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 Politics › Re: Chibok Principal Nominated As Borno Commissioner For Education by VMLTDSMS(m): 7:08pm On Jun 21, 2015 |
Very good,she deserve to be honoured,Nigerians are watching as truth is gradually coming up |
| Politics › Re: Ben Bruce Getting Whopped On Twitter For Lying by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:39am On Jun 21, 2015 |
obailala:
The man said he doesn't fly first class. Now he is seen in business class. How is this supposed to be a lie?... What am I missing here? ARIK economy class is always at rush but first class or biz class users are less,if you see BMB on that,maybe he is trying to meet up appointment as scheduled....Dont cruxify him,is only flyers knows this i am saying,it does happens |
| Nairaland General › Re: Nairaland Tribute To Dr Ameyo Adadevoh by VMLTDSMS(m): 1:09pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
[quote author=ochejoseph]NAIRALAND TRIBUTE TO A TRIBUTE TO DR AMEYO ADADEVOH
Sisters are special, they are always there for you when times get tough and usually, they are your best friends. Sisters are always ready to love, comfort, and defend you. They are lifelong friends you can count on until the end. In fact, the only force powerful enough to cut short the friendship between a sister and her siblings is death.
And death indeed has taken you away from us, this loss is particularly painful to us as a nation because we waited eagerly to celebrate your recovery and eventual discharge but it never came.
As tears roll down our eyes we will eternally be comforted by the precious memories of what you stood and died for
TO HUMANITY AND INDEED ALL NIGERIANS YOU ARE A TRUE HERO WHO LIVED AND DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY
MAY HEAVEN BE KIND TO YOU NOW AND ALWAYS
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REST IN PEACE DR AMEYO ADADEVOH
Pls 1.Kindly Post Your Tribute To This Amazon And Words Of Encouragement To Her Family
2.If Possible Kindly Spare an MB by posting a flower
WE WILL OVERCOME EBOLA
(Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, was the consultant physician,that contracted the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) from the Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer after leading the medical team to treat the late Libarian
R.I.P heroin |
| Travel › Re: This Is Abia State (recent Pics & Comments Made By Abians) by VMLTDSMS(m): 7:49am On Aug 21, 2014 |
IF THIS IS ARIARA INTL MKT,I AM STILL WONDERING WHY THE GOVT ABANDONED THE ABA PEOPLE,I WAS SO GLAD WHEN A STATE ABA WAS GRANTED,I PRAY THE GOVT WILL FINISH WHAT THE STARTED SO ABA WILL BE AT SAFE AND DEVELOPED. |
| Nairaland General › Re: Ebola: US Approves Liberia Request To Send Untested Drug by VMLTDSMS(m): 9:12am On Aug 12, 2014 |
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia announced Monday that it would soon receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug and give it to two sick doctors, making them the first Africans to receive some of the scarce treatment in a spiraling outbreak.
The U.S. government confirmed that it had put Liberian officials in touch with the maker of ZMapp, and referred additional questions to Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. In a statement, the California-based company said that in responding to a request from an unidentified West African country, it had run out of its supply of the treatment.
The news comes as anger is growing over the fact that the only people to receive the experimental treatment so far have been Westerners: two Americans and a Spaniard, all of whom were evacuated to their home countries from Liberia.
Late Monday, the World Health Organization said 1,013 people had died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Authorities have recorded 1,848 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of the disease, the U.N. health agency said. The updated WHO tally includes figures from Aug. 7-9 when 52 more people died and 69 more were infected.
There is no Ebola vaccine or treatment available, but there are several in development besides ZMapp. That treatment is so new that it hasn't been tested for safety or effectiveness in humans. And the company has said it would take months to produce even modest quantities.
It was unclear how much of the treatment would be sent to Liberia. "The U.S. Government assisted in connecting the Government of Liberia with the manufacturer," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. "Since the drug was shipped for use outside the U.S., appropriate export procedures had to be followed."
The Liberian statement, posted on the presidency's website, said it was also receiving an experimental treatment from the World Health Organization. It was unclear if this was also referring to ZMapp or another treatment.
In the past few weeks, the experimental drug was given to two American aid workers diagnosed with the disease while working at a hospital that treated Ebola patients. On Monday, officials in Spain disclosed that the treatment was also given to a Spanish missionary priest who fell ill while working in Liberia.
The Americans are said to be improving, but there's no way to know whether the drug helped, or if they are getting better on their own, as others have. Around 40 percent of those infected with Ebola are surviving the current outbreak.
But some called for the untested drug to be given to Africans, too. The outbreak was first identified in March in Guinea, but it likely started months earlier. It has since spread to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, and possibly to Nigeria.
"There's no reason to try this medicine on sick white people and to ignore blacks," said Marcel Guilavogui, a pharmacist in Conakry, Guinea. "We understand that it's a drug that's being tested for the first time and could have negative side effects. But we have to try it in blacks too."
Some are using Twitter to demand that the drug be made available. "We can't afford to be passive while many more die," said Aisha Dabo, a Senegalese-Gambian journalist who was tweeting using the hashtag "GiveUsTheSerum"on Monday. "That's why we raise our voice for the world to hear us."
The ethical dilemmas involved prompted the U.N. health agency to consult Monday with ethicists, infectious disease experts, patient representatives and the Doctors Without Borders group. Most participants in the closed teleconference were from developed countries, but Uganda and Senegal were represented. The World Health Organization said it would discuss the results of the meeting at a press conference on Tuesday.
Companies can provide experimental drugs on a "compassionate use" basis, usually after they have been fully tested in humans. The Food and Drug Administration approves such uses in the U.S., but has no authority overseas. Ultimately, the companies alone decide whether or not to share their products.
