CDC