Health Commissioner Jide Idris announced that Lagos now has eight suspected cases of Ebola. The infected all came into contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who died in the major city last month, becoming the country’s first casualty

The setting for anything from joyous celebrations to intense team-talks, the team bus – much like the dressing room – is usually a very private place. Making a special exception for FIFA.com, however,Nigeria captain Patience Okaeme invited us on board for a fascinating insight to her side’s preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014.

A financial analyst, Mr Godwin Iluobe, has urged President GoodLuck Jonathan to make security in Nigeria top of issues at the ongoing US-African Leaders Summit in Washington DC

A major mobile phone marketer, Mr Emeka Oguchi, said on Tuesday in Lagos that Nigerian cell phone users were being short-changed by manufacturers.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has avowed government’s support for sports development as he congratulated members of the Nigerian team for their sterling performance at the 2014 Commonwealth Games which ended in Glasgow, Scotland at the weekend

An early-stage human clinical trial for an Ebola vaccine is likely to begin as early as September, 2014, the US National Institutes of Health has disclosed.

THE Ebola Virus is essentially transmitted from human-to-human through direct contact with infected patients, or through contact with body fluids of a victim. However, scientists are not ruling out the possibility of transmission by air through aerosolised particles.

Attacks by Boko Haram Islamists in Nigeria’s crisis-hit northeast have forced nearly 650,000 people from their homes, the United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) said Tuesday, an increase of nearly 200,000 since May.

Nelson Mandela’s second wife, Winnie, on Tuesday in Johannesburg launched a legal challenge to the Will of the late anti-apartheid leader.

In its bid to end medical tourism and save huge capital flight lost by the country following rush by Nigerians to obtain medical treatments overseas, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has successfully performed open heart surgeries and kidney transplant on three patients. The feat is a first by the apex referral institution.

A medical researcher at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Dr Rosemary Audu, says over 20 million Nigerians are living with Hepatitis B Virus, HBV.

AS the worst outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, holds the world in its grip, experts are lamenting that the rules of infection control have long been abandoned. In particular, washing of hands with soap and water, is no longer the norm.

METHODIST church Nigeria has blamed Alhaji Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno state for the predicament of the female students of Government Secondary school, Chibok who were abducted April 14 this year by members of the dreaded islamic sect, Boko Haram.

Ahead of August 9 election in Osun, youths, yesterday trooped out enmasse to canvass support for Aregbesola’s second term ambition, crippling commercial activities in the ancient city.

An American woman infected with the dangerous Ebola virus has arrived at a US military base in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday and is headed for treatment at a specially equipped hospital.