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Such acts of ill discipline happens in Nigeria

In the video, Nigerian Civil Defense and Police force members can be seen engaged in a power struggle, one which escalates as members of both sides draw guns. Occurring in full view of a number of citizens, the fight threatens to take a deadly detour at many points.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/26/armed-standoff-between-nigerian-police-and-nscdc-officers-caught-tape

SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITH SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES

THE BEST HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE WORLD....VIVA NIGERIA ACCORDING TO @AUGUSTUS...THE JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NOTHING....THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY A NIGERIAN

Nigeria was free of Ebola until the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American, imported Ebola into Nigeria on July 20. Mr Sawyer was reported to have been terribly ill on his flight and was rushed to the First Consultant Hospital Obalende, Lagos, where he was diagnosed as having Ebola. He died on July 24.

From that single imported case of Ebola, Nigeria has had, till date, 14 confirmed cases of Ebola (including the 2 cases confirmed today out of the secondary contacts), out of which 5 deaths [including the index (imported) case] was recorded. 5 confirmed cases of Ebola made full recovery and have been discharged while up to 213 contacts are on follow up.

Few days ago, Nigeria’s Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu described the way Nigeria has managed the imported case of Ebola so far as a "success story". With all due respect, I beg to disagree with the Prof. I think we FAILED and I will point out the different levels of failure below.

1. The index case of Ebola was already sick when he arrived the Lagos Airport on July 20. If the Port Health Authorities were alive to their duties on that fateful day, perhaps the late Sawyer would have been quarantined immediately, especially since there was already a widely reported ongoing epidemic of Ebola in Liberia since March this year. Therefore, the Port Health Authority FAILED at this level.

2. Late Patrick Sawyer was rushed to First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, on arrival. It was reported that Sawyer was initially assessed and treated for malaria, hepatitis, etc. The assessment and diagnosis of Ebola came later. The junior and senior doctors that managed Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital FAILED at this level. With history of acute fever (plus other symptoms) and recent arrival from Liberia, the diagnosis at presentation ought to have been ebola viral disease (EVD) UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.

However, the hospital should be commended for making the diagnosis of EVD eventually and alerting the Lagos health authorities. Otherwise, things could have been worse.

3. The failure of the the First Consultant Hospital to make the diagnosis of ebola promptly can also be linked to failure of the state and federal health authorities to sensitize the private and public hospitals on the possibility of ebola outbreak in Nigeria considering the fact that neighbouring west African countries have been battling with ebola epidemic since March this year. The state and federal health authorities FAILED in this respect.

4. The other level of failure is the way we have managed the primary contacts of the index case. I believe that the primary contacts ought to have been categorized into high risk and low risk contacts. The low risk contacts will include, for instance, all those that flew in the same aircraft with Mr Sawyer. The high risk contacts should include the person who sat next to Mr Sawyer in the aircraft, those who helped him all the way to the Lagos hospital and all the health workers that took care of him when his condition was still unknown. All those who fall into the high risk group ought to have been quarantined compulsorily immediately because they are at high risk of EVB. On the other hand, those who fall into the low risk group can be followed up at their homes since they are at low risk of developing EVD.

This strategy has the following benefits:
- since we cannot quarantine all the primary contacts because of logistic challenges, those at high risk, who are few, can be quarantined.
- high risk individuals who develop EVD while on quarantine will not transfer the disease to secondary contacts. That way, secondary contacts will be minimal or zero. If this strategy was adopted, the 213 secondary contacts that are currently on follow up and the 2 confirmed cases of EVD among secondary contacts would not have arisen.



The above suggested strategy is better than the strategy adopted by Nigeria's health authorities, which is simply to follow up all contacts from home. This has led to what looks like a cascade of 213 secondary contacts and 2 confirmed cases of EBV among the secondary contacts. And God forbid, if we continue this way, we will soon be talking of tertiary contacts, quaternary contacts, and so on, with resultant ballooning morbidity and mortality.

In conclusion, if we have this level of mortality and morbidity from a single imported case of Ebola, just imagine what will happen if, God forbid, we have infiltration of several Ebola cases into Nigeria.

THE BEST HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE WORLD....VIVA NIGERIA ACCORDING TO @AUGUSTUS...THE JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NOTHING

Nigeria was free of Ebola until the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American, imported Ebola into Nigeria on July 20. Mr Sawyer was reported to have been terribly ill on his flight and was rushed to the First Consultant Hospital Obalende, Lagos, where he was diagnosed as having Ebola. He died on July 24.

From that single imported case of Ebola, Nigeria has had, till date, 14 confirmed cases of Ebola (including the 2 cases confirmed today out of the secondary contacts), out of which 5 deaths [including the index (imported) case] was recorded. 5 confirmed cases of Ebola made full recovery and have been discharged while up to 213 contacts are on follow up.

