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[/quote]BOGOTA—Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday that he has prostate cancer. He said the tumour was caught early and would be removed this week.
The 61-year-old Santos told reporters in announcing the cancer at the presidential palace, his wife Maria Clemencia at his side, that he has a 97 per cent chance of a full recovery.
“It’s a small tumour located in the prostate gland and the prognosis is good, that is to say it’s not aggressive,” Santos added.
He said he planned to fly to Lima, Peru later Monday for a summit of South American and Arab leaders and then undergo surgery on his return to Bogota on Wednesday.
Santos said the surgery would be performed under local anesthetic so he would not need to relinquish temporarily his presidential responsibilities.
Santos said his doctors told him the surgery places him in no danger, “but they have recommended that after the surgery and after I leave the hospital, I don’t travel for several weeks.”
He was also joined by his doctor, Felipe Gomez, who characterized Santos’ situation as “common among men.”
The news comes two years into Santos’ four-year term and with his government about to begin formal peace talks this month with Colombia’s main leftist rebel group.
Santos said his medical records would be completely public. That contrasts sharply with the president of neighbouring Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who has refused to release medical records regarding the cancer that was identified last year and for which he has been treated in Cuba.
Santos did not say exactly when the cancer was detected but he said it was found by his doctor in Colombia after a routine annual physical and confirmed by specialists at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New York during his visit last week for the U.N. General Assembly.
“This could happen to anyone. Prostate cancer is much more common than people imagine,” said Santos. “I am calm because this cancer was detected very early thanks to my discipline in repeating medical exams year after year.”
Santos said he has a family history of prostate cancer and that his older brother, Luis Fernando, had exactly the same operation 14 years ago “and today is in perfect health.”
Santos said that because of the family history he had a Protein-Specific Antigen test. When it indicated an abnormal increase, he said, his doctor decided to do a biopsy. And that’s when the cancer was discovered.
Dr. Gomez coincided with Santos that the cancer had been caught early and said “that if all goes as it should I hope he will recover quickly and continue to be our president.”[quote]

I hope all nigerian (and african) leaders in public offices learn from this man and conduct themselves in a civilized manner.
We don't want insults to our collective intelligence any more. A situation when a 'public servant' takes ill and is flown abroad for treatment.. only for the nation to be told they went for some much needed rest abroad is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Governor Seriake Dickson, rumoured to be ill, is presently out of the country. The cover story for him was: "he went to woo foreign investors."

Late Umar Musa Yar'Adua wasted away in Saudi Arabia under mysterious circumstances.

Likewise, former president Attah Mills of Ghana died in a rather shocking manner following a protracted illness most of his countrymen didn't know about. Indeed, he claimed he was hale 'n hearty on return from an overseas medical checkup days before his demise.

It is not an offence or fraud to fall sick, so why are our leaders doing this to themselves? Infact, it is part of the transparency/ accountability and mutual regard required of any public office holder to disclose to the nation their health status if need be.

Who buys my ideas?

Goldieluks:
Am not in support of them winning almost every game (this season) with the pop-up of penalty. But on a serious note, they were robbed off the supposed penalty shot. Stupid referee.

That's much better dear. Good to know you're not in support of cheating.
However, I think the only genuinely debatable penalty call was Sandro's inadvertent handling of the ball in the 18-yard box. Frankly, that was a 50-50 decision which lies in the referee's discretion. Since the referee didn't award a penalty, I urge you to move on.
True champions don't blame losses on a penalty that should have been. They take responsibility for their losses, not only wins.
Now, behave like the champions you claim ManU are

Goldieluks:
Am not in support of them winning almost every game (this season) with the pop-up of penalty. But on a serious note, they were robbed off the supposed penalty shot. Stupid referee.

That's much better dear. Good to know you're not in support of cheating.
However, I think the only genuinely debatable penalty call was Sandro's inadvertent handling of the ball in the 18-yard box. Frankly, that was a 50-50 decision which lies at the referee's discretion. Since the referee didn't award a penalty, I urge you to move on.
True champions don't blame losses on a penalty that should have been. They take responsibility for their losses, not only wins.
Now, behave like the champions you claim ManU are

Goldieluks:


They were only beaten by one point. Its not as if the daft head referee did not destroy the game for us, by robbing us off our penalty and the hand ball, even when we were fouled. But tis all good. Man U is still the best. Nanite bud!

