Kano, Niger, Kaduna, Plateau, Kogi, Nasarawa Adopt Preventive Measures

By Abu Nmodu, Sola Ojo, Achor Abimaje, Ibrahim Obansa, Ahmed Tahir, Alo Abiola, Adebayo Waheed, Bidon Mibzar, Samson Elijah, Muh’d Zangina Kura , Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Abuja

Following the Ebola outbreak within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, many states, together with these surrounding the capital metropolis, have adopted proactive measures for the primary time in 12 years.

LEADERSHIP reviews that Kano, Niger, Kaduna, Plateau, Kogi, Ekiti, Nasarawa and different states are actually activating measures they put in place in 2014 when the final outbreak was recorded.

Nigeria confirmed a brand new case of Ebola within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Federal Government disclosed the case on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, following laboratory affirmation of the an infection in a girl who not too long ago arrived in Nigeria on a global flight from Uganda.

The affected person had been admitted to a non-public hospital in Abuja, the place she acquired therapy for a number of days earlier than the analysis was confirmed.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in an announcement.

Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) has activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) following the Federal Government’s announcement of an Ebola case within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The improvement was disclosed in a public advisory issued by the centre’s Director-General, Prof. Muhammad Adamu-Abbas, in Kano on Tuesday.

Adamu-Abbas mentioned the centre was totally ready and on excessive alert to answer any eventuality, whereas urging residents to stay calm and observe preventive measures.

Ebola: Niger Activates Emergency Response, Deploys Surveillance Teams

The Niger State Government has deployed Local Government Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers (DSNOs) and response groups to strengthen contact tracing, medical evaluation and secure referral protocols following the reported Ebola case in Abuja and the identification of 44 contacts.

LEADERSHIP findings point out that states bordering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may face an elevated danger of the illness spreading if enough preventive measures will not be taken.

Consequently, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Murtala Muhammad Bagana, mentioned the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) had been positioned on heightened alert to forestall the illness from spreading into Niger State, which shares a boundary with the FCT.

He defined that the measures have been precautionary and aimed toward strengthening illness surveillance, early detection and the state’s capability to reply swiftly to any suspected case.

According to him, no case of Ebola has been detected in Niger State. However, the heightened state of preparedness adopted the Federal Government’s announcement on Tuesday confirming an Ebola case involving a traveller who had not too long ago arrived from Uganda.

Bagana mentioned the state’s proximity to Abuja, coupled with frequent motion of individuals and the quantity of commerce between the 2 areas, made heightened vigilance mandatory.

He mentioned the Ministry of Health was working carefully with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and different worldwide companions to make sure the state was ready to answer any eventuality.

Ebola: Kaduna Steps Up Disease Outbreak Preparedness

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to strengthen preparedness and response to rising and re-emerging illnesses following the reported Ebola case in Abuja.

The ministry has activated all response pillars to boost the state’s readiness to deal with potential public well being threats.

The measures have been introduced at a Rapid Response Team (RRT) assembly held on Wednesday, 21 October, which concerned the ministry, different ministries, departments, and businesses (MDAs), and improvement companions.

The assembly targeted on strengthening coordination and collaboration in illness surveillance, prevention and outbreak response.

Speaking on the assembly, the State Epidemiologist, Dr Jeremiah Daikwo, urged all response pillar results in stay on standby and preserve a excessive stage of alertness to make sure a swift response to any potential illness outbreak.

Daikwo emphasised the necessity for proactive planning, efficient communication and immediate motion to include public well being threats, noting that sustained preparedness was important to defending residents from rising and re-emerging illnesses.

He urged stakeholders throughout the varied response pillars to keep up efficient coordination and be certain that mandatory measures may very well be applied at once each time wanted.

Ebola: Plateau Strengthens Surveillance At Airport, Motor Parks

The Plateau State Government has strengthened illness surveillance at airports, motor parks, and well being services as a part of efforts to forestall the unfold of Ebola within the state.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicolas Baa’mlong, disclosed this in an interview with LEADERSHIP in Jos whereas outlining the federal government’s preparedness to include the illness.

