Ebola Solution: WHO Recommends To Use Survivors' Blood

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed how the use of Ebola survivors’ blood could help the infected patients to recover.

While there is no approved drug for the deadly tropical virus which has already claimed around 2,000 lives in West Africa, hundreds of people still have managed to win the battle with Ebola.  Health experts say that such survivors develop antibodies in their blood and thus immunity from further infection, Premium Times reports.

As the countries expect the results of experimental vaccines trial, every day counts and records new deaths.  The UN health organization urged the affected countries not to wait until the drug becomes available but start using the blood of patients who recover from the Ebola in treating other patients.

[caption id="attachment_700" align="aligncenter" width="570"] A health worker dressed in personal protective equipment at Ebola centre[/caption]

Speaking yesterday on the issue of Ebola epidemic, which has definitely spun out of control, the WHO said there was no data on the effectiveness of such therapy, however studies on the 1995 outbreak in Congo showed that 7 out of 8 people survived after being given this therapy.

Marie Paule Kieny, WHO top officials, said, as reported by BBC:

“We agreed that whole blood therapies may be used to treat Ebola virus and all efforts must be invested to help infected countries to use them. There is a real opportunity that a blood-derived product can be used now and this can be very effective in terms of treating patients. There are also many people now who have survived and are doing well. They can provide blood to treat the other people who are sick.”

According to the latest update, at least 2,105 have died from Ebola. Nigeria is considered the country which manages to contain epidemic, however 8 deaths of the virus have been recorded since July. Five of Nigeria’s lethal cases are health workers.

 

Meanwhile scientists worldwide continue testing of the developed drug. The infamous unapproved ZMapp has been administered to 7 patients. The British William Pooley who received ZMapp, has successfully recovered and has been this week discharged from the UK hospital.

[caption id="attachment_701" align="aligncenter" width="620"] William Pooley during the press-conference after discharge from the hospital. Credits: PA[/caption]

However the drug is still under testing and its supply is very limited; the production of new doses will reportedly require months.

Another drug is already being tested on healthy adults in the UK with the plans to extend the trials to the African countries.

 

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Falana Says Cameroon Arrested Sheriff In 2012

Shortly after confirming links of Ali Modu Sheriff with Boko Haram, human rights lawyer Femi Falana reveals how former Borno State governor was arrested in 2012.

It would be recalled that in a statement published September 3 by Premium Times Falana, referring to the investigation carried out by the special panel, said Sheriff had close connection with insurgents and  urged the authorities to initiate legal proceedings against politicians involved in sponsoring Boko Haram, including Sheriff.

 

[caption id="attachment_696" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Femi Falana[/caption]

This came days after the Australian negotiator Stephen Davis, who had spent 4 month in Nigeria to negotiate with BH commanders for Chibok girls release, insisted Sheriff was one of politicians funding terrorism in the country.

While Sheriff categorically denied any involvement and characterized allegations as baseless, Lagos-based lawyer made another disclosure speaking at the 5th Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Lecture, Vanguard reports:

“In October 2012, Sheriff was arrested in Cameroon on crime committed by the Boko Haram he sponsored. The state government pleaded with the Cameroonian government to release him because he is a well known man here and he cannot be arrested.”

Sue me – Falana tells Sheriff

In a yesterday’s interview Stephen Davis dared ex-governor to sue him, as the latter had threatened to do so over the sponsorship allegations. However Falana, urged Sheriff to sue him instead.

[caption id="attachment_697" align="alignleft" width="797"] Ali Modu Sheriff[/caption]

“I am expecting Senator Ali Madu Sheriff to sue me. I heard that he wanted to sue an Australian (Dr. Steven Davies). He doesn’t need that. He should sue me. I am waiting for him to sue me. Not only did he fund that organization (Boko Haram), he also had a deal with them.”

The legal practitioner insisted on Sheriff’s responsibility:

“In 2003, he had a deal with the Boko Haram leaders to help him win the election and that if he wins his re-election, he will compensate the organization. When he won the election, he appointed one of them as Commissioner for Religious Affairs to implement Sharia in that state.”

Falana also blasted the Nigerian authorities over hiding facts from country citizens.

