₦airaland Forum

Sincere9gerian: The president is only following after the footsteps of leaders of APC, who were the first to 'hobnob' with Modu Sheriff

DMainMan: Yes. To be qualified:

n applicant must have a Bachelors
degree in any field of Engineering, (other
than Electrical or Electronics Engineering),
Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science
of the University of Lagos or any other
recognized institute

tit: Fifa own too much.
What is their biz with the conduct of Nff elections?
Once they receive an official notification about NFF leadership, they should accept it.

henrysam: Haters will continue to amaze me. Adult can take care of themselves. But kids do not have control.
Op must u criticise every efforts of the government blindly.
I leave you to your conscience.

kakashi12: it just says u dont have a masters

Sincere9gerian: The leader of APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is reported to have travelled abroad for medical treatment.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/akande-ogbeh-baraje-jostle-for-apc-bot-chair/187293/

Tinubu was governor of Lagos state for 8 years after which his anointed successor and incumbent governor took over.

Tinubu is the leader of the APC, the major opposition party in Nigeria, which is making mouth watery promises, including healthcare reforms, if elected in 2015.

One would have expected Tinubu and his gang to atleast show the PDP how it is done by transforming the Lagos healthcare system or was 14 years not enough for Tinubu's party to do the needful in Lagos state?

Since Tinubu and his gang now travel abroad for medical care, what is the fate of the over 20 million Lagosians?

What is obvious is that Tinubu and his party do not trust the Lagos healthcare system they claim to have transformed in 14 years.

ba7man: I'm not a fan of the two either............but when PDP and APC line up their members, I can bet that PDP will field 5x the number of snakes in APC ranks.


+ PDP has got most of the least performing Governors in Nigeria. It seems they have a problem identifying good leaders.

Imagine endorsing candidates like Omisore and Fayose (Also considering Alao-Akala)......Now those are real daft choices from PDP.

If they have better candidates, no problem, they should field them but their current choices of leaders leave much to be desired.

Ahmeduana: MIND U WE ARE TALKIN ABOUT JONATHAN GOVERMENT NOT OBASANJO GOVERMENT!SO GET UR FACT RYT

Nobleval: I live in Lagos....so what are you tryna prove?

deeobserver209: APC getting what it deserves. They thought they can go about dragging every government institutions down into their dirty brand of politics.
DSS already knew their tactics. Which is: To behave unruly, commit crimes, break the law, and then cryout to high heavens when arrested. In the process taking advantage of the opposition party status to rubbish and portray the Federal Government as intolerant to the international community. For God sake what kind of Party is that? APC is synonymous with lies!

Go DSS. APC has taken the bait. Teach these guys a BIG lesson. I have never seen a political party that won an election and still go about wining.
I said it yesterday and I will say it again APC is a Useless Party.

Sincere9gerian: Nonsense! So the DSS should not defend itself from the onslaught from the APC? So it is right for the APC to make insinuations but wrong for the DSS to match them in their own game? My guy, you'r not making sense.

Sincere9gerian: We got here because of your party, the APC. If Lai Muhammed did not attack the DSS, the DSS spokesperson would not have made all those informations public. The DSS only returned fire to a political party with penchant for mischief and crying foul at every slightest opportunity.

If a bird flew northwards on election day, the APC will cry foul. If the same bird flew southwards, the APC will cry foul. What can be done to satisfy your masters in APC?

Kill APC today and over 50% of Nigeria's problem would disappear automatically.

We need an opposition party no doubt but not one in the mode of APC. APC is EVIL

Sincere9gerian: I love the DSS spokesperson. Lai Muhammed met his match in the DSS spokesperson. Lai Muhammed started attacking the DSS for no just cause but I'm sure he has gotten more for himself and his party than he bargained for. Next time, Lair Muhammed should be able to tame his leaky mouth. He is not the only Nigerian that can speak good English or make INSINUATIONS.

The DSS spokesperson was only defending the good work the DSS has been doing for our country. Politicians should leave the DSS out of their dirty politics.

Meanwhile, after the APC lost the Anambra election, they called for the sack of Prof Jega and disbandment of INEC. That same Prof Jega and INEC has now declared APC the winner in Osun. I wonder what becomes of all the allegations APC made against INEC and Prof Jega after the Anambra election, allegations the party could not substantiate in any court of law till date?

It would appear that APC seeks to destroy every public institution in Nigeria because of insatiable selfish political ambitions of a few cabal. APC leaders are power drunk and everything about the party is disgusting.