Few days ago, Nigeria’s Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu described the way Nigeria has managed the imported case of Ebola so far as a "success story". With all due respect, I beg to disagree with the Prof. I think we FAILED and I will point out the different levels of failure below.

1. The index case of Ebola was already sick when he arrived the Lagos Airport on July 20. If the Port Health Authorities were alive to their duties on that fateful day, perhaps the late Sawyer would have been quarantined immediately, especially since there was already a widely reported ongoing epidemic of Ebola in Liberia since March this year. Therefore, the Port Health Authority FAILED at this level.

2. Late Patrick Sawyer was rushed to First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, on arrival. It was reported that Sawyer was initially assessed and treated for malaria, hepatitis, etc. The assessment and diagnosis of Ebola came later. The junior and senior doctors that managed Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital FAILED at this level. With history of acute fever (plus other symptoms) and recent arrival from Liberia, the diagnosis at presentation ought to have been ebola viral disease (EVD) UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.

However, the hospital should be commended for making the diagnosis of EVD eventually and alerting the Lagos health authorities. Otherwise, things could have been worse.

3. The failure of the the First Consultant Hospital to make the diagnosis of ebola promptly can also be linked to failure of the state and federal health authorities to sensitize the private and public hospitals on the possibility of ebola outbreak in Nigeria considering the fact that neighbouring west African countries have been battling with ebola epidemic since March this year. The state and federal health authorities FAILED in this respect.

4. The other level of failure is the way we have managed the primary contacts of the index case. I believe that the primary contacts ought to have been categorized into high risk and low risk contacts. The low risk contacts will include, for instance, all those that flew in the same aircraft with Mr Sawyer. The high risk contacts should include the person who sat next to Mr Sawyer in the aircraft, those who helped him all the way to the Lagos hospital and all the health workers that took care of him when his condition was still unknown. All those who fall into the high risk group ought to have been quarantined compulsorily immediately because they are at high risk of EVB. On the other hand, those who fall into the low risk group can be followed up at their homes since they are at low risk of developing EVD.

This strategy has the following benefits:
- since we cannot quarantine all the primary contacts because of logistic challenges, those at high risk, who are few, can be quarantined.
- high risk individuals who develop EVD while on quarantine will not transfer the disease to secondary contacts. That way, secondary contacts will be minimal or zero. If this strategy was adopted, the 213 secondary contacts that are currently on follow up and the 2 confirmed cases of EVD among secondary contacts would not have arisen.



The above suggested strategy is better than the strategy adopted by Nigeria's health authorities, which is simply to follow up all contacts from home. This has led to what looks like a cascade of 213 secondary contacts and 2 confirmed cases of EBV among the secondary contacts. And God forbid, if we continue this way, we will soon be talking of tertiary contacts, quaternary contacts, and so on, with resultant ballooning morbidity and mortality.

In conclusion, if we have this level of mortality and morbidity from a single imported case of Ebola, just imagine what will happen if, God forbid, we have infiltration of several Ebola cases into Nigeria.

Note: this article is a critique of the system, and does not necessarily suggest the author would have done better than the various actors under the same circumstance.

Cameroonian authorities have repatriated about 480 Nigerian troops who had previously fled into the country after a fierce gun battle with Boko Haram insurgents. They arrived in the country through Mubi, Adamawa State.

A resident of the town (name withheld) told the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the troops arrived in Mubi, some with guns and some without guns while others were with armoured personnel carriers (APC).

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408270223.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns

NOTHING EXTRA ORDINARY ABOUT NIGERIA....JUST A SEMI FAILED STATE...EVEN REBELS IN LIBYA WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT SO CALLED NIGERIAN MILITARY PRODUCES

@AUGUSTUS SOUTH AFRICAN MADE ROCKET PODS AND SEE WHAT NIGERIA CLAIMS AS ITS INVENTION.....TRUE YOU ARE A JOKE TRYING TO COMPARE THE UNCOMPAREBLE.......THESE ROCKET PODS ARE MADE IN RUSSIA AND ARE NOT NIGERIAN

@AUGUSTUS COWARDS DIE A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE THEIR ACTUAL DEATH......SOUTH AFRICANS STOOD IN BANGUI IN FACE OF OVERWELMING ONSLAUGHT

Some 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants, Cameroon's army has said.

Army spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek said the soldiers had been disarmed and were now being accommodated in schools.

Clashes are said to be continuing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.

Boko Haram on Sunday released a video in which it said it had established an Islamic state in the towns and villages it controls in north-eastern Nigeria.

The group's five-year insurgency has intensified in recent months despite the deployment of thousands of extra troops to the worst-affected areas.

Last week, a group of soldiers refused to follow orders to go and fight Boko Haram, saying the militants were better equipped.