The referee what?!
Well, it's no longer news that ManU cannot win against a competitive EPL team without the 'FA' dubiously awarding one or two penalties.
You see, you are getting used to a bad thing (ojoro). Wouldn't you agree you should be ashamed of yourself and ManU?

Ojoro United

All hail Chelsea FC.

Respect the king of London and champions of Europe!

Is that so hard to do?.. After all the noise made here before the match, the champions have proven their worth on the pitch. End

Arsenal my foot..Mcheew :p

Ivynwa: You so love this your Zidane that you went pleading for him. Lol
Hey I wasn't nailing him to the cross, I hope you are happy now
Zidane actually played a good game that day and worked hard for his team, it was a pity that happened.
Nobody is perfect dearie, not me not you but some behaviours as aggressive & brutal as headbutting shouldn't be found in man. Head butting reminds one of a bull not of a handsome fella like Zidane. Smile!

Your point is made and well-received too.
I surrender, I love 'Prof' cos some of us know he's a fine gentleman. (I no be gay oo )
Felt good reading the content of your reply.

Ivynwa: Are you kidding me?
I watched that match too and admired his football skills but he shouldn't be excused for that primitive/cave man's behaviour of headbutting neither should the person he buttheaded be blamed for marring his (Zidane's) career. What happened to self control?

I think Zidane naturally has a high level of maturity and self control. It was just too much of shyt to take.

Come to think of it. Somebody tells you during a heated match that he wouldn't mind to 'have' your w*hore sister after the match.
You no go die there, when you no be bastard?
You go dey form self control? .. U mean Zizou was supposed to have smiled and just walked away?
Hey! He did it for his sister..cos in the end, family is more important than football.

It's a shame it happened, but it was a natural provoked response for which I can't blame Zidane.:-|

Oh well, Materazzi got a 2-match ban and a li'l fine.
Didn't fit the magnitude of his crime, I'd say.

What an infamous end-of-career for one of the finest in football history!
Zidane, the renowned Professor of football

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Materazzi

Just wondering:

Materazzi became the hero, Zidane villain.
I reckon whatever language Materazzi used on Zidane must have been far worse that Terry's to Anton, to draw such an inflammed response from Zizou.
Was Materazzi ever sanctioned by FIFA?

SailorXY: al this cry no go change nothing... united got many bad calls last season, but of course its "normal" becuz it is "deserved". just move on! besides sir alex made liverpool look like barca with that midfield line up and has refused to address it over the years

Hmm.. Oga!!
"United got many bad calls last season" just because hard-fighting ManCity beat ManUre to the league title, isn't it?
Do you remember how Howard Webb single-handedly ruined Chelsea's 3-goal lead against United last season, amongst countless other prejudice in blatant favour of United?
So much for your 'many bad calls'.

Manchester United is full of shameless, cheating pr*cks
Little wonder no fair individual respects ManU these days. This chronic 'ojoro' is bordering on the ridiculous.
The real teams in EPL contention are the other 19teams.. :|

@osheshe:

Your pains are understandable, but I'd say you should take it easy.
I don't consider the issue being discussed rocket science.

You see, it's not about trying to elevate one course above the other. From days of long ago, year-by-year guidelines for each course are (ideally) outlined in the Prospectus of each faculty in a standard university. If you go and check the prospectuses of institutions like U.I, O.A.U, UNILAG, I am certain you'll find out that NO grade point system course has provisions for resit exams BUT provision for carry over of COMPULSORY courses exist.
Whereas, if you check under the requirements for faculties like Vet. Medicine, Pharmacy and Medicine, resit exams are clearly spelt out.
In essence, it amounts to treachery to write resit exams (instead of carry-over) in grade point system courses. PARTICULARLY if marks scored in the previously failed exam will have no bearing on the student's final CGPA.
Although I have no solid proof,It's likely this is done exclusively in private universities, as the few government universities I know don't do it.

