New Map of Nigeria, as proposed by National Conference #NGConfab

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The National Conference in its final report recommended the creation of 18 additional states to bring the number of states in the country to 54.  The recommendation was made by the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government jointly headed by Ike Nwachukwu and Mohammed Kumalia.
Initially, some Northern delegates kicked against moves to create additional states apart from the one proposed for the South-East which was overwhelmingly supported. But after series of consultations by the leadership of delegations, the Conference unanimously adopted the recommendation for the creation of additional 18 new states.

Ebola fear: Cameroon closes borders with Nigeria

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In a bid to stop the deadly Ebola virus from entering to their country, the Cameroonian government has closed all borders with Nigeria.

 The border closure was made known today by the spokesman of the Cameroonian government, Issa Tchimora Bakary

"All borders, land, sea, and air, between Cameroon and Nigeria are closed. Our thinking is that it is better to act preventively rather than have to heal those who may fall ill" he said

Cameroon has so far not recorded any case of Ebola...

R.I.P: Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh dies from Ebola virus

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Just confirmed from a family source. Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the Senior Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist who was one of many doctors who attended to Patrick Sawyer at First Consultant Hospital has died from the Ebola virus which she contracted from Sawyer.

Dr. Ameyo died this afternoon Tuesday August 19th at the isolation unit of the Mainland Hospital in Lagos where she'd been quarantined. She died a hero because she was the physician who refused to let Patrick Sawyer, the person who brought the Ebola virus to Nigeria, leave the First Consultant Hospital in Obalende, Lagos, when he tried with leave. She saved many lives by doing this. Her death is really heartbreaking. 

Deep Racism: The Forgotten History Of Human Zoos

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Racism is deeply embedded in our culture.  Slavery of African people, ethnic cleansing of Native Americans and colonialist imperialism are seeds that intertwine to create racism that still has impacts today.  One example of the sad human history of racism — of colonizers seeing themselves as superior to others — is the long history of human zoos that featured Africans and conquered indigenous peoples, putting them on display in much the same way as animals. People would be kidnapped and brought to be exhibited in human zoos.  It was not uncommon for these people to die quickly, even within a year of their captivity. This history is long and deep and continued into the 1950s.  Several articles below with lots of photos so we can see the reality of this terrible legacy. KZ

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Boko Haram and Ebola Virus: The Twin Devils Of The Season By Chris Okotie

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“Like Boko Haram’s crazy insurgents who kill their victims and the soldiers who fight to protect them; the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), kills its victims along with some medical personnel who battle to save their lives. These are the twin devils of the season.

The twin scourges of 2014 share many other characteristics. Their roots date back to decades, but their ravages of human souls across the sub- Sahara Africa only peaked this year, even as a disbelieving world is left agape by their ferocity.
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R.I.P: Veteran actor Adebayo Faleti is NOT dead

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When I first heard about it I know it won’t be true, not that he’s immortal, but my mind not just believing it to be true. Actor Adebayo Faleti is NOT dead. The 83 year old is well-known Nigerian poet, writer and actor. He is also known for being a successful Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and a pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV). He was also responsible for translating Nigeria’s National Anthem from English to Yoruba. Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association Of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Oyo State chapter, has dismissed the report as false. This was confirmed in a broadcast message sent by Yeye Rose Odika( Chairperson, TAMPAN Oyo State), Baba Adebayo Akande Faleti Ode Ababa is at his Ojoo residence(in Ibadan)

Nuhu Ribadu contesting For Governor On Platform Of PDP

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Yesterday Nuhu Ribadu indicated interest in the Adamawa State governorship on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ribadu, a fervent critic of the PDP for its corrupt excesses, joined a throng of prominent indigenes to collect the party’s Expression of Interest form for the party’s governorship primaries.
The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has in the past 10 years criticized the PDP heavily.  After assuming control of the commission in 2004, he worked hard to indict or jail several of its members.
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4 more Ebola patients discharged – Health Minister

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4 more patients have now been certified clean and discharged from the Ebola Isolation center in Lagos after undergoing treatment for the deadly disease. The four patients include two male doctors, the nurse who'd earlier escaped from the isolation center and ran to Enugu and women patient who had been on admission during the time Patrick Sawyer was hospitalized at the First Consultant Hospital. 

The headlines of these discharge was disclosed in a statement released today by the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu and signed by his his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Mr. Dan Nwomeh

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Political aspirant Pictured on his kneels begging for votes (photo)

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House of Reps member, Hon. Samson Osagie spotted above begging with APC members to vote for him - in Edo state

Photos: Doctors, students, head to the street to protest mass sack of resident doctors

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Medical doctors, students, consultants converged at the Lagos University Teaching hospital, (LUTH), Idi Araba, today to protest the recent sack of 16,000 resident doctors by the Federal Government. The protest was led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Tope Ojo. The doctors said their strike was never about a rise in their salary, that they certainly were fighting for was for better structures and equipment in hospitals across the country. See more photos after the jump.