He mentioned the state had begun taking preventive measures earlier than the most recent developments, including that public enlightenment campaigns could be intensified to maintain residents knowledgeable in regards to the illness and methods to forestall its unfold.

Kogi Urges Calm, Vigilance Over Reported Ebola Outbreak

The Kogi State Ministry of Health has urged residents to stay calm however vigilant following reviews of an Ebola outbreak within the neighbouring Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The ministry, in a public well being advisory on the Ebola virus, urged residents to look at preventive measures and stay alert for attainable signs of the illness.

The advisory, issued and signed by the Commissioner for Health and Coordinating Commissioner for Health, Dr Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza, harassed the significance of private hygiene and adherence to public well being tips to forestall the attainable unfold of the virus.

Adeiza urged residents to practise common hand hygiene and keep away from direct contact with physique fluids, notably the place there are considerations about attainable publicity to the virus.

 

Nasarawa Activates Ebola Preparedness Measures, Reactivates Isolation Centres

The Nasarawa State Government has put in place measures to forestall the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease within the state, together with reactivating isolation centres and circulating a public well being advisory.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan,l disclosed this in an interview in Lafia.

He mentioned the division has developed an advisory which has been circulated to healthcare professionals and to most people.

According to him, the state is organising a process crew, led by the State Epidemiologist, to make sure ongoing awareness-raising.

He defined that the crew will have interaction the media as a part of a sensitisation programme that can be flagged off by the Commissioner for Health at a press convention later within the week.

 

Ebola: Ekiti Issues Health Advisory, Rolls Out Preventive Measures

Ekiti State authorities has issued a Health Advisory on Ebola following the confirmed case of the dreaded illness within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The advisory, conveyed by way of the Ministry of Health and Human Services, outlines what Ekiti residents ought to do to forestall the dreaded illness and methods to search assist.

Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, mentioned the state authorities is placing measures in place to forestall the unfold of the illness to the state.

Parts of the measures embody elevated public consciousness by way of engagement of stakeholders (Health staff, Community leaders, media officers, FBOs, CSOs and Traditional Rulers) on Ebola Virus Disease preventive measures and immediate reporting.

 

 No Confirmed Cases Of Ebola Outbreak In Oyo – Commissioner

Oyo State authorities has assured residents that no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been recorded within the state, stressing that proactive measures have been put in place to forestall and include any potential outbreak.

Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, urged residents to stay calm, be vigilant, and cling to really helpful well being and security precautions.

The commissioner, who disclosed this on Wednesday throughout an interview with newsmen in her workplace, defined that the ministry had commenced preparations way back to June 2026 to strengthen the state’s readiness for potential outbreaks of Ebola and different infectious illnesses, together with diphtheria.

 

Ebola Scare: NBMA Offers Experts For FCT Containment Efforts

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has provided to deploy its biosafety consultants to assist efforts to include an imported case of Ebola virus illness confirmed within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and has urged Nigerians to stay vigilant and keep away from spreading unverified details about the outbreak.

The company mentioned its consultants have been out there to help the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and different related response groups in implementing biosafety and biosecurity measures to forestall additional transmission.

The Director-General of NBMA, Dr Fatima Suleiman-Zuntu, gave the peace of mind on Wednesday, stressing the significance of coordinated motion, public cooperation and strict adherence to established security protocols in containing the illness.

She counseled the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the NCDC, the FCT Health Services Secretariat and their companions for his or her ongoing response to the reported case.

Suleiman-Zuntu mentioned Nigeria’s profitable containment of Ebola in 2014 demonstrated the significance of preparedness, scientific proof and collaboration amongst related establishments in responding to public well being emergencies.

 

Ebola Threat: Senate Seeks Emergency Funds, Mandatory Screening at Entry Points

The Senate has known as for obligatory well being screening of all passengers arriving in Nigeria by way of worldwide airports, seaports and designated land borders to forestall the importation of Ebola and different epidemic-prone illnesses.