 

Meanwhile the Federal Government yesterday denied hiring Davis as negotiator in Chibok girls issue. It was made known in the official statement, according to which “for now nobody has been hired by the government to negotiate on its behalf with Boko Haram”.

The  Department of State Security (SSS) however revealed that they had already invited Sheriff for interrogation after news surfaced that he sponsored Boko Haram.

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Fight For Bama: Military Deploy Nigeria's Warplanes

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Nigerian military allegedly use country’s warplanes for carrying out air strikes in Bama previously seized by Boko Haram insurgents.

After the insurgents had recently taken over the strategic town of Borno state displacing locals and forcing soldiers to flee from the area, the military were said to continue counter-strike attacks on Boko Haram bases in Bama, this time deploying warplanes.

 

It was disclosed by a senior official, who pleaded anonymity while speaking with Reuters yesterday. According to him, air strikes have been carried out “on all the Boko Haram bases”, which he said reflected President Goodluck Jonathan’s order for a “fully-fledged war” against insurgents operating in the North-East.

 

Within a short period of time Boko Haram captured several strategic towns, including Gwoza, Bama and several others. Inspired by their success, the militants are believed to move further in an attempt to seize Maiduguri. It would be noted that after capturing Gwoza Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed Islamic Caliphate in the area. Now the terrorists’ aim is apparently to expand the caliphate.

On situation in Bama, Vanguard also reports referring to Reuters interview with Musa Sumail, a human rights activist in Maiduguri who said:

“Even today, we can see so many people leaving … the buses are going out plenty now.”

Meanwhile the Nigerian Defence Headquarters insisted they would do everything possible to defend the territorial integrity of the country.

In a statement released September 5 by the the Nigerian military and signed by the Defence Spokesman Chris Olukolade it was stressed that “the DHQ wishes to reiterate the pledge and commitment it made while briefing the Joint Committee on Defence of the National Assembly to the effect that everything will be done to reverse the situation and defeat the rampaging terrorists.”

 

 

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Redeemed Church Pastor Die At LUTH Over Suspicion Of Ebola

A pastor in one of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parishes identified as Solomon Olayanju was abandoned and left to die at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over suspicion he had Ebola Virus Disease, (EVD).

Pastor Olayanju developed high temperature overnight and was taken to a nearby private hospital last Friday where they tried to stabilise him before referring him to LUTH.

On getting to LUTH, he was immediately taken to the spillover ward of the accident and emergency A&E unit which serves as the EVD isolation unit for suspected cases.

According to colleague of the deceased, Pastor Kehinde Bello who spoke to National Mirror, the consultant handling the case, Dr. Akodu refused to attend to the deceased since Monday that he was admitted.

The nurses also refused to take out blood samples and no test was carried out.

He explained: “It was on Wednesday, after the tests carried out confirmed that the young man who died on Tuesday, at the same ward was free from Ebola, that the management realised their mistake.

“It was then that the nurses started attending to him, after we protested and threatened to take him away. But Pastor Olayanju died yesterday morning before any serious medical treatment could be given to him.”

Another colleague of the deceased, Pastor Jacob, described what happened as a simple case of negligence.

When they took the matter to the Chief Medical Director LUTH, Prof. Akin Osibogun, he merely apologised and asked them to make arrangement to carry the corpse.

Some hospitals are still turning down requests from patients to be treated of ailments unrelated to Ebola, because of the fear that their health workers may contract the disease.

It was gathered that more patients are dying in many hospitals due to their inability to access medical care based on the fear that they might have contracted Ebola.

A nurse with the Lagos State Government hospital in Alimosho Local Government Area told THISDAY that patients are usually assessed from the gate and asked to turn back, if they are discovered to have a fever.

 

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‘Leave My Girlfriend Alone’ – John Mikel Obi Begs Nigerian Girls

Since Mikel Obi went public with his girlfriend, Olga Diyachenko,it seems some Nigerian girls have come for her on social media.He also denied he had proposed to her. Speaking to Sports Journalist, Collins Udoh,Mikel said

Yes, she is my girlfriend, but I have not proposed to her. If that happens, it will not be hidden and everyone will know. I’m begging Nigerian girls to please leave her alone. Some Nigerian girls have already been attacking her (on social media) since this fake story came out.”

 

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Unbelievable:- Indian Girl Marries Dog To Get Rid Of Evil Spirit (See Photos)

Indian girl Mangli Munda married a stray dog to ward off an evil spirit.

