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Reports that Islamic State militants in Mosul have contracted Ebola swirled though Iraqi media sources on Wednesday. World Health Organization officials said they haven't confirmed the cases, but the organization has reached out to offer assistance. Three outlets reported that Ebola showed up at a hospital in Mosul, a city 250 miles north of Baghdad that's been under ISIS control since June 2014. The reports, however, have perpetuated mostly in pro-government and Kurdish media. SEE ALSO: The Woman Who Escaped the Islamic State "We have no official notification from [the Iraqi government] that it is Ebola," Christy Feig, WHO's director of communications told Mashable. Feig added that WHO is in the process of reaching out to government officials in Iraq to see if they need help investigating the cases, a task that could be a challenge, given the restrictions that would come with operating in ISIS-controlled territory. It's unclear if any disease experts or doctors in Mosul are even able to test for the Ebola virus. A Kurdish official, who was convinced the cases are Ebola, told the Kurdish media outlet Xendan that the militants' symptoms were similar to those of the Ebola virus. However, Ebola symptoms — nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding and bruising — are also similar to those associated with a number of other diseases, including malaria, Lassa fever, yellow fever viruses and the Marburg virus. Also, most confirmed Ebola cases in this recent outbreak have originated in West Africa. Citing an unnamed source in a Mosul hospital, Iraq's official pro-government newspaper, al Sabaah, said the disease arrived in Mosul from "terrorists" who came "from several countries" and Africa. While ISIS has recruited foreign fighters, very few of them — if any at all — are believed to have traveled from West Africa. The majority of the Islamic State's African fighters came from Tunisia, according to a Washington Post report. Others came from Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and Somalia — none of which reported any Ebola cases in 2014. If the cases in Mosul turn out to be Ebola — a scenario that, at this point, seems highly unlikely — it would mark the first time the virus had been detected in an area controlled by ISIS, a group that doesn't embrace science and modern medicine. Over the past few weeks, militants affiliated with ISIS have executed more than a dozen doctors in Mosul, according to Benjamin T. Decker, an intelligence analyst with the Levantine Group, a Middle East-based geopolitical risk and research consultancy. "U.N. workers have thus far been prohibited from entering ISIS-controlled territory in both Iraq and Syria," Decker, who specializes in Iraq, told Mashable. "In this context," he said, "the lack of medical infrastructure, supplies and practitioners in the city suggests that the outbreak could quickly lead to further infection of both ISIS fighters and residents of Mosul." http://mashable.com/2014/12/31/isis-islamic-state-ebola/ |
What a lovely piece. It really depicts the brain washing that our pastors subject us too. They have really made fools of us but I can see that our eyes are opening gradually. |
marylandcakes:This is the best cake I have seen so far. Unfortunately, you are not in Nigeria. I really need a cake of similar quality |
Very good writing style. Watching you |
pappilo:u sound like a Dana director or major shareholder. |
Poznan:That wasn't even a marriage cos it was founded on falsehood. |
galaxybabe:In this case it will be an annulment not divorce cos she deceived the man into marrying her. |
Is it off admiralty? |
Put the price. |
vacant06:Why can't u pray for her to be d president? Must a man always define a woman? |
nomabeeee:I agree with u This was my conclusion as well. |
aisha2:My thoughts exactly. Its the mindset that has put a lot of women in trouble, causing them to endure unacceptable behaviour from male partners. I am glad that in this generation, women r waking up. |
At times like this, nld needs a dislike button. Naija women putting fellow naija women in slavery si ce 20 bc. She is black not white. Ezibless: |
pansophist:I think multiplication will be a better function. |
Edwinmason:http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28894757?ocid=socialflow_twitter |
The salons that hope you can't tell goats and humans apart By Sam Piranty BBC News In China, hair extensions, wigs and weaves are big business. Buyers in hair salons and shopping malls are often told they are getting real human hair - but when you look closely, sometimes things are not as they seem. In a tiny village in Hunan province, central China a man dressed in a white vest and shorts rides around the dusty streets on a rusty bicycle, shouting and ringing his bell. I stop him and ask what he's up to. "I'm collecting hair," he says. "When I ring my bell women come out and I cut their hair. I make hair extensions." I ask him how much he pays women for their hair. "I offer them a good price, but I need to make a profit," he says with a smile. The streets of the village are covered in hair drying beneath the scorching sun. Some of the hair is definitely human hair, yet the number of shaven goats wandering the streets suggests otherwise. After collecting the hair, he takes it to a small factory where ten women weave it together into hair extensions. Looking on, I can see that some of the hair being woven together is human and some of it definitely is not. He then sells it to larger factories where it is treated with chemicals before being sold to shops around the country. I left Hunan wanting to see where the hair went next. So I visited the megacity of Guangzhou. The city - formerly known as Canton - has always been one of China's most important trading hubs and wealthiest cities. Massive hotels and office blocks dominate the skyline close to the vast and murky brown Pearl River. The