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MASSOB Sacks Leader Uwazurike Over Alleged Financial Complicity

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The unity and love jealously guiding the activities of the Movement for the Actual­ization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has broken.
This was because of marching order by Chief Ralph Uwa­zuruike to some key officials of MASSOB to vacate the or­ganization or face forceful ejection. The over 250 officials were ordered to vacate Okwe within a week or be ejected by force.
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Why Peter Obi Resigns From APGA-----Source

Peter-Obi-1Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has tendered his resignation letter as Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and the Chairman of the Party’s Board of Trustees, BoT.In a resignation letter addressed to the National Secretary of the Party and submitted at the Party’s Abuja office on Friday, quoted Mr.
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South East Supporters Endorse President Jonathan Re-Election Bid......TAN

The coast appears to be clear in the South-East for the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in South-East following an impressive outing of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN)zonal rally at Alex Ekwueme square Awka.
Political leaders, traditional rulers and minent personalities like Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu, Engr Arthur Eze , Mr Peter Obi , Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)  and South East chairman of the Governor’s Forum Chief Theordore Orji led the pack of Ndigbo to throw in their support for Jonathan’s second term.
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Governor Fashola Commissions New Tejuosho Market

       
Lagos state Governor, Raji Fashola today August 15th commissioned the newly refurbished Tejuosho market in Yaba Lagos, 7 years after the old market structure was completely gutted by fire.
The refurbished market, which used to have 1,484 lockup, has been increased to 2,640. Facilities in the new market complex includes banking spaces, 8 lifts to enable goods, services and people move up, two escalators for up and down movement of people, two ramps designed to assist physically handicapped people to get into and out of the building and a crèche where nursing mothers can attend to and keep their children while they are trading.
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Nkem Owoh Touched My Bre*sts For Real- Anita Joseph

For those of you who have seen the movie, Gamblers and have been doubting iof Nkem Owoh touched Anita Joseph’s bre*sts for real or not, doubt no more because the actress just confirmed he did. While speaking with a Vanguard reporter, Anita said the director said he was supposed to touch it for real, and he had to allow him touch it.
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Governor Obiano Takes Nepotism to High Heavens---Guest Writer

It is painful writing this piece but more hurting not to put pen on paper for the time is ripe.
For the first time in the history of Nigeria’s democracy, Anambra State had a peaceful and most widely attended handover ceremony on March 17, 2014. Many saw it as just a gathering of cheerful party faithful, politically advantaged persons and proponents of Igbo Agenda but keen observers sensed that there was more to it. It was the birth of a new Anambra.
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Friday

Nano-silver, The Nigerian Ebola Drug Is A Pesticide - USA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola. The FDA's warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria's top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos, the country's capital, will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver...
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Ezeemo Lauds FG's Efforts To Fight Ebola Disease

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Anambra state leader of Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA) and its standard bearer in last year’s governorship election, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, yesterday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his rapid and well coordinated response to the Ebola virus scare in the country.
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NSCDC Sets To Auction Seized Items In Its Domain

The Director-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Ade Abolurin, said that items seized from vandals by the organization would soon be auctioned to the public.
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DSS IS PARTISAN –APC

DSS IS PARTISAN –APC The All Progressives Congress has accused the Department of State Service of partisanship. The APC, through its National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Thursday that the members of staff of the organisation, especially its spokesperson, Ms Marilyn Ogar, needed proper education and exposure. Corroborating its allegation of DSS’ partisanship, the party condemned the selective complaint against its National Publicity Secretary in Osun State during the August 9 election. It said the outfit deliberately kept quiet on the presence of the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro , and others in the state during the poll. The statement reads in part, “How can a spokesperson for such a sensitive government agency not understand that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides for freedom of movement? “On what basis is Ms. Ogar questioning what the APC’s National Publicity Secretary was doing in Osun State when the same fellow has not questioned the presence of Obanikoro, Chris Uba and the likes in the same state. Or are those people from Osun State? “Was it not publicly announced that the APC was moving its headquarters to Osun State to give support to Governor Rauf Aregbesola? Why didn’t Ms. Ogar question the presence of President Goodluck Jonathan or Vice-President Namadi Sambo in Osun State when they came too if she was being fair? “It is sad that Ms. Ogar has turned herself to the spokesperson of the PDP by echoing what that party had said on the Osun State election. This is unprofessional and irresponsible.” The party said that the claim by Ogar on a national television that APC leaders were arrested in Osogbo for loitering on the eve of the election depicted the height of ignorance and amounted to an embarrassment to the DSS. It added, “The spokesperson for the agency, Ms. Ogar, should be properly trained and given the necessary exposure so she can speak with knowledge and facts, instead of making baseless and incautious statements. “It is sad that a spokesperson for the DSS does not know there is no offence called ‘loitering’ under Nigerian laws. For her to now go on national television to say the APC National Publicity Secretary was arrested for ‘loitering’ in Osogbo on the eve of the governorship election is the height of ignorance and constitutes a great embarrassment to the DSS. “It is even worse that the so-called spokesperson, ever so glib, would make a joke out of such a faux pas by an agency that is supposed to be non-partisan and highly professionalised. “How on earth can any human being not be disoriented when 15 hooded gunmen arrest him/her and point their weapons at his/her head as they did to me on that night in Osogbo?” Source: Punch
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Department of State Service of partisanship.
The APC, through its National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Thursday that the members of staff of the organisation, especially its spokesperson, Ms Marilyn Ogar, needed proper education and exposure.
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Anambra Government Aide Replies APC Over Voters Card Allegation

