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Thursday, August 28, 2014
BREAKING NEWS:- Former Governer Of Lagos Bola Tinubu Flown Abroad For Emergency Treatment
There are strong indications that former Lagos State Governor and one of the founders of All Progressive Congress political party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been flown out of the country in an ambulance jet for emergency treatment.
Tinubu had on several occasions been outside the country for medical attention.
Sources had hinted that Tinubu is possibly suffering Parkinson disease.
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10 Common Mistakes Made On First Dates [Must Read]
When a date goes awry, it’s easy to get caught up in disappointment and question what could have made it successful. Sometimes it’s just not in the stars for you and your date, but other times you may be unintentionally sabotaging any future chances. Here are the top 10 mistakes that could keep you from getting a second date:
1)Interrogating the other person.It’s a date, not an interview. While it’s important to ask questions and appear interested, it’s also important not to go overboard. Make sure to talk about yourself after you have asked a few questions in a row.
2)Over-emphasizing serious topics.It’s good to get a little deeper and discuss relationship issues, just make sure to keep it light and have some fun — especially in the beginning.
3)Picking a loud or uncomfortable date spot.Be careful where you pick to meet up. It’s okay to hit up a fun, hip bar or restaurant, but consider meeting for a drink somewhere quiet at first. When you meet for the first time, it is so important to be able to simply hear each other to avoid miscommunication. There’s nothing worse than playing the “What?” game on a first date.
4)Being rude. Always try to be polite– offer to hold doors and pull out chairs. Be respectful to the waiting staff. You never get a second chance at a first impression.
5)Don’t look at the TV during your date.Yes, this actually happens, plenty of bars and restaurants have giant, juicy flatscreens on, but don’t let your eyes wander — it shows disinterest even if you really are interested!
6)Being silent.Having topics or questions prepared can ease any awkward tension or fill any conversational lulls, keeping you from being a boring date. 7) Sharing your opinions as facts — and not opinions. If your date asks about your favorite type of music, instead of responding with “Rock is the best, everything else is bad,” respond with “Personally I enjoy rock but would love to hear your thoughts.” Be engaging!
8)Negative body language. Make eye contact, and don’t check out people of the opposite s*x (this is a no-brainer). You’re here to get to know your date, and eyeing other people will make him or her question your interest.
9)Getting drunk!It’s cool to go out for a drink, not twelve. Your focus should be on getting to know your date, and that’s hard to do when you’ve had too much to drink. 10) Inviting friends. Don’t invite friends, or suggest a meeting with your friends for the first encounter. It’s all about judging chemistry and connection, and your date shouldn’t have to compete for your attention during your first meeting.
Woman Shoots Her Boyfriend For Not Ejaculating Enough During s*x
A Michigan woman convicted earlier this year of shooting her lover in the stomach has been granted bond, set at $10,000. The prosecutor called the facts of the case “a little bizarre,” which is a polite understatement: 58-year-old Sadie Bell said she shot the man when she suspected him of cheating because he didn’t produce enough e*******e when they had s*x that night.
“She also said to the police some very graphic things about how she expected him to perform, she was a cheap date, she liked s*x, she expected him to be able to do what he’s promised; and she said, in essence, to quote her, she was pissed off, so she shot him,” Oakland County prosecutor Paul Walton told Detroit’s WWJ.
The victim and alleged weak producer of semen, Edward Lee, suffered damage to his colon and pancreas. Prosecutors say he nearly died.
Lee was technically cheating, but not on Bell. The two of them had been carrying on a 15-year affair.
Bell was accused in 1991 of shooting her then-husband, but he refused to testify against her, and she was never convicted.
As of Thursday, she had yet to post the $10,000 cash bond. Prosecutors are in the process of challenging it, saying it never should have been granted.
Abducted Chibok Girls Relocated From From Sambisa
Residents of communities close toSambisaforest have raised the alarm over the relocation of the abductedChibok girlsbyBoko Haramto their new home inBalmo Forest, which bordersBorno and Bauchi states.
The alarm was raised by the residents via phone messages after they saw a large number of Boko Haram militants leaving the dense Sambisa jungle early in the day onWednesday, August 27and driving towards the border town with Bauchi.
There are fears that the missing Chibok girls and others in Boko Haram captivity may have been moved to the insurgents’ new location,Vanguard reports.
It was learnt from a military source that security agencies have already started mapping out strategies to deal with the development and efforts are also being made to beef up security in the areas where the insurgents are reportedly relocating to.
Security sources are of the belief that the insurgents were relocating from Sambisa forest for fears of a major offensive by the military in a bid to rescue the abducted girls and demobilise their operational headquarters.
Nigeria has not eliminated Ebola — FG
By Ben Agande
Abuja —The Federal Government declared, yesterday, that in spite of the huge success it recorded in curtailing the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country, it has not yet completely eliminated the virus.
