By Ugwu Ebere Maryann
This paper focuses on the print media coverage of the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease which has ravaged parts of West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and particularly Nigeria; to this end, content analysis was conducted using three Nigerian’s newspapers; The Nation, Daily Sun and the Daily Trust newspapers. Although the disease found its way into Nigeria through the Late Patrick Sawyer, Nigerian authorities quickly arrested the situation, for which they are getting well deserved commendations across the globe. The study derives its theoretical relevance from the agenda setting and development media theory which says that even though the media may not succeed in telling people what to think, they are stunningly successful in telling people what to think about. On the other hand the development theory assumes that the media must accept and carry out positive development tasks in line with national established policy and as reliable tools that can be used to champion social, economic, political, educational and cultural development. Information and perspectives were obtained from books, newspapers and journals. Interestingly, the research found a high success rate of communication efforts as it concerns the Ebola scourge. The paper recommends among others that the print media should give more coverage of other health issues since there are other silent killers which have attracted global attention like HIV-AIDS, Cancer, influenzas etc, The government should provide an enabling environment for media to perform and the immortalization of Late Dr. Stella Adadevoh for her sacrifice while ensuring that the war against Ebola is sustained through a further enhancement of public enlightenment.