Governor Willie Obiano’s Commissioner for Housing, Lawrence Chinwuba has lambasted the All Progressives Congress for always being in the habit of raising false alarm.
Chinwuba in response to press statement from APC in Anambra circulating online alleging that INEC is working with state government and federal government to make cards enter wrong hands for 2015 elections.
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Nurse Who Skipped EBOLA Quarantine To Enugu Is Back To LAGOS In A Special Ambulance

NURSE WHO SKIPPED EBOLA QUARANTINE TO ENUGU IS BACK TO LAGOS IN A SPECIAL AMBULANCE Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband. Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in the Diaspora was sending an experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and the drug, whose name is ‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today. The nurse, who had contact with Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, caused a stir on Wednesday when it was discovered that she had travelled to Enugu and had contact with at least 21 people during her unauthorized trip to the Southeastern city. However, Chukwu says the nurse has so far not developed the symptoms as of the time of her trip. “In Enugu yesterday, there were 21 secondary contacts with the nurse. But after investigations, there are only 6 secondary contacts now”, he said in Abuja on Thursday. “The nurse who is newly wedded had no symptoms of the disease when she travelled to Enugu, was transported back to Lagos in a special ambulance with her husband. Her husband is under quarantine now”. Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in the Diaspora was sending an experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and the drug, whose name is ‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today. “The experimental drug is a donation from a Nigerian scientist in Diaspora who was concerned about threat of Ebola in his home country. The drug will reach Nigeria today”, he said. On updates on Ebola cases in Nigeria, he said some of the 169 secondary contacts of Sawyer were no longer under surveillance and had been released, having completed the 21 days of incubation period. Source: Daily Times
Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband.
Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in the Diaspora was sending an experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and the drug, whose name is ‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today.
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2015 Election: AFENIFERE, NORTH FIGHT DIRTY

