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Sunday, August 17, 2014
Abike Dabiri, Atiku Abubabkar blast the sacking of resident doctors by FG
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Ebola : 5 patients almost fully recovered
Nigeria’s health minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu announced yesterday evening that 5 patients infected with Ebola are nearing full recovery.
His statement read;
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Nigerian military to court-martial over 100 soldiers for cowardice
“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.”Continue..
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Cameroon orders security agents to hide intelligence from Nigeria
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
Ribadu Decamps APC, Joins PDP
Boko Haram Alleged Sponsor, Sheriff, In Closed Door Meeting With Pres. Jonathan In Aso Rock
The man Femi Fani-Kayode said made him to leave the APC, as he is the “known creator” of Boko Haram is now in the same PDP with Fani-Kayode and the man is now President Goodluck Jonathan’s friend.
Ex-Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff came out of a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock presidential villa on Friday, declaring that his decision to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in the interest of Nigeria as a nation.
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Former Abia state Gov Uzor Kalu writes about his successor, Theodore Orji, calls him a chameleon.
In a piece titled "The Chameleon in Theodore Orji", former Abia state Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu bared his thoughts about his successor and one time friend, Theodore Orji, calling him a chameleon. In the no-holds-barred piece, Uzor Kalu spoke about how he made Theodore Orji a governor and how his former friend turned his back on him after he became governor. Find the piece he posted on his Facebook below.
"The first thing that would strike any person meeting Theodore Ahamefule Orji for the first time – 16 years ago – was his humble personality. I doubt if he still carries himself with the same simplicity and candour, for which I have known him, now he has tested power as governor. I say so, because power has a way of intoxicating some people, especially those who never dreamed of getting it. I must openly submit that I was taken in by his facial appearance, not knowing that deep inside he was a different person all together – a chameleon. Subsequent events have since proved me right."
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Impossible Fusion - written by Charly Boy
A soulmate marriage does not at all mean that you have found someone you match up with on all the cards – on all the issues, on everything. That would be the most deadly dull thing to even imagine. Instead, it means you've found someone and they don't ever want to blow out that little light inside you. And you feel the same way about them.
Growing up, seeing my Dad and Mum play the happy couple, holding hands, stealing kisses, made marriage look so easy and beautiful. Hummmm for where?
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SURE-P supports Abuja light rail project with N10bn
Agwai made this known while briefing newsmen after an inspection tour of the project.
He expressed satisfaction with the engineering design of the project and commended the Transport Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory for the effort.
UNIOSUN shut as students protest death of colleague
The management of the Osun State University has closed down the Ikire Campus of the university indefinitely.
Our correspondent gathered that the management in a memo issued by the Registrar of the university announced the indefinite closure of the institution following an all night violent protest allegedly embarked upon by students of the school following the death of their colleague in an accident.
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Boko Haram link: APC to sue DSS, Ogar
NMA vows to continue strike
The Nigerian Medical Association has threatened never to suspend the ongoing strike unless the Federal Government reverses the sacking of 16, 000 resident doctors.
The Lagos State Chairman of the association , Dr. Tope Ojo, who spoke at a media briefing in Lagos on Saturday, vowed that the NMA would only resume negotiations with the Federal Government when it reverses the sacking of the doctors. Based on the doctors, the action is definitely an act of victimisation which proves that government is going to frustrate doctors in the country.
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34 massacred in Central Africa
“At least 34 people from several villages were killed between August 13 and 15 in the M’bres region by armed men identified by inhabitants as ex-Seleka,” an officer in the African peacekeeping force, MISCA, told the AFP news agency on the same day.
The officer said the fleeing residents spoke of the attackers “firing on their victims at point-blank range and chasing them into the bush and some of the victims died by hanging, others were beaten or tortured to death”.
Continue..Photos: 2 stolen babies reunited with parents in Imo state.
