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jpphilips:


what does r@tard mean? is it a compliment? where was the blockade that captured Onitsha mounted? something is telling me you don't know what blockade means! till you answer this simple question?

Nobody has this time to waste with one who does not know his right from his left. Let me guess, u are yoruba becos u people seem to boast more about the war than any other tribe,, one not learned might assume it was a yoruba v igbo war but the truth is it was a Igbo via Nigeria, US, UK AND Russia war. The igbos sure held their own for over three years, now until yorubas fight a war i expect u to remain silent. Go and make something useful of urself and region and stop fantasising over a war that Nigeria lost but redeemed by the international blockade of biafra that forced them into Nigeria. Get over it, Biafrans have long moved on and soon will hold a referendum to leave Nigeria in ur life time.

jpphilips:
what does r@tard mean? is it a compliment? where was the blockade that captured Onitsha mounted? something is telling me you don't know what blockade means! till you answer this simple question?
For the lies that @calculia sold to you that you are pasting everywhere that Biafra killed more Nigerian soldiers, it is not worth discussing, you know why? because it makes you sound like someone with very fresh pubic hairs.
It is an insult to myself to discuss such because a drunk lizard will never think that Biafrans who were sharing dane guns two people to one, could actually kill more people from a more sophisticated Nigerian side, Like I said, it is an insult to disgrace myself discussing it with you, perhaps you should be having that discussion with your secondary school mates.
For the picture you and your cohort showed up there, the event is called the "Abagana Massacre", I am pretty sure your father just gave you the gist whom most likely was hiding behind women at the time, that picture is not an evidence that Biafra killed more Nigerian soldiers, it is preposterous to even think it is possible.
What happened in that picture was that after committing a lot of atrocities in Asaba, Gen.Murtala Muhhamed decided to to cross the River Niger with a 10boat Armada into Onitsha, after 8days of constant bombardment of Onitsha, the biafran forces took to their heels leaving Onitsha defenseless, part of the reason they ran was that a foreign mercenary whom Ojukwu assigned the Onitsha front got injured and was evacuated, that broke the ranks of the Biafran forces, coupled with Murtala's intense fire power.
Murtala did not pursue the fleeing soldiers rather he went to the Onitsha market to loot and burn down the market, on getting the news that his mercenary was down, Ojukwu drafted Joe Achuzie and his warriors to hold the Onithsha sector at all cost.
Joe in a bid to avoid an open confrontation with Murtala's men went and laid ambush at Abagana enrote Enugu, Unfortunately, as if the gods of Asaba was after murtalla for r@ping and killing their women, there was a tanker laden with petrol on that convoy of 96cars carrying supplies most of which was looted from the Onitsha market, Joe Achuzie triggered the "Ogbunigwe" (an improvised Biafran bomb) which exploded the tanker and burnt the convoy.
Murtalla lost 150men out of 200, miraculously, he survived the explosion, you can read more about the Abagana massacare from the book "There was a country" by chinua Achebe. Biafrans celebrate that Massacre till date which in turn made Achuzie and his crew the Biafran war heroes, I know that you are a product of a failed education system so I don't expect you to know that 150 soldiers is a drop in a basin in a war of that magnitude.
As an individual who must have attended roofless classes, I don't equally expect you to know that Most Biafran writers acclaim that the Abagana massacre was the Biafran's highest kill, through out the conflict, it is only m0r0nic to juxtapose it with the kills from Biafran cities upon cities that fell afterwards.
I know your type, you must be looking for an avenue to learn either because you are too poor to afford books or you are too d@ft to understand them, bottom line, i am not gonna give you any more free classes, you can continue discussing the blockade victory with your fellow m0r0ns.
the only thing the Massacre achieved for the Biafran forces was the three months break needed for the Nigerian forces to regroup, and continue their onslaught from where they stopped, personally, I don't see the Abagana massacre as a big plus for the Biafrans, in the usual Biafran way, always Boasting with Irrelevant things, OR they never believed they could kill that much number of the Nigerian forces, hence the the whole generational jubilation .