2015: AFENIFERE, NORTH FIGHT DIRTY The two-month ultimatum from the Northern Elders Forum to President Jonathan to rescue the abducted Chibok girls rekindles fault lines in the Nigerian nation It was a battle they inherited from their ancestors. The faceoff that emerged yesterday between Afenifere, the Yoruba Socio Cultural group and the Northern Elders Forum, NEF over the feasibility and competence of President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection was a recall of the mutual suspicion that existed between Nigeria’s first indigenous regional leaders. A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some 223 are still missing. While the conflict of the forefathers was essentially centered around regional domination, the conflict that burst yesterday is on the surface focused on the fate of the more than 200 Chibok secondary schools abducted last April. At the peak of the distrust between Nigeria’s founding fathers, the late Northern leader, Sir Ahmadu Bello was quoted as saying that his priority in filling job vacancies in the north would be “first a northerner, then an expatriate and then a southerner and that on contract.” Bello’s assertion was to be the basis of the chasm and subsequent hostility that shadowed relations between the two sides of the country since independence. The hostility which was fueled by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election Chief Moshood Abiola was only partially soothed by the election of General Olusegun Obasanjo as president in 1999. However, since the Obasanjo phenomenon and the relegation of the north from its position of political dominance, the seeming discomfort of the north in playing second fiddle in the polity has taken a central role in the polity. It has been especially so under President Jonathan who has generally been affirmed to be Nigeria’s most “troubled” leader. Jonathan has been troubled by the insurgency fanned by what was once thought to be a mainly Islamic agenda. The Islamic Boko Haram group which started by killing Christians, burning and bombing churches has lately expanded its agenda to killing non conforming Islamic leaders bringing to question the real motif of the group. While some allege that it still has an Islamic agenda, the gruesome and unrestrained brutality of the group has given vent to a political agenda. So when the NEF last Monday urged President Jonathan to forget re-election if the Chibok girls are not returned, the group whether advertently or inadvertently rekindled the regional distrust that existed between the north and the south. In a statement issued by Barrister Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the group alleged that the ongoing insurgency in the north was aimed at politically and economically weakening the north to allow the easy reelection of President Jonathan. “We also reject the notion that multiple internal security challenges such as attacks on villages, ethno-religions conflicts and banditry springing up by the day in many parts of the north are all a coincidence,” the statement said. “Indeed, we are convinced that most of these conflicts are being engineered to weaken the North politically and economically by interests which intend to exploit such weaknesses for electoral benefits.” Alleging that the administration was deliberately allowing the crisis to fester, the NEF said: “The lack of a strong will at the level of the presidency to fight it, as well as deep-seated corruption and incompetence in governments and in the management of our security challenges has allowed a band of terrorists to take and hold vast parts of our land and populations hostage, while every citizen lives in fear that they will be its next victim.” The NEF which has such prominent Jonathan bashers as Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Prof. Ango Abdullahi in its fold and had never hidden its revulsion of a second term for Jonathan or the aspiration of any other southerner, was quick to push forward its most notable agenda, to wit, that Jonathan should not re-contest. “In the light of our firm conviction that the insurgency and related security challenges pose threats to the 2015 elections and the survival of our nation, we strongly advise President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to bring an end to the insurgency in all its manifestations and produce the Chibok girls before the end of October, 2014. The circumstances under which our fellow citizens in and around Gwoza in Borno State in particular live and die will not be tolerated by any people who have a government and a leader sworn to defend them, and they must be reversed immediately. In the event that President Jonathan fails to do this, Nigerians will be left with the only conclusion that he has forfeited his right to ask for our mandate beyond 2015.” Afenifere in a sharp rebuttal was quick to enter the fray yesterday. The group in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin said the statement by the NEF was an exposure of the linkage between the Islamic Boko Haram sect and some northern elites. “By linking the electoral fortune of President Jonathan in 2015 to “Bring Back Our Girls” latest by October as well as ending Boko Haram at the time, the “elders” have just confirmed the suspicions in the land that the activities of the Islamic Sect Boko Haram is either enjoying the sponsorship of some elites of the North or at the least having their sympathy.” Afenifere was quick to spot out what it referred to as the unwillingness of the northern elders to condemn the activities of Boko Haram while focusing on the alleged failures of the president. “In all the sound and fury of the Forum, we searched in vain any outright condemnation of Boko Haram. And this has .been the pattern of most reactions from the majority of the elites of the region who always appear politically correct to the insurgents while using their activities to rattle the government. The most audacious of this perfidy is this direct put by the Northern Elders Forum.” “A traumatized country that has been held in anxiety over the fate of the abducted girls cannot but challenge these elders at this stage to appeal to their wards in Boko Haram to release the innocent young girls who now appear cannon fodders in the struggle for “we want our power back”. “A time has come to let these elites know they can no longer play the ostrich by burying their heads in the sand and think no one sees them because they are seeing no one.” “We, however, frown at the disingenuous attempt by unconscionable elites who are now dishing out two months ultimatum to end an insurgency that they prepared the atmosphere for in decades of exploitation and iniquitous dealings with their own people. Can they name one country that has defeated terror in 60 days?” “How many rulers have we had in Nigeria since 1960 and how many come from the North? Why did it not occur to any of them that the Almajiris should go to school?” “The country has suffered enough of the errors of these leaders which has now produced terror in the land, they should stopping pouring salt on the injury,” Afenifere said. Northern Elders on Jonathan •Administration is insensitive to the plight of Chibok girls •Toying with corruption •Has put politics ahead of governance •Has closed its eyes to the Boko Haram scourge in the North Afenifere on Northern Elders •They are cuddling Boko Haram •Refusing to condemn Boko Haram •Prefer to cite alleged incompetence of Jonathan •Not sincere about Chibok girls Source: Vangurd
The two-month ultimatum from the Northern Elders Forum to President Jonathan to rescue the abducted Chibok girls rekindles fault lines in the Nigerian nation
It was a battle they inherited from their ancestors. The face-off that emerged yesterday between Afenifere, the Yoruba Socio Cultural group and the Northern Elders Forum, NEF over the feasibility and competence of President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection was a recall of the mutual suspicion that existed between Nigeria’s first indigenous regional leaders.
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FINALLY, DELEGATES ADOPT DRAFT CONSTITUTION


