The health minister said the patient had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja and contact tracing has started.
Nigeria has recorded its first Ebola case of Africa's latest outbreak, in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja, the government confirmed on Tuesday.
Since a major Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, the deadly viral haemorrhagic fever has spread to several countries across the continent, including to neighbouring Uganda.
"The patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, was admitted to a private hospital... where she received care for several days before the diagnosis was confirmed," Nigerian health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said in a statement.
"She is currently in isolation and receiving medical care.
‘44 close contacts’
"Contact tracing has commenced with 44 close contacts identified presently," the statement added, "with public health teams identifying and monitoring people who may have been exposed, including healthcare workers, patients, caregivers and travel contacts".
Congolese authorities have recorded at least 9,400 cases, including over 4,500 deaths, making it the deadliest in Congo’s history.
On Tuesday, Kenya's health ministry reported its ninth Ebola case of the recent outbreak.
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