Instead of whining about this NUC decision and trying to justify a wrong precedence, what you should ask yourself is:
"Why doesn't it make SENSE for resit exams to be conducted in grade point system courses?"

If you have a thorough understanding of the CGPA system, and you are (at least) of average intelligence, I'm sure you will find the answer in you dear.

Conversely, "Why does it make sense for, say, medical students to write resit exams instead of carry-over (since you said all courses should be equal)?"

I'll give you the answer to this one: It's because ALL courses are compulsory in Medicine, Pharm, Vet, Physiotherapy. So, you WILL NEVER move on to the next level without passing all courses at the previous level first.

My dear, no need to over-flog this issue, and attack other people. The facts are well laid out.
Put sentiments away and let's move on.

I repeat, NUC on point

NUC is right.

It is plain and logical. This ban on resit exams applies to ALL courses where grade point system is used, because a true CGPA (cumulative grade point average) does not take into account resit exams.

The ideal is: Fail or pass, ALL the scores of any student studying grade point system course is used in computing the student's CGPA.
The only exam a student is permitted to re-register for and write again at the next semester (or next available opportunity) are failed COMPULSORY courses, otherwise known as carry-overs.. And BOTH the score of the initially failed attempt and the eventually passed carry-over are used in computing the student's CGPA.

In essence, resit is ILLEGAL for grade point system courses.

On the other hand, resit exams are the norm in certain courses that do not utilize grade points beyond the preliminary year. E.g: Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy
That is why you can NEVER hear someone graduating with a 1st class these courses. You can only pass, and qualify as a Medical/Vet Doctor or Pharmacist.. And for as long as you keep failing resit exams in any of these courses, you keep repeating the same year until you either pass or you are booted out of the system.

NUC has done very well on this.

Na so crase dey start!.. @the consistently inconsistent news about Dame Patience's health status.

I refuse to follow join d crase of speculations.
It is certain that in the end, Mrs PEJ can only be: 'Dead' or 'Alive'

Whichever Dame will come out with, only time will tell.

I hope she comes out alive though, even though no be me send am 'cosmetic' surgery. Otondo

dandadee: IBB and wife enter Aso rock...wife left (much later)
Abacha and wife enter Aso rock..Abacha left
OBJ and wife enter Aso rock..wife left
Yar'Adua and wife enter Aso rock..Yar'Adua left
GEJ and wife enter Aso rock...

GEJ pray for your wife o..

Hmm.. ^^This is a striking and logical sequence.
Take note how the trend goes: Female-Male-Female-Male-________ (Fill in the gap).

Jokes apart, Jona has to pray real hard to break this cycle.
Even though Mr and Mrs GEJ na major fckup, I pray God heals Dame by mercy o.

Afterall, we're all mortals..and as things be now, e be like say any presido wey enter Aso Rock don enter one-chance ee! :-x

First, the guy who produced the so-called film is not an American. I hear he is Egyptian. So, question is:
Why are these extremists taking it out on USA, UK, Germany, Israel et al?

The German and British embassies were attacked in Sudan yesterday. Yemen, Lebanon, Indonesia have joined the 'protest'.
Looks more like the film is just an excuse by fanatics to attack the percieved (in their deluded minds) nations to be enemies of Islam.

Afterall, insults on christianity exist. A not too distant example is the video 'Alejandro' by Lady Gaga (depicting a catholic sister having sex, and being humiliated). Has any Catholic/ christian called for Lady Gaga's head or destroyed lives and property at American embassies?
Other movies have tried to degrade Jesus Christ, but no response from christians similar to what we are witnessing now. The reason is simple:

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

Neither America, Great Britain, Israel, Germany, France, Netherlands or Denmark etc is at fault here, so these muslim extremists should stop destroying and killing. Stop being the clog in the world's wheel of progress. Can't we just make the world a peaceful and better place?!

Nice one, General Obasanjo.. Bull's eye!!
The capacity for critical reasoning and reaching logical conclusions is the hallmark of a true leader.