Spain's Health Ministry said it obtained ZMapp this weekend with company permission to treat Miguel Pajares, a 75-year-old priest evacuated from Liberia and placed in isolation Thursday at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital.
"The medicine was imported from Geneva where there was one dose available in the context of an accord between the laboratory that developed the medicine, WHO and (Doctors Without Borders)," the ministry said, invoking a Spanish law permitting unauthorized medication for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
Spanish authorities refused to comment beyond the ministry's statement, but Geneva University Hospital told The Associated Press it was involved in getting the drug to Madrid. The evacuated American aid workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, have been improving at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital. They got the treatment after their international relief group Samaritan's Purse asked Kentucky BioProcessing, which produces it for Mapp Biopharmaceutical.
The treatment is aimed at boosting the immune system's efforts to fight off Ebola. It is made from antibodies grown inside tobacco plants A Sierra Leone official said they had not asked for the drug, but the other governments said they want any treatment that might help patients recover, despite the risks of unproven medicines.
"The alternative for not testing this is death, a certain death," Liberia's information minister, Lewis Brown, told The AP in an interview before the announcement. Guinea said Monday it wants some, too.
"Guinean authorities would naturally be interested in having this medicine," said Alhoussein Makanera Kake, spokesman for the government committee fighting Ebola. Ebola is spread through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of a sick person. It begins with symptoms including fever and sore throat and can escalate to vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding.
In other Ebola developments Monday: — An African nun who worked with the infected Spanish priest died from Ebola in Liberia, their Catholic aid group said. — A nurse who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who flew into Nigeria and died last month, also died of Ebola, Nigerian health authorities said, raising the number of locally confirmed Ebola cases to 10. Nigeria is monitoring 177 contacts of Sawyer to contain the outbreak. The WHO has yet to confirm any Ebola cases in Nigeria.
— Ivory Coast, which shares borders with Liberia and Guinea, banned direct flights from the infected countries and said it would increase health inspections and enforcement of its borders, but stopped short of closing them entirely.
— George Weah, a Liberian former FIFA world player of the year, joined awareness efforts by recording a song titled "Ebola is real," with proceeds going to the Liberian Health Ministry. |
| Nairaland General › Re: Ebola: US Approves Liberia Request To Send Untested Drug by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:38am On Aug 12, 2014 |
kmanning: Liberia has said it will receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug to treat infected doctors in the West African country.
A statement, published on the Liberian presidency's website on Monday, said the United States had approved a request from Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to ship the medicine, ZMapp, after a direct appeal to US President Barack Obama on Friday.
However, a spokesperson for the US Health and Human Services (HHS) Department said US authorities had simply assisted in connecting the Liberian government with the drug's manufacturer.
"Since the drug was shipped for use outside the US, appropriate export procedures had to be followed," the HHS spokesperson said, adding the drug company had worked directly with the Liberian government.
The Liberian statement said the head of the WHO, Margaret Chan, had authorised the dispatch of additional doses of the experimental drug to Liberia to support the treatment of affected doctors. Those doses will be delivered by a WHO expert this week.
A WHO spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Lewis Brown, Liberian information minister, told the Reuters news agency that it was not clear how many doses of the drug had been sent, but it could be in Monrovia within the next 48 hours.
The company said in a statement on Monday that its supply had been exhausted.
ZMapp, produced by California-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical, has already been used to treat two US aid workers and a Spanish priest infected with Ebola.
Global health emergency
The death toll from the world's worst outbreak of Ebola has climbed to 1,013 people, according to figures on Monday from the World Health Organisation, which has branded the outbreak an international health emergency.
The WHO has said the epidemic will likely continue for months as the region's healthcare systems struggle to cope and has appealed urgently for funding and emergency medical staff.
A WHO medical ethics committee had discussed on Monday the use of experimental drugs to tackle the world's worst outbreak of the deadly virus. It is due to announce its findings on Tuesday.
Aside from the ethics of using experimental drugs in humans, the committee was also due to consider who should receive priority for the limited supplies of the drugs.
http://www.celebnob.com/ebola-us-approves-liberia-request-send-untested-drug/ Ebola antibody treatment, produced in plants, protects monkeys from lethal disease A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. In this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research team describes a proof-of-concept for using a "cocktail" of monoclonal antibodies, or mAbs, to prevent lethal disease in rhesus macaques. When administered one hour after infection, all animals survived. Two-thirds of the animals were protected even when the treatment, known as MB-003, was administered 48 hours after infection. Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever with human case fatality rates as high as 90 percent, has been responsible for numerous deaths in central Africa over the past several months. In addition to being a global health concern, the virus also is considered a potential biological threat agent. Currently there are no available vaccines or treatments approved for use in humans. The work is the culmination of more than a decade of effort between government and industry partners. According to lead investigator Gene Olinger, Ph.D., a virologist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), this consortium of investigators has taken very distinct technologies and combined them to develop a cutting-edge medical countermeasure against a lethal viral disease. "It is rare that an antiviral compound prevents Ebola virus infection with limited to no morbidity in treated animals at any point of treatment following infection by this lethal virus," said Olinger. "Until recently, attempts to utilize antibodies to provide protection against Ebola virus have been met with failure. The level of protection against disease that we saw with MB-003 was impressive." In addition, the production method used in this study offers the potential to make an economical and effective medical countermeasure, according to the authors. Initially developed as a monoclonal antibody cocktail in the mouse model, MB-003 was successfully humanized and then produced in the tobacco plant-based production system. "We were pleased to see how well the humanized mAbs of MB-003 performed," said Larry Zeitlin, Ph.D., president of Mapp Biopharmaceutical and senior author on the study. "We also were pleasantly surprised by the superiority of the plant-derived mAbs compared to the same mAbs produced in traditional mammalian cell culture." Further improvement in antibody efficacy was developed at Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP). Using a fully automated production system that operates in accordance with good manufacturing practices (GMP), antibody is produced in a tobacco plant system. This new development process significantly decreases the amount of time required for production, increases the quantity of antibody produced, and slashes the cost of manufacturing, according to Barry Bratcher, chief operating officer of KBP and co-author on the PNAS study. "Our GMP facility can generate a new antibody lot in two weeks to rapidly address new threats and new outbreaks," said Bratcher. Olinger said efforts are underway to advance MB-003 to clinical safety testing as his team at USAMRIID continues to determine the true therapeutic capability of the cocktail. http://www.mappbio.com/ |
| Health › Re: FG Not Serious About Fighting Ebola –doctors, Nurses by VMLTDSMS(m): 11:03am On Aug 11, 2014 |
etunoman76: The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives have accused the Federal Government of not being proactive enough in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease.