tops of the skyscrapers are hidden amid the thick palpable pollution. Beneath the smog is where I met Lily. She owns a shop selling wigs and hair extensions in Guangzhou's enormous beauty exchange centre in an area known as Sanyuanli. Here you can buy anything from nail polish and night cream to foot spas and foundation. The lower floor of the market however is dedicated to hair - terrifying mannequins sport wigs and weaves of every colour the rainbow has to offer. Lily sits on a stool in her shop, bunching the recently delivered hair together into fringes, curls and metre-long straight extensions. The hair is held together with labels which supposedly tell us their country of origin. Here, apparently, one can buy hair from Peru, India and Brazil. There are no Chinese customers here though - every buyer seems to be from Africa. Nigerians, Ghanaians, Congolese, South Africans, Angolans and Ugandans scour the impressive hall for the best-priced hair extensions available. They tell me they can triple their money when they get home. Towards the end of a busy day I ask shop owner Lily how her business is doing. "It's ok, we used to sell to Europe and America, but now nearly 100% of my clients are in Africa," she says. Lily shows me a list of the nationalities of the traders she sells to - of the 39 countries on the list, 37 are in Africa, reflecting the large African community in this city. "It's good business for me, but the problem is we pay more for the hair now, as living and production costs in China are higher now." Lily then describes, how in order to make her business profitable, she has to use fake scales when weighing out hair to customers and buy a mixture of human hair and synthetic or goat hair to lower costs. "We say it is Indian hair or Brazilian hair, but in fact it is normally Chinese hair or even goat hair. They never realise. This is the only way we can keep things cheap," she says, adding that her customers always drive a hard bargain. Before we can finish our conversation Marie from Uganda comes in, demanding: "I want Brazilian hair, only Brazilian, give me your best quality and best price." The negotiation goes on for hours under the watchful eyes of the wig-wearing, angry-looking mannequins. As the sun sinks and the moon begins to rise over Guangzhou's polluted skyline, Marie leaves empty-handed. I run after her as she leaves the shop to ask if she knows that some of the hair isn't human. "Of course I know. The Chinese think we're stupid. I come all the way from Uganda and they think I don't know hair," she says. Marie pauses and then lets out a huge, hearty laugh before coming close to whisper in my ear: "I laugh a lot when I go home and I know that the beautiful women of Kampala have goats on their heads." |
RentedReality:Too many cerebral ppl on this thread. Very nice arguments from both sides |
SaintChukz:Well written |
I am an Engineer and have at least 8 years working experience and I don't agree with the OP. The Medical corpers already have job experience. From clinical in university and housemanship. He can confidently run a small clinic without any help. Meanwhile the engineer is still a full blown trainee. He is offering essential services meanwhile an Engineer corper isn't. Op rather than look for equity at NYSC level, why don't you get focused and aim higher. If u work hard and play smart, u can earn six times to ten times what an average doctor of ur level will earn after NYSC. Healthcare is sensitive and Government responsibility, while engineering wages are mainly market and industry sector driven. |
If that must happen, the man should also give the woman control over his finance |
adebayour26: That wedding is doomed to crash if both of them cannot just bury their ego especially that woman.Especially the woman cos she is d slave and also less human |
ChiSun27: I have never believed that men are more superior than women....I have seen smart ladies in the midst of men that I couldn't help but ponder on their level of reasoning and handling of organizational activities effectively and efficiently....and on the reverse you will see the male counterparts lazying around without any drive to climb the higher ladder.That's d thing about this article. It shouldn't be about hating any of the sexes. Its understanding equity and justice differently or making it broader. U mentioned official and home life. I think this new view point says both d man and woman should be involved in balancing home and official life in a peaceful way that would favour both. |
kilokeys: oveflogged issue... mtcheww.You still didn't understand the article or u didn't read it. |
aisha2: ApplauseThat's what I like about the article. That finally it's been realised that equal rights can't be had if men were also not considered. I hope that d future sees a change in traditions that box ppl into roles that put them at a disadvantage. |
tmosco: As long as man and woman are not equal,gender equality cannot be achieved.Did u read the article at all? Abi u still want to keep spewing d age long hate clichés |