Now u decide to expand on ur earlier post? U are not just a liar but a cheat. Any nonsense u write has already been emphasized by Calculia. Sorry to break it to u but Nigeria has never won any war. It is not fit to be called a country.. The biggest problem of Nigeria in the words of Sanusi are 'the yorubas'. See the way u are crying over a world war like it was a tribal one. Are u insane? Move on please and accept ur loses. I will like to watch the way u yorubas leave together in Oduduwa not too long now. adios!

[size=38pt]WHO IS THIEF OBANSANJO?
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[size=28pt]THE EX NIGERIAN PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR EBOLA NOT HAVING A CURE AFTER HIS ELECTION IN 1999. OBJ DERAILED THE SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH OF WORLD RENOWED SCIENTIST VIA INEC CHIEF ELECTION RIGGER POSITION OFFER.



OBJ NEVER WON ANY ELECTION AND TODAY, GEJ IS MAKING A FRANTIC BID TO COMBAT EBOLA VIA REOPENING REASEARCH WORK OBJ CLOSED.[/size]

Thursday, August 5, 1999 Published at 14:34 GMT 15:34 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/411030.stm

Health

Ebola cure hope

Four out of five people who get infected die

A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said.

[ image: The extract can be eaten or rubbed into the skin]
The extract can be eaten or rubbed into the skin
They used a compound from Garcinia kola, a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu.

If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever - an often-fatal condition.

The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the US.

Four deaths per five cases

The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after an outbreak in Zaire - now the Democratic Republic of the Congo - where 88% of the 318 human cases died.


[ image: The Ebola-Zaire virus close up]
The Ebola-Zaire virus close up
More recently, a 1995 outbreak in the same country had a death rate of 81% of the 315 infected.

There are four types of the virus - Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan and Ebola-Ivory Coast all affect humans, while Ebola-Reston has so far only affected monkeys and chimpanzees.

However, doctors have been unable to stop the virus once infection has taken hold - hence the disease has gained a terrifying reputation.

Traditional origins

Dr Maurice Iwu, who set up and heads the Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, led the research.


[ image: Dr Maurice Iwu said the discovery was a breakthrough]
Dr Maurice Iwu said the discovery was a breakthrough
It started 10 years ago when researchers were led to the plant by traditional native healers who have used the plant for the treatment of infectious diseases for centuries.

"This is a very exciting discovery," said Dr Iwu, who himself comes originally from a family of traditional healers.

"The same forest that yields the dreaded Ebola virus could be a source of the cure."

Fighting chance

The virus multiplies rapidly in the human body and quickly overwhelms it, and in advanced cases the patient develops high fever and severe bleeding.


[ image: Towns are quarantined following an outbreak]
Towns are quarantined following an outbreak
The Garcinia kola compound has been shown to halt multiplication of the virus in the laboratory. If repeated in humans, this would give the body a chance to fight off the virus.

The active compound is what is known as a dimeric flavonoid, which is two flavonoid molecules fused together.

Flavonoids are non-toxic and can be found in orange and lemon rinds as well as the colourings of other plants.

Drug hopes

The tests are in the early stages still, but the researchers hope that if they continue to prove successful the compound the US Food and Drug Administration will put it on a fast track - making a drug available to humans within a matter of years.

"The discovery of these important properties in a simple compound - flavonoids - was very surprising," said Dr Iwu.

"The structure of this compound lends itself to modification, so it provides a template for future work.