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, disclosed this yesterday when he spoke with state House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting where he briefed the president and members of the Council on the containment of EVD.
The minister spoke on a day President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the stigmatisation of Nigerians by some countries over recent cases of the Ebola Virus in the country.
According to the minister: “I don’t want Nigerians to panic, but I don’t want us to be carried away with euphoria because if we still one case of Ebola Virus Disease, it is an emergency.
“The World Health Organization, WHO, defines Ebola epidemic as when one person is infected with the disease. We have to be cautious as long as there is still a victim in the country,” he said.
According to the Minister: “While Nigeria has successfully contained Ebola Virus Disease, it has not eliminated the disease because there is still a case we are managing and as long as there is one case in the world, every country is still at risk.
“It is still possible that Nigeria may record between one to three new cases because there are people under surveillance. There is a case we are still managing and even that case we are still managing must also have had her own third degree contacts, many of whom are part of this number of people that are under surveillance.
“There is still a chance one of the people under surveillance may fall sick and test positive. So until we give a clean bill of health to every contact, we cannot even say we have eliminated the disease,” he emphasised.
On government’s decision to close primary and secondary schools in the country till October, Professor Chukwu said it was a precautionary measure to safeguard the lives of children.
He also emphasised that there is no need for the country’s borders to be closed just yet, adding that government may consider closing the borders only if it is absolutely necessary to do so.
“There is no panic to close borders, but if it becomes necessary, we may close borders. Our borders are still open, but what we are doing is screening of people coming into the country,” he said.
On the N1.9 billion released by the Federal Government to fight Ebola Virus Disease, Professor Chukwu said the money was for the Federal Ministry of Health and its agencies to contain the spread of Ebola and not to be shared to states of the federation.
Discrimination
Also, President Jonathan, who was not happy with the way Nigerians were being discriminated against in foreign countries on account of the virus in Nigeria, condemned such discrimination when he had a meeting with Mr. David Navarro, a Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General.
He particularly denounced discriminatory actions such as that which forced Nigeria’s team to the Youth Olympics in China to abandon its participation.
Noting that there was no justification for such stigmatisation of Nigerians since the Ebola Virus Disease had been effectively contained in the country and never attained scandalous levels, the President called for the cessation of discriminatory actions against Nigerians over the virus and urged the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon to support the call.
Responding to the Secretary General’s commendation of Nigeria’s management of the threat of Ebola, President Jonathan praised the Federal Ministry of Health, the Lagos State Government and all Nigerians for the success achieved so far in containing the virus and avoiding a national epidemic.
Scientist Invents ‘Robot’ That Kills Ebola Virus
In a bid to combat the recent surge of the Ebola Virus Disease, two germ-killing robots have been taken from the US to hospitals in Moronvia and Liberia.
Fox News reports that it was deemed necessary so as to combat the deadly disease through the use of innovative disinfection technology. The hospitals involved are: the JFK Hospital and ELWA Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, both hotspots of the Ebola disease outbreak.
TRU-D SmartUVC ultraviolet disinfection device on display
The robots are put in place to disinfect the places where Ebola patients are being treated. According to the developer, the robot works by generating ultraviolet light energy that modifies the DNA structure of viral pathogens, like Ebola, so that they cannot reproduce.
Viruses that cannot reproduce cannot colonise and harm patients,” the inventor, a tropical disease expert and medical anthropologist Dr. Jeffery L. Deal noted in an interview.
Shows UV device in action (in the process of disinfection)
Deal made it known that the robot, TRU-D SmartUVC technology was developed to combat the devastating effects of hospital acquired infections. He further said:“Unlike many diseases, Ebola strikes hospital workers more than any other group, making it the ultimate hospital acquired infection.”
Related: Ebola Experimental Drup, Zmapp Fails, Liberian Doctor Dies
Explaining that aside from Ebola, the TRU-D SmartUVC technology, also helps in subduing transfer of other deadly diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, influenza, norovirus, Clostridium difficile, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, etc., in all types of health care settings, including isolation wards, patient rooms, operating rooms, surgical suites, intensive care units, emergency rooms, public areas and ambulances.
“We know through extensive CDC-funded research specific to TRU-D conducted by thought leaders in epidemiology and infection prevention that TRU-D is effective at eliminating anypathogen by delivering a precisely measured UVC dose. “As soon as we knew we could aid struggling hospitals in Liberia, our team came together and formulated a plan to get TRU-D on the ground. More than 200 TRU-Ds have been deployed to disinfect hospitals across the U.S. and internationally’’, Deal reiterated.
