt the Spread of Ebola
Guinea has announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, the virus that has killed nearly 1,000 people in the three West African countries...
Listen to Afro-fusion Artist, VILLY’S Just Released Debut EP “Let’s Play”!
Finally the ‘Let’s Play’ EP of the fantastic afro-fusion artist, Villy is out for your listening pleasure. Just press the play button below to listen to the whole album right here: A little...
Oil Companies Withdrawing Staff from Nigeria and Liberia Amid Ebola Fears
Oil firms were last night withdrawing staff from Nigeria and Liberia after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak to be an international public health emergency.
Leading...
Ghana May Now Have Recorded Her First Case of Ebola
A man from neighboring Burkina Faso, who shows symptoms of fever and bled from his nose and ears “was brought in dead,” at the Bawku Presby Hospital in Ghana’s Upper East region Friday...
African Women Spent $1.1 billion On Their Hair Last Year – Report
With all the skill of a master weaver at a loom, Esther Ogble stands under a parasol in the sprawling Wuse market in Nigeria's capital and spins synthetic fibre into women's hair.
Nearby, three...
TB Joshua Promises 2,000 Bottles of Holy Water To Fight Ebola
The fight against deadly Ebola has taken an interesting twist with Senior Pastor of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria guaranteeing 2,000 bottles of his ‘anointed water’ to fight the...
Cholera Kills 4 in Ghana and Surges in Cameroon Killing over 75 and infecting some 1,400
The Acting Director of Medical Affairs of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, David Nortey, has described the Cholera outbreak in the country as alarming.
He said four people have died of the disease at...
President Obama: Too early to send Ebola drug to West Africa
US President Barack Obama said it is "premature" to send an experimental medicine for the treatment of Ebola to West Africa, as Liberia declared a state of emergency amid an outbreak that shows no...
Ebola Scare ‘Kills’ Local Bush Meat Business
The current scare of the Ebola virus is gradually affecting the patronage of bush meat in some parts of Accra. The low patronage follows speculations that the deadly Ebola virus may be contracted...
Nigerian Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola
One of the doctors who treated the Liberian Ebola patient who later died in Lagos has tested positive for Ebola Among those who had contact with the late Liberian on his way to Nigeria, 70 of them...
African Leaders to Be Screened for Ebola Ahead of US-Africa Summit in Washington
African Leaders attending next week’s US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C. will be screened for Ebola, President Barack Obama has announced. At least 730 people have died from the outbreak...
Emirates Suspends Guinea Flights over Ebola Fears
Dubai-based airline, Emirates Airlines, has become the first major international airline to impose a ban in response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa by suspending flights to Guinea.
Flights...
Ghana Urged to Sign Treaty on Small Arms Trade
Mr Barfuor Amoa, President of the West Africa Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has appealed to government to ratify the United Nations Convention on Arms and Trade Treaty (ATT), to ensure effective...
The Ebola Handshake – How To Stay Safe From Ebola
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended to people to find different ways of greeting, apart from handshake, to reduce the chances of contracting the Ebola virus.
It also advised people to...
No Cure Yet! What You Need To Know About Ebola. Your Definitive Guide. – Ebola Explained
Ebola have become a global threat. These is a lot of misinformation about the Ebola virus. In this post we seek to give you the defintieve guide to Ebola, from the current state of the virus, to the...
Chika Amalaha Provisionally Suspended
Nigeria's weightlifting gold medal hero 17 years old Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after failing a doping test.
Chika who won gold on Friday...
Redemption Gold for Blessing Okagbare: The African Queen of Athletics
Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare has won gold in the 100 meters final at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Blessing edged out Jamaica's two time Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown and...
Arik Air Suspends All Flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
According to Arik Air General Manager of Public Relations, Mr. Ola Adebanji, the action is a preemptive one necessitated by the outbreak of the Ebola Epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The...