"Even if this particular drug does not succeed through the whole drug approval process, we can use it to construct a new drug for this deadly disease."

jpphilips:

You are just a toddler who doesn't know anything about the war, that is not surprising though, the bemusing part is that for over 40yrs you refused to educate yourself, shameful huh!
Are you aware that Gowon's mission was to capture the Biafran territories? with Snr Yaradua and Buhari capturing Abakiliki, down to present Ebonyi, Obasanjo, owerri (and the capture of Achuzie), Murtala Mohammed capturing Asaba into Onitsha before retreating to join Snr Yaradua, Isaac adaka boro capturing Rivers, Ibb, tried but failed in the calabar sector but was replaced, and his replacement fought down to Anambra, the fall of Onitsha bridge and the Abagana massacare was Anambra's saving grace, Imo was over run except for Orlu which was the trading hub for the soldiers, and Nnewi was not over run too, Nigerian forces got to Uli airport where Ojukwu took off from.
If Ebonyi, Rivers, Imo, Cross river and most of Anambra all fell what was left of Biafra to warrant the audacity to state that Gowon did not win that war?
No victor no vanquished clap trap was a ploy to make Biafrans feel good in the spirit of reconciliation, without their monies in the bank though!
I cant believe that someone can actually twist history this badly, shame on you!!

U sir are a re.tard. Gowon captured the territory after how many years(over three years) through blockade not fighting, that is the point.

Calculia: Wars are not won on the count of civilian casualty but military casualty. Biafra suffered heavy civilian loses caused by the blockade equivalent to an international strangulation sanction but Nigeria suffered far more military loses at the hands of Biafra with over half a million Nigeria recorded military death. On that count Biafra was victorious.

overhypedsteve: So OBJ is now a pharmacologist. Hmm we should be using our head oh. Let us allow our head to serve us oh

No is a useless farmer that Nigeria gave presidency. Unqualified!

chimoz:
I think your head is the one that needs to be used. You didn't even understand the poster above you before jumping to comment. What he meant is that OBJ should have used Iwu in his field rather than using him in INEC.

10gbosa... Someone that has a brain. Sir u a rare in nairaland
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very nasty!

This is wat OBJ should have done but no rigging elections was better

Bitter Kola and Ebola: What Nigerians must know— Health Minister

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/bitter-kola-ebola-nigerians-must-know-health-minister/

on August 10, 2014 / in Ebola Outbreak 12:42 am / Comments


*Explains how Sawyer beat security to enter Nigeria
*‘Our problem with monkey, bat eaters’

By Jide Ajani

In this interview, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, bares his mind on the deadly ebola virus. He also speaks on the strike by doctors, passionately appealed to them to call it off.

PROF. ONYEBUCHI CHUKWU


On diagnosis
We have expanded the facilities for diagnosis in the country. I am in touch with our development partners and they seem to be impressed with what we have in the country but I think we can still improve the scale. Regarding the borders, at Seme, for instance, people are being screened and we are using infrared to detect any rise in temperature; we have reviewed our forms that travelers must fill before they land at our airports and we have temperature screening at the international airports too.

Just two days ago, through the appropriate ministry, we directed the Customs Service to ensure that corpses are not just brought in indiscriminately. What do we mean by this? We are saying that before any corpse is brought into the country, the necessary death certificate must be provided and certified as genuine and true before any such can happened and we would be very stringent with this.

You have to prove the case but we want to maintain a tight control over movement of corpses. In Anambra for instance, we are working with the state government and once the result comes out we will alert members of the public. In Imo State, the corpse issue there has already been decided because they had a proper certificate of death and we are saying the body can be buried because it is not Ebola.
On Monday, we sent a team to Akwa Ibom to investigate a case that was brought in from one of these countries that was reported to us. We are working round the clock to tackle the challenge.

What about the infrastructure to manage this problem?
That is one area I must say we are a bit slower than what we anticipated. In Lagos, the state government has done well by providing a place for us to quarantine and treat patients and we are asking for more. Given the way the state government has acted pro-actively, I want to commend the authorities and I believe the state government can do more. On our own part, we want to move ahead and provide isolation tents within our hospitals, so that we can have add-ons. We have trained the workers.

Personal protective equipment is being provided through the Federal Government and our development partners, especially WHO. Other states appear slow but with the emergency on our hands, we cannot wait; so the Federal Government is moving ahead, though quite a number of governors are beginning to cooperate and we need to move a lot faster.

But how fast can you move?
It is immediate – very immediate. Once I’m through with you now, I’m off to another meeting. Since this thing started, I’ve not slept earlier than 4am everyday. But we are all working together.