The device, which has been tested in the US was developed by a team of engineers, physicians and industrial hygienists with the sole aim of sterilizing health centres, rooms where patients are being taken care of, contaminated surface and many more. And surprisingly, the U.S. Army tested the particular wavelength against Ebola and found that the measured dose TRU-D delivers results in incredibly rapid destruction of the virus with its pathogen-specific dosing options.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Man Died From Ebola In Port Harcourt - Report
A doctor whose name is yet to be provided died August 22 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from the Ebola virus.
Poster: Signs and Symptoms of Ebola
According to Sahara Reporters, the deceased secretly treated a diplomat who had contacted the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer (the index case).
The man’s wife has reportedly been isolated in Port Harcourt, following the incident.
Related: FG Warns Nigerians Over Ebola
While the doctor lost the fight with the tropical disease, his patient, the diplomat is said to be still alive. The diplomat allegedly met Patrick Sawyer in Lagos and then traveled to Port Harcourt for treatment, evading Nigerian federal government surveillance. Upon arrival the doctor took him to hotel for treatment.
Report provides that the incident prompted immediate actions: 70 people have been quarantined; the doctor’s hospital, Good Heart Hospital in Rivers State, and the hotel shut down.
Related: British Ebola Victim Shares Experience Of Treating Victims
Meanwhile Vanguard today made available the statement by Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker, who debunked the information about recording the first case of Ebola in the state. He characterized the allegation as untrue.
The deadly virus currently ravaging West Africa has already claimed nearly 1,500 of lives in the region. Nigeria’s first Ebola patient came from Liberia on July 20. Since then all the country resources were mobilized to reduce the possibility of epidemic. A total of 29 people were isolated and put under surveillance. Twelve people who contacted Sawyer tested positive for the virus, 4 of them died, while 7 have successfully recovered and were sent home.
The Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu August 26 confirmed that only one patient with Ebola remained in Nigeria and expressed optimist that the country was close to defeating the disease.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Nigeria Is Close To Defeating Ebola, 1 Confirmed Case Left
Nigeria is really close to getting rid of the deadly Ebola virus disease, as only one confirmed case remains in the country. This optimism was expressed by the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, on August 26, 2014, Thursday.
PremiumTimes report that this message has been conveyed by the minister, who was represented by the spokesman, Dan Nwomeh, in a press statement released this afternoon.
Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu addresses diplomatic envoys on the status of the Ebola disease control in Nigeria at the Foreign Affairs House in Abuja August 7, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Chukwu revealed that only one Ebola patient remained in isolation in Lagos, down from the 13 officially-confirmed cases in the country.
“She is stable but still on treatment at the Isolation ward in Lagos,”the statement read.
Related: Ebola: Health Status Of Adadevoh’s Sister Not Clear
He also added that the authorities have been able to curtail Ebola spread across the nation. A total of 129 people were put under surveillance. The patients have completed the 21-day observation incubation period.
Ebola isolation centre in Lagos
“I wish to reassure Nigerians and indeed the global community that the government shall remain vigilant and will not relent as the government continues to work with her partners to ensure that the disease is kept out of the country,”Dr Chukwu concluded.
The EVD was imported to Nigeria 38 days ago, on July 20, 2014, by a Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer.
Related: First Consultants Medical Center Gives Timeline On Patrick Sawyer’s Last Day
Mr. Sawyer, the index case, passed away on July 25, 2014. Unfortunately 12 more people, mainly health workers who treated him, have caught the virus.
Late Patrick Sawyer and wife Decontee
Four of those infected died, while seven have successfully recovered and were sent home. Last two of the nurses who had attended the ‘Ebola Man’were discharged on Monday.
Nigeria Is Close To Defeating Ebola, 1 Confirmed Case Left
Nigeria is really close to getting rid of the deadly Ebola virus disease, as only one confirmed case remains in the country. This optimism was expressed by the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, on August 26, 2014, Thursday.
PremiumTimes report that this message has been conveyed by the minister, who was represented by the spokesman, Dan Nwomeh, in a press statement released this afternoon.
Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu addresses diplomatic envoys on the status of the Ebola disease control in Nigeria at the Foreign Affairs House in Abuja August 7, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Chukwu revealed that only one Ebola patient remained in isolation in Lagos, down from the 13 officially-confirmed cases in the country.
“She is stable but still on treatment at the Isolation ward in Lagos,”the statement read.
Related: Ebola: Health Status Of Adadevoh’s Sister Not Clear
He also added that the authorities have been able to curtail Ebola spread across the nation. A total of 129 people were put under surveillance. The patients have completed the 21-day observation incubation period.
Ebola isolation centre in Lagos
“I wish to reassure Nigerians and indeed the global community that the government shall remain vigilant and will not relent as the government continues to work with her partners to ensure that the disease is kept out of the country,”Dr Chukwu concluded.
The EVD was imported to Nigeria 38 days ago, on July 20, 2014, by a Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer.