Harry Porter's, Emma Watson gives an insightful speech on feminism. A refreshing view point. “Today, we are launching a campaign called HeForShe. I am reaching out to you before we need your help. We want to end gender inequality and to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN. We want to try to galvanise as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change and we don’t just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it’s tangible.” “I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for U.N. Women six months ago and the more I’ve spoken about feminism, the more I have realised that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.” “For the record, feminism, by definition, is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes. I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago.” “When I was 8, I was confused about being called ‘bossy’ because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents. But the boys were not. When at 14, I started to be sexualised by certain elements of the media, when at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams, because they didn’t want to appear ‘muscle-y,’ when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings, I decided that I was a feminist. And this seems uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.” “Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, ‘too aggressive,’ isolating and anti-men, unattractive, even. Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?” “I am from Britain and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body, I think [applause break] ... I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and the decisions that affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men.” “But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality. These rights, I consider to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones, my life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn’t assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influencers are the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today.” “They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world today. We need more of those and if you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important. It’s the idea and the ambition behind it. Because not all women have received the same rights that I have. In fact, statistically, very few have been.” “In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today. But what stood out for me the most was that less than 30 per cent of the audience were male. How can we affect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?” “Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation.” [Applause break] “Gender equality is your issue too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society despite my needing his presence, as a child, as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them less of a man. In fact, in the U.K., suicide is the biggest killer of men, between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality, either.” “We don’t want to talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that they are. When they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. If men don’t have to be aggressive, women won’t be compelled to be submissive. If men don’t need to control, women won’t have to be controlled.” “It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals. We should stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are. We can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom. I want men to take up this mantle so their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human, too and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves.” “You might think, ‘Who is this Harry Potter girl? What is she doing at the U. N.?’ And it’s a really good question — I’ve been asking myself the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make it better. And having seen what I’ve seen and given the chance, I feel my responsibility to say something. Statesman Edmund Burke said all that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.” “In my nervousness for this speech and my moments of doubt, I’ve told myself firmly, ‘If not me, who? If not now, when?’ If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope that those words will be helpful because the reality is, if we do nothing, it will take 75 years or for me, to be nearly 100, before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work — 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children and at current rates, it won’t be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.” “If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier and for this, I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is that we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward to be seen and to ask yourself, ‘If not me, who? If not now, when?’ Thank you very, very much.” |
ice234: Picture or !!!!!!!Here
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ice234: I opened my access account in 2010 then they do deduct N200 every month (e channel fee and card maintainance fee) IMAGINE!!! Now they charge me 1200 every febuary as account maintainance fee... This is first class fraud. They also charge for nonsense sms charge (they charge for bday messages, goodwill messages etc) dude GTBank had NEVER charged my for goodwill messages or account maintainance, e channel, card maintainance charge. My account balance is always the way I left it.gtbank charged me 2500 last week Card maintenance fees |
Speaking to a gtbank staff and he said the problem is that the bank doesn't treat the staff well. So a lot of good staffs have left. Most remaining are not passionate about their jobs. |
I thought he referred to gtbank. And still that's very inefficient. As someone can easily get ur transfer code without ur consent. We don't need to argue that bit ppl who have d knowledge know it's true. Also the son can use d phone to make unneccesary calls, buy Internet data to use. Its very wrong. olaeffect: |
Use the phone number attached to ur gtbank account. Dial *737* credit amount# finish. U get credited Most kids have their parents transfer codes. And it's wrong for a bank to depnd o d networks transfer code for security. Thats gross insecurity. olaeffect: please enlighten us on how to transfer airtime form one mobile to another without transfer code. I sure hope you understand what is being talked about here please. |
I have 40,000 naira lost si.ce may last year. I have gone to three different branches to report, filled countless forms. Reported on twitter, Facebook, gtconnect, cimplaints@gtbank.co and no refund. Even last week I still dey follow d matter up. I have finally decided to leave them for access, Stanbic or scb |
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