How much of cooperation are you getting from the local authorities?
We have some challenge there. Once a council chairman, when he heard that we got space for isolation, they began to incite the youth to say ‘we don’t want Ebola in our community’ – this was also a problem in other countries. The people need to understand that all of us are at risk because there is no person on whose passport is written EBOLA CARRIER. People need to understand what we are doing.

The family of the infected nurse, now dead, are they part of those under surveillance?
Yes, they are under surveillance. None of them has been symptomatic yet, but whenever we notice that, we would quarantine such a person. But we are counseling them at this stage and everybody really needs counseling. About delicacies like bats and monkeys. About peoples eating habits, even when you bar people from eating certain things, they go underground and it is even worse because you are not monitoring them. And I know people who have accosted me at the airport or at functions to say since I spoke about bats and monkeys they’ve stopped. What that tells us is that information is key.

But let me make this point. It is more dangerous for those who are processing the meat and who may have cuts because when it is raw those in contact with it are more in danger. The best thing to do is since we have other forms of protein, we can do without bats and monkeys for God’s sake. We have goat meat; we have chicken. Must it be bats? What is needed is enlightenment and appeal. We are at risk and we don’t need to mince words about it. How soon do we expect the striking doctors to come back?

We’ve tried to do our best by addressing almost all they demanded. But that is a question you should ask the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, because even the Senate and the House of Reps have intervened, and after appearing to have dealt with all the issues, they refused. Elders in the profession have intervened, the governor of Delta State (a medical doctor) intervened; even Mr. President had a one-on-one on two occasions with the leadership of NMA; so I don’t know who else to help us appeal to them. I think the strike should be called off; we are appealing to them because we need them to be there, but if they don’t, we will take the second best thing.

What level of collaboration exists with the private hospitals as a secondary option for people since the doctors are on strike?
Let me tell you, the index case was discovered at the airport and, because government doctors were on strike, he was taken to a private hospital. I guess if doctors were not on strike, he may have been taken to LASUTH or LUTH. We are engaging them and our people are holding meetings with different groups of private practitioners. We identified that the students need to be enlightened more because of the school environment.

How do we man the illegal entry points?
That is one of the reasons it has been difficult to just close the borders because what it then means is that when you close the designated borders, you leave room for people to use the illegal entry points which are totally off our radar. Mind you, we don’t have gates round the country; so it may even be more inimical to close the borders because of those illegal points, so we should encourage people to come in through the 22 designated entry points but once there is a consensus on that, we may then move.

Are we in touch with the American government regarding that serum that was administered on their doctors who got infected with the virus?
Yesterday, I inaugurated the treatment research group and one of its terms is to collaborate with similar such groups all around the world and they are getting in touch with the Americans. They also have the opportunity of looking at their own options and we should not underestimate the intelligence of Nigerians, that’s why that committee was inaugurated.

There is no time frame because it is a standing committee on Ebola and possibly other diseases. This is just the beginning. Part of our measures also is to screen in-bound and out-bound passengers just as the passengers too would be screened in their countries of disembarkation. For local flights, internal restriction of movements is counter-productive. What is important is to follow up on contact tracing because there is not enough resources anywhere in the world to do that. But for airports that we know could serve as connection points we are taking care of that.

Now, what about Professor Maurice Iwu’s thesis regarding bitter kola and Ebola?
One of the things we decided to focus on by setting up that committee is to streamline claims of possible scientific cure, not a situation where pastors and imams claim they can cure Ebola. We might even go to the extent of making laws to arrest people with such bogus claims. We would take every suggestion seriously. About Professor Iwu, we know that quite a number of Nigerians accessed his article through the internet.

What Professor Iwu and his research team proved in America is that in the laboratory test-tube – not in an animal or a human being – bitter kola extract was able to hinder the growth of Ebola virus, that it was able to slow it down or kill it. That research was not concluded according to Professor Iwu himself and he says he is disappointed that the research was not taken to its logical conclusion.

