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IGBOSON1: I don't know why these Liberians are so devious and lie a lot!? They seem to be a very selfish and wicked people as well!!

Liberia.....exporting ebola to the rest of the world since the dark ages!

the world was not listening to them!! i guess it was a deliberate attempt to have the international community to come to their aid. you will agree that the international community only took it seriously after it got into Nigeria..

New york times praises Nigeria for containing #ebola

US sends medical experts to study how Nigeria tamed Ebola

on October 02, 2014 / in Ebola Outbreak, News 7:53 am


By Hugo Odiogor, with Agency reports

Stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into America, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria contained the killer disease.

HEALTH PERSONNEL IN PROTECTIVE KITS AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY (12/8/14).
HEALTH PERSONNEL IN PROTECTIVE KITS AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY
The US reported on Tuesday that it has discovered a case of EVD in Dallas, Texas, but its health officials said “the crisis is under control and the public has nothing to fear.”

A statement released by US CDC Director Tom Frieden said “it’s clear the nation needs a quick and thorough response to its first Ebola patient”

He said although Nigeria was not completely out of the woods, “their extensive response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions.” Apart from Nigeria, the US will also visit Senegal to study its model.

Frieden said “the best practices in Nigeria and Senegal suggest the U.S. should monitor all individuals who may have been exposed to Ebola and establish a dedicated management and response system.”

Senegal has had no new reported cases of Ebola since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has not reported new ones since August 31,

US health officials are expected in Nigeria which it claimed had the best practices in combating Ebola Virus disease which entered into Nigeria through Liberian born American citizen Mr. Patrick Sawyer whose index case was reported on July 20, 2014. Nigeria is expected to officially announce today that the remaining two potential Ebola patients will exit the 21-day observation period.

How Nigeria stopped the spread of Ebola

According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed 72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health officials quickly issued notifications and tracked everybody who may have been in contact with Sawyer.

“Nigeria also established an Ebola Incident Management Center to handle the potential outbreak and developed a staffing plan that executed a social mobilization strategy that reached more than 26,000 households of people living around the contacts of Ebola patients,”

The deadly virus has killed more than 3,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in the largest outbreak ever recorded.

How Senegal contained Ebola

Senegal confirmed its first Ebola case Aug. 29 after a man, travelling from Guinea on Aug. 14, took ill and showed symptoms of the disease. This prompted a quick response, including an experienced and trained staff that was prepared to contain the Ebola outbreak. The procedure led to the identification of 67 contacts who were placed under quarantine, monitored for 21 days and showed no symptoms of Ebola.

Panic in America

The man who imported Ebola into US was found to have travelled to Liberia without informing the authorities and did not disclose the nature of his ailment to the nurse that attended to him. Reports from Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who attended to the man has also taken ill for Ebola in Texas.

A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian said the patient had walked into a Dallas emergency room on September 26, without knowing that he contacted the deadly virus and left after he was treated. He then returned to the facility on September 28 where it was determined he likely had Ebola and was isolated. He tested positive Tuesday, health officials said.

Following the lapse on the part of the hospital officials, questions are being asked amid panic across the country. The CDC has thus advised that all medical facilities should ask for patients with symptoms consistent with Ebola for their travel history.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/us-sends-medical-experts-study-nigeria-tamed-ebola/

Nigerians please wake to the realization that, the only way to a great Nigeria is if we embrace each other and believe in Nigeria...BE THAT CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE!!!!..Mr President we are behind you. .......happy independence day to you all

barcanista: You put the cart b4 the horse or behind?

the primary role of the UNSC is to maintain peace and security, and for that, Nigeria has been at the forefront of international peace-keeping efforts and being the largest “exporter of peace” in Africa and the fourth largest Troop Contributing Country to UN peace-support operations behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.... All i'm trying to say is that Nigeria is the most qualified poverty or no poverty that should be a discussion for another day.

barcanista: These "growing" economies have a lot to Ðo before thinking of to join the UN Security Council as a Permanent member. Our focus should be improving the standard of living of Nigerian people, get back our once respected image and fix a lot of rot in the system before talking of a Permanent seat.

how do you get your respect in the world without a negotiating power? which is what being a member of that seat gives to you. now we that status you can actually influence certain economic decisions that will directly impact on your economy.

considering the role of the security council? which is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, with powers to establishment of peace-keeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of military action. With the credentials of all the countries in contention no doubt Nigeria is most Qualified.

barcanista: . Non will get tje seat for now. I see Brazil having a realistic chance. Nigeria's problem is just too much. Negative image and reputation, corruption backed by government, our foreign relations is dwindling, bad Économy, insurgent battling and other vices. SA is not better either.

the Brazillian Economy is currently shaky and some of the problems you highlighted about Nigeria are also present in Brazil, while you have to look at the roles of these countries when it comes to military intervention and all.

