Afternoon recap: Sowore, APC scribe clash, Ebola update, other top stories

In a political clash, APC scribe Sowore criticized the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, over plans to inaugurate the presidential campaign council at Aso Villa in Abuja. Sowore referred to himself as a "skit maker" and "comedian," prompting Basiru to question his political relevance. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed that there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for the Ebola strain causing the current outbreak in Nigeria.

He explained that the infected patient is receiving supportive medical care, and the body is fighting the infection through its immune response. The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jean Kaseya, attributed the absence of an approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola to lack of international interest, suggesting that a vaccine would already be available if the disease affected Western countries due to its higher outbreak rate in those regions.