While presenting the rescued babies to their mothers at the Imo state Police command headquarters, the head of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Imo police command, Mrs Elizabeth Okosun, said the police was able to rescue one of the babies after a tip-off by a commercial tricycle rider who suspected the shady behavior of the suspects when they boarded his tricycle about to travel with the baby to another state.
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EFCC Arrest Former Bank Manager for ₦81million fraud
A former branch manager of one of the new generation banks, (Ecobank Plc), Victor Amushie has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for a credit fraud in the sum of N81, 024, 749.28( Eighty One Million, Twenty-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Forty Nine Naira, Twenty Eight kobo only).
The suspect allegedly packaged loan facilities for himself, using several names and accounts of some customers of his bank, with whom he shared the proceeds.The loans went bad and the bank had to hold Amushie, who was on the verge of running out of the country before being apprehended by operatives of the EFCC.
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Family of 5 found dead in Abeokuta
A Family of 5, a father, mother and their three children were found dead in their house yesterday Friday August 15th at Temidire Community, in Sabo, Abeokuta North LGA of Ogun State. The dead people have already been identified as Aliu Adeboye, his younger wife identified as Iya Aliya and 3 of Adeboye's 6 children.
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PhotoNews: Touching Photos from Liberia as country battles spreading Ebola epidermic
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| A mother and child stand on top of a mattress in an Ebola isolation station in Liberia for suspected victims of the virus |
August 15th Iraq SITREP: The king is dead, long live the king
12th Aug: The United States sends another 130 "Advisors" to Iraqi Kurdistan
13th Aug: The US is reporting that its reconnaissance missions are confirming that the plight of the Yazidis is not as severe as was expected14th Aug: The US Secretary of Defence clarifies that US troops will not take part in military operations in Iraq.Continue..
Friday, August 15, 2014
Ebola Control: NYSC Suspends Orientation In 6 States
Control of Ebola epidemic will take 6 months - President of Doctors Without borders
"The main thing I come back to is that it is deteriorating faster, moving faster than we can respond to. To put it in context with my time with DWB, I really feel that it is like wartime, in terms of fear and nobody knowing what is going on. We need a response in terms of international organizations and states, and it needs to happen now if we want to contain this epidemic. Over the next six months we should get the upper hand on the epidemic, this is my gut feeling. We need people with a hands-on operational mindset to combat the outbreak." she said
Photos: Fashola commissions newly refurbished Tejuosho market
The refurbished market, which used to have 1,484 lockup, has been increased to 2,640. Facilities in the new market complex includes banking spaces, 8 lifts to enable goods, services and people move up, two escalators for up and down movement of people, two ramps designed to assist physically handicapped people to get into and out of the building and a crèche where nursing mothers can attend to and keep their children while they are trading.
There is also a dedicated Fire Service Station within the complex with fire fighting systems built in the market to forestall any incident of fire disaster as well as a dedicated 800-vehicle capacity car-park unit. See more photos after the break.
There is also a dedicated Fire Service Station within the complex with fire fighting systems built in the market to forestall any incident of fire disaster as well as a dedicated 800-vehicle capacity car-park unit. See more photos after the break.
U.S. Claims Ebola experimental drug 'Nanosilver' is a pesticide, warns
Yesterday we heard that the experimental drug called'Nanosilver'produced by a Nigerian in diaspora for the treatment of Ebola is here the country. (read here).
Nevertheless now, regardless of the experimental drug getting approval for use by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that Nanosilver is just a pesticideFrom Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola.
The FDA's warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria's top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos, the country's capital, will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver.
“Don’t misuse your body for any reason”- Susan Peters
When asked by the Sun about possible advice for ladies who do all manner of things to achieve cheap social status,Susan Peters who says she was born with a silver spoon replied…
First, I will say that we (women) are like flowers that blossom for sometimes, but after a while go down. If you misuse your body when you are growing up, it will definitely tell on you when you are ageing….