The higher legislative chamber additionally urged the Federal Government to launch emergency funds from the Service-Wide Votes to strengthen the nation’s preparedness and response to the illness.

The resolutions adopted a movement of pressing nationwide significance sponsored by Senator Francis Faduyile, representing Ondo South, on the necessity to implement obligatory well being screening in any respect worldwide entry factors.

Moving the movement, Faduyile warned that Nigeria confronted a excessive danger of importing Ebola amid an outbreak of the Bundibugyo pressure within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its unfold to different African international locations.

He mentioned the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had rated the danger of Ebola importation into Nigeria as excessive.

The senator additionally recalled {that a} traveller introduced Ebola into the nation by way of the Lagos airport in July 2014, underscoring the necessity for stronger surveillance and preventive measures at worldwide entry factors.

Faduyile recognized a number of gaps in Nigeria’s screening preparations, together with restrictions on well being declaration necessities for travellers from listed international locations, insufficient Port Health personnel and tools at some entry factors, and an outdated authorized framework governing quarantine companies.

He additional famous that Nigeria was already grappling with illnesses comparable to Lassa fever, cholera and diphtheria, warning that one other epidemic may place further strain on the nation’s healthcare system.

Under the resolutions, the Senate urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the NCDC and Port Health Services to make well being screening obligatory for all worldwide passengers arriving in Nigeria.

The proposed measures embody finishing well being declaration varieties, conducting temperature checks, and screening for signs.

The chamber additionally known as for enhanced screening of passengers who had visited or transited by way of affected areas throughout the previous 21 days, no matter their nationality or nation of departure.

It additional really helpful exit screening for departing passengers throughout any declared public well being emergency.

The Senate urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigeria Immigration Service to make sure that all worldwide entry factors have been adequately staffed and outfitted with educated Port Health officers, thermal scanners, private protecting tools and isolation rooms.

It additionally known as for the readiness of isolation and therapy centres throughout the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to make sure a coordinated response within the occasion of an outbreak.

Contributing to the controversy, Senator Adamu Aliero, representing Kebbi Central, mentioned most of the measures outlined within the movement have been already being applied by the related ministry.

He, nevertheless, harassed the necessity for warning and sustained efforts to forestall the illness from getting into the nation.

“Virtually all the prayers that have been canvassed, the ministry has started doing them,” he mentioned.

“We have to be very careful; let us do all we can to control this disease.”

Similarly, Senate Chief Whip Tahir Monguno, representing Borno North, known as for an modification of the Quarantine Act to carry it in keeping with up to date public well being realities.

“There is the need for this parliament to amend the Quarantine Act of 1976 to bring it in tandem with existing realities,” he mentioned.

The movement, nevertheless, referred to the Quarantine Act of 1926 because the laws governing Port Health Services and known as for its substitute with fashionable public well being laws in step with the International Health Regulations (2005).

The Senate additionally urged the Federal Government to supply enough funding for the NCDC and Port Health Services within the 2027 funds and launch excellent funds owed to the related businesses.

In a separate decision, lawmakers known as for emergency funding by way of the Service-Wide Votes to assist businesses concerned in stopping and containing the illness.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio criticised what he described as a scarcity of seriousness within the aviation sector’s response to the Ebola menace, urging related businesses to undertake extra proactive measures.

“The nonchalance with which the aviation sector treated this, everybody must now wake up,” he mentioned.

“We have to be proactive; everybody must take part. If it spreads, it will be a major problem. This is a medical emergency, a very deadly one.”

Akpabio harassed the necessity for coordinated motion by authorities businesses to forestall an outbreak and defend public well being.

Also supporting the movement, Senator Ekong Samson, representing Akwa Ibom South, mentioned the urgency of the state of affairs required larger consideration to Nigeria’s healthcare system.

“I want to pull my weight behind this motion because of its urgency, substance and importance,” he mentioned.

“We have to take our healthcare system very seriously, so we can protect ourselves.”

Senator Sadiq Umar, representing Kwara North, additionally known as for a coordinated, multi-agency response to forestall the unfold of Ebola into Nigeria.