Firstly looking at the impact of both Nigeria and south Africa on their neighbors/regions Economically i will go for Nigeria as the west African economy can be said to be better than that of south Africa.

Secondly south Africa have been seen to shy away from responsibilities concerning peace keeping and military intervention, which the Nigerian Govt. gladly undertake.

Thirdly, while the Nigerian Economy is the biggest in the continent, there is still strong indication that it will grow bigger and stronger, if we continue to improve our Economic drivers.

My personal Opinion would be Nigeria not be cos i'm Nigerian plus even Egypt and Libya are regarded as Middle eastern countries than African

superman!!! abi na King Kong!!!! u be..i hear u......just enjoy n try to stay safe

seanet02: Empty barrels makes what?

don't blame you at all...hope you will repeat this insult if i was standing in front of you.......

seanet02: You must be mad. How the hell can you post such a sensitive information on a public forum like this when you know the calamities that may befall this gallant men if Boko killers get wind of this move.
Desist from exposing critical moves of the army

At Kaduna Airport today, behold our gallant troops boarding the army transport plane suspected to be a Hercules C130 on there way to Borno State..goodluck #NIGERIANARMY

Refuse to be a voice for Boko Haram. Why should our military spend time responding to lies when they are focused fighting terror?

support #NIGERIANARMY
#GEJ
#NIGERIA

The heavy bombardment of the bases set up by the Boko Haram Insurgent fighters in Bama after taken over the town few days ago has forced the insurgents to beat a full retreat from the strategic town.

Military sources confirmed yesterday that the aerial attack aimed at knocking off Boko Haram’s weapon installations in the town has been effective and yielding the desired results.

President Goodluck Jonathan had on Friday, reportedly, ordered a full-scale war against Boko Haram.

NAF intensified its bombing campaign at the weekend to rid Bama of the terrorists, pockets of which were still said to be holding out in the town and its environs. But the battle took a heavy toll on civilian lives and property as the insurgents were said to be embedded with residents, locals said.

A source said, “The first attacks didn’t really make the expected impact but the second round of bombardment really injured those Boko Haram boys, which is why they are retreating now. They are no more deep into Bama, while our people are advancing and gaining territory. The Boko Haram boys are right now retreating.

“We are now dislodging them. You know, Air Force have intensified their efforts; they brought F-7 and different kinds of aircraft. They really bombarded them.”

Another military source confirmed the advances of the Armed Forces in the battle of Bama but cautioned that it was no time for celebration yet, as the operation was still ongoing in several parts of Borno State. He said the situation was “still very volatile” with Gwoza far from being liberated from the terrorists’ siege.

“We don’t want to say anything official but there are still fights going on in different places and on different scales, especially by air. This is a critical and unusual time,” the senior military officer said.

A senior Air Force officer, who spoke from Borno State, said apart from the aerial campaign in Bama, NAF had been effective in support of the ground forces with the launch of air attacks with different aircraft types, including helicopter gunships.

He said, “We are very deeply involved. You know what we are having here is a joint operation of the services, even though the Navy may not be involved right now because of the terrain.

“First and foremost, apart from the airlift, we are equally supporting the ground forces; in most of the cases we even take the initiative. In modern warfare, Air Force normally does the first dirty job, clear the road for the Army to do the mop up operations.

“Like I said, all our platforms are participating fully here. We have Alpha Jets, we have F7, Beechcraft, Mi35, which is the gunships, and then all our transport planes: C-130, the G TripleT. So we are participating fully and playing a significant role in that place.”

However, the senator for Borno Central senatorial district, Ahmed Zannah, said the military might be playing right into the enemy’s hands by focussing on Bama. He said the reported retreat of Boko Haram from Bama might be a ploy to draw out the military from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, before launching a heavy onslaught on the town.

The warning came against the backdrop of recent Boko Haram seizure of towns that are just few kilometres from Maiduguri, which is already swarming with internally displaced persons said to be numbering over 100,000 who are housed in different camps.

With the recent attacks on Gwoza and Bama, those displaced since January in the North-east are estimated to have risen to over 500,000, according to the National Emergency Management Agency.

Zannah said in an alert to the military, “At present, there are pockets of insurgents in Bama, men who are mainly indigenes of the town but left behind by their leaders to continue to terrorise the town. The leaders have left for their hideouts in Sambisa.

“It is believed that those left in Bama are to draw the military out of Maiduguri and when they are reclaiming Bama, the large number of insurgents in Sambisa will sneak into Maiduguri to take control of the town.”