National Conference yesterday came to a convivial end as the 492 delegates unanimously adopted all the reports of the Confab, including the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution.
The much-anticipated stormy session over the draft constitution was averted by the diplomatic strategy employed by the chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, who had several meetings on Wednesday with the zonal leaders.
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EBOLA: FG TURNS BACK CORPSE FLOWN IN FROM EGYPT

EBOLA: FG TURNS BACK CORPSE FLOWN IN FROM EGYPT KANO – Aviation Authorities, Wednesday night, turned back a corpse flown into the country from Egypt at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport. Airport officials disallowed the family of the deceased from collecting the body flown in aboard Egypt Air at about 11.30 pm. Airport sources confided in Vanguard that the stand by Nigerian officials was in compliance with the Federal Government directives that banned the transportation of corpses within and outside the country – a move to check the spread of Ebola Virus Disease. The source explained that “though Egypt is not among the countries with the Ebola outbreak, it is better to take precautionary measures by not entertaining any exception in the movement of corpses in the country.” The source revealed that the corpse is that of a Nigerian who had gone to the Pharaoh’s country for medical treatment.” “We plead with the family members who had turned up at the Airport to received his corpse to bear with us in the face of a big national question that requires the understanding of citizens to surmount”, the source explained. When contacted, Avaition Skokesman, Alhaji Yakubu Datti, decline to comment on the issue but asked Vanguard to seek confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Health. Datti Said; ” the airport is run by a combination of official drawn from strategic ministries and since your enquiry bothers on health, I would advise you cross check your facts from Federal Ministry of Health”.
Aviation Authorities, Wednesday night, turned back a corpse flown into the country from Egypt at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport.
Airport officials disallowed the family of the deceased from collecting the body flown in aboard Egypt Air at about 11.30 pm.
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EBOLA: Treatment Drug Arrives Nigeria