The doctors and nurses said at separate news conferences in Lagos on Sunday, that the government had yet to put in place adequate measures to protect health workers willing to manage those infected by the deadly virus.
The state NMA, through its chairman, Dr. Tope Ojo, therefore challenged the federal and Lagos state governments to provide protective kits and address the issue of hazard allowance for doctors, nurses and other health workers ready to be involved in treating infected persons.
It also faulted the life insurance cover announced by both the federal and state governments, saying its provisions had yet to be spelt out.
The NMA said, ‘‘Any health worker that is managing an Ebola patient is risking his/her life and that of his family. Ebola has killed over 61 doctors in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It is a serious issue.
“You don’t just dangle life insurance without documents. We cannot endanger our lives unless we know what is at stake.We should be assured that should anything happen to us, our families are catered for.
“The terms of the insurance must be in public domain in a transparent manner.
“It is sad that it had to take an Ebola outbreak, for government to realise that health workers need life insurance cover.”
Also at the news conference, the association’s Secretary, Dr. Babajide Saheed, said it was imperative for both governments to put in place adequate infection control measures to effectively check the spread of the EVD.
Saheed said,” Please you journalists should visit the IDH(Infectious Diseases Hospital in Yaba and find out what the Federal Government has put in place for effective infection control.
“Please compare it to what health workers in Guinea and Liberia had while treating Ebola patients.
“Till now, the Federal and state governments have not come out with a concrete position on the life insurance cover they have offered to us and the public.
“By protecting health workers that are managing suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola, you are protecting the public from infections, because doctors are part of the society.”
The Lagos NMA also used the opportunity to declare that the nationwide strike by doctors had not been called off.
Also, nurses, at their own news conference, said it was regrettable that the Federal Government had not learnt to act fast during emergency situations like the Ebola virus outbreak.
They also berated the Federal Ministry of Health for negotiating with the NMA to end its strike, saying that the association (NMA) was not a trade union but a professional body which had no right to boycott work.
Their President, Mr. Abdrufai Adeniji, said, “It is appalling that Nigeria is still at the stage of making arrangements when the virus has already been granted certificate of occupancy and has taken full residence in the country. “Government should learn to copy true international best practice which its agents are quick to shout when they are on their mission of deceit.
“Serious governments have already put in place precautionary measures to prevent the pandemic on their soil and some even have treatments even though such are still in the clinical trial stage.
“Government needs to understand that its business should be doing more than it says and taking actions that surpass mere arrangements.”
He commiserated with the family of the nurse who lost her life after contracting the disease while treating Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man who brought the disease into the country.
Adeniji urged nurses to exercise extreme caution while treating Ebola patients as they stood a higher risk of contracting the disease than doctors.
He said, “We hereby call on nurses to remain committed to their calling and be cautious of the precautionary measures to forestall further incidences. The government at all levels should do their part to provide adequate equipment infrastructure, protective wears, policies to take care of the victims of the virus and other deadly issues.
“The government should immediately set up an intervention team to attend to the situation.”
Catholic church suspends sign of peace
Also, the Catholic Church has instructed its priests to henceforth suspend all forms of physical contacts during service, including the traditional sign of peace, which involves shaking of hands with other worshippers during service.
This directive was contained in a statement by the Catholic Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos, Adewale Martins, titled “The Outbreak of Ebola Virus – a pastoral approach.
“Taking into consideration the fact that this rite is optional, we shall henceforth omit it i.e. not invite people to offer the sign of peace. When you get to this rite, skip it,” Martins said in the statement.
Apart from calling for the discontinuation of placing of water bowls at the entrances of parishes of the church, the Archbishop encouraged the use of gloves when counting offerings as other means of stemming EVD’s spread.
The statement read in part, “The use of Holy Water Fonts at the entrance of the church should be discontinued forthwith until the virus alert is lifted. This does not preclude private use of Holy waters in homes and offices.”
“Priest are also advised to be cautious when visiting sick members, especially when they are to administer the sacrament of anointing for the sick. They are equally advised to avoid physical contacts when giving out the Holy communion to members.
“Priests should exercise caution when they go for sick calls, particularly when they have to administer the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. They should ensure regular handwashing after visiting patients in the hospital or homes.”
In Abuja, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Metropolitan, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, also called on members of the church to refrain from shaking hands during the sign of peace session.
Onaiyekan, in an interview with journalists on Sunday, explained that the church was taking necessary precautionary steps to avoid the spread of the disease.
Onaiyekan however clarified that the warning does not mean that the church had banned shaking of hands during mass.
He said, “We did not ban handshaking during mass. We are only discouraging it and it is going to be temporary until it is clear that Nigeria is no longer under Ebola threat.