The wedding ritual of the 18-year-0ld from Jharkhand and the dog was quickly organized by local elders, who believed Mangli could not marry a human, because it would cause harm to her family and community, Daily Mail reports.

The girl’s father obeyed the community guru, found the dog in the street and drove it to the ceremony.

When asked about the whole situation the bride said she was not happy to marry the dog but hoped it would help to change her fortunes for the better.

“I am marrying a dog because the village elders believe that my evil spell will be passed on to the dog. ‘After that is done, the man I will marry will have a long life.”

Her father supported the daughter’s position saying that it was the only way to “get rid of the bad luck”.

He also added that a lot of ceremonies of that kind had already been conducted in their community and in the neighbouring villages. According to the locals, such marriage will not affect Mangli’s life and she will be able to marry a man without divorcing a dog.

The girl also hopes to meet the man of her life in the future after having been cleared of evil spirits.

The custom provides that the newly-made wife should take care of the four-legged “husband” for the next few months.

It is worth mentioning that in Hinduism, the dominant religion in Ingia, the dog it is believed to guard the doors of Heaven and Hell. In a special 5-day Tihar festival held on an annual basis dogs the dogs are worshipped as the animals carrying religious significance.

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Unbelievable;- “I Will Quit Soon” – Wizkid Reveals

Saying goodbye is one of the hardest thing to do in life but we all have got to move on someday, and for Wizkid, the time to say goodbye is quite imminent.

In a recent interview on ‘’The Truth’’ with Olisa Adibua, Starboy Wizzy disclosed that he’s pretty much ready to drop the baton as a member of the EME recording label. He said; “This is pretty much my last album with E.M.E”.

When asked why he is leaving the E.M.E label, he had this to say; “I’ve been with E.M.E for 5years, so I don’t know what soon is, because when we started the whole Empire entertainment thing, it was to build an empire so everyone could grow, Skales is doing his thing, Banky is doing his thing too, we got Shaydee and Niyola, I got Starboy going on, so everyone is just trying to expand and grow at the end of the day”.

Speaking on his relationship with the label that groomed and launched him into stardom, he said “We are still family, we would still continue doing business together, Banky, Tunde and Segun Demuren are all like my big brothers, it’s a family thing, so we’ll definitely keep doing business”.

We all would recall that Wizkid tried leaving the label in 2012 but opted to stay back after huge media and legal drama but he seems to have made up his mind this time.

Whatever the case may be, we certainly wish him all the best…

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Wicked Love: Jealous Boyfriend Bites Off Girlfriend’s Lips (Photos)

Couples fight a lot, sometimes one little argument goes out of hand, and may even lead to breakup for awhile or forever but for a boyfriend to bite off his girlfriend’s lips, disfiguring her face – That is just sad;

Rhys Culley, 23, has been in a relationship with pretty Chanttelle Ward for over two years, bit his girlfriend’s upper lip after the attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her mouth.

Culley, however denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a trial, as pictures seen by jurors at the New Castle Crown Courts showed angry teeth mark and will be sentenced next month and has now been remanded in custody.

Jurors heard Culley, of South Shields, near Newcastle, bit down on the victim’s lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber.

Miss Ward told jurors during the trial Culley had tried to kiss her and asked her if she still loved him before the bite.

“He put his whole mouth around my lips and pulled, I thought that my whole lip had come off.

“There was blood everywhere.”

Culley and his girlfriend got back to her house, after attending her mother’s birthday, when he brought up a conversation that his girlfriend had had with another man on Facebook earlier in the month.

Culley took Miss Ward’s phone off her in a bid to look through her Facebook messages, when he found that the messages were no longer there, he became angry and started to shout at his girlfriend accusing her of having something to hide.

She became scared and lifted her phone to call Culley’s mother to ask him to come and get him, he took the phone from her, locked the doors so that she couldn’t escape.

She suffered not only the injuries to her mouth, but bruising to her arms and body, a scratch to her left b****t, bruising of the face and ear.

Love can be sweet and can also be scary, but can you define Culley’s action as LOVE?