Related: First Consultants Medical Center Gives Timeline On Patrick Sawyer’s Last Day
Mr. Sawyer, the index case, passed away on July 25, 2014. Unfortunately 12 more people, mainly health workers who treated him, have caught the virus.
Late Patrick Sawyer and wife Decontee
Four of those infected died, while seven have successfully recovered and were sent home. Last two of the nurses who had attended the ‘Ebola Man’were discharged on Monday.
My Encounter With The Boko Haram Leaders - Asari Dokubo
Former Ijaw Youth Council President and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has revealed how he met some leaders of islamist militant group, Boko Haram.
Speaking in an interview done by the Vanguard, the son of a former judge in Rivers State judiciary said while he met a lot of the leaders of the terror group while he was in solitary confinement in SSS underground for 10 months and 11 days.
According to Asari Dokubo, who clocked the golden age of 50 on June 1, 2014, some of the Boko Haram's leaders he met while in prison were Muda Shiru, Mohammed Isam, Yusuf Hussein, Asan Yusuf and Mohammed Bello.
Below are excerpts from the interview where he tells the story of his many struggles among others:
Let us start with your many encounters with the law and arrests. We recall you were a regular guest to the offices of security agencies.
Arrest was a regular thing. I can’t really tell. I became used to arrest. In fact, the police and SSS in Port Harcourt, maybe they advised the government, saying ‘pls, just leave this guy alone. This guy, arrest no dey do am anything’. (Laughing and speaking in pidgin English). ‘Just leave him alone. The guy enjoys getting arrested’.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Good News: 57 Chibok Girls To Study In US
The girls are part of the lucky few who managed to escape from the Boko Haram terrorists who kidnapped them…
It’s a story of light at the end of the tunnel for some of the girls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect on April 14, 2014.
57 of the Chibok schoolgirlswho managed to escape captivity will continue their studies in a United States school.
According to reports, The Centre for Promotion of Ethics, Values and National Integration (CENPEVNI) in collaboration with other groups secured the admission for the girls.
This was disclosed byDr. Mercy Sokomba,the executive director of the group, and project coordinator, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Outreach Mission (RROM).
She said:
“The reality of this particular offer is if the girls are ready for another form of separation from their parents.
However, we have initiated discussions with some leadership of the Chibok community and at some point will meet with them and the parents for consent,”
Over 200 girlswere kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno and most of them are still being held by Boko Haram
Why Many Pastors Will Go To Hell – Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Founder and head pastor of Believers Love World, popularly known as Christ Embassy, Chris Oyakhilome left members of his church shocked with his revelation while preaching the message on Sunday.
According to City People, while delivering the message titled ‘The lessons of Lot’, Pastor Chris explained to his members why most pastors will not make heaven.
“Many pastors will go to hell for not obeying God, some are not called by God, some just called themselves for their personal reasons, some are in the ministry to serve their senses”, he stated.
The popular pastor said some churches started out of strife and that some pastors left their churches where they were to go and started another ministry because of anger, strife, misunderstanding or envy.
He said, “Sometimes, it is between a pastor’s wife and an assistant pastor’s wife; you need to learn to obey God in all, I don’t want any of you in such situation. Make up your mind to obey God in everything”.
EBOLA Is Manufactured By Satan – T.B. Joshua
Nigeria’s controversial preacher, T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), has declared that the killer disease Ebola currently ravaging West Africa is from ‘the pit of hell’.
According to Mr. Joshua, who, on Sunday, led his congregation in prayer for the nations and individuals affected by the disease, time was up for the ‘strange ailment’ and life would soon return to normal for the affected countries.
“The so called strange ailment coming from three nations – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia… satan is the manufacturer, the source,” Joshua defiantly declared to the faithful.
“Begin to capture the covenant of that strange sickness,” the cleric then enjoined the congregation. “Command that strange ailment to come out and go to the pit of hell, in the name of Jesus Christ!”
“Because of Christ, people of Liberia, Sierra Leona, Guinea, you are released,” Mr. Joshua said, accompanied by the vibrant congregants in a service believed to have been viewed by millions worldwide through Joshua’s Christian television station Emmanuel TV.
The controversial pastor boldly declared that God had spoken to him to pray for the nations affected by Ebola as its reign of fear was close to closure.
The pastor, cited to be one of Africa’s most influential individuals, decried the toll Ebola had taken on society, especially in the areas of kinship and kindness.
“People are no longer their brother’s keepers because of this strange disease,” he lamented, adding that if someone publicly collapsed from any form of sickness, people would likely abandon the invalid as opposed to lending a helping hand.
“Once satan takes love out of people, he has taken life. Satan is not happy that we are one; he is against oneness. He knows when we are not one, we can be defeated,” he fumed.