Zannah said Maiduguri, from where the insurgents had been driven about a year ago, remained their ultimate target, saying there are indications that the sect is arming for a battle to capture the ancient town.

Sources within the military blame some of the difficulties being encountered in the fight against Boko Haram on what they term indiscriminate retirement of experienced officers.

One officer said, “The problem we are also having now is that the military retired the very ambitious and brave people from the service for the fear of coup without knowing that this kind of thing will arise. Some of these military officers, very courageous ones, should have still been in the system and by now they could have given the guidelines on how we can go about this.

“They could have acquired enough skills on how to manoeuvre to deal with these guys. If we succeeded outside the shores of this country, in Liberia, Sierra Leone and other places, how much more back home here. The fact is that this is not like a conventional war.”

http://abusidiqu.com/boko-haram-retreats-bama-facing-heavy-aerial-bombardment/

i think so far the fg and state govt have both done well with the Ebola war..my worry is BH, i just pray this latest strategy works.

Super1759: Bokoharam' s era is fast coming to an end....NEXT! Ebola....

yes na today any problem with that

BayoAdetunji: Na today..

lets hope this action does the needful....

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Abuja - Nigerian warplanes are carrying out air strikes against Boko Haram militant bases in northeast Borno state, a senior official says.

It is reportedly a government counter-attack against the group's apparent drive to create an Islamist enclave.

The official said Nigeria's military was battling Boko Haram fighters at Bama, 70km southeast of the Borno state capital Maiduguri.

Air strikes have been carried out "on all the Boko Haram bases", the official said, adding this reflected President Goodluck Jonathan's order for a "fully-fledged war" against the group which has waged a bloody insurgency since 2009.

Military officials have denied reports Bama had been overrun by heavily armed militants after they attacked it with captured military vehicles and pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns, all part of a growing Boko Haram arsenal.

The battle over Bama, and Boko Haram's storming of towns and villages to the north, east and south of Maiduguri in recent weeks, has raised fears of an attack on the Borno state capital, prompting hundreds of civilians to flee.

Boko Haram, whose leader Abubakar Shekau last month declared a "Muslim territory" in the northeast after capturing the town of Gwoza on the Cameroon border, is believed to be trying to mimic the example of Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq which announced the creation of a separate caliphate there.

Jonathan's government, which faces an election in February, has come under sharpening public criticism for its apparent inability to check Boko Haram's five-year insurgency, which has ravaged the poor northeast corner of Africa's biggest economy.

source;http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-bombs-Boko-Haram-bases-20140906

In this one-of-a-kind photo, posted originally and exclusively on BEEGEAGLE’S BLOG, a freshly delivered Mi-35M attack helicopter can be seen being unloaded from a giant Antonov cargo plane at a location in northern Nigeria (details withheld by me for security reasons).

The roundel of the NAF is visible on this side towards the tail end and of course, it is the only MiL attack helicopter of the NAF thus far pictured in desert camouflage colour scheme. Its special adaptations are visible from here.

Congratulations to the NAF….Africa’s first proven user of the Mi-35M.

http://beegeagle./2014/09/03/nigerian-air-force-begin-taking-delivery-of-state-of-the-art-mi35m-helicopters-absolute-world-exclusive-photo/

if you are really educated like you claim, you wouldn't have put those words down. All you need in sciences is just the ability to communicate. From your post you sound like someone that lacks quality education, i suggest you go back to your books, you will definitely need to learn to read between lines.

ISpiksDaTroof: Obviously a reflection of the kind of Education that'll make his President have the guts to declare to the world that he's a PhD holder and his wife, a MSc degree holder in Biology, when neither of them can string together a single, complete, coherent sentence in english.

guy you no well

this is good, but i will really want to see our intelligence guys come up with more good news like this. if we can get the source of their funding, that will go a long way in curbing this whole insurgency #supportnigerianarmy..love you guys

sinceden2: Shebi u can now see how unreasonable u are. I wonder if u ever went to school, we are talking about mature women here not teenagers like the chibok girl, whom majority are timid. Read the story well and understand what the report says b4 going into conclusion

between teenagers and grown women, who do you expect to be more rebellious? if i expect any form of bravery, it should come from the teenagers.the complexities of the whole chibok girls is more than enough to make people doubt if there was any kidnap.

are you from Ukpor?

luvinhubby: Continue living in self delusion, my cousin in my hometown in Nnewi South L.G.A of Anambra state who travelled for the yuletide send a message of continuous 36hrs plus of uninterrupted power supply there.
Help yourself before it`s too late......join the winning train. GEJ till 2019 !!

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