Insurgents also seized one of Nigeria's two main police training academies, which is near the town of Gwoza, captured earlier this month.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28927898

@AUGUSTUS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF THE SANDF PRODUCTS UNLIKE THE SECOND WORLD WAR PICTURES YOU HAVE BEEN CLAIMING AS AN ACHIEVEMENT

South African Military Hospitals

south african secret service headquarter

@AUGUSTUS AS USUAL IN THE NIGERIAN MILITARY
The Nigerian Army has denied the diversion of $43m meant for the settlement of officers and men on peace-keeping missions by some army generals.

A Chadian soldier from the African Union peacekeeping mission to Central African Republic (MISCA) takes a strategic position along a combatant district in BaguiThe army made the clarification in reaction to an online media claim that the amount, which has been set aside for peace-keeping had been pocketed by the unnamed generals in the Nigerian Army.

The Army in the clarification posted on its website on Sunday, made it clear that there had never been any case of embezzlement of funds meant for peace keeping operations.

The army claimed that though some of its officers and men who had returned from Peace Support Operations had not been fully remunerated, it had never recorded any case of embezzlement of funds meant for such operations.
http://www.naijacenter.com/scandals/nigerian-army-dismisses-diversion-peacekeeping-funds-claim/

@aAUGUSTUS IS NIGERIA MEDICAL STANDARD UP TO SCRATCH?

Contrary to official claims that President Goodluck Jonathan travelled to Germany on a private visit, LEADERSHIP authoritatively gathered yesterday that the president actually took ill and left for Germany to seek medical care.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408230004.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns

@msauza .....@augustus reasoning capacity and his analysis leaves a lot to be desired......Actually he indicates a low level of maturity and sure he maybe not older than 25 years old and considers himself a patriot and defender of mediocricy and unprofessional standard.....Actually he maybe unemployed and as a results trying hard to impress on the Nigerian government, hence he has turn himself into a praise singer of failure to get employment

Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria militants 'seize police academy'

Northern Nigeria's riot police training academy has been overrun by Boko Haram Islamist militants, a witness in Borno state has told the BBC.

Shots were heard after the militants arrived in three armoured vehicles and on dozens of motorcycles, he said.

A police spokesman confirmed the attack while a senior security source said it had not been possible to communicate with the academy since Wednesday.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28884665

@AUGUSTUS NIGERIA HAS ACHIEVED IN BLACK AFRICA WHAT NO BLACK AFRICA HAS ACHIEVED.....ATLEAST EXCLUDING SOUTH AFRICA...ITS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ADVANCE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA....BUT NOTE REVERSE ENGINEERING IS NOT TECHNOLOGIGAL ACHIEVEMENT, BUT A FAILURE TO INVENT MEANING LACK OF BRAINS TO START YOUR OWN

@AUGUSTUS JUST WATCH THE LINK AND IT MAY HELP CLEAR YOUR DIESEL INDUCED BRAINS ABOUT GRIPEN....FURTHERMORE EVERYONE MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO AND CONTRIBUTE ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE NOT FEELINGS

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Air/Gripen-Fighter-System/gripen-fighter/

Ninety-eight percent of all 6 000 parts of the AHRLAC aircraft were designed and produced locally by the engineering team, says Paramount Group.


The aircraft, a global first, addresses a key industry need by performing the combined tasks that previously required four separately configured planes. It integrates designs from attack helicopters, surveillance platforms and reconnaissance aircraft, with ability to carry surveillance, weapons, radar and electronic warfare systems. This has brought advanced operational solutions, historically requiring more costly aircraft or complex unmanned aerial surveillance systems.

Paramount Group Executive Chairperson, Ivor Ichikowitz, says: "AHRLAC is a home-grown, world-class capability that will enable developing countries and advanced nations to strengthen and diversify their security infrastructure. It offers the global industry a new, very cost-effective and multi-role solution that will change the way global air forces procure and structure their air fleets. AHRLAC is a solution shaped for today's modern threats like insurgencies, piracy, poaching and terrorism."

CM Technologies, South African distributor of PHOTONIS, the world leader in Night Vision Sensor Innovations, is proud to announce the South African launch of its new superior performance INTENS Image Intensifier at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) in September.

The new tube offers extended bandwidth sensitivity (from 400nm-1 000nm) and improved sensitivity to 100μlx (night level 6). These innovations provide a 40% increase in detection, recognition, and identification (DRI) over other tubes on the market. INTENS is a unique intensifier well-suited for multi-mission night vision; ideal for use in the darkest mission conditions, including deep mountain valleys and jungle terrain.

