Late Patrick Sawyer’s wife, Decontee Sawyer penned a letter to Leadership, telling of how sorry she is for the trouble her Liberian-American husband caused Nigeria and Liberia by bringing the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) to the countries. Amongst a few medical practitioners and citizens, Nigeria lost a physician, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh who attended to Sawyer…
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The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday described the soldier who granted interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation as an impostor. An individual who identified himself as a soldier granted an interview to BBC on Tuesday, the 19th of August. The problem, however is the man who claimed he is soldier has been discovered to be an…
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The headquarters of the Nigeria Football federation (NFF) in the Wuse Zone 7 District of Abuja has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time but the Federation’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, confirmed the incident. Mr. Olajire, who said he was just arriving the scene, said the fire began on…
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Five of the Nigerian patients being treated for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have almost fully recovered, Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said in a press statement today. Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu Professor Onyebuchi confirmed that nano silver, an experimental drug he had announced on Thursday would be deployed for treatment if cleared by…
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One person was confirmed dead over the weekend with several others injured, as another passenger boat exploded in Lagos. Aside the deceased who was identified as Emmanuel Onu, Vanguard gathered that another passenger of the ill-fated boat was still in coma two days after the explosion. It was gathered that the passengers were coming from…
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Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), on Friday, says it will take about six months to bring under control the Ebola epidemic, which has killed more than 1000 people since its outbreak in West Africa earlier this year. Joanne Liu, international president of MSF, while speaking after a 10-day trip to West Africa said the outbreak…
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President Jonathan sacked all resident doctors in Nigeria on Thursday. The Federal Government, on Thursday (August 14th) defended President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to sack thousands of resident doctors in the nation’s hospitals. It was reported how the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, L.N. Awute, sent a memo to federal hospitals ordering that “letters…
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FIFA’s letter was signed by its deputy secretary general, Marcus Kattner. The world football governing body, FIFA, has ordered the Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), to reinstate the impeached President of the federation, Aminu Maigari. Mr. Maigari was sacked by the board of the NFF last month. Two other board members of the NFF, Chris Green…
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The President, Goodluck Jonathan, has ordered the sack of all resident doctors in Nigerian hospitals. The sack was contained in a directive by Mr. Jonathan to the Federal Ministry of Health to suspend all residency training programme for Nigerian doctors. The directive was stated in an internal memo dated August 13 and signed by the…
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Until her death, the outspoken nurse was at the center of a campaign to get the Zmapp experimental drugs to Ebola victims in Nigeria. John Okiyi-Kalu started the Internet campaign a few days ago. Obi Justina Ejelonu, a nurse who attended to Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American Ebola carrier who flew to Nigeria on his way…
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