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EFCC Arrest Nigerian Man for Duping 75 Year Old Dutch Woman of €200k

A 31 year old Nigerian man, Adio Opeyemi Micheal (pictured above) has been arrested by the EFCC for duping a 75 year old dutch woman of €200,000 in an internet romance scam. Find the EFCC press statement below…

“For swindling a 75 year old woman of 200,000 Euros in a romance scam, a 31-year-old confidence trickster, Adio Opeyemi Michael, an indigene of  Owu LGA of Ogun state, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The victim, a certain Jeanet De Jonge, is a Dutch national.”

Adio allegedly met the victim on the ‘Net log’ dating site and pretended to be a 41-year-old American citizen, working as a chef in a Nigerian restaurant and needs a wife. The profile attracted Jeanet and, in no time, began sending him money through Western Union and Money Gram.

“She was sending me money monthly, ranging from $800 to $900 from June 2012, through Western Union Money transfer and Money Gram to the extent that Western Union blocked her from sending money to me in Nigeria.  So she requested that I should go to London to enable her send me money there. I contacted a friend of mine in London called Osas Odiah, so that he can receive the money and send to me here in Nigeria. She first sent €2000 to my friend’s account in London, and later to my Keystone bank account, which was actually a Forex Trade account. We started using this account when we discovered that my friend was not remitting all the money sent by Jeanet to me,” the suspect revealed.

Investigations further revealed that the suspect collected the various sums under the pretext that he was going to use the money to perfect his travel plans and obtain the required documents that would enable him travel to Holland to join or visit Jeanet. But his inability or refusal to honour the invitation from Jeanet prompted the petition to EFCC.

The suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4th September, 2014

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Actor Jnr Pope Helps His Pregnant wife in the kitchen & Shares The Picture

Newly married actor Jnr Pope Odonwodo shared the pic above of him helping his pregnant wife in the kitchen – looks like he’s pounding yam. Awww, how sweet! Hoping this is not just for instagram and he really does help!

 

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Kendrick Lamar Accused of Brutally Beating a Woman and Leaving Her Bloody in Vegas Room

A former female security guard who worked at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas released a video recently claiming that rapper Kendrick Lamar was investigated for allegedly brutally beating a woman and leaving her bloody in a room in the hotel.

The guard claimed the battered woman called them for help and when they got to the room, found her in a terrible state. But the guard never said she saw Kendrick lay hands on the woman. This happened in May. What she said below…

“On Memorial Day Weekend . . . so I get dispatched up to one of the rooms to help some girl get down to the casino. She ends up being all bloody and things, so I had to call my supervisor, then I had to call my other supervisor, then I had to call my boss. And I was like, “We have a situation,” because half of her face was like blown out.” Continue…

Come to find out that she was with a certain rapper, who had assaulted her . . . and his first name is [Kendrick]. [Audience aks if she means Kendrick Lamar]. Yeah. . . He beat up some chick, [and] there was like blood everywhere.
There were cops there, and we didn’t find out it was Kendrick until later. . . . She ended up pressing charges, I think.

Kendrick was in Vegas in May to perform at the Rehab Pool Party. But the incident never made news. Kendrick is yet to respond to the accusations.

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‘Our Sons Rape us on a Daily Basis’ – Imo Christian Mothers Cry Out

Christ Mothers in Mgbishii, a rural community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area in Imo state have cried out to the government and the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiatical Province, Dr. Anthony Obinna, over alleged atrocities being committed by their sons and daughters in the area.

According to Vanguard, the women made this appeal during a recent visit to the Catholic Archbishop at the Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral in Owerri.

“We are raped and molested by our own children. You cannot come to Mgbuishii and return home safely because of the crime rate” the women said. Continue…

According to the women, they have complained to the state government and other security agents over the high rate of crime being committed by their children but all their complaints have not been answered.

“We are angry because government is not looking at our direction at all. We have been completely abandoned for years. Now we have no good roads, no electricity, no market, nothing is going on in our place. To make things worse, we are now suffering from insecurity” they said

The women decried the lack of police presence within their community. They say their sons have become so wayward that they beat up any police man who tries to intervene during any criminal activity within the community.