That's much unlike GEJ, who obviously lacks such capacity. All GEJ does is to surround himself with some apparently 'brilliant' minds, so that all he needs do is to APPROVE whatever those people tell him is best without thinking at all. In the end, what we have is the likes of Sanusi Lamido, Okonjo-Wahala and co running the country by proxy for their own parochial gains. We've got a figurehead president, my ppl.

So much for a PhD holder.. *smh

To say the least, it is 110% unethical and an insult for the FG to put late Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti's face on the proposed #5,000 note without informing or seeking consent from her family.

For those of us who remember the cruel manner this same woman was killed by the Obasanjo military regime by dropping her from the second floor in a storey building, Femi/Seun/whoever must be a full-blooded BASTARD to allow such a further insult on their grandma. Truly, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti would not have taken such nonsense, were she alive.

What sort of national (dis)honour are some people talking about here. You killed my grandmother, then you wanna ridicule her further by putting her face on a useless currency note? Where is the honour in that? Why didn't FG try it when Fela was alive?.. Anyways, such madness is the order of the day in nigeria. I'm certain this is one of the reasons Chinua Achebe declined their so-called national (dis)honour award.

Seriously, I think it is the FG who is looking for cheap popularity here. Nonsense!!

@chipmunkey: Hmm...You should try to know more about hypertension, because IT IS A KILLER DISEASE. Without aiming to derail the thread, let me highlight few vital things to note. I however hope other NLers will benefit from this bit of exegesis.

Hypertension causes gradual, often painless damage over time to the following main body organs:
1. The brain (with d end point being stroke)
2. The eyes (end point- partial/total blindness)
3. The heart (end point- heart pump failure)
4. The kidneys (end point- Kidney failure)
5. The blood vessels (end point- Heart failure, stroke, Kidney failure, 'pulmonary thromboembolism')

Hypertension can occur in young individuals.

However, it can be controlled if detected early through regular blood pressure checks.
If undetected, one may be diagnosed as hypertensive for the first time when problems eventually arise (such as stroke, Heart failure, renal failure, visual loss amongst others). This is undesirable. That is why regular screening is important.

The following are helpful in lowering the risk of developing hypertension:
1. Regular moderate exercise (e.g brisk walking, treadmill, jogging, athletes, gym workout)
2. Avoid smoking- it promotes damage to blood vessels and heart
3. Cut down on fatty food intake (e.g fried foods, Pastry, too much of eggs etc)
4. Cut down salt intake (e.g Some individuals form the habit of sprinkling salt on food before they eat)
5. Obese individuals are more at risk, so, get regular BP checks (At worst, once every 6months)

Again, just my 2cents.
Cheers!

May the soul of the departed RIP.

However, @OP: how do you account for the six other 'access bank staff' who died of hypertension, as implied in the thread topic?

If this cannot be explained/verified, you'll do well to modify the topic as appropriate, in order not to mislead the good citizens of Nairaland.

Just my humble opinion.

G-Baba, no be lie, I don miss u die!!

Now, how I wish I reside on lagos island
Gosh!!

Hullo everyone!

Pls I'd like to find out if, out of the stock available in the nigerian market, there are inferior and superior grades of car A/C refridgerants .

If there are grades, which particular brands of R-134a perform best, without causing damage to the A/C circuit?
OR.. Are all brands of the same refridgerant type equally efficient?

Experienced people in the house, kindly share your views on this. Thanks.

Hullo NLers, I observed expressions like "my car consumes xyz Kilometers/Litre" in some of the previous posts. Pls, this is very wrong. Your car consumes xyz litres of fuel/Kilometer is the appropriate expression.

That said, my 2003 E0D (4cyl, 2.4L, DOHC) expends less than half tank from Ekpoma to Ibadan with AC all the way.
I still use the car for a day or two in Ibadan (with A/C) before hitting the half tank mark on the fuel gauge. However, I've noticed that the gauge falls faster between half tank and empty, compared to between full and half tank.
I should take time to do the math, and come up with precise values of my car's fuel consumption/Km one of these days

I must say you guys are doing a really commendable job on this thread. Nice one!!

Kindly help run a check on this VIN:
1HGCM56313A063981

Looking forward to the full report ASAP.
Thanks.. May God bless you beyond measure. Amen.