EBOLA: TREATMENT DRUG ARRIVES NIGERIA An Ebola treatment drug, “Nanosilver” is said to have arrived Nigeria for the treatment of persons infected by the virus. This was disclosed yesterday in Abuja by the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu. Prof. Chukwu, who appeared elated on the development at the daily media briefing on the Ebola virus said: “One good thing is that there will be a new treatment drug for the Ebola. A Nigerian scientist has offered to invest his resources in the supply of the experimental treatment drug-Nanosilver-for the victims. This drug can only be donated by a Nigerian for now.” He however, confirmed another case of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Nigeria bringing the total number of infected persons to 11. The minister said that among the 11 confirmed cases, three were dead-the index case, the nurse who participated in treating the late Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who imported the disease into Nigeria and the Nigerian nurse who served as protocol officer of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. Chukwu noted that the remaining eight victims are alive and under treatment and dismissed the panic about the spread of Ebola to Enugu State by an escapee nurse. The Health Minister said for now there is no case of Ebola in Enugu or any other part of the country except in Lagos, adding that the six persons who had secondary contact with the nurse who travelled to Enugu tested negative but are under surveillance. He said: “For now I want to assure citizens that there is no Ebola case in Enugu. One of the nurses who had primary contact with the index case who came to Nigeria on July 20, 2014 disobeyed the health authorities and travelled down to Enugu to see her husband. The nurse under surveillance was asymptomatic when she travelled to Enugu and six people who had secondary contact with her had been tested and medically proved Ebola negative and they are under surveillance. Meanwhile, the nurse and her husband have returned to Lagos in an ambulance and are under quarantine. For now, no case of Ebola is in Enugu.” Chukwu said that as at today (yesterday), Nigeria recorded a total of 169 secondary contacts under surveillance in Lagos. Meanwhile, Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has condoled with the family of the first nurse who died from the disease. He identified her as Justina Echelonu, a member of staff of First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos State, who died on August 6, 2014. She was among those who treated the late Sawyer, when he arrived in Nigeria. Governor Orji said: “My heart bleeds as I write this. On behalf of my family, the government and the good people of Abia State, I commiserate with family, friends and colleagues of our dear lady nurse, Justina Echelonu, who died following the contact she had with the Liberian-American, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, in the course of discharging her duty as a nurse.” Governor Orji in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Obed Nnaji, prayed that God would comfort Ms. Echelonu’s family and grant them the fortitude to bear the loss. Also yesterday, Kwara State Committee on the Control of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, disclosed that a suspected case of the disease had been reported in the state. It however allayed fears of an outbreak of the disease in the state, noting that the suspected case was on Wednesday discovered with a seven-month-old baby newly brought into the state. The Committee’s Chairman, Prof. Sunday Opabola, disclosed this to journalists yesterday. He emphasised that there was no confirmed case of the disease in the state as being speculated. Opabola, who is also the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Health, stressed that the baby with a suspected case was found with some symptoms which were not exclusive to Ebola disease but also had to do with those of Lasa fever, cholera, malaria and some other diseases. He further explained that the baby had been taken along to Ilorin by his parents who came to the town for a visit from Ibadan after one of those taking care of him had returned to Ibadan from Lagos. He said that the baby initially came up with symptoms of malaria and was being treated on that for about two days without improvement before his mother was advised to take him to a private pediatric specialist hospital in the Ilorin town. The governor’s aide also disclosed that the pediatrician medical director of the hospital carried out a clinical assessment on the patient and discovered Ebola-like symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and vomiting of contents that partly contained blood. He said this made the doctor to report the baby’s case to the relevant government agency for necessary actions. The committee chairman disclosed that the government immediate took the baby to the state Specialist Hospital at Sobi area in the town for proper attention with samples already being taken for tests at two centres in Lagos including Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He said the result of the tests are expected to be out today (Friday) while also disclosing that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed had ordered for test equipment to be install at the state Advanced Diagnosis Centre in Ilorin. Opabola maintained that government had commenced trace contact which he said it is doing with the use of the standard recommended by the World Health Organisation to ensure the exercise is effective to keep the state safe of possible spread of the disease. He also disclosed that the government has decided to temporarily close down the private hospital where the baby was taken to. “Though, it was not yet established that the baby’s case is Ebola the government is taking these proactive measures as part of its commitment to keep people in the state insulated from being infected with the diseases. “Those treating the baby at the Specialist Hospital use Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, while an ambulance used to take him to the place has been dedicated for such an assignment while it is to be regularly decontaminated. “Government has also decided to establish isolation and quarantine centres at the Specialist Hospital and the General Hospital at Omu-Aran in south district of the state and at Okuta in north district,” he added. Source: Nigerian Pilot
An Ebola treatment drug, “Nanosilver” is said to have arrived Nigeria for the treatment of persons infected by the virus. This was disclosed yesterday in Abuja by the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu.
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Jonathan Sacks All Resident Doctors Over Ebola

JONATHAN SACKS ALL RESIDENT DOCTORS OVER EBOLA Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all resident doctors in all federal government hospitals across the nation for not teaming up with government to fight the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Health said the action was taken to enable government appraise the challenges in the health sector in a bid to fight the Ebola scourge. The statement signed by Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, Deputy Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria said the resident doctors had been frustrating the move by the government to curtail the Ebola virus from spreading. According to the statement, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, made good its threat of 11 June, 2014 by calling out its members on industrial action on the 1 July, 2014 despite the Federal Government’s successive intervention meetings and dialogue including extensive deliberations with the leadership of the NMA on 25 and 26 June 2014, where agreements were reached on each of the 24 demands and a Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties. It said in the midst of the strike, the government had also cultivated the attention and intervention of some eminent personalities in order to prevail on the NMA leadership to respect the ethics of their profession and end the strike whilst the dialogue was ongoing, adding that some of the personalities included the Governor of Delta State, the Secretary to Government of the Federation, members of the National Assembly, among others. The government stressed that it has implemented more than 90 percent of its responsibilities as signed by both parties, adding that at the conclusion of each meeting, the NMA promised to call off the strike but would return another day to say that they could not. “For the whole of July 2014, these doctors did not work yet government, owing to the emergency situation in our country, paid them the July salaries with allowances such as call duty allowance, teaching allowance, hazard allowance, etc, believing that this magnanimity of government would appeal to reason for NMA to call off the strike. “This strike can be considered as one of the most insensitive steps to be taken by any association or a labour union in the history of this country. Pertinent to the issue under discussion are the current security challenges in the country with the attendant mass casualties. The situation has been compounded by the recent importation of the Ebola Virus Disease into Nigeria on 20 July, 2014. “Following the Presidential declaration of a National Public Health Emergency on Ebola Disease which has united the entire country in the efforts to contain the disease, it is quite regrettable that the people who should take leadership role in the fight against Ebola disease are now the most unsupportive. All efforts by Government to contain this disease are being frustrated by the continued industrial strike action of the NMA,” it lamented. The statement added that “the Federal Government has therefore decided that Residency Training Programme in Federal Government Hospitals be suspended pending the conclusion of the ongoing appraisal of the challenges in the health sector. “This directive is without prejudice to any emergency measure that may be necessary for the hospital management to immediately restore full medical services. The Federal Government wishes to reassure the public that optimal medical health care delivery will be sustained in our hospitals.” Source: PMNews
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all resident doctors in all federal government hospitals across the nation for not teaming up with government to fight the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country.
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Governor Obiano Takes Nepotism to High Heavens: The Messiah Anambra Longed For----Guest Writer

