EBOLA EPIDEMIC, LASSA FEVER AND THE BUSH MEAT CONNECTION.

Stop eating bush meat!”Anyaa Vohiri, Executive Director of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, warned on the heels of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Hemorrhagic fever in the West African country. In a terse statement, the health official highlighted the connection between the Mano River countries and danger of the bush meat trade to lives of animals and humans in the region.

“Obviously, our borders do not stop viruses from crossing, and the killing and cross border trade of our threatened and protected animals has health and ecological side effects,” Vohiri remarked.

This warning, Vanguard Features, VM, gathered, is not unfounded. By a long shot, the last is yet to be heard about the rampaging Ebola epidemic.

NEW MUSIC - DESTINAMBARI - @MOCHEDDAH

MoCheddah is back with a bang.... Check out her latest track titled DESTINAMBARI ft Phyno... The Song was produced by Cobhams.. Enjoy it.

LAGOS GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN ORPHANAGE AND RESCUES 5 CHILDREN.

The Lagos State government has shut an illegal orphanage at Alagbado in Agbado‑Okeodo Local Council Development Area, LCDA and rescued five children from the home.

The orphanage, Stream of Mercy and Love for Humanity Centre, located at Ilapo village, Alagbado was never registered with the state government before it commenced operation about two years ago.

Sources said that officials of the Office of Youth and Social Development, OYSD, stormed the area last Thursday, arresting the caregiver found in the orphanage and shut the premises.

The officials rescued five children who were between the ages of one and eight years. Also, Mrs. Glory Ebenezer, the owner of the orphanage was said to be away at the time of closure.

SECURITY OFFICIALS STOPS ENGINEERING GRADUATE WHO JUMPED OUT OF A MOVING BUS FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE.

An unemployed engineering graduate of Ekiti State University, Mr. Sunday Omotayo, was on Wednesday prevented from committing suicide by the police and prison officials.

Omotayo, who caused a stir along Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, when he deliberately jumped out of a speeding Toyota Hiace bus, expecting to be crushed to death by other vehicles, said he was tired of life as he had been searching for a job for the past 10 years after graduation.

Some policemen, who were on patrol at the time of the incident, told our correspondent that Omotayo had in the morning gone to the state prison asking the officials to either kill him or make way for him to rot in the prison.

A prison officer, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that they saw him – well dressed and wearing a tie – running towards them. He added that his action forced them to become alert with their guns.

BAYERN MUNICH 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 (4 - 2 AGGREGATE).

BAY 3 MANU 1

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ATLETICO MADRID 1 BARCELONA 0 (2-1 ON AGGREGATE)

ATL 1 BAR 0

Diego Simeone has proven himself already as a world class coach. Simple as ABC..

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(VIDEO) CHELSEA QUALIFIES FOR LAST 4 OF 2014 UCL. CHE 2 PSG 0.

CHE 2 PSG 0

The away goal scored in France and Ibrahimovic's injury was going to be a factor and yet it was.

Chelsea thoroughly deserved the 2- 0 victory and it could have been much more had 2 efforts not kissed the bar. Though the aggregate score was 3-3, Chelsea progressed to the last 4.

The most unlikely hero, "Demba Ba" came off the bench to score in the 84th minute after the German machine "Schurrle" had put them ahead in the 32nd minute.

Congrats to Mourinho's Army........... At this point, anything is possible. Chelsea might just win the UCL. They have the ability.

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BANK CONTRACT WORKERS AND THE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CAREER GROWTH - IFE ADEDAPO

The career aspirations of contract workers in financial institutions appeared dashed as they have little or no opportunity to progress, IFE ADEDAPO writes

The feeling of unfair treatment and lack of career fulfilment by contract employees in the banking sector is of major concern to stakeholders, investigations have revealed.

Contract or casual labour came about as a result of reforms in the banking sector and it serves as a measure for the institutions to remain competitive by adopting cost-cutting measures to reduce expenditure.

AFRICA'S BIGGEST ECONOMY BY FIGURES.

 

How does an economy that does not have regular electricity, where infrastructure is in deficit and most of the people are so poor that the Gross Domestic Product per capita does not get into their pockets, become the largest in Africa?

