FIRST IMPORTED EBOLA CASE: NIGERIA EVACUATES INDEX CASE TO SWITZERLAND AS CONTAINMENT MEASURES CONTINUE. (PHOTO).

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 FIRST IMPORTED EBOLA CASE: NIGERIA EVACUATES INDEX CASE TO SWITZERLAND AS CONTAINMENT MEASURES CONTINUE The Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola index case has been medically evacuated from Abuja to Switzerland, following approval by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate. The forty-two-year-old patient, whose case marked Nigeria’s first imported Ebola virus disease case, was transferred alongside her spouse, who has remained asymptomatic. In a statement posted on his X handle, Professor Pate said the patient was clinically much improved, stable, conscious and able to communicate, with laboratory test results approaching baseline levels. However, the Minister cautioned that the patient’s clinical improvement does not necessarily mean she is no longer infectious, stressing that strict public health protocols remain in place. He commended the clinical teams for providing quality care and public health personnel for ensuring that the evacuation was c...

ANIEKAN BASSEY REPLACES NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. (PHOTO).


 ANIEKAN BASSEY REPLACES NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN


Senator Aniekan Bassey has been appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations in the Senate, taking the position of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. 


Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during Thursday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio did not provide a reason for replacing Akpoti-Uduaghan.


Akpoti-Uduaghan was formerly Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content before being reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February.


Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.

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