It is painful writing this piece but more hurting not to put pen on paper for the time is ripe. For the first time in the history of Nigeria’s democracy, Anambra State had a peaceful and most widely attended handover ceremony on March 17, 2014. Many saw it as just a gathering of cheerful party faithful, politically advantaged persons and proponents of Igbo Agenda but keen observers sensedviavia



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NIDF Investors get N60.71 Coupon per Note----Sponsored Report


Investors in the Nigerian International Debt Fund (NIDF) – an NSE listed mutual fund - will receive an interim dividend of N60.71 per note as the Fund Managers, Afrinvest Asset Management Limited, commenced payment on August 13, 2014. The N60.71 coupon per note is well above the initial estimated dividend payment of N36.00 per note.
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2015: Nigeria will not split– Jonathan


Nigerian incumbent President Jonathan arrives to vote in Otuoke, NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan has asserted that those predicting and prophesying doom for Nigeria ahead of the 2015 general elections would be disappointed.Jonathan stated this at an interfaith conference organised by the Interfaith Initiative for Peace with the theme:
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Another Building Collapse In Onitsha: Killl two And Render Many Homeless


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An uncompleted two storey building belonging to Bethsaida Bible Church yesterday collapsed at 33 area of Onitsha killing an only son , injuring six others.
Anambra state commissioner for Housing , Lawrence Chinwuba and his counterpart on Committee to prevent further Collapse of buildings in Anambra state , Peter Okpalaeke with his committee members have visited the site. 
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FG Calls For Collaborative Measures To Fight Ebola Scourge


Cheering news from Anambra says the corpse from Liberia deposited at a Hospital morgue in Nkwere Ezunaka ,Oyi local government area was not Ebola infested/
 The report is not yet officially announced by the experts from Abuja but they have briefed the Governor and other relevant authorities.
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EVD: T.B JOSHUA SENDS ’4,000 BOTTLES OF ANOINTED WATER’ TO SIERRA LEONE