We need now to work with him and that is why we need him. He is a distinguished world renowned professor of pharmacognosy; and he is someone we value in this country because of his professionalism and working with others; we would be able to put all ideas to the test and see how far we go.
This is a serious business.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/bitter-kola-ebola-nigerians-must-know-health-minister/#sthash.iCrVhszC.dpuf

HappyJoe:
I don't think there will be a Nigeria in 40 years time; in 20 years time, the Islamic Arewa Republic would be perfecting plans to leave.

So in ur mind HappyJoe, u think Nigerdelta are fools to allow u anywhere near their oil again? Come 2015, if GEJ is not reelected, Nigeria is history in line with America provisions, then u can eat urselves up north and join niger republic or possibly saudi arabia whose oil runs out in two. Ur land will provide them with food in the desert and slaves to work their palaces and bed.

Is there any educated and sensible one amongst you fulani or all bunch of upstart?

brownlord:

It will be easy for a ghaninan, chadian or senegalese to rule Nigeria than ibo, they aint getting there in the next 40 yrs. If we are still together

I am glad u included that part becos it seems u will fend for urself from 2015 onwards. peace be amonst men! adios!

Man kills his wife just a day after she gave birth to their twins

A woman identified as Titilayo Kola was yesterday strangulated to death allegedly by her husband a day after she was delivered of twins, The Nation reports
Sources revealed that the incident took place at the couple’s apartment at No 23, Temidire Street, Ajowa area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Findings further revealed that the deceased’s husband, one Mr. Kola, popularly known in as Melomelo (how many, how many), had escaped with the twins even as he was reported to have slept in the same room with his late wife, their new twins and other four children the night before the incident. Continue...
Narrating the incident to journalists, the landlady of the deceased, who simply identified herself as Mama Aluko, said, “Titilayo was delivered of a set of twins at midnight on August 7. I was with her to help with the children and other things. Her husband, who has not been living with her for some time now, also came around, while her mum too was also around.

“Around 8:30 in the evening, her mother told me she would be going for night vigil in her church. So, it was her husband, herself and their new twins that I left before I went to bed that night.
“This morning (August 9), I woke up planning whether to prepare Semovita or fufu for Titilayo. It was around that time somebody came to inform me that they couldn’t wake Titilayo up and that her husband and the twins had disappeared.”

Asked about other family members of the couple, the landlady said she didn’t know much about them, adding that Kola (the husband) came to rent the apartment about a year earlier, but, however, stopped living with his wife a few months after they moved into the apartment.

Confirming the development, the Ekiti State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Victor Babayemi, said: “It is a case of homicide and child stealing. The deceased was found dead on the bed in quite a suspicious circumstance, and the prime suspect is the husband of the woman who we haven’t seen.
“So, we have a case of homicide and child stealing on our hands and we have commenced investigation.”http://www.agbosblog.com/2014/08/photo-man-kills-his-wife-just-day-after.html

HappyJoe:
The first pix shows the state of the terminal last August (foundation level). 2nd pix shows this August - at this rate, I think they'll be done this year. Chinese don't mess around.

Not Chinese but Julius Berger. China is building Lagos and Abuja terminal

ajani1978: You must be mad or you need psychiatric medical help. Let me tell you if you don't know. Gen. Abacha create Fuel subsidy 1995. When the tanker drivers protest against carry fuels from Lagos to North.

Trouble in paradise? Too soon oooooh! NigerDelta and Ndiigbo go soon give una chance, 2015 is not too far. I dun prepare for that referendum. bastard looter! (Thievies)

Looking at the chat above, it doesn't take a genius to know that the next President should be Igbo.

Whilst the election was running AIT kept reporting falsely that APC was Leading. Other internet agent of APC did the same. i.e. Sahara Reporters, Premium times etc.

Ndiigbo and greed... Odiegwu oooh! smh!

dontjealousme: Why should the rascal Aregbesola announce himself winner in an on going election? Causing voters to either vote for him or give up and return home. APC is a sick party. The election will be settled in court.



pdp was leading then APC started announcing themselves as winner of the election still in process. Can u imagine.


That is fraud.