“The weapon satan is afraid of is love,” Mr. Joshua continued. “Satan can fight anything but he cannot fight love.”
The cleric then cited a poignant question asked by Jesus in Luke 18:8: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
He added that the prayer Jesus offered for His followers’ faith not to fail indicated challenges would arise in the last days which would make many ‘abandon their faith’, Ebola being one of such challenges.
Mr. Joshua made headlines this week in local and international media for sending 4,000 bottles of ‘Anointing Water’ to the Ebola-stricken nation of Sierra Leone on the request of the government, alongside $50,000 in humanitarian aid.
Last week, Mr. Joshua debunked a rumour attributed to him that went viral in Nigeria claiming that bathing in salt water could prevent the disease.
With over 1.2million followers on Facebook and 90,000 YouTube subscribers, the preacher has a huge social media following.
EBOLA Is Manufactured By Satan – T.B. Joshua
Nigeria’s controversial preacher, T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), has declared that the killer disease Ebola currently ravaging West Africa is from ‘the pit of hell’.
According to Mr. Joshua, who, on Sunday, led his congregation in prayer for the nations and individuals affected by the disease, time was up for the ‘strange ailment’ and life would soon return to normal for the affected countries.
“The so called strange ailment coming from three nations – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia… satan is the manufacturer, the source,” Joshua defiantly declared to the faithful.
“Begin to capture the covenant of that strange sickness,” the cleric then enjoined the congregation. “Command that strange ailment to come out and go to the pit of hell, in the name of Jesus Christ!”
“Because of Christ, people of Liberia, Sierra Leona, Guinea, you are released,” Mr. Joshua said, accompanied by the vibrant congregants in a service believed to have been viewed by millions worldwide through Joshua’s Christian television station Emmanuel TV.
The controversial pastor boldly declared that God had spoken to him to pray for the nations affected by Ebola as its reign of fear was close to closure.
The pastor, cited to be one of Africa’s most influential individuals, decried the toll Ebola had taken on society, especially in the areas of kinship and kindness.
“People are no longer their brother’s keepers because of this strange disease,” he lamented, adding that if someone publicly collapsed from any form of sickness, people would likely abandon the invalid as opposed to lending a helping hand.
“Once satan takes love out of people, he has taken life. Satan is not happy that we are one; he is against oneness. He knows when we are not one, we can be defeated,” he fumed.
“The weapon satan is afraid of is love,” Mr. Joshua continued. “Satan can fight anything but he cannot fight love.”
The cleric then cited a poignant question asked by Jesus in Luke 18:8: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
He added that the prayer Jesus offered for His followers’ faith not to fail indicated challenges would arise in the last days which would make many ‘abandon their faith’, Ebola being one of such challenges.
Mr. Joshua made headlines this week in local and international media for sending 4,000 bottles of ‘Anointing Water’ to the Ebola-stricken nation of Sierra Leone on the request of the government, alongside $50,000 in humanitarian aid.
Last week, Mr. Joshua debunked a rumour attributed to him that went viral in Nigeria claiming that bathing in salt water could prevent the disease.
With over 1.2million followers on Facebook and 90,000 YouTube subscribers, the preacher has a huge social media following.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Chibok Girls:!! Parents Want Case Closed, Say Funeral Rites Already Performed
More than four months after unfruitful search for their abducted girls, parents of the kidnapped Chibok school girls said they want the matter closed.
Since the girls have been missing for more than four months, the parents said they presumed the students to have died for which their funeral rites have already been performed in their (parents’) minds according to their custom.
They, however, urged the federal government to bring the girls’ corpses for honourable burial.
This position was disclosed yesterday by the #BringOurGirls advocacy group, during its daily sit-out meeting for the rescue of the missing school girls at Unity Fountain, Abuja.
“All they said they want is their corpses to bury them honourably,” the group said.
As a way of driving their demand home, the group said it is vigorously mobilizing people on and offline and via social media towards holding a mega protest march in the FCT.
According to them, over 200 groups in Abuja have so far been contacted and have given positive response to participate, with 135 individuals on the group’s database contacted.
While calling on federal government to double its effort to free the girls, the meeting said only political and military action can rescue our girls, and that is why we do what we are doing to compel that.
The group added a new slogan #NotWithoutOurDaughters! in response to a question on when it will stop the campaign.
Chibok Girls:!! Parents Want Case Closed, Say Funeral Rites Already Performed
More than four months after unfruitful search for their abducted girls, parents of the kidnapped Chibok school girls said they want the matter closed.
Since the girls have been missing for more than four months, the parents said they presumed the students to have died for which their funeral rites have already been performed in their (parents’) minds according to their custom.
They, however, urged the federal government to bring the girls’ corpses for honourable burial.
