Resident doctor dies of Lassa fever in OAU Teaching Hospital

An unidentified resident doctor at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Osun State, has died of Lassa Fever. According to the Chairman of the hospital's committee on Lassa Fever, Prof. Adedeji Onayade, the unidentified doctor died on Monday January 18th. The cause of his death was only confirmed yesterday January 20th after his blood sample was taken to the diagnostic center for test.

 "The resident doctor’s death on Monday at the hospital was caused by Lassa fever. The result of the first test carried out on the sample of the deceased tested positive and we have a report back and the result came as positive. We were supposed to do two tests, but the patient was dying when we took the first sample. We can’t do the second test now. So, we can say it is 50 per cent. But we are going ahead to take necessary steps. We have informed those who should know.”he said

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Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates earmark $100m towards fight against malnutrition in Nigeria

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Foundations owned by the wealthiest man in the world Bill Gates and the Wealthiest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote have earmarked $100 million towards the fight against Malnutrition in Nigeria. Bill Gates was in Nigeria yesterday January 20th to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU. 

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Tiwa Savage advices women as she celebrates Mercy Johnson for looking trim one month after giving birth

Singer Tiwa Savage who is also a new mom, shared this photo of Mercy Johnson Okojie to celebrate her for looking trim one month after giving birth to her third child. She also gave a word of advise to new moms who want to look trim after giving birth. She wrote:

"@mercyjohnsonokojie post baby body on fleek e no easy o. Shoutout to all the mummies taking care of their beautiful babies and still working on their body, it's easy to let pressure get to you especially as we dey see these our abroad celebrities getting their bodies back after 2 hours of labour lol some people are blessed that way. Every mallam with em kettle. You've just gone through a miraculous process, take it one step at a time and enjoy bonding with your baby. Your body will bounce back, you are BEAUTIFUL".

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God has a hand in Nigeria’s current economic predicament- Oyegun

National Chairman of APC, John Oyegun, says God has a hand in Nigeria’s current economic challenges. He said this while speaking to a 15-member delegation of an APC support group, Change Agents Foundation (CAF) in Abuja yesterday January 20th.

“I think God has a hand in the current economic predicament of the country. Imagine the sudden fall in the price of crude oil, the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, from its heights in 2014, averaging $112 per barrel down to the current price of $28 per barrel – lower than the $38 per barrel which the proposed 2016 budget is predicated on. It is an object lesson for us. It tells us that we must embrace radical change in our economic model,” he said.

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Miss Washington USA resigns after allegedly stabbing footballer, Marco Pappa

Miss Washington USA 2015 Stormy Keffeler has resigned after she was found by police in a South Lake union apartment with USA Colarados midfielder Marco Pappa who was stabbed in the abdomen. He was rushed to the hospital and has since undergone surgery.

Police sources say Keffeler gave a totally different explanation from Pappa as to what happened. No arrests have been made so far but there are indications that she might have stabbed him.
  Maureen Francisco, co-executive producer of Northwest productions, who works with Miss Washington USA, posted the following on her Facebook page on Thursday:

''We can confirm the resignation of stormy Keffeler as Miss Washington USA. Effective immediately, first runner-up Kesley Schmidt will assume the title of Miss Washington USA 2016 and represent the state at the Miss USA event later this year. We wish Stormy well in her future endeavors''

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Missing budget: PDP wants NASS commence impeachment of Buhari..Wants Finance, Budget Ministers and CBN Governor to Quit

Read the press statement from PDP below...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party Pdp rose from a meeting Thursday charging the National Assembly to commence impeachment of President Muhammedu Buhari for the various constitutional breaches especially the submission of two version of the 2016 budget.

The party said the National Assembly should thoroughly investigate the shameful act, including  the distortion and banding of  figures to accomadate their personal interest and ensure that appropriate sanctions is meted to whoever has a hand in the dubious action that has brought embarrassment to the legislative body.

The party also asked the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning to resign having failed to provide the much needed capacity in the management of the nation's economy resulting in the embarrassing crashing of the nation's currency to as low as N305 to a dollar.

Also the party asked the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to resign for plunging the country's currency policy into chaos an action that thrown investors into total confusion.

The party admonished the government to stop pretending that it knows what to do when feelers from the seat of power shows clearly that Nigerians by voting for APC have just discovered they boarded a once chance bus.

"We sympathizes with Nigerians who are seriously undergoing terrible hardship because of the now obvious inept leadership of APC despite the promise of one Naira to a dollar.