 

“Nigeria must not allow a single spread of Ebola; I think we should take this seriously,” he mentioned.

 

“We need a multi-agency approach so we can tackle this.”

 

Ebola Virus Discovery: NOA Calls for Calm, Vigilance in Jigawa

The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Jigawa State Directorate, has known as on most people to stay calm and vigilant and to observe verified public well being recommendation following the affirmation of 1 Ebola virus case within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The Director of NOA Jigawa State, Mallam Ahmed Tijjani Ibrahim, gave the recommendation because the affirmation of the Ebola case has thrown individuals into worry and prompted many questions on what measures needs to be taken.

He mentioned most people needn’t panic or be confused; all that’s wanted is to stay acutely aware, take heed to genuine public well being info, and abide by it.

Mallam Tijjani famous that Ebola prevention begins with correct info, immediate reporting, and accountable private motion.

He assured the general public that Nigeria efficiently contained Ebola in 2014 and has the expertise and techniques to reply.

According to him, observing private and environmental hygiene and avoiding contact with the blood and physique fluids of anybody suspected of getting Ebola, or with supplies contaminated by such fluids, is crucial.

Ebola: 44,000 Flights Monitored Since June, Says Presidential Task Force

The Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness, Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats has disclosed that about 44,000 flights have operated into and out of Nigeria since June, saying surveillance measures put in place helped facilitate the early identification of the imported Ebola case.

The Chairman of the Task Force and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Wednesday whereas chatting with journalists after an emergency assembly of the duty power on the State House, Abuja.

Gbajabiamila mentioned the duty power had been working behind the scenes since its inauguration in June, with related authorities businesses collaborating to strengthen the nation’s preparedness and response to rising public well being threats.

He defined that the surveillance and identification procedures put in place by the Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), and different related businesses contributed to figuring out the index case.

“Since the issue of Ebola came up in June, there have been about 44,000 flights in and out of Nigeria. So, it’s because of what the Ministry of Health, the task force and all the agencies have been doing. All hands have been on deck,” he mentioned.

According to him, the passenger with the illness didn’t initially present signs, which emerged 4 days after the lady arrived in Abuja.

He mentioned the identification course of and established protocols enabled the authorities to detect the case, including that the event demonstrated the significance of sustained surveillance and coordinated motion amongst related businesses.

Gbajabiamila assured Nigerians that the duty power would strengthen present measures the place mandatory and guarantee extra rigorous enforcement of public well being protocols.

“The Task Force is on top of it. NCDC is on top of it; everyone is on deck. We must build community trust and avoid panic, but it’s also important to state clearly that this is a collaborative effort between the government and the people,” he mentioned.

He urged Nigerians to cooperate with public well being authorities and adjust to related directives to assist efforts to include the illness.

Also talking, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, mentioned Nigeria had competent well being authorities and surveillance techniques able to responding to the imported case.

Pate mentioned the federal government was working with personal hospital operators, immigration and aviation authorities, the Ministry of Interior and subnational actors to strengthen surveillance and response efforts throughout the nation.

He disclosed that contact tracing was ongoing and that contacts of the index case have been being remoted as a part of measures to forestall additional transmission.

“We have been conducting contact tracing diligently and isolating those contacts of the index imported case in this country. We will continue to do that,” he mentioned.

The minister added that the Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the NCDC, had activated the incident administration system throughout related response areas.

 

According to him, hospital response capabilities had additionally been activated, whereas states have been mobilising their preparedness and response plans.

 

Pate urged Nigerians to look at public well being directives and keep away from spreading misinformation or unverified reviews that would set off pointless panic.

 

He expressed confidence within the nation’s public well being experience, recalling the expertise of Nigerian well being professionals in containing the 2014 Ebola outbreak and in supporting responses in different international locations.

 

The emergency assembly was attended by officers from the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, WHO, Africa CDC, the Federal Capital Territory well being authorities and the State House Medical Centre, amongst others.

 

Some contributors, together with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, and the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, joined the assembly nearly.