This position was disclosed yesterday by the #BringOurGirls advocacy group, during its daily sit-out meeting for the rescue of the missing school girls at Unity Fountain, Abuja.
“All they said they want is their corpses to bury them honourably,” the group said.
As a way of driving their demand home, the group said it is vigorously mobilizing people on and offline and via social media towards holding a mega protest march in the FCT.
According to them, over 200 groups in Abuja have so far been contacted and have given positive response to participate, with 135 individuals on the group’s database contacted.
While calling on federal government to double its effort to free the girls, the meeting said only political and military action can rescue our girls, and that is why we do what we are doing to compel that.
The group added a new slogan #NotWithoutOurDaughters! in response to a question on when it will stop the campaign.
“Solid Star Gives Me Goose Pimples” – Tiwa Savage
Yesterday, pop queen Tiwa Savage was in the studio to record a song titled ‘Baby Jollof‘ with Solid Star. Confessing her admiration for the super talented singer, Tiwa took to her instagram page to share a video of the recording session where she gushed about how talented solid star is and how working with him gave her goosebumps.
Posted by Infocenteron August 23, 2014.
Cameroon Denies Davido Entry Because Of Ebola Virus, Cancels Concert
One of Nigeria’s biggest musical exports,Davidohad to cancel a show inCameroonafter he was denied entry by the West African country.
The HKN Gang star act was reportedly denied entry because of the fear of the Ebola virus which has, according to WHO, claimed over 1000 lives and hospitalized over 30,000 in recent times.
The chartered aircraft of the ‘Skelewu’crooner wasn’t allowed to land because flights from Nigeria were not cleared to land in Cameroon.
“His people tried different means, even attempting to go in through Ghana, but they met brick walls”, a source revealed to the NET.
No word about the incident has come forth from the HKN Gang yet.
Cameroon Denies Davido Entry Because Of Ebola Virus, Cancels Concert
One of Nigeria’s biggest musical exports,Davidohad to cancel a show inCameroonafter he was denied entry by the West African country.
The HKN Gang star act was reportedly denied entry because of the fear of the Ebola virus which has, according to WHO, claimed over 1000 lives and hospitalized over 30,000 in recent times.
The chartered aircraft of the ‘Skelewu’crooner wasn’t allowed to land because flights from Nigeria were not cleared to land in Cameroon.
“His people tried different means, even attempting to go in through Ghana, but they met brick walls”, a source revealed to the NET.
No word about the incident has come forth from the HKN Gang yet.
President Jonathan Sick, Flown to Germany for Urgent Medical Treatment
According to LEADERSHIP, President Goodluck Jonathan travel to Germany was not for a private visit but was for emergency health issues and he left to Germany to seek medical care.
President Goodluck Jonathan
As of the time of press release, every effort to get a statement from his spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati where not answered.
Also the senior special assistant to the president on public affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe did not answer his phone calls or his emails.
The Presidency had left for Germany after the closing ceremony of the National Conference.
Abati had issued a statement saying that the President will be heading to Germany for a private meeting along with his principal aides but Leadership reveals that immediately he arrived in the European country he went for a medical check up.
The particular hospital he went to is still unknown, with reporters saying he might be at the same hospital his wife received treatment last year when she face some health challenges.
President Jonathan was supposed to host members just-concluded National Conference to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, but the programme was cancelled at the dying minute.
An important source close to the Presidency told Leadership that despite expectations that the president would return soon from his unexpected trip, it was not likely as his health situation was not too good.
The source also said that Presidential Villa yesterday there was an uneasy calm and anxiety over the state of the Presidents health.
According to the source, Ijaw (President Jonathan’s ethnic group) political leaders have gathered at the home of one prominent elder stateman in the Federal Capital, Abuja to discuss about the matter.
Rumours have been going around that the president was ill before his trip to Washington, DC, United States, where he attended the 2014 US-Africa Summit early this month.
Ogun State Postpones School Resumption Over Ebola Virus
The Ogun State Government yesterday announced the indefinite postponement of the resumption date for all primary and secondary schools in the state.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Segun Odubela, made this known in a press statement where he attributed the postponement to the deadly Ebola disease.
“Due to the current global health challenge occasioned by the deadly Ebola disease, the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has postponed the resumption date for all public and private primary and secondary schools earlier scheduled for September 15, 2014 to a date to be announced later,” the commissioner said.
Friday, August 22, 2014
University Of Ibadan To Produce Ebola Vaccines
Professor Isaac Adewole, the Vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, has hinted that the institution has set up a Committee on Ebola Prevention and Preparedness, to try and produce Ebola vaccine.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Vice chancellor, while speaking at a town hall meeting in Ibadan, further revealed that the institution’s virology laboratory would be expanded and make sure it produce a vaccine that could be used to prevent Ebola.