"What hope can a government that allows its currency to break a 43 year old record crashing to over N300 to one dollar offer and yet does not show it has clear focus of what to do.

The party said that APC government rather than address very grievous  national issues created by its lack of capacity to govern  has  instead resorted to violation of peoples rights in the name of fighting corruption.

They noted in particular the continued detention of its Spokesperson Chief Olisa Metuh for nearly 10 days in clear breach of his fundamental Human rights and reiterates its earlier call on the anti graft body to release him unconditionally with immediate effect

Finally, the party called on all lovers of democracy especially the international community to note the fact that rule of law and respect for citizens rights, essential ingredients of civil liberty have taken flight in Nigeria under President Buhari's watch.

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Music stars Dammy Krane and Wizkid fight at Quilox club

According to sources at the club, in the early hours of today Jan. 15th, Dammy Krane, who called Wizkid out on social media a few days ago for allegedly stealing his slangs and lyrics, was attacked by the singer at Obafemi Martin's All Black party at Quilox night club.
The two were said to be sitting on the same table with Obafemi Martin and others when the fight broke out. They said Wizkid didn't like a comment Dammy Krane made at the table and without warning, punched Dammy in the face, some claim he hit Dammy with a glass cup. Dammy picked up a bottle and threw it at Wizkid but missed and before he could do anything else, others got involved and separated the two. Club owner Shina Peller then took them to his office to settle issues.

The two music artists are yet to say anything about the incident on their respective social media pages.. 

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Hours after court orders Tompolo's arrest, militants blow up oil facilities in Delta state

Hours after a court ordered the arrest of a former Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, some Niger Delta militants this morning blew up strategic oil pipelines in Warri South West local government area in Delta state.

The militants in other coordinated attacks, blew up oil pipelines between Ikpokpo and Odidi flow stations, mostly in Gbaramatu kingdom. Residents of the area say the attacks started shortly before midnight and lasted till the early hours of Friday morning. Most of them have fled their homes for fear of a gun battle between the militants and the military

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Plateau announces fresh cases of bird flu

The Plateau state government has announced a fresh outbreak of Avian Influenza popularly known as Bird flu in the state. In a statement released by the state’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Doris Bitrus today January 15th, the state government said six farms have been affected:

“Six farms have been confirmed positive of the disease; the farms host a total of 10,000 birds,” the statement said"  

She however stated that the state government has taken the necessary steps to stop the spread of the virus in the state

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Chinese company creates lifelike black 'sex doll' that men can use instead of real women

mmNo, it's not this one, this is a real woman. A pervert in China is trying to stop...or let me say reduce the need for a woman. They just created a lifelike sex doll, with a huge butt and big vagina that men can use to satisfy themselves if they can't find a woman or just don't want woman trouble.

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Kidnapped wife of Super Eagles player Felix Ogude finally released

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Memunat Ogude, wife of Amkar Perm and Super Eagles player Fegor Ogude, who was kidnapped in Warri last week Monday, has been released by her abductors, but it is unclear if the footballer paid ransom before she was released. Media officer to the u-23 Nigeria football team Timi confirmed her release in a tweet.

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Buhari to host Eaglets, others January 21

President Buhari will on Thursday January 21st host and reward the Golden Eaglets at the state House Abuja. The Golden eaglets won the 2015 U17 World championship in November last year, making it a fifth win for Nigeria. Nigeria has previously won the competition in 1985, 1993, 2007 and 2013. 

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Fashola unfolds 13-point agenda to revive power sector, promises improved power services

Minister of Power, Road and Works, Babatunde Fashola, has unveiled his 13-point agenda for the power sector in Nigeria. Fashola unveiled his plans during the maiden meeting he had with power generation, distribution and transmission companies, and other stakeholders in Abuja today January 11th.

Fashola in his address said the agenda involves continuous public engagement on tariff collection, debts, power generation, maintenance, ancillary services, dispatch orders and discipline, gas requirement and constraints, transmission constraints, 33KV load off take, imbalances-locations of excess, overload safety, service quality, new captive and embedded generation, franchising and other issues relevant to the growth of the sector.

He promised to work for a great improvement in pow‎er distribution.

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See this incredible aerial shots of Dubai

In these pictures taken by corporate banker, Ali Adeel, the incredible beauty of Dubai is captured in awesome aerial shots. He climbed to the top of some of the city's sky scrapers to take the captivating pictures. He revealed that in order to enter the buildings he has to sneak in undetected. See some of the amazing photos he took...