@AUGUSTUS PROUDLY SHOWED A HUGE TRUCK WITH LONGEST USELESS ANTENNA.....SOUTH AFRICANS INDICATED THAT WHAT NIGERIA HAS SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN HAVING IT FOR ATLEAST NOT LESS THAN 30 YEARS.....SEE WHAT SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY GRINTEK EWATION PRODUCES

http://www.gew.co.za/

@AUGUSTUS NOT ETHIOPIA BUT NIGERIA THAT PRODUCES 1% OF WHAT SOUTH AFRICA PRODUCES.....IF NOT SHOW IT NOT WHAT NIGERIA BUYS BUT WHAT NIGERIA DESIGNED AND CARRIES A NIGERIAN MADE LABEL....NIGERIA HAS NOTHING BUT NOTHING...REST IN PEACE @AUGUSTUS UNLESS PROVE OTHERWISE

@AUGUSTUS THE NEW SANDF UNIFORM TO BE INTRODUCED

DENEL

PRODUCTS OF DENEL

WORLD CLASS PRODUCTS FROM DENEL OF SOUTH AFRICA

@AUGUSTUS MR BEAN.....THE QUESTION STAND SHOW MISSILES PRODUCTS MADE AND DESIGNED BY NIGERIA.....PHOTOS OF UMBANI

@AUGUSTUS YOU DONT HAVE OR NIGERIA DOES NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MATCH SOUTH AFRICA....NIGERIA IS SECOND BEST TO SOUTH AFRICA....AS LONG AS NIGERIA DOES NOT SHOW ANY WORLD CLASS TECHNOLOGY JUST KEEP ON DREAMING

@AUAGUSTUS MR BEAN YOU ARE SELECTIVE ON ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE POSTED AND STILL WAITING FOR ANSWERS.....SAAB IS IN COLLABORATION WITH DENEL AND ISRAEL IS NOT THE DESIGNER......MUMU......STILL SHOW UP WHAT NIGERIA PRODUCES RAIL TRACK ARE BUILD AND LAID BY CHINA FOE NIGERIA, POWER STATIONS ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY CHINESE THROUGH CHINES LABOUR FOR NIGERIA, ELECTRIC PYLONS ARE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BY CHINESE.....NIGERIAN MILITARY USES FOREIGN PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY......NOTHING TO SHOW UP EXCEPT AN UGLY LOOKING SECOND WORLD WAR CAR CLAIMED BY NIGERIA

http://www.saabgroup.com/Global/Documents%20and%20Images/Land/Force%20Protection/LEDS/LEDS%20product%20sheet.pdf

@AUGUSTUS IF SOUTH AFRICA STEALS FROM ISRAEL DEFINETLY OUR DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE IS THE BEST.....MOONGOSE IS SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCT AS MANDELA IS TO SOUTH AFRICA.......WHERE ARE NIGERIAN PRODUCE MISSILES? WHERE ARE NIGERIAN MADE PRODUCTS? AND PLEASE NOT BOOTS OR BULLET PROOF VESTS WHICH HAPPENS TO BE NAIRAS SPECIALIST....INSULTING SHOWS WEAKNESS AND VULNERABILITY......WHERE IS NAIRAS UAV?? WHERE IS NAIRA MANUFACTURED ARMOUR INSTEAD OF POSTING CHINESE PRODUCTS......@AUGUSTUS YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED BEING A CHINESE MARKETING OFFICER.......I SELL SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCTS AND ALL PICTURES POSTED ARE SOUTH AFRICAN......SELL NIGERIA NOT FOREIGN POWERS.....YOU INSULT, HOWL, CRY, VOMIT OPINONS AND YET NOTHING FROM NIGERIA, HOW PROUDLY YOU ARE WHEN YOU CANNOT EVEN SHOW YOUR CAPACITY.....SINCE DEBATE STARTED @AUGUSTUS HAS BEEN TRYING TO ARGUE WITH WHAT NIGERIA DOES NOT HAVE AND IN TRYING TO PROVE ARGUE ABOUT WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES PRODUCE.....SHAME @AUGUSTUS NAIRAS ARE BACKWARD TRYING TO PROVE TO BE AMONGST THE BEST IN THE WORLS UNFORTUNATELY NIGERIA IS A LOST CAUSE......@AUGUSTUS PROOF THAT MOONGOSE ANTI MISSILE SYSTEM IS FROM ISRAEL

@AUGUSTUS THIS IS The Mongoose-1 countermeasure missile is launched at a predetermined time to intercept and neutralise the detected munitions off-board....NAIJA HAS NOTHING LIKE THIS OR IF WRONG PROVE IT

@AUGUSTUS A NEW RELEASE FROM SOUTH AFRICA NOT UNITED STATES SCHOOL BUSES CONVERTED INTO ARMOUR CAR

@augustus where are Nigerian designed and produced missiles

@AUGUSTUS THE SEEKER 400 UAV IS NOW ARMED WITH MOKOPA MISSILES AND READY TO PLAY BALL.....HOW IS THE PROGRESS OF THE LITTLE TINY UAV IN NIGERIA....SORRY ITS STILL UN OPERATIONAL