“It’s a possible means to avoid the spread of Ebola virus and also prayers to keep the country safe. Many people are not comfortable with shaking people they don’t know during this period of Ebola, so there is need to take such steps.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-not-serious-about-fighting-ebola-doctors-nurses/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR GOVERNMENT NEED TO DO THE NEEDFUL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTH WORKERS. |
| Health › Re: Update On Ebola Virus!!! by VMLTDSMS(m): 1:10pm On Jul 31, 2014 |
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| Politics › Re: So, General Buhari Tried To Kill Himself? by VMLTDSMS(m): 2:18pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
dont8: By Japheth Omojuwa:
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Omojuwa
Had we lost the General, the reaction from his supporters and fanatics could easily have plunged Nigeria into its worst chaos in a long time.
Nigeria is a land of the absurd, the strange and the illogical. So last Wednesday, General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) organized to kill himself? Well, that is what those who see Nigeria through the lens of the 2015 elections want us to believe. There are many things wrong with politics and politicians in Nigeria but General Buhari is well and truly above that. Even his opponents admit he is well and truly above board when it comes to the shame and corruption that accompany Nigerian politics. There was clearly a suicide bomber and the bomber was obviously desperate to ensure the retired General was part of his eventual carnage. The incident has since happened, scores have died and Nigerians in their usual way have moved on. Had we lost the General, the reaction from his supporters and fanatics could easily have plunged Nigeria into its worst chaos in a long time.
We have a problem on our hands as terrorists continue not just to maim and kill but to set us against one another. Following each terrorist attack are the accusations and counter accusations. “They know only Igbos sell in that market, so they chose that market to bomb of all places in the north,” is a classic response from a bomb blast that ripped through Kano in northern Nigeria. It did not matter to the person who wrote the words that there is no way anyone would bomb a public place in Kano and not kill more northerners. Even if we took for granted that only a particular ethnic group sells wares in a selected Kano market, should we also assume all the customers and buyers are from the same place? When bombs go off in a church, you are likely to read, “this people are only killing Christians, it is a war against Christians.” You are not likely to read anything from such people when a Mosque gets attacked or when the insurgents kill a revered Islamic scholar. Those who see the world through their bias often times do not see it through the eyes of logic. So they are not likely to remember than bombs are not capable of separating people into ethnic or religious groups, bombs kill and maim everyone within the radius of impact.
That is the same logic to apply when someone like General Buhari survives a major attack that had his vehicles destroyed. That if the terrorists could strike right at a point where one of the nation’s could easily have been killed, they can get anyone. If they missed a major Islamic cleric by a matter of minutes and have killed some other ones, they certainly do not discriminate in terms of their intent; they want to kill anyone not open supportive of their evil and they are not afraid to go after high profile targets just as they kill the poor every other day if not everyday in the northeast.
We need a bi-partisan approach to the war on terror. We are of course not likely to get it soon if someone as highly involved as the minister of state could share an article link claiming one of the major opposition parties is supportive of Boko Haram. This is despite the fact that Boko Haram predates the party by at least 10 years. How can we have a bi-partisan approach to this war if politicians across the board insist on making this more about the 2015 elections than about what it is; a war on our country, our people and our way of life?
And if politicians insist on making it political all the time, what is the role of citizens and civil society? If the numbers get crunched, Nigeria’s poor masses have suffered a lot more in the hands of terrorism. The least we can do is to stop echoing the voices of those who insist on making this about politics and nothing else.
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Japheth J Omojuwa lectures at Berlin’s Freie Universitat and can be reached at jj.omojuwa@fu-berlin.de and @omojuwa ------------------------------------------------------------ WE HAVE LOST ALOT OF JUNIOR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY BUT A SENIOR CITIZEN ATTEMPTED MURDER WANTED TO CAUSE CHOAS AMONG THE POLITICAL PARTIES ...........IT SEEMS THE POPULACE WHO ARE SEEN AS JUNIOR CITIZENS MEANS NOTHING TO THE ELITE.NIGERIA IS SOMETHING ELSE,TO REMEMBER IF INNONCENT PEOPLE KILLED ARE CONSIDERED AS NOTHING. |
| Politics › Re: Obiano Deploys Hi-Tech Surveillance And Drones As Anambrans Raise N100 Million by VMLTDSMS(m): 9:29am On Jul 28, 2014 |
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| Politics › Re: Nigerian Police And Assault Rifles by VMLTDSMS(m): 9:06am On Jul 28, 2014 |
MaziOmenuko: Why do our police men walk around with assault rifles?
In most advanced countries, you hardly see policemen with assault rifles walking around the streets. They have their pistols inside a holster and only bring it out when its needed. You only see them with assault rifles (AK 47, etc) in times of emergency like riots, robbery, siege etc.
Here in Nigeria, you see our police walking into public transport, beer palour and shekpe joints with fully loaded ak47 rifles. It seems ak 47 is the default primary weapon for the police. Gone are the days when police men walk the streets with just a barton. Invite them for as security in a social program such as wedding, child-dedication or even a kid's birthday party and you see them with that annoying long gun on full display!
I think the government should do something about this. We hear cases of trigger happy policemen shooting innocent victims and claiming accidental discharge. If they are made to carry pistols alone, there won't be such incidences as it will require the policeman to bring the gun out from its holster, remove it from safety before shooting. Such scenarios will never be termed 'Accidental' discharge but first degree murder.
