The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed two fresh cases of the Ebola virus in two individuals in Lagos state.
This fresh discovery brings the number of infected to seven in the nation and with two dead.
Also The Federal Government has warned people who are spreading false rumours and deceiving the mass public.
They especially talked about the recent rumour concerning the bathing with salt water being circulated via SMS and the social media as a cure for Ebola, saying that anyone caught spreading such rumors would be prosecuted.
According to Vanguard, The FG is now monitoring 139 people.
The virus was brought to the country by the Liberian man Patrick Sawyer, who was rushed to the hospital from the Lagos Airport with Ebola symptoms and died two days following the admission. The second patient to die in Nigeria from Ebola was a nurse who attended Sawyer.
With the rapid spread of the virus in the country, the Federal Government requested the experimental drug from the US, which is believed to have saved lives of 2 Americans. However President Obama said it was too early to send the drug, which had not yet undergone all the necessary safety trials, to Africa.
EdemAya, a community so rich in mineral resources, and one of the five clans that make up the present day Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria is hosting the world on the 29 th of March 2013. As we gathered from the head of the organizing group, Miss Precious Dominic Akpan, the event is scheduled to take place at the Cooperative Hall, Ikot Ubo Akama, Edemaya in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Three beauties are to emerge from the event which promises to be the first ever organized pageant. The Eligibility Form which are currently on sale for a token of N 2,000 will qualify the contestants to struggle for Miss EdemAya, Miss Democracy of EdemAya and Miss Culture & Tourism of EdemAya. The screening and training of the contestants commences on 25 th through 28 th of March 2013. We have been reliably informed that the event will parade ‘who is who’ in the music industry in Akwa Ibom State and a popular reggae artist from Delta State. Imagine the sque...
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