Tuesday, October 27, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

October 23, 2026

Raye’s ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ album wins 2026 Mercury Prize

The 17-track album is Raye’s second studio album, and it beat other nominees like veteran Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, JADE, and others to scoop the highly coveted award.

Rachel Agatha Keen
October 23, 2026

How Liberia’s Patrick Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria in 2014

Ms Adadevoh died in August 2014 after contracting the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus from Mr Sawyer.

Patrick Sawyer and doctors attempting to Ebola patients
October 22, 2026

Female Ebola patient in Nigeria is Uganda-born, travelled to Uganda since September 16: Africa CDC

Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday denied exporting Ebola to Nigeria, insisting the patient only passed through the country.

Ebola patients
October 22, 2026

Ebola: Two domestic staffers, 44 contacts placed on no-fly list for three weeks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control established that the carrier of the Ebola disease is a diplomat but withheld her nationality.

October 22, 2026

Husband, 43 contacts traced, isolated as Ebola patient suffered multiple organ failure: NCDC

The health ministry has traced and isolated 44 people who had contact with the infected patient for three weeks.

Doctor in hazmat [Photo Credit: Aekno]
October 21, 2026

WHO confirms Bundibugyo Ebola strain in Nigeria

World Health Organisation has confirmed that the female patient presenting with Ebola virus in Nigeria is carrying the Bundibugyo strain.

Ghebreyesus
October 21, 2026

Ten things to know about Nigeria’s latest deadly Ebola virus case

Nigeria on Tuesday reported its first Ebola case in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where a female patient travelling through Uganda began presenting symptoms after arriving in the country.

Flight officer checking passenger’s temperature
October 21, 2026

Uganda dismisses claims of exporting Ebola to Nigeria, reports zero active case

Uganda was declared Ebola-free in August after completing the WHO’s required 42-day period without a new case.

Doctor in hazmat [Photo Credit: Aekno]
October 20, 2026

Kenyan court finds Pastor MacKenzie guilty of doctrines that starved 190 children to death to ‘meet Jesus’

Mr Mackenzie was found guilty of convincing his followers to starve their children, claiming that was the only way they could “meet Jesus.”

Paul Mackenzie
October 20, 2026

Health minister Ali Pate confirms new Ebola case in Nigeria, traces 44 contacts

Mr Pate did not disclose the patient’s health status, including whether they are critically ill or mildly

Health minister Muhammed Ali Pate