Billygee2u: fakest news.anyone who believes ds backyard cooked story must have his or her brain checked

iyeminifie: How does blasting n questioning the administrative style of the commander in chief enhance the developmnt of Lagos State or Nigeria. Our Political office holders should learn how to talk about higher authorities Or equals irrespective of party affiliations because in the long run it reduces the trust n respect the people have on the government Generally

Relatives and associates of the female medical doctor and other health workers who contracted the Ebola Virus Disease from the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, share the gloomy experiences of the victims with TEMITAYO FAMUTIMI and AFEEZ HANAFI.

"Go there yourself and witness firsthand the condition under which they are being taken care of,” Dr. Helen Boyo-Ekwueme charged at one of the journalists inquiring about the welfare of the health workers battling with Ebola, at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.

The atmosphere was tense. Relatives and professional colleagues of the female medical doctor and other health workers, who contracted the disease from the late Liberian- American, Patrick Sawyer, had gathered to brief journalists at a press conference which held in Ikoyi, Lagos. Boyo-Ekwueme, a pathologist, and one of the concerned relatives kept on laying emphasis on the fact that the female medical doctor must not be left to die.

Noting that the press conference was not called to trade blames with the Federal Government or the Lagos State Government, she painted a picture of utter neglect of the female doctor and her medical colleagues who have been placed in isolation at the IDH. The pathologist who claimed to have been to the IDH in company with other family members and professional colleagues alleged that the Ebola patients were not been properly looked after. Arguing that proper basic treatment and immune boosting drugs that can be of help to the patients were generally lacking, she concluded that only “international help” could make them live a little longer.

She lamented, “We are not fighting anybody. We are simply giving voice to the voiceless. Those people in isolation at the IDH cannot voice out these concerns. Let them have basic treatment. It
shouldn’t be as if we just stood there and abandon them and watch them die one by one. “They are human beings. That female doctor is a patriotic Nigerian and she needs to be helped. You people (journalists) should go there and see the surroundings where they are being treated. You would wonder if these are human beings who still have relatives. “They are just being left on their own. Nobody is counselling them. They are just there as if they have been forgotten. We should remember that they didn’t ask to contract Ebola and it can happen to anybody. We are appealing for international help for these health workers.”

Spokesperson for the group of seven concerned family members and colleagues of the Ebola victims, Dr. Ladi Okuboyejo, buttressed Boyo-Ekwueme’s claims stating that people including medical personnel deployed were now running away from the ailing victims. Explaining that the Ebola outbreak was beyond the capacity of the scary Nigerian physicians, Okuboyejo insisted that the conditions under which the Ebola victims were being looked after was appalling. Okuboyejo, a medical practitioner, stated that there was a dearth of requisite drugs and basic medical supplies needed by the victims adding that the poor general sanitary condition of the isolation facility was despicable.

“If a health facility doesn’t have light, doesn’t have water and the sanitary system is not working properly then we have got a problem. Now the patients are critically ill and their condition is getting worse by day. People, including some medical personnel, are now running away from them.

“The reality is that the disease is beyond our capacity to handle in this country. The international
community needs to rise up to our aid. The victims are not being properly treated. Forget that the Nigeria Medical Association is on strike, we cannot handle it,” he stated.

But as the concerned associates of the Ebola victims lamented the state of affairs with their loves ones at the press conference, a close family source confided in one of our correspondents that the American doctor had been the one personally footing the bill for the purchase of basic medical supplies for the victims. The family source who preferred anonymity stated that a long list of medical and general need items presented to the authorities by the foreign physician had yet to be supplied.

“Where is the $12m the Federal Government said it released to fight Ebola. Remember that the matron and the ECOWAS protocol officer are already dead. Do they want all of them to start dying one after the other,” the source added.

As they took turns to address journalists, another immediate family member of one of the patients, Deji Akinyanju, drew the microphones to himself and began his own round of lamentation. Akinyanju who declined to name her ailing relative, stated that the feedbacks he has got from the isolation centre showed that the Ebola victims’ health was fast deteriorating. He alleged that the Nigerian physicians working with the American WHO expert were those with little or no experience in managing the highly contagious disease. With a note of disappointment in his voice, Akinyanju, who said he had been visiting his critically ill relative at the IDH stated, that the WHO expert have also highlighted the need for more experienced hands to help salvage what remains of the health of the isolated health workers.

“There is a need for more medical personnel that will help look after them. Certain immune booster could also have been easily given to them. We are just concerned family members. But from what we have seen we think more can be done to help them,” Akinyanju said.

When contacted, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, was unavailable for comments. His telephone line rang out when one of our correspondent
contacted him. Also, a text message sent to him, was not replied to as at press time on Thursday.