                                   EBOLA: T.B JOSHUA SENDS ’4,000 BOTTLES OF ANOINTED WATER’ TO SIERRA LEONE In a move aimed at supporting some Ebola-stricken countries, founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua, AKA, TB Joshua has announced that the Sierra Leonean government were sent 4000 bottles of his ‘anointing water’ to spiritually fortify the country in their fight against the deadly disease. Prophet Joshua also announced that a private jet hired at $50,000 conveyed the spiritual items to the country yesterday. He also added that an extra $50,000 was given to victims of the disease as donated by the prophet and his ‘Emmanuel TV Partners’. Before ministering to foreign visitors at his ‘prayer line’ service, Joshua then gave a stern warning to Nigeria about the way the Ebola crisis was being handled. “Ebola is not Nigeria’s challenge,” he began. “Our challenge is insecurity. It is a strange ailment. That someone from another country for an ECOWAS meeting and died of Ebola does not mean Nigeria is not safe,” he stated, adding that fear-mongering in the media was only making matters worse. “To the extent we talk bad about Nigeria, to that same extent our name is destroyed,” the cleric defiantly continued, bemoaning the name Nigeria was being given in the international community because of the news projected. “This is a country under repair because of what Boko Haram has done to the nation. Don’t damage it more. This nation is safe. If there is any challenge, we have what it takes to surmount it,” he stated, calling on Nigerians to learn from the way Ghana protected the name of their nation. Prophet Joshua preached that the two deaths recorded in Nigeria did not warrant a state of emergency as announced by by President Goodluck Jonathan. “All of this is propaganda,” He stated. “When a little thing happens, you exaggerate it because you are looking for funds. How much can the international community give to us that can redeem the name Nigeria we are soiling? A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging – you have what it takes to solve your problems.” Joshua said he was saddened by the news that some African nations had closed their borders to the countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, stating that it destroys the purpose of African unity. “What is the meaning of African unity? The wound of an African is the wound of all Africans. The wound of one is the wound of all. A nation that stands to solve the problem of other nations will become successful,” he added. “We should rise up and see the wound of others as our wound. Stand up to the occasion and help instead of closing your borders against your African brothers.” Joshua concluded that giving citizens proper education about the disease was important but the spread of the disease should not be maliciously exaggerated. FacebookTwitterEmailMore “That does not mean you should use it to destroy the name of Nigeria as if it is here. It’s not! protection and prevention – that should be our assignment in Nigeria,” he said. Source: Daily Post
In a move aimed at supporting some Ebola-stricken countries, founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua, AKA, TB Joshua has announced that the Sierra Leonean government were sent 4000 bottles of his ‘anointing water’ to spiritually fortify the country in their fight against the deadly disease.
Prophet Joshua also announced that a private jet hired at $50,000 conveyed the spiritual items to the country yesterday.
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I Owe No One Any Apology: Minister Who Cleared Sawyer To Travel To Nigeria

I OWE NO ONE ANY APOLOGY SAYS MINISTER WHO CLEARED PATRICK SAWYER TO TRAVEL LIBERIA’s deputy finance minister, Sebastian Omar, who cleared Patrick Sawyer to travel, yesterday, defended himself against charges of incompetence for clearing Sawyer to travel to Nigeria for a conference. In the conversation on Facebook tracked by online publication, Premium Times, Omar stood his ground, and revealed that Sawyer was his friend. Asked whether Omar saw Sawyer’s blood test results or whether he simply told him it was negative, the minister said, “As his superior, if a man tells you his sister died from Ebola and he could have been exposed do you not think it is your duty to ask the hard questions or maybe you could have reported this to the health officials? Stop making silly excuses as to not being his doctors. This does not excuse you from asking the questions as a government official that would safeguard the lives of our citizens and your international partners. It is your duty, again as a Government official not wanting to go above and beyond his duty to safe guard our population. Sebastian Muah Omar Tariq, a friend is dead, I do not owe you any explanation. POS (Patrick Sawyer) was a public health practitioner if you must know. The Ugandan doctor was a medical doctor if you again must know. They are no longer. So the freaking issue is not why he lied or didn’t lie to travel. But how we address the freaking disease. If you don’t have jack to say in that direction then frankly shut up on the subject. Sebastian Muah doesn’t have time today frankly for your rants.” Omar Tariq, oh hell yes you do owe Liberians and the international community an explanation Sebastian Muah, this is the complete arrogance of you people in government. How do you tell us such nonsense. You have through your negligence of not asking the proper questions exposed others to such a horrible Virus and you on here talking bull. A friend is dead I am sorry but you have some answering to do since you want to brag that you approved his travels. Sebastian Muah the old people say empty drum can’t make noise. So you will be talking by yourself as I see you don’t know what you are talking about and as a matter of finding solution you do not have any but trying to find blame. Someone must have frustrated the hell out of you in Liberia O…. Take me to the international court since I am guilty of approving a travel. Source: Vanguard
 LIBERIA’s deputy finance minister, Sebastian Omar, who cleared Patrick Sawyer to travel, yesterday, defended himself against charges of incompetence for clearing Sawyer to travel to Nigeria for a conference. In the conversation on Facebook tracked by online publication, Premium Times, Omar stood his ground, and revealed that Sawyer was his friend.
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SunMap Signs MoU With ABS On Malaria Prevention Advocacy

The Management of the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) and Support for National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a ten-month  commercial broadcast  partnership to educate Anambarians on Malaria related scourges.
The Duo reached the agreement at the ABS complex  Awka, where mode of awareness creation and continuous sensitization of the people was concluded as the hallmark of the deal. 
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