Professor Adewole said the university had concluded plans to spearhead Ebola vaccine production, and advised residents to dispel their fears as they would be adequately equipped with necessary information about the virus.
He urged the federal government to investigate the allegation that the late Patrick Sawyer was paid to import the virus to Nigeria, and cautioned people against handshake. He also advised the public to avoid sick people as Ebola virus spreads quickly through body fluids of infected persons.
Speaking also at the town hall meeting, Professor David Olaleye, a virologist and head, UI Ebola Viral Disease Prevention and Preparedness Committee, reiterated the need for good hygiene, and pleaded with that people to avoid contact with dead animals.
Meanwhile, it is not yet known if the outcome of their research would be widely accepted as it would be recalled that on August 19, 2014, one Dr. Rima Laibow, Managing Director of US-based company Natural Solutions Foundation claimed that Nano Silver has been deployed by her team of scientistsduring treatment of Ebola patients in Africa before the current epidemic outbreak, but surprisingly on August 21, 2014, the same company confirmed that the said drug was not a cure for the deadly disease.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
40 Soldiers Vow Not To Fight Boko Haram – Report
At least, 40 soldiers in North-Eastern are refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment.
The BBC reported on Tuesday that one of the mutineers said that he and 39 others would refuse orders to deploy.
The alleged soldier spoke with the BBC just as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, warned officers and men of the Nigerian Army to desist from any form of mutiny in the face of the ongoing campaign against the Boko Haram sect.
The BBC stated that a defence ministry spokesman said the incident was being investigated.
The Federal Government had declared state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states because of the attacks by the Boko Haram sect.
“Soldiers are dying like fowl,” the soldier, who said he and his colleagues were just outside Maiduguri, told the BBC.
“The Nigerian army is not ready to fight Boko Haram,” he said, explaining that soldiers were not being given enough weapons and ammunition to take them on.
“Boko Haram are inside the bush, everywhere,” he said “They [senior commanders] are sacrificing soldiers,” he said.
The Defence headquarters spokesman, Gen Chris Olukolade, told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that he could not confirm the reports of a mutiny but would investigate.
He denied that soldiers were being “sent to die”.
“We may not have all it takes but we are improving on it [equipment] regularly,” he said.
But the Defence Headquarters, in a statement on Tuesday denied the report that troops in the North -East had taken a decision to refuse to obey directives from superior officers.
Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Tuesday , said the level of cowardice described in the report was not in the character of the Nigerian soldier.
He described the interview granted the BBC as lies by an anonymous soldier.
Olukolade said it was part of the the antics of mischief-makers to promote the course of the Boko Haram sect.
He stressed that the military had not sent any soldier to the frontline without providing the necessary equipment.
Olukolade warned that mutiny remained a grave offence attracting severe punishment.
Another Liberian With Ebola Allegedly Found In Lagos
Dr Akindele Akintayorevealed this morning on aTV programmethat another Liberian have also been detected with the deadly Ebola virus in Nigeria.
Dr. Akintayosaid on the programme that the Liberian has been kept at the IDH in Lagos and could not confirm if the new case had a contact with late Mr Sawyer or not. More on this later…
Patrick Sawyer coming to Nigeria with the deadly virus has caused the death of five people, includingDr. Ameyo Adadevoh.
WEIRD: 19-Yr-Old R*pes Chicken To Death In Ondo
A-19-year-old apprentice welder (names withheld) was caught today making love to a hen. The fowl reportedly died during the act.
hen-sexThe taboo was said to have been committed by the apprentice at about 11.20 p.m. at Continental area of Akure metropolis.
The suspect, Vanguard learnt, had committed same taboo with a goat in his home town, Afo in Ose council area of the state.
He was said to have been ex-communicated from his home town because of the offence which made him to move in with his brother in Akure.
Speaking with newsmen, the owner of fowl,Mrs Stella Akintola,who resides in the same building confirmed that the man actually made love to her chicken.
According to her, she went to bed early but was woken up by the noise coming from the chickens at the back of her room, an indication that someone was disturbing their peace.
The discovery
Akintola said she went outside only to find that the back door was still opened. According to her, she became curious and “I shouted to know who was still at the backyard only for him to appear from the corner of the house, saying he went to the toilet because he had a running stomach.”
Akintola said she was not convinced especially as she noticed that the noise from the chickens’ pen stopped abruptly.
She said she went to where the chickens were but nothing was found. “It was when I visited the toilet that I found one of the them stone dead with its feathers littering the floor,” she said.
Still unaware that the suspect was the cause of the death of the bird, Akintola said she raised an alarm only for him to confess that he was responsible for the death of the fowl.
Akintola said the suspect confessed and begged her for forgiveness, saying he would pay any amount for the dead fowl.
