Just in: FG confirms Ebola case in FCT, begins contact tracing

By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja
The Federal Government has reportedly commenced contact tracing after a suspected imported case of Ebola disease was identified in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with 44 close contacts said to have been identified.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, was quoted as disclosing this in a statement signed by the ministry’s Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations, Ado Bako, following the reported laboratory confirmation on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

According to the statement, the patient is a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda.
The woman was reporte...