Ali, 35, who is originally from Pakistan but born and raised in Dubai, said: “Often it’s a matter of trial and error, if the door of the building is locked then I will need to go back and try to find another tower to scale. I just keep trying until I get into one.”

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Peter Okoye announces he's not feeling well.

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More photos as Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for fifth time

The Barcelona superstar enjoyed an incredible year and last night scooped the prestigious prize for a fifth time. Messi has been beaten by Cristiano Ronaldo in the last two years but has edged out the Real Madrid superstar and team-mate Neymar this time around. His previous wins came between 2009 and 2012 with the latest triumph indicating his return to the top of the world game. More photos after the cut..

Source: Linda Ikeji blog

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More photos from Kylie Jenner's date with Kourtney K

Sometimes less is more. Kylie Jenner looks more like an 18 year old in these photos with her natural hair and subtle make-up. More photos after the cut..

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CBN assures Dangote of Forex to help finance $14bn refinery

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, during a tour of the refinery which is projected to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day. assured Dangote Group that it will support its access to Foreign Exchange in order to build its proposed $14 billion refinery in the country.
The CBN governor said that the support was to help with the importation of equipment needed to bring the Dangote refinery to reality.
He said:

“Your ongoing 14 billion dollar refinery investment will enjoy our support, no doubt. We are doing this to fast-track the importation of equipment you need for a speedy completion of that project and to encourage other Nigerians to follow your lead” Emefiele said.

“The Dangote Group approached us to indicate their interest to invest in refining crude, such that petrol-chemicals, fertiliser and fuel will be produced, about three years ago.

“Today, the three projects, which are valued at 14 billion dollars (N2.8 trillion), are on course and this is highly commendable, ‘’ he said.

“By the time this refinery is completed, it will not only service the needs of our domestic economy but shore up our international oil investments.

“Projects like this and our support will encourage more Nigerians to begin to think like the Dangote Group,” the CBN boss added.

 Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group, on the other hand said that the refinery would commence commercial operations in early 2018 and that the fertilizer production aspect of the refinery would be completed by 2017.

He said:

“We are set to unveil the world’s largest refinery which will make Nigeria self-sufficient in petroleum products refining and also become a major exporter of oil.This project will mark a turning point in Nigeria’s search for local refining of crude oil.

“We will ensure the value chain in crude oil production is uplifted and other facilitators properly integrated into our scheme,” he said.

 

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MESSI WINS IT AGAIN.... 2015 Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d'Or ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at Monday's ceremony in Zurich.

Messi received 41.33 per cent of the votes, with Ronaldo (27.76%) in second place and Neymar (7.86%) third.

It is the Argentina international's fifth World Player of the Year title - more than any other player in history - and thwarts Ronaldo's quest to tie his haul of gongs, with the Madrid star having picked up the award in each of the last two seasons.

"It's a very special moment for me, to be back here on this stage winning another Ballon d'Or after being in the audience watching Cristiano win for two years," Messi said upon receiving his award.
"It's incredible that it's my fifth, it's much more than anything I dreamed of as a kid.
"I want to thank all those who voted for me first of all. I also want to thank obviously my team-mates, as I always say without them none of this would ever have been possible.
"And lastly I want to thank football for everything it has brought me - both the bad and the good - because it has made me grow and learn always." The Ballon d'Or award caps yet another remarkable year for Messi, who secured five trophies and a famous treble with Barcelona in a dominant 2015, ending the Catalan club's four-year wait for another Champions League victory - his fourth title in Europe's premier club competition.

Messi scored a remarkable 52 goals for club and country across the calendar year - five less than Ronaldo - as well as contributing 26 assists in 61 appearances, scoring or assisting every 0.78 games.

The 27-year-old first won the Ballon d'Or in 2009, before it merged with Fifa's World Player of the Year award, and won it every year afterwards until 2012 when his stranglehold on the award was finally broken by Ronaldo.--------------------------------------

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$2.1bn arms deal scandal: We cannot arrested Jonathan - EFCC

Acting Chairman of EFCC Ibrahim Magu says the agency is yet to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan because no document has been traced to Jonathan giving any approval for the disbursement of the money for any purpose other than arms purchase.

Speaking at a meeting he had with online publishers in Lagos yesterday January 11th, Magu said all those that have been arrested and questioned in connection with the arms deal scandal were people who disbursed or collected money for reasons other than the purchase of arms and ammunition. “All approvals by former president Jonathan did not mention that it was for political purposes" he said. 

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