The confirmation followed reports of two individuals presenting symptoms suggestive of Ebola in Yola, prompting the Adamawa State Government and the NCDC to activate public health response measures.
Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed the development at a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday, saying the agency had activated isolation and quarantine facilities while strengthening surveillance and laboratory testing to prevent further spread of the deadly virus.
Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the NBMA, Dr Fatima Suleiman-Zuntu, who announced the agency's readiness to support the national response, urged Nigerians to remain calm but vigilant and adhere strictly to official public health advisories.
May 28 (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rivers, Kano and several other states on maximum Ebola preparedness alert following fears that the deadly Bundibugyo strain...
May 17, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians that the country remains safe from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), with no confirmed case recorded nationwide despite fresh outbreaks reported in the Democratic...
September 16, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five executive directors to the board of the North Central Development Commission.
The commission was established in February 2025 after the president signed the North Central Development...
February 02, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory, urging Nigerians to avoid all non-essential trips to countries with confirmed cases of the Ebola Virus Disease.
This advisory comes in the wake...
January 07, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the risk of the Human Metapneumo Virus in the country is moderate.
HMPV, which was first reported in 2001 in the Netherlands, is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid virus that...
October 18, (THEWILL) – Over 1,100 persons have died across Africa from monkeypox (mpox), Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC) disclosed.
This is just as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is facilitating the deployment of...
October 15, (THEWILL) – Mpox has spread to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), affecting 63 local government areas in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Tuesday, in a latest report.
According...
Kuti, who died in 1997, was honoured with the Early Influence Award at the ceremony, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. He was inducted through a video tribute, as were fellow posthumous honorees Gram Parsons and Celia Cruz.