The pix below is for clarity sake. It explains a lot why the popular NPF acronym has been turned to a popular saying: Not People's Friend NIGERIA SEEM TO BE A CORRUPT NATION WHICH NEED FORCE TO BE ENFORCED TO THE POPULACE BUT UNFORTUNATELY NIGERIANS ARE USED TO THE THREAT,EVEN COTONOU(BENIN) DONT USE RIFLE BUT PISTOL LIKE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.IS ONLY TOP OFFICER WHO ARE BEING LICENCED TO HAVE ACCESS TO PISTOL IN NIGERIA,WE ALL KNOW THE REASON SO DONT ASK ME WHY.LET THE POLICE USE THE RIFLE WHICH IS WELL SEEN. |
| Politics › Re: APC Raps FG Over Abandonment Of Enugu Coal Deposit by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:51am On Jul 28, 2014 |
nnamdibig: ENUGU—The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed concern over the listing of Enugu among the parasitic states contributing nothing to the Federation Account, in spite of the huge coal deposit worth billions of Dollars in the state yet to be explored.
The party’s spokesman in the South East zone, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, made this known while addressing the Udi Local Government Area Exco of APC, Enugu State, at 9th Mile Corner, near Enugu, Sunday.
He recalled that mid July, a pro-Jonathan group, Committee of Pro-Federal Delegates, National Conference, in an advertorial on how Southern states subsidize Northern states, listed Enugu among the states with zero contribution to the Federation Account.
The party said enough revenue would have been generated from Enugu State had the Federal Government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan, fulfilled his promise to revamp Enugu Coal into Coal-Fired-Plant aimed at producing 1000MW of electricity.
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/apc-raps-fg-abandonment-enugu-coal-deposit#sthash.IpyPzodl.dpuf
NIGERIA IS RICHLY BLESSED WITH NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH A-LOT HAS BEEN ABANDONED IN PURSUIT OF CRUDE,IS TIME WE START EXTENDING TO ALL ABANDONED RESOURCES TO BOOST OUR ECONOMY. |
| Romance › Re: Having One Last Fling Before Marrying Him - Why It's A Bad Idea by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:46am On Jul 28, 2014 |
lalasticlala: A growing trend of bachelorette parties these days is having the final fling before the ring. Long a staple of bachelor parties, such hook-ups were the reason why it was an unspoken agreement among the groom and his friends not to talk about the things that happened on the night before the wedding. With the falling away of gender-based morality, women too have claimed for themselves the right to one last night of fun and freedom before walking down the aisle.
But at the end of the day, how wise is such a fling and what does a night filled with indiscretions indicate for the commitment that you are about to enter the next day reveling in the final moments before the lockdown of marriage?
Skewed notion of marriage
For most brides-to-be, a night of reckless abandon at her bachelorette party may sound nothing more than harmless fun; she is told that this is the night when she can get the final longings of singlehood out of your system so that she can approach marriage with complete seriousness.
But there is a problem with this approach which sees a bachelorette party as a last opportunity to enjoy freedom and marriage as a state of dreaded lockdown. If you too take such a negative view of marriage, then it is a sign that you should move cautiously towards marriage. Being joined in matrimony with the one you love is not a dreaded prison cell with maximum security banning all fun and freedom. On the contrary marriage with the right person can be the most freeing state two people can enter into. Not only do you have the freedom to love and be loved but also to know and be known. You are given the gift of intimacy and vulnerability that is impossible to achieve outside of marriage. You have gained a partner for life with whom you can explore, laugh, and enjoy life to its fullest. There is sexual, spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental freedom that is found only in marriage.
Is a fling really freeing?
On the other hand if you consider having a last fling, perhaps at your bachelorette party, as the final opportunity to enjoy freedom, you are giving into a backward thought process that is directly in opposition with the values of love and trust that make the foundation of marriage. Strippers, exotic dancers, drinking binges and sexual indiscretions are hardly freeing, no matter what movies show and your friends tell you. In fact such flings are just the opposite - they end up creating bondage and baggage that you will be taking into your new marriage – thus complicating a new relationship even before it has taken off. No less is the danger of sexually transmitted diseases. at a time when you are drunk and have lost all sense of judgment, it is unlikely you will remember to use yourself or insist that your sexual partner use protection – the consequences can be harsh, ranging from STDs to a baby that is not your future spouse’s.
Are you truly ready for marriage?
Most importantly if the need to have a last fling before marriage is so pressing to you, in all likelihood it means that you are not truly ready to get married. if you've been with someone for years and you're about to be married, what is the point of one final fling? The last thing that should be on your mind heading into your wedding day is getting the final impulse of singlehood out of your system - shouldn't you have got that out before you started dating exclusively or at least got engaged to your spouse-to-be?
If you are truly certain that this is the guy you wish to get married to, then on the night before the wedding, it is more natural to be thinking about how much you love him, how excited you are about the marriage, how you can be the best spouse possible, and the importance of the vows you are about to make. Those vows include cherishing, protecting, and sticking by your significant other for the rest of your life through thick and thin. on the other hand if on the eve of your wedding you want to do nothing more than having getting drunk on the lap of strange men and having a fling, then surely somewhere your innermost desires and conscious plans are mismatched – in other words you are not really ready for true commitment.
What does it augur for the future?
Above all, take a moment to consider what having a final fling bodes for the future of your marriage. If you can't control yourself a day or two before the wedding, then how can you trust your sense of self-control and commitment that you will be carrying into and throughout the life of your marriage. If you give yourself a hall pass for a fling on your bachelorette party or elsewhere, you will be making yourself allowances for later on, that may eventually hurt and ultimately, destroy your marriage.
