Bitter Kola And Ebola: What Nigerians Must Know - Health Minister

Talking about Dr. Maurice Iwu’s thesis regarding bitter kola and Ebola (Iwu said Kolanut could cure Ebola - based on research), Nigerian Health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said the government is considering making laws to arrest people who make bogus claims to have a cure for Ebola, and said Nigeria needs to work with Dr. Iwu. The Minister said told Vanguard;
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu

    "One of the things we decided to focus on by setting up that committee is to streamline claims of possible scientific cure, not a situation where pastors and imams claim  they can cure Ebola.   We might even go to the extent of making laws to arrest people with such bogus claims. We would take every suggestion seriously. About Professor Iwu, we know that quite a number of Nigerians accessed his article through the internet.

Scientists Discover Cure For Ebola Virus

 WEST AFRICAN FRUIT STOPS EBOLA VIRUS IN LAB EXPERIMENTS - BITTER KOLA SUCCEEDED IN THE TEST TUBE.

 INQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU


 ST. LOUIS — A bitter fruit traditionally used as a daily health tonic in West Africa stopped the Ebola virus in test tubes in initial laboratory experiments, and may also work against the flu, experts announced yesterday.

In West Africa, Garcinia kola - called bitter kola - is used daily as a near-cure-all for everything from the flu to hangovers, and is even marketed as an antioxidant dietary supplement in the United States.

A Nigerian with an odd combination of folk-remedy expertise and a doctorate in Western pharmacology has connected the golf-ball-size nut to Ebola, the mostly fatal infectious disease that scares doctors worldwide.