Excuse me, I've used a 626 (1990, manual, sometimes referred to as 'Capella').
Let me assure you that is the most rugged, reliable and efficient car I ever used.
Bought as Toks in 1999 by a family friend, who travelled constantly with it without any faults. Only periodic engine servicing. Transferred to me for a token in 2005 (I was in Uni then).
Ppl, I've never seen a car so balanced on the highway (car had 15"rims by d way), speed, steering/handling was great, suspension system top notch. I travelled a lot with d car and d car never disappointed for d four years it was my 1st choice car. Other road users driving all these big (relatively modern) cars often marveled at my dashing 626's abilities.
Only other thing I noticed was d clutch kit seemed to have a rather short lifespan, so I had to change mine at least once a year. Thankfully, d kit ain't expensive and it's easy to change.
Poster: I will advise u wholeheartedly to go for a Mazda. It should serve u VERY WELL, provided u are a good driver. If u can get a manual, I'd say u choose it in lieu of auto.

Nice 1 oo, kokomaster!
Any 'beefer' wey misyarn, Baba e lo maa rundown

Another Okija: Technically, a car with just one headlamp at night qualifies as a hazard so the use of one in such a situation isnt wrong at all but rather the right thing to do..

Well said, brother.

But I know a particular person who has made that a custom, indeed, that was why I posted. Whatever happened to repairing the gaddem headlamp!
Point is some 9ja ppl themselves be hazard, the way they behave. We 'manage' things a to a fault, even when it borders on safety of ourselves and others

U guys are missing one salient nigerian indication for using hazard lights:

Night driving in a vehicle with only one functional headlamp (to indicate to unsuspecting on-coming vehicles that it's not an okada approaching, esp when on top speed).

9ja we hail thee. To many geniuses dey my country!

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Actually, I think we're just being impatient. Let's see where Fashola is going with this. Most of us who commented here are on the outside looking in, and hear ridiculously biased versions of the truth. I don't know the truth either, but I do know, that Fashola isn't being unreasonable. Has anyone here ever been to a Lagos state hospital? These doctors are like Nepa, evn when they aren't on strike, their functionality is below par. They show up at 10am for outpatient clinics, and if 10 drs are assigned to work there, be very thankful if u get 5. Surgeries are postponed all the time for completely frivolous reasons. Actually, I was on their side when I heard at first that they were fighting for better working conditions, in which case I thought ALL hospital workers shld join in. But more salary? For what?! These ppl leave house officers (newly grad students) alone at the emergency section to do what they like with people's lives. And having them constantly threaten us with strike?! Why aren't people annoyed bou that? They r always either on strike, threatening to go on strike, or just resuming! Ah ahn!
Fashola is a learned, responsible adult, let's see where he's going with this before we crucify him.

^^There you go again. You are an example of the typical nigerian, exhibiting the bandwagon effect. You shouldn't have opened that your unbridled mouth 'gbaga' and said a whole lot of shit without knowing nothing about the issue on ground. However, because you confessed, let me address your ignorance, if you will care to learn:
** The lagos doctors are not fighting for MORE money. All they were asking for is for BRF to start paying them in FULL accordance to the CONMESS salary scale, which was approved by the FG for medical doctors in 2009. It took lagos state over a year to upgrade the salaries of these doctors to 75% of CONMESS (and it has remained so till date). That is, these doctors you are tongue-lashing had been receiving 75% of their true pay for a few years now. They had been trying to negotiate with Fashola all along, mind you, which led to the initial increase to 75%.
If anybody thinks these doctors have not shown enough decorum/maturity or respect for the sacred human life, I think you are either ignorant of the truth of the matter or you just refuse to use your reasoning faculty.
Some states in the east (I think enugu was one of such) had the same problems initially, but those states had long complied with the provisions of CONMESS. Why must Lagos be different? Oh! Because Fashola is learned, right?
Idiots. Doctors no get family to cater for or dem no deserve a decent life, at least?
Now, use ur head. Who is heartless? The doctors, who had endured this long before downing tools or your foolishly (maybe arrogantly) defiant BRF?