Ebola death toll more than 2,900 – WHO

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1n0oUOV" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://ift.tt/1n0oUOV" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The World Health Organisation has announced that the death toll of people killed by Ebola Virus Disease has reached at least 2,917.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to the global health body, the casualty figure is driven by the continuing rapid spread of the disease in Liberia and Sierra Leone.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><i>The New York Times</i> reported that the UN agency made the announcement on Thursday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />At least 2,909 people have died in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with 6,242 reported Ebola cases overall, according to the latest report of the United Nations health agency. Nigeria and Senegal have recorded a total of eight deaths and 21 cases of infection.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The latest estimates of the spread of the disease follow a sombre projection by the WHO that the number of people infected by Ebola could hit 20,000 by early November, and another forecast by the United States’ Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, that the number of infections could reach 1.4 million by January.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Both projections presented worst-case scenarios, and officials of both organisations thought it probable that the scaling up of the international response would avert these outcomes.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />More than half the total deaths and infections have occurred in Liberia, which reported more than 1,700 new cases in the last 21 days.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In Sierra Leone, two districts at the heart of its Ebola outbreak have recorded declining numbers of people infected, but the organisation said further investigation was needed to establish whether this was a clear trend and whether there was at the same time a sharp rise in the number of new cases in the capital, Freetown, as has been reported.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The situation in Guinea, although still of grave concern, appears to have stabilised,” the WHO said, observing that the number of new cases in the capital, Conakry was moderate and stable.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal were “pretty much contained,” the health organisation’s Africa office reported this week, noting that Senegal had only recorded one case of infection at the end of August, and that Nigeria had not found any new cases since September 8 this year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But seven weeks after the health organisation declared the outbreak a global health emergency, its latest report shows the capacity of treatment centres in the worst-affected countries still falling short of requirements.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to the WHO, Liberia’s treatment centres have a total of 315 beds, putting the number of additional beds needed at 1,990, of which only 440 have so far been pledged.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Sierra Leone now has 323 beds, barely a quarter of what is needed, but identified partners have offered nearly 300 of the 829 additional beds needed, the health organization said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Ebola death toll more than 2,900 – WHO

The World Health Organisation has announced that the death toll of people killed by Ebola Virus Disease has reached at least 2,917. Accor...

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Soyinka and the price of partiality - Tochukwu Ezukanma

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/ZQAzFu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://ift.tt/ZQAzFu" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />After the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan, was celebrating the president’s electoral victory.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In such elation and jubilation over the triumph of their preferred candidate, it is possible for them to get carried away and retort unlawfully conduct. And these will happen without any knowledge of the president and his aides. So, there is so much that the supporters of the president can do without his knowledge.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The hanging of the banner, #Bring Back Jonathan 2015, at one of the entry points into Abuja was despicable. With that detestable banner, a bunch of supporters of the president, in their sycophantic intoxication, threw caution to the wind, losing all decency. Like every Nigerian, Goodluck Jonathan reserves the constitutional right to vote and to be voted for.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Therefore, he can seek re-election in 2015. But to make a case for his re-election by exploiting a national tragedy was repulsively callous. It was insensitivity take to a nauseating extreme. It made a mockery of a national misfortune and the grief of the parents and other loved ones of the kidnapped Chibok girls. Refreshingly, the president has stated his lack of complicity in the hanging of that obnoxious banner.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a recent newspaper article, the Wages of Impunity, in addition to criticizing the banner, Wole Soyinka also censured the president for including the ex-governor of Bornu state, Ali Modu-Sheriff, a suspected sponsor of Boko Haram, in his entourage on a recent visit to Chad.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The president denied travelling with him to Chad. Ali Modu-Sheriff has longstanding business interests in Chad and often spends a lot of time there. He happened to be in the Chadian capital, N’Djemena at the time of the president’s visit. He joined Nigerians residents of the Chadian capital to welcome the president, on his arrival, at the airport.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Therefore, the insinuation that the president is hobnobbing with an alleged sponsor of Boko Haram is totally incorrect. The president, according to his spokesman, is fully aware of the allegations against Sheriff and is awaiting the outcome of a security probe on him.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Like most Nigerians, I believe the president on both counts, especially, as there is no evidence, in either case, to the contrary. Moreover, it is reasonable to trust the judgment and believe the words of a man overwhelmingly elected by Nigerians to lead them, and thus, determine their collective fate for four years.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the article, Wole Soyinka was acidic, and he did not mince words in excoriating President Jonathan. The problem with Soyinka is that he is not an impartial critic; he is biased.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He turns a blind eye to the corruption, lawlessness and political blunders in the Southwest and the Southwest dominated All Progressive Congress (APC). He gives the false impression that only the federal government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are culpable of political sins. Well, Mr. Soyinka, other governments and political parties are also guilty of some political offenses.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />After all, one of the most corrupt politicians in Nigerian, who is also the most despotic and domineering political godfather is from the Southwest and a member of APC. Of all the geo-political zones, the Southwest is an anachronism, at least, in one respect – it is a zone still run by an imperious political godfather as a personal political fiefdom.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Governor Raji Fashola, in one swoop, raised school fees at the Lagos State University (LASU) by up to 1000 percent? It is understandable that, occasionally, school fees are increased, in line with inflationary pressures and other insinuating economic and academic realities. However, decency and sensitivity to the economic plight of the generality of Nigerians dictate that such increases should be reasonable and modest.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A one thousand per cent increase in school fees was unconscionable. It was an exercise in arrogance, superciliousness and disregard for the pervading economic predicament of the masses and their struggle to acquire an education.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Quite naturally, the students protested. Their protest was peaceful. Still, policemen were called in by the state government. The state government and the police tried to excuse away what was a violent and unlawful repression of the constitutional right to peaceful protest, by stating that the police fired into the air. Still, the use of live bullet in dealing with a peaceful student protest, for whatever reason and/or under any guise, was excessive and unconstitutional.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Wole Soyinka is on a self-serving mission. He is driven by personal interests and love for the spotlight. In retrospect, there was the Wole Soyinka that prevented the falsification of election results in the old Western Region. Armed with a pistol, he entered the Western Broadcasting Corporation and forced the radio announcer to announce the accurate election results.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />There was also the Wole Soyinka who drove into Biafra through the battle field at Nsukka. He returned to Nigeria and, in an unusual act of courage, denounced Yakubu Gowon for his stances on Biafra; he was jailed by the Gowon administration. That former Wole Soyinka was selfless and honourable, his credibility unimpeachable.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But over the years, his integrity and honour were compromised by his dalliance with a number of military dictators and subsequent political leaders. As such, Nigerians cannot trust him. For the price of partiality is distrust.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><i>Tochukwu Ezukanma, a public affairs commentator, wrote from Lagos.</i><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Soyinka and the price of partiality - Tochukwu Ezukanma