Nuhu Ribadu defends dumping APC for PDP

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Former EFCC boss Nuhu Ribadu has defended his defection from APC to PDP, which he announced over the weekend. Speaking through his spokesperson Abdulaziz Abdulaziz to Punch, Ribadu said;

"In Nigeria, especially in politics, you can’t say that this is an exclusive party for the people who are thieves or this is for good people. It’s just like saying that all Yorubas are this or all Igbos are this. In every group of people, there must be good people and there are bad people. Of course, the good may be more than the bad or the bad may be more than the good in any group. But there is no any party that is exclusively for the good people or for the bad people.”. Continue...

Ebola: Nano Silver fails to meet health Ethics Code - Health Minister

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The minister said this today August 18th while receiving the US Ambassador, Mr James Entwistle, in his office in Abuja.

Nigerian Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu says the drug, produced by a Nigerian in diaspora, has failed health requirements and won't be applied to Ebola patients in Nigeria.

 

The minister said this today August 18th while receiving the US Ambassador, Mr James Entwistle, in his office in Abuja.

EFCC Arrests 4 Bankers for ATM Fraud

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 "Four bankers: Mansur Danlami, Ejiro Eborikpo, Nina Stephen and Samson Nwodo have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for conspiracy to steal the sum of N5, 100, 000 (Five Million One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) from a customer’s account....

Armed men attack Monrovia Ebola clinic, 29 patients pick race

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 In a new reported available Omo Oodua Blog, armed men yesterday night attacked an Ebola isolation centre in the densely populated Monrovia suburb of Westpoint, Liberia. 29 patients under quarantine reportedly fled the centre. Some reports say the armed men were residents of the region who looted materials employed by quarantine patients. A witness of the attack, Rebecca Wesseh said

 "They broke down the doors and looted the place. The patients all fled” The Head of Health Workers Association of Liberia, George Williams has confirmed the sad incident. But who goes to steal from sick, quarantined people? Are they mentally alright? More details later..

Photo: Police recover, return ₦15m to Sokoto robbery victim

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The Sokoto state Police command has recovered and returned N15million which was stolen from an unidentified man by a 5-man armed robbery gang at the Ilela border market in Ilela LGA of Sokoto state onJune 1st.

Parading the suspects with the money recovered at the Sokoto state Police command headquaters,  DCP Douglas Agbonleni who spoke on behalf of the Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, Gambo Lawal, gave an insight on how the robbers were able to dislodge their victim of the money and how they were subsequently caught.
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Abike Dabiri, Atiku Abubabkar blast the sacking of resident doctors by FG

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Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar and House of Reps member Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa disapprove the sack of 16,000 resident doctors by the Federal Govt following the doctors refusal to call off their strike. 
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Ebola : 5 patients almost fully recovered

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Nigeria’s health minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu announced yesterday evening that 5 patients infected with Ebola are nearing full recovery.
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Nigerian military to court-martial over 100 soldiers for cowardice

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The Nigerian military is in the process of constituting a trial panel to try over 100 soldiers said to have exhibited “acts of cowardice” and “disobeyed deployment directives” in Maiduguri on Saturday, reliable military insiders have told PT. The soldiers were among several hundred troops being deployed from the army’s 7th Division in Maiduguri to locations in Damboa and Gwoza for major operations planned to significantly rout the extremist Boko Haram sect from the areas.

“But as we were about to depart, some of the soldiers began to behave funny,” a witness said. “They were acting in ways that were delaying the movement. This was a movement that had been timed and we had to arrive locations at a time that should coincide with other operational arrangements. And then these guys were slowing us down.”

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Cameroon orders security agents to hide intelligence from Nigeria

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Strong indications have emerged that Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroon, is not cooperating with the country in the efforts to stop the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and its borders.

Investigations on Friday revealed that the Cameroonian government had issued a directive to all its military commanders in charge of border areas with Nigeria to keep all critical information about Boko Haram away from Nigeria.

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Chadian soldiers free Boko Haram captives

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Chad’s troops have rescued most of the 100 people kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect, following a successful military operation against the sect. The terrorist group earlier this month kidnapped 100 people, according to a Nigerian security official and a local self-defence member. The Associated Press reported that the rescue operation took place on Friday. The abductions took place on August 10 in Doron Baga in the Kukawa area near the border with Chad, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.