I advise young women not to misuse their body for monetary reasons. Secondly, I will advise them to go to school and try to complete their education. They should be well focused on a particular vocation and develop on it.
Couple stabbed to death in Edo
Lagos residents enjoying 18-hour electricity -BPE
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, has claimed that electricity consumers in Lagos State now get 18-hour uninterrupted power supply.
His claim was however countered by residents in the state who spoke with our correspondent on Friday.
Dikki, who made the remarks when members of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture paid a courtesy visit to the bureau in Abuja, stated that power privatisation in Nigeria had started yielding positive results.
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Presidency responds to statement which alleges GEJ unmasked area of Chibok women
Press release which alleges that president Jonathan has revealed location of Chibok girls is political dirty trick... All media organisations and persons on my mailing list should kindly disregard the press release purportedly issued by me earlier today titled: President Jonathan reveals location of Chibok girls and exposes Boko Haram masterminds.
Gov. Fashola blasts GEJ & VP Sambo, says Nigeria is worse off under their leadership
"Even recently, we all used to think that our National development was inhibited by the fact that we never had a university graduate as leader of any national government in an executive capacity. This perhaps alludes only faintly to some of what I have discussed about the elite consensus but it is not quite the same. Thankfully, the myth for graduate leadership, desirable as it is has now been exploded. We now have two graduates, a Zoologist and an Architect at the helm of our National affairs and I think that the majority of Nigerians would tell you today that their lives are worse off today than they were 4 years ago. Clearly in my view there must be more to leadership than a University degree and educational qualification.Continue..
OAU re-opens Aug 24
The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State have announced the re-opening of the institution after its closure in June due to students’ protest.
A release by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, on Friday, stated that it will be officially re-opened on Sunday, August 24.
It will be recalled that OAU was closed on Wednesday, June 18, over protests by its students against the increase in their school fees.
Olanrewaju said, “Following the closure of the University on Wednesday, 18th June, 2014, the Senate of the University again reconvened on Friday, 15th August, 2014, to announce the re-opening of the University.
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Police officer who shot & killed unarmed teen in Missouri finally named
The police officer who shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown on a street in Ferguson, St. Louis last Saturday August 9th has been named. His name is Darren Wilson and he's supposedly 'torn up' over the shooting. They are yet to release a pic of what the officer looks like.
Daniel Brown is said to be a six-year veteran of the Ferguson Police Department and has no history of disciplinary action. The police claim the officer was treated for injuries after the shooting. Officer Wilson claims Michael attacked him and struggled with him over his gun during the altercation.
The Ferguson police chief in a press briefing today gave a timeline of the minutes leading up to the shooting on Saturday afternoon.
Continue..."At 11.48am, Officer Wilson was at an unrelated ‘sick call’ with an ambulance. At 11.51am, a 911 call came in reporting a 'strong-armed' robbery at a convenience store, which included a description of two suspects."
NMA rejects sack of 16 thousand medical doctors
The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected the sack of resident doctors by the Federal Govt which happened on Wednesday August 13th. At a media briefing today in Abuja, the president of the NMA, Dr Kayode Obembe asked the government to withdraw its circular on the sack of the resident doctors and also reverse the directive.
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Photos: Fuel Tanker on fire along Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Lagos Ebola patients neglected, critically ill - Relatives, colleagues
Some relatives and concerned colleagues of Ebola patients being treated at the Lagos Isolation center have cried out about what they termed poor people living condition of the victims.
At a media conference held yesterday in Ikoyi, Lagos, some medical practitioners and colleagues of the feminine medical doctor confirmed to have contracted the virus while attending to late Patrick Sawyer, said the living condition of the victims are poor, stating they've been left to fight the illness by themselves as some physicians that are faced with the responsibility of attending in their mind have abandoned them for anxiety about also contracting the deadly virus. Continue...