What you can do about it
Society and your friends may tell you that it is perfectly acceptable, even expected, to have a night of carelessness to mark your passage into the married life. Such notions are largely perpetuated by vehicles of popular culture like movies, and television shows. But while final flings and their consequences make for hilarious or riveting situations on the screen, in real life you probably don’t need all that drama. in other words, if you are under pressure to beinvolved in something risque, keep in mind that you do have a choice. You can opt for the reckless night that undermines the man or woman you need to be and the sanctity of marriage, or you can choose to celebrate the finding of that one person you want to be with for the rest of your life. A good idea is to plan a joint bachelor/bachelorette party weekend where you and your fiancé can party together with some games, laughter and memories. Even if you do a party separately, ensure that you keep to things that you can take pictures of and tell one another about without shame or guilt. In the end, you will be glad that you had surrounded ourselves with friends who were full of integrity and helped to promote your marriage, and you will be thankful for a wise choice where you didn’t have to worry about what the other one was doing.There is no doubt that the responsibilities and commitments of marriage can be difficult to sustain; there are bound to be times where your vows are going to be tested and your love challenged. This is exactly why personal integrity and mutual trust are so important in holding two people together. The marital bonding doesn’t magically begin when you say, “I do.” It starts long before in the decisions you make, the life you lead, the people you surround yourself with, and the self-control you put into practice.
You can’t be careless one day and suddenly responsible and full of integrity the next. If you want your future marriage to be successful, you need to work on being the man or woman, husband or wife that you should be and that your future spouse deserves even before your wedding and that means staying away from flings and indiscretions.
Guys, will you still go ahead with the marriage if you discover that your intending bride actually went to settle one of her lovers/boyfriend, just a couple of days or few hours to your wedding? ONE LAST FLING COULD RESULT TO SET-UP,DEATH,HIV/AIDS ,UNWANTED PREGNANCY OR EVEN CAUGHT.RE-THINK |
| Travel › Re: Ebola: Arik Air Suspends Flights To Liberia, Sierra Leone by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:40am On Jul 28, 2014 |
spiritfada: We were under pressure to release victim – Hospital
Arik Air yesterday said it had suspended flight operations to Liberia and Sierra Leone following the death last week, of a Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, of the dreaded Ebola disease, even as it advised that all inbound flights into Nigeria from any of the Ebola affected countries be immediately suspended by the Federal Government.
Sawyer flew into Nigeria onboard Asky Airline to attend an ECOWAS conference in Calabar, Cross River State.
This came as First Consultants Medical Centre Ltd, Obalende, Lagos, the hospital where the first Ebola victim in Nigeria died, said it was under serious pressure to release the victim.
Confirming the suspension of the flights yesterday, Arik Air General Manager, Public Relations, Mr Ola Adebanji said “As a result of the first Ebola virus death officially confirmed in Lagos, and involving a Liberian national who flew on a foreign (non-Nigerian) based airline from Monrovia via Lome (Togo) into the city last week, Arik Air will be suspending operations into Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) effective July 28, 2014.”
“The suspension will be in force until further notice. This decision is a pre-cautionary measure aimed at safeguarding the precious lives of Nigerians. Arik Air is taking this important measure as a concerned corporate citizen bearing interest of Nigerians at heart.“
According to him, the airline acknowledged steps the Federal Government of Nigeria was currently taking to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, saying “however, we feel compelled to take the decision to immediately suspend services into the two Ebola affected countries due to our interest in the well being of Nigerians.”
He explained that at the early stages of the development across West Africa, the Gambian government took the proactive decision to stop airlines, including Arik Air, from bringing inbound passengers from Monrovia, Conakry, Guinea, and Freetown into Banjul.
Adebanji added “Hence, in line with the actions taken by the Gambian Government, we trust, and are confident, that the Federal Government of Nigeria shall take all steps necessary to control and curtail the spread of the virus. We humbly suggest that as a first step, all inbound flights into Nigeria, originating from any of the Ebola-affected countries, be immediately suspended.”
Meanwhile, First Consultants Medical Centre Ltd, Obalende, Lagos, the hospital where the first Ebola victim in Nigeria died, has spoken out on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
In a statement by the hospital’s Chief Consultant/ Medical Director, Dr B.N. Ohiaeri and the Senior Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Dr. A.S. Adadevoh, it said the hospital was under pressure to release the victim.
According to the statement, “He was fully conscious and gave his clinical history and told us he was a senior diplomat from Liberia. We refused to let him out of the hospital in spite of intense pressure as we were told he was a senior ECOWAS official who had an important role to play at the ECOWAS convention in Calabar. The initial test result from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital laboratory indicated a signal of possible Ebola Virus Disease, but required confirmation.
“We then took the further step of reaching out to senior officials in the office of the Secretary of Health of the United States of America, who promptly assisted us with contacts at the Centre for Disease Control and World Health Organisation regional laboratory centre in Senegal. Jointly working with the state, Federal agencies and international agencies, we were able to obtain confirmation of Ebola Virus Disease (Zaire strain).
The gentleman subsequently died on Friday at 6.50am (25th July, 2014).”
Following the death of the patient, the duo said there was “orderly temporary shutdown of the hospital with immediate evacuation of in-house patients. This was followed by appropriate professional removal of the body and its incineration under WHO guidelines witnessed by all appropriate agencies,” noting that the reopening of the hospital would also be in accordance with WHO guidelines.
The statement added that in keeping with World Health Organisation guideline, the hospital had been shut down briefly for full decontamination.
Meanwhile, a cross section of Lagos residents has urged the state and federal governments to spread their dragnet nationwide to ensure that all the co- passengers aboard the Asky aircraft that brought the victim to Nigeria are quickly located and screened for the virus.
Speaking to Vanguard at the departure wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, a middle-aged man, who identified himself as Olukayode, said it was not good enough for the co-passengers to have been allowed to go away without ensuring their health had not been compromised.