She said she decided not to report the matter to the police because she could not stand the rigour she would be subjected to by the police over a “minor offence.”
Report had it that there were evidence that the man actually had s*x with the hen when it was examined by the owner and others living in the building.
A spirit directed me to do it —Suspect
In an interview with newsmen, the suspect, who declined to speak initially, however, said a spirit directed him to do what he did.
NNPC Doctor Landed In Hospital For Ebola
Nigeria has reportedly recorded another suspected case of Ebola at the disease treatment center in Lagos, western part of the country.
According to a report published by Saharareportersmoments ago, a government source informed that a medical doctor at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) clinic in Lagos, who attended to one of the doctors that treated Patrick Sawyer, has developed Ebola symptoms.
It was gathered that the suspected victim, a woman, had previously been treated and discharged, but was later brought back into quarantine to be observed and retested.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian health ministry had announced at the weekend that four people were discharged from the Ebola treatment center in Lagos.
According to the press conference held by the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, the four patients have almost fully recovered.
The Minister spoke on Saturday while breaking the good news that the first Nigerian confirmed to have contracted the Ebola virus had been discharged after full recovery.
Chukwu said the patient was discharged“after conclusive discharge protocols’’, adding that she could go home to resume her normal life.
The minister however debunked reports that the discharged female doctor’s medical name was given as Dr. Adadevor.
Chukwu said the number of confirmed Ebola cases had risen to 12.
Four of the cases, including the index case, Patrick Sawyer, have passed on while 189 persons are under surveillance in Lagos, and six in Enugu.
The minister added that all the persons under surveillance were secondary contacts.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
the first Church of Satan appeared in Ukraine, Cherkassk region.
The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga
The first in Ukraine and in the whole post-Soviet territory religious community of the devil worshippers is called Bozhichi. The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga.
Journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer
During the opening ceremony local journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer. It is supposed that there will be everyday services, religious events such as black marriages, consecrations, dechristening.
Church of Satan: Black icon
There is a small candle workshop, a workshop for making hell icons, a rite fireplace, a bath-house, buildings for organization of everyday life, adjoining farm and so on. It is noteworthy that a religious community is even officially registered as a legal entity in the State Register of Ukraine.
The Church of Satan is a religious organization dedicated to the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan states that there are a number of Satanists around the world, including both members and non-members.
Sergey Neboga carrying out one of the devilish rituals
It often rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations of Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers. Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention
the first Church of Satan appeared in Ukraine, Cherkassk region.
The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga
The first in Ukraine and in the whole post-Soviet territory religious community of the devil worshippers is called Bozhichi. The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga.
Journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer
During the opening ceremony local journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer. It is supposed that there will be everyday services, religious events such as black marriages, consecrations, dechristening.
Church of Satan: Black icon
There is a small candle workshop, a workshop for making hell icons, a rite fireplace, a bath-house, buildings for organization of everyday life, adjoining farm and so on. It is noteworthy that a religious community is even officially registered as a legal entity in the State Register of Ukraine.
The Church of Satan is a religious organization dedicated to the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan states that there are a number of Satanists around the world, including both members and non-members.
Sergey Neboga carrying out one of the devilish rituals
It often rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations of Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers. Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention
the first Church of Satan appeared in Ukraine, Cherkassk region.
The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga
The first in Ukraine and in the whole post-Soviet territory religious community of the devil worshippers is called Bozhichi. The Church of Satan is headed by the Kiev resident Sergey Neboga.
Journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer
During the opening ceremony local journalists witnessed night service, sacrifice and prayer. It is supposed that there will be everyday services, religious events such as black marriages, consecrations, dechristening.
Church of Satan: Black icon
There is a small candle workshop, a workshop for making hell icons, a rite fireplace, a bath-house, buildings for organization of everyday life, adjoining farm and so on. It is noteworthy that a religious community is even officially registered as a legal entity in the State Register of Ukraine.
The Church of Satan is a religious organization dedicated to the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan states that there are a number of Satanists around the world, including both members and non-members.
Sergey Neboga carrying out one of the devilish rituals
It often rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations of Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers. Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention
Monday, August 18, 2014
Ebola: five patients near recovery. onyebuchi chukwu, minister of health
onyebuchi
chukwu, minister of health said that five of the patients infected
with the virus(EVD) and treated at an insolation center are near full
recover wile another patients, a female doctor was discharge on Saturday
evening. In press statement issued on Sunday he stated that the
experimental drug-nano silver- which he announced on Thursday 14 august
would be deployed in treatment if cleared by the national health
research ethic standards. He noted that as of on Saturday 16 august the
total number of confirm case in the country was 12 adding that four
vitims have died. the statement stated that the number of person under
surveillance in lagos is 189 and six in enugu
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