About £20k cash withdrawn from accounts of 4 passengers on missing Malaysian plane
According to new reports, approximately £20,916 has been withdrawn from the accounts of four passengers aboard the missing Malaysian plane which disappeared on March 8th while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Assistant Commissioner to the crime investigation department, Izany Abdul Ghany, confirmed getting a report from the bank.
Why President Jonathan orders sack of striking doctors
The government had earlier accused the doctors of neglecting their oath to protect lives and continue to turn down the request to suspend the strike, particularly during the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus and the ongoing insurgency in some parts of the country. In a letter signed on behalf of the health minister by L. N. Awute, a permanent secretary in the ministry of health, the president ordered that the action should take immediate effect.
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"I don't owe you any explanation' - says Minister who approved Sawyer's trip to Nigeria
Deputy Finance Minister Sebastian Muah Omar told a Facebook user who asked him why he made such a decision that he does not owe him any explanation. He also said he wasn't late Sawyer's doctor to stop him from traveling.
One of the minister's followers queried him, saying,
“As his superior, if a man tells you his sister died from Ebola and he could have beenexposed do you not think it is your duty to ask the hard questions or maybe you could have reported this to the health officials?...See the minister's reply after the break.
Ebola: Experimental drug developed by Nigerian arrives Nigeria
An experimental drug developed by a Nigerian in diaspora for the treatment of Ebola is expected to arrive the country today, the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. The drug, called “Nanosilver”, has been approved for use by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an experimental treatment ethical in the case of the Ebola epidemic. The Federal Govt yesterday approved the use of experimental drugs in the treatment of the deadly virus.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Lagos doctor infected with Ebola as nurse who escaped from quarantine is returned back to Lagos
A doctor who attended to late Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital has been confirmed positive with the Ebola virus. Speaking at a news conference today, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said the physician happens to be undergoing treatment at the quarantine centre in Lagos.
Prof Onyebuchi revealed that a few of the 169 secondary contacts of Sawyer were no further under surveillance and have been released, having completed the 21 days of incubation period. The Minister also said the nurse who'd escaped the quarantine center in Lagos and traveled to Enugu state has been returned back once again to Lagos with her husband in a special traveling ambulance.
Prof Onyebuchi revealed that a few of the 169 secondary contacts of Sawyer were no further under surveillance and have been released, having completed the 21 days of incubation period. The Minister also said the nurse who'd escaped the quarantine center in Lagos and traveled to Enugu state has been returned back once again to Lagos with her husband in a special traveling ambulance.
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Boko Haram abducts 100 young men in Borno as military intercepts mass movement of 57 youths
Boko Haram have abducted 100 teenage boys in Doron Baga, a village in Borno State during an attack on the village on Sunday August 10th. In accordance with a resident of the village, Halima Alhaji Adamu who spoke with journalists, she said the sect men killed at least 10 people and abducted 100 young children and men during the attack...
"The attack was on Sunday, in my family they killed six people, I don’t know about the other families but the Hadaijawa community which I belong also had 100 of the men abducted by the insurgents.” she said.Halima also revealed that she lost her husband during the attack. ...
Graphic image: Headless human body of a person found in Mile 12, Lagos
FG orders indefinite suspension of Resident Doctors in Teaching Hospitals
Army battle to retake gwoza as Boko Haram kills 20, kidnap women
Nigerian troops have massed around Gwoza to retake the town from members of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, military sources have disclosed. The battle for control of Gwoza rages as reports emerged that Boko Haram insurgents yesterday killed 20 people in Doro Baga in Kukawa local government area of Borno State. The residents of the embattled village also disclosed that the militants kidnapped several women in an early morning raid. Continue...
Ebola: Singapore isolates Nigerian Woman.
Authorities in Singapore sent a woman from Nigeria into a hospital isolation unit today on suspicion that she might have Ebola, the Straits Times reported on Thursday. The woman, in her 50s, was believed to have flown into Singapore recently and arrived at a hospital emergency department with a fever, the newspaper said. She was immediately isolated and transferred by ambulance to a communicable diseases centre, the newspaper said.
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