Another passenger who pleaded anonymity said screening of people should have been adopted earlier to stop the spread of the disease.
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/ebola-arik-air-suspends-flights-liberia-sierra-leone/ NIGERIANS AND FLIGHT SHOULD SUSPEND REGULAR VISIT TO COUNTRIES OF HIGH RISK EBOLA VIRUS FOR NOW,HENCE NO REMEDY |
| Family › Re: Men Are NOT The HEAD Of The Family! Read My Reason! by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:32am On Jul 28, 2014 |
Relationship101: Kudos to all the women (and men) that are standing up against domestic abuse. Africans have experienced a large dose of abuse (especially to the women) and we need to stand up against this devilish act. I lopve women. They are queens. They are strong, energetic, important and compassionate. Damn! Did I forget to mention that they are sexy?
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BUT*clears throat* for those idiots that think men are the HEAD which automatically place women somewhere beneath, I pray you fall into river niger and drown (fortunately for you, that isn't going to happen) but I still wish bad for you. To all those stupid women that has been brainwashed into thinking that they need to be beaten, harassed or maltreated for them to BE a woman, I pray you go to hell fire. You have lost your sense of becoming 'yourself'. You've sold your soul to an ideology that is contrary to the ethics of being a human being. To all those clergy that preaches 'submission' to women. I come against you with all my might. You have destroyed our women. You have made our wife remain in an abusive home simply because they need to be submissive to their fucking husband. What actually is submission? Is it the 21st century term for slavery. Woe unto you! You have made the teenagers in my street think that they need to FEAR men and give them respects they don't deserve simply because they are men.
Marriage is not a hierarchy of positions. It is partnership. It is BEING together. It is LOVE. It is kissing all night by the moon light without any thought for tomorrow. Women are not baby making machines. Their DUTY is not to be used.
A marriage without children can also be a sweet marriage if both parties agree together. Don't call the woman witch. (Yes I am talking to you the useless in-laws). Go get a job and stay away from peoples life. Women pride is my pride. Women courage is my courage. Women freedom is my freedom. I love women. REVISIT YOUR BIBLE |
| Politics › Re: Wives Of Top Nigeria Politicians (pictures) by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:30am On Jul 28, 2014 |
kastonkastrol: how did you know she is sweet ?  Or have you collected your own share just the way retarded ffk collected his? GOOD TO KNOW |
| Politics › Re: President Jonthan Visits Lagos by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:27am On Jul 28, 2014 |
ojimbo: leave nairaland forum and just manage to go closer to the airport with this rubbish you posted on your head. You will be taught how to breathe the fresh air by force MR.PRESIDENT CAN VISIT ANY STATE OF THE FEDERATION,WE MUST GET MANNERS |
| Romance › Re: Married Man Attempts Suicide Over Girlfriend by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:08am On Jul 28, 2014 |
kastonkastrol: Suicide or a suicide attempt is a crime against the state, so the foolish man should face the full wrath of the law.
The man is even a married man...... Talk of infidelity at its peak. WHERE IS THE WIFE,..................... |
| Family › Re: How Do I Stop My Baby From Thumb Sucking? by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:02am On Jul 28, 2014 |
neuljosh: why not buy him a baby dummy. That would save his fingers. Here is what it looks like BUY him the DUMMY,seal his mouth with it always so he will suck it when need be instead of the fingers,or alternatively use BITTER LEAF to dirt his fingers,if bitter,he wouldnt suck,try these. |
| Food › Re: Bush Meat Eaters: Do You Know The Kind Of Animal Behind The Bush Meat You Eat? by VMLTDSMS(m): 11:58pm On Jul 27, 2014 |
canalily: List of bush meat that carry NAFDAC emblame includes... ELE, MGBADA, NKWUKWA, EWI, OSA, UZEH, NCHI OKWA, OGAZ1, AGU, ELEPHANT, MONKEY, AGU, NNANWEREDE, EWU OHIA, NKITA OHIA...ETC. The ones without Nafdac are vulture, bat, flying bat etc....ONLY you undastand... EBOLA:is a TIME BOMB Nigerians MUST AVOID - Deadlier than HIV/AIDS Virus . Still wondering how or why this killer VIRUS erupt when scientist were celebrating their SUCCESS of getting DRUGS that will FLUSH HIV Virus from the BLOOD STREAM Completely.... Could this be a SOLDIER GO SOLDIER COME phenomena. |
| Politics › Re: Bomb Blast In Kano State!! by VMLTDSMS(m): 11:48pm On Jul 27, 2014 |
Nobleval: As usual. I really cant tell how Nigeria would look like if this continue,four(4) explosive in the same city at the same day ,so much tragedy . This is so sad and innocent people are suffering of the wanton incidence. |
| Health › Re: Why We Can’t Call Off The Strike Because Of Ebola Outbreak – Lagos Medical Docto by VMLTDSMS(m): 9:05am On Jul 26, 2014 |
deols: The doctors make demands. The government should reason and provide them for the benefit of all.
Doctors work 24/7 taking care of their patients but these patients seem to care less about what happens to those doctors.
In Liberia, the chief doctor in charge of treating people with the Ebola is said to be under treatment for the same ebola virus.
How can a Nigerian doctor, who was never appreciated all the while, go ahead and be involved when all of their demands for better healthcare infrastructure, for remuneration and for the protection of the dignity of their practice have been denied them. The same Nigerian populace, who suffer more from all these should be drumming the need to see to the needs of the doctors into the government's ears but they are too driven by sentiments and their judgemental attitude to see what is really going on.
People are dying in case none is close to you due to these strikes and the doctors have nothing to lose since the private hospitals are owned by them. Nigerians should be asking the government to do what is right!