It seems a miracle that any calculations can place Nigeria’s economy above South Africa’s with our well-recounted challenges, including queues for petrol. They have been on for almost a month in the 2014 season of a national series of embarrassments. Nigeria, its economy and policies that propel them are mainly embarrassments.

The rebasing that pushed Nigeria’s GDP to $509 billion, ahead of South Africa’s $350 billion, is 24 years late. Nigeria had been working with a 1990 base. While the exercise saw GDP jump 89 per cent from N42.3 trillion (2013) to N80.3 trillion, the economy’s acknowledgement of sectors like telecommunications, music and Nollywood should mark more efforts at harnessing the potentials the sectors hold.

THE DEADLY EBOLA VIRUS AND LABARAN MAKU'S INEPTITUDE - BAMIDELE OLATEJU

 

Nigeria produces, on daily basis, the sharpest minds in the world. Yet, the same country produces the dullest brains whose parade of ignorance continues to shame us. The deadly Ebola virus has killed more than 90 people in Guinea and Liberia with another suspected case reported in Mali. The resulting panic has set the world as well as smaller and less endowed West African countries on the edge but in Nigeria it is déjà vu all over again. No Shaking!

If God doesn’t deliver us, wishful thinking will. Those countries battling with Ebola really needs to improve on their religious beliefs because God is a Nigerian. Since Nigerians pray to Him most, He definitely loves Nigerians best to the exclusion of other countries. Our West African neighbours are better off tapping into our ANOINTING or ask our Minister of (Dis)Information, Labaran Maku, to “bless” them with some vials of the Ebola vaccine we have stockpiled. Since Miracles happen in Nigeria everyday, it is not unlikely that the World Health Organization (WHO), America’s Centers For Disease Control (CDC), National Institute Of Health (NIH), France’s Institut Pasteur and other world research bodies are unaware that we have scientists that have produced vaccines for this deadly viral fever that kills nine out of every ten victims. That is the power of anointing a la Nigeria! The rest of the world knows there is no vaccine for this virus, it exists only in the twisted logic of Mr. Maku.

BIGGEST ECONOMY ON PAPER ONLY - FASHOLA FAULTS NIGERIA'S RECENT ECONOMY RATINGS.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state and his Ogun state counterpart, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, faulted the statistics released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, NBS, which rated the country’s economy as the 26th largest in the world, saying; “The new statistics does not truly reflect the real worth of the country’s economy.”

This came as Lagos government said residents of state spent at least N4 billion daily to purchase food items.

They duo spoke at the opening ceremony of the 7th Lagos Economic Summit, Ehingbeti 2014, with the theme “Powering the Lagos economy: Real opportunities, endless possibilities”, held in Lagos, with former Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji and others in attendance.

LAMIDO GIVES CONDITION FOR SOUTH-SOUTH RESOURCE CONTROL....

The Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, again on Tuesday stoked a fresh controversy at the ongoing National Conference when he gave a stringent condition for a 100 per cent resource control.

He also kicked against autonomy for ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, saying it would give room for many demands.

In a tacit reference to the people of the Niger-Delta who have been clamouring for resource control, Mustapha said they should be ready to lose their lands in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The latest controversy is coming barely two weeks after the monarch had told the conference that his kingdom extended to Cameroon and he still had his kith and kins there who would receive him and his people if the North seceded from Nigeria.

YET ANOTHER HYPOCRITE - FANI KAYODE VISITS THE MAN HE TERMED "THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT BALLS".

Nigerian politicians and their cohorts are just weird set of humans. 

First, it was the most outspoken critic of government who was the Chairman of the Editorial board of Guardian Newspaper, Mr. Reuben Abati who jumped ship and became the spokesman of the same government he criticized vehemently.

Now, the two-faced FFK, who has written many articles lambasting the government has changed the tune of his song.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met behind closed doors with a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Fani-Kayode, who is one of the major critics of the Jonathan administration, attended the meeting which was held inside the President’s office with an unidentified man.

He, however, told state house correspondents at the end of the meeting that lasted about an hour, that there was nothing unusual in his visit to  the President, saying he was delighted he did so.

HOW UNDERTAKER LOST WRESTLEMANIA 30 TO BROCK LESNAR

UNDERTAKER VS BROCK LESNAR

Some still believe wrestling is fake but gosh!!! it was pretty exciting to watch back then...