“Each time we report cases to the police and they manage to send their men at all, the criminals beat them(policemen) up because they (criminals) parade more sophisticated weapons than what the policemen have. We needed police escort to get here (Maria Assumpta Cathedral) and we will also need them to go back home” they said

The women also said they are thinking of relocating from their villages to safer places in Rivers state. They say even the catholic priest in their community is also threatening to leave their community

“Even the Reverend Father in our place is complaining and threatening to go away. About two weeks ago, some reverend sisters visited our place and were waylaid on the road and robbed. We have a lot of problems and that is why the women have come to complain to the Archbishop, who is our father in the lord” they said

The Archbishop after listening to all their complains prayed for the women.

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Photos: Alaafin of Oyo and His Four Wives go Shopping in the UK

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John Obi Mikel Officially gets a Girlfriend, See pictures of them Kissing & Chilling

Sources close to Super Eagles/Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi say he’s officially off the market after proposing to his Russian girlfriend, Olga Diyachenko. According to those in the know, Mikel proposed to Olga sometime in August but they are keeping their engagement hush hush…



 

Olga’s father is said to be a Russian millionaire who has a lot of business interests in London where Olga lives. Though she has her own place, Olga is said to have moved in with Mikel. 

Just thought to make this public announcement in case there are girls here who are still dreaming or giving him ‘osho free’ thingz..lol. Mikel is currently in Nigeria. See more pics of the loved up couple after the cut.

 



 



 

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Nick Cannon Addresses Divorce Rumours, Comes For the Media

Drama king Nick Cannon took to twitter a few hours ago to address his divorce rumours. He defended Mariah Carey, slammed the media, and denied ever speaking about his marriage to the media. See his rants after the cut…

Read from bottom up to get the gist…

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See What Commercial Sex Worker Did To Police Officer In Lagos

A 25-year-old commercial sex worker, Anita Mbewu was on Tuesday, September 2 charged before an Apapa Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting and tearing a police officer’s uniform.

The accused is facing a two-count charge of assault and unlawful damage to properties.

Mbewu, who resides at Ojo area of Lagos committed the offence on Aug. 24 at Katifa Hotel on Old Ojo Road, Kuje Amuwo, Lagos, the Prosecutor, John Iberedem, told the court.

Iberedem said that the accused unlawfully assaulted and tore the uniform of Michael Udoh, while he was carrying out his lawful duty.

He said: “The complainant said he learnt that the commercial sex workers in the hotel usually hid hoodlums and criminals so he decided to lead a team to raid the hotel.

“While they were searching for the hoodlums, Udoh saw the accused smoking a cigarette in public and ordered her to put it out.

“She refused and the policeman attempted to remove it from her lips, but as he drew close to her,  Mbewu just grabbed him and tore his uniform,” Iberedem stated.

The prosecutor said the offences committed contravened provisions of Section 172 and 348 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Meanwhile the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 172 prescribes three years imprisonment for serious assault, while Section 348 stipulates two-year jail term for unlawful damage.

The Senior Magistrate, Patrick Adekomaiya, granted the accused bail in the sum of N10, 000 with one surety in like sum.

He adjourned the case till Sept. 15 for trial.

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EBOLA: Minister Reveals Date For Resumption Of Education

Nigeria’s Health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has today revealed that students could go back to school by Mid September in the country.

The Education Ministry though Minister  Ibrahim Shekarau had formerly stated that school is to start by October 13 due to the spread of Ebola virus in the nation.

Chukwu however disclosed this at to the State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The briefing was attended by the Ministers of Information, Labaran Maku, Transport, Umar Idris, National Planning, Abubakar Suleiman and Power (State), Mohammed Wakil.

Chukwu revealed that the Education Minister Ibrahim Shekarau will announce the particular date after meeting with states Commissioners for Education and other stakeholders, who helped to fix the proposed October 13 date.

Health Minister also gave a report on the state of the nation as concerning the Ebola recent surge in the nation.

He said that Nigeria now has 296 under surveillance, he said, include 255 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and 41 in Lagos State.

He revealed that about 320 persons have been removed from surveillance list in the state.

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Fire Brings Down 40 Apartments at Police Barracks in Lagos (Photo)

Fire has raised about 40 apartments at the Ijeh Police Barracks in Obalende Lagos state PM News reports. The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be determined.

 

This is the same barracks that a police officer died on Friday August 29th after he was pushed down a building by his wife during a fight. The officer died before getting to the hospital while his widow is still in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital.

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