Nurses, pharmacists etc are not consultants. They are doing almost nothing at the hospitals right now.
The dignity of the great profession must be protected.and Doctors have every right/conscience to do that.
The government has to see reason and the populace need to be reasonable as well.
God bless Nigeria. I believe is best to privatize all the government hospitals,for efficient services.The EBOLA is a deadlier than HIV/AIDS Virus hence no remedy is discovered at the moment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :FOR A Wrist-Watch-Phone,to MAKE & RCV Calls is available ,send SMS:08035498896 or WHATSAPP:+34602452435 Only ,so we can CALLBACK. |
| Business › Re: Is CBN Hoarding The Lesser Bills In The Economy? by VMLTDSMS(m): 7:38pm On Dec 25, 2013 |
codebrew85: I don't know if anyone had observed it, there seems to be no change in the market. Whenever you tender a 500 or 1000 naira bill to a seller, the next thing you would hear is, 'oga no change o'. You'll later end up not buying the stuffs you intended buying because, there's no change. As funny as this may sound, it's very frustrating and annoying. Could this be a general thing or just peculiar to lagos alone? Or could it be that CBN is hoarding the lesser bills?
Please people share your experience. THE PLAN TO PHASE OUT THE POLYMER NOTE COULD BE THE MOST REASON OF ITS SCARCITY |
| Business › Re: Please Help With Genuine Internet Business by VMLTDSMS(m): 10:50pm On Dec 23, 2013 |
henrimoto: databoy. great idea! just like paga and co... i buy this your idea.. I LIKE YOUR CONCEPT BUT HOW TRUSTY COULD THIS BE AND HOW WOULD YOU GENERATE TO LOAD THE TOP UP CARDS |
| Business › Re: How Do You Sell Goods To People You Meet Online. by VMLTDSMS(m): 7:14pm On Dec 23, 2013 |
mayorall: Friends how do you sell your goods to people you meet online. Do you know of any firm who can do pay on delivery on your behalf?.
This has been hindering business as a result of lack of escrow platform in the country. People we meet online will not wanna send money to you in Nigeria and you will also will not wanna send your goods without payment.
Imagine when someone I met on nairaland want to get tablet pc from me, he's in the North, South- south or southeast, I ask.
1.Do you have someone in the south-west I can deliver to and the person will send to you?. If yes I take it to the person and I get my money.
2. If the person doesn't have, I will think of someone I know in the state, send it to the person, and the person will send me my money.
But I guess this method is old cargo, do you know of a better option. Share and let's learn. Thanks. FRAUD:Is the major challenge of ONLINE TRADING,a-lot of people would not want to SEND payment without seeing the GOODS or TRUSTING you of sending it after PAYMENT...I have faced this CHALLENGES until I had to set up a Limited Liability Company which is legally registered in the Corporate Affairs and FIRS with Tax Identification Number(TIN),this has boost the business life wire and its genuine with also the help of a corporate websites.TRY to set up a Limited Liability Company and WEBSITE subsequently so you can enjoy online trading,your clients can comfortably pay into your company account because they know you are REAL.Get our WRIST-WATCH-PHONE with 2yrs WARRANTY or OTHER PRODUCTS Today. |
| Webmasters › Re: Domain Name Business; The Easiest & The Most Profitable Online Venture by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:20pm On Dec 20, 2013*. Modified: 8:36pm On Dec 20, 2013 |
isaactolu: Although domain name business has been around for a while, recently it is becoming popular in Nigeria. domain flipping is the easiest online business and also the most profitable with potential profit of between 100% and up to 10000% sometimes even more than that. if done properly and patience is applied, you can make it big with this online venture. a domain name bought or registered with $10 can be sold for up to $10,000 or even more than that, although i must warn that this kind of scenario dont happen frequently and when it does happen it require lot of work and technique but a domain name bought with $10 can easily be sold for $50 which is an amazing 400% profit.
There are 3 main aspect of domain name business
1. domain flipping i.e buying domain name and reselling for profit
2. domain parking
3. developing domain name to a website and selling for huge profit
I will like everyone that is into domain name business to share their experience, tips and techniques. DOMAIN is a good and lucrative business because is the life wire of every successful business,is very encouraging that every business require a good doamin or website for perfect repute.And we can make this a success to your business if you wish to be uplifted in all walks of life. |
| Politics › Re: Ex-militant Tompolo Buys A Private Jet by VMLTDSMS(m): 9:47pm On Oct 27, 2013 |
MONEY MIS ROAD |
| Business › Re: Googletrader Nigeria To Shut-down By November 11 2013!!! by VMLTDSMS(m): 3:59pm On Oct 27, 2013 |
For every social media to survive test of time,they must engage themselves on advertisement or voluntary donation which will help them power their services as NGOs ...If you visit www.wikipedia.org , you will find out that the display their account details sometimes for sponsorship and willful or voluntary donation by government,individuals etc to enable them stay alive. .... If these dead social medias embraced any of this,they wouldnt have crashed. |
| Politics › Re: Oduah: We’re Shocked – Kinsmen by VMLTDSMS(m): 12:51pm On Oct 26, 2013 |
FOLLOW HER SCANDAL BEFORE MAKING COMMENT,THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PURCHASED ON LEASE BY 1ST BANK FROM COSCHARIS,THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS IS YET TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION , SO BASICALLY THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARDED TO 1ST BANK PLC HENCE THEY ACCEPTED TO EMPOWER THE PURCHASE. |
| Politics › Re: 5 Nigerian Leaders That Cannot Be Bribed. by VMLTDSMS(m): 8:37pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
I CANNOT BE BRIBED,I DONT KNOW OF OTHER FOUR |