Anyways, Undertaker finally lost to Brock after defeating 21 opponents consecutively in the annual match.

Shikenah.

ULTIMATE WARRIOR (JAMES HELLWIG) DIES AT 54.

The WWE released a statement confirming the death of The Ultimate Warrior only days after he had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and had made appearances at Wrestlemania 30 and on Monday Night Raw, which marked his first appearance on the show in 18 years.

Warrior – Hellwig legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993 – is easily one of the most famous and one of the most popular wrestlers to have participated in the WWE and will be remembered for an epic victory over Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania XI, as well as his signature clothesline, running splash and gorilla press drop moves.

HE BEAT HULK HOGEAN IN ONE OF THE GREATEST MATCHES EVER

He fought in the WWE (then the WWF) from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1992 to 1996 and briefly fought in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998 before retiring from professional wrestling in 1999 and beginning a public speaking career.

Warrior is survived by his wife Dana and his two daughters and our thoughts are with them and his extended family at this difficult time.

May he rest in peace.

UNLUCKY BORUSSIA DORTMUND BOWS OUT AFTER DEFEATING REAL MADRID 2 - 0 IN GERMANY.

B. DORTMUND 2 R.MADRID 0

Borrusia Dortmund could not overturn the 3- 0 loss in the first leh to R.Madrid despite winiing courtesy 2 goals by REUS in the first half.

Real Madrid who were without CR7 advanced to the last four on "3 - 2" aggregate scoreline.

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TUFACE THE WISE INVESTOR.

Like P-Square voiced in their latest TESTIMONY track, "Using my sense to gather the property because no one knows tomorrow",  Naija's legendary hiphop artistes Tuface Idibia is doing just that. 

Read more from Encomium below.......

Music star, 2Face Idibia now has two more property in Lekki, Lagos, ENCOMIUM Weekly can authoritatively reveal. With a five-bedroom duplex at Richmond Gate Estate, 2Face is one of the many prominent Nigerians who bought into the home plan of Haven Homes, a Lagos based real estate company.

Haven Homes (1)Confirming this in a phone chat with us on Saturday, March 29, 2014, an official of Haven Homes who pleaded anonymity said the multi-millionaire singer is now the owner of two of the massive Lekki, Lagos duplexes worth over N400 million.

A STUDENT OF THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL ABUJA COMMITS SUICIDE.

Auwal Haruna, a student of the Nigerian Law School, in Abuja has committed suicide. Motives for the death at press time are unclear.

The 30-year-old student was found in his room at the Mairiga Guest Inn in Takum, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.

Until he took his own life, SaharaReporters learned, he was alleged to have been part of a bizarre plot, with his younger brother, Ahmed, as well as his mother, Aisha, to murder their father, Haruna Mohammed, for marrying a second wife against their wishes.

THE UNIBEN STAMPEDE - ANOTHER IGNORED TRAGEDY.

Scarcities create desperation. The authorities are ignoring this fact as they mangle the future of Nigeria with policies that do not serve even the present. Millions of our people cannot access the basics for living.

They strive, they toil, yet at the vital moments, governments and their organisations are to play a role, efforts dissolve into nothingness and  in most circumstances, deaths follow. The most current mode of death is stampedes.

After the Nigeria immigration Service, NIS, recruitment exercise that claimed 19 lives, we are still paying minimal attention to crowd management. Worse still, we are not thinking of ways of handing such exercises without thousands of people being assembled and subjected to dehumanising conditions.

LAGOS BOAT ACCIDENTS AND UNSAFE WATERWAYS.

After two passenger boats sank within three weeks, we are likely heading to the wrong reaction if we may just ban water transportation! The stand of most commentators on the matter points to this direction. It is like recommending decapitation as cure for headaches.

Cities like Lagos can benefit a lot from the waters around them. What would Venice or Amsterdam be without their waters? They have put them to good uses, creating efficiencies in transportation and living with their waters.

Boat tragedies are no excuses for banning water transportation. They are rather challenges to regulatory standards that guide the uses of our waters.  We have to use our waters more; we have to work on regulations and implementation standards that would ensure safety.