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Tweet Of The Day! Maheeda

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Graphic photos: Genocide committed in Borno State? OMG!

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1qXB6RH"/><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1qXB6RJ"/> </div><br /><p><span class='username js-action-profile-name'>I cannot verify the authenticity of what you are about to read and see but according to a popular Muslim cleric, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmu Gumi, who shared the photos on his Facebook page, he claims the men lined up</span> are young Almajiris who were executed without trial as Boko Haram members <span class='username js-action-profile-name'>in Borno state. He claims vigilante groups would move into the villages, pick up young men, take them to the field and kill them. He said this is how some</span> innocent people are killed in the name of fighting Boko Haram. He shared four photos…find them after the cut…but viewer discretion advised. It’s quite graphic…</p><br /><p><a id="more" name="more"> </a> </p><br /><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1lVlOWy" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1lVlOWy"/> </a> </div><br /><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1qXB503" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1qXB503"/> </a> </div><br /><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1lVlOWC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1lVlOWC"/> </a> </div><br /><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1qXB77X" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1qXB77X"/> </a> </div><br /><div class='js-tweet-text tweet-text'><span class='username js-action-profile-name'><br/> </span> </div><br /><p><script type='text/javascript' src='http://ift.tt/11vBQyT'><br /></script><img height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1i7x7bz" width="1"/> </p><br /><p>Source: Lindaikeji’s blog</p><br /><p>The post <a href="http://ift.tt/1toBKFv" rel="nofollow">Graphic photos: Genocide committed in Borno State? OMG!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://ift.tt/Tifv7I" rel="nofollow">StreetsofNaija</a>.</p><br /></div>

Graphic photos: Genocide committed in Borno State? OMG!

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My Girlfriend Confessed She Is Not A Virgin, Should I Find Someone New?

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1iKLnJC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="http://ift.tt/1iKLnJC" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><i>Dear Readers,</i> </b><br/><br /><div><b><i>I have been dating a girl for about a year, and we are in love with each other.</i> </b> </div><br /><br/><br /><div><b><i><br/><br /><br/><br />She is my friend’s younger sister, and he described her as a very decent girl who was never seen in a company of another man, except for her friends.</i> </b><br/><br /><p>I am still a virgin because I’ve always wanted to meet another innocent girl. My girlfriend knows this fact about me, but she never told me if she was one. She only would hint she wanted to share some secret with me, but insisted the right time for it must come.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>Yesterday, I had enough and told her that unless she told me what’s the matter, I would never call her again. She made me promise that whatever I hear would not discourage me from seeing her. Finally, she confessed that she is no longer a virgin, that she lost her chastity to her first lover, and noone knows about that but for her elder sister and now me.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>According to her, that was a one-time experience and she stopped seeing the guy upon realizing he wanted to use her as his s*x toy. She says she was afraid to tell me out of the fear of losing me.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>At first, I said I had no problem with it, that nothing would stop me from loving her, but now I’m starting to have second thoughts. I never slept last night because I think I deserve better than her now that I know she’s no longer a virgin.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>I’ve always thought I would fall in love with another virgin and we would spend our lives together, and, until yesterday, I thought this girl was the one.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>Please, what should I do? Should I tell her to look for another man? Although she loves me, she would eventually find another partner. Or should I continue with her, but how do I get over what’s on my mind?</p><br /><br/><br /><noscript><a href="http://ift.tt/1grRCka">search feed</a> </noscript> </div><br /><br/><br /><div style='clear: both;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via NaijaGossip</div><br /></div>

My Girlfriend Confessed She Is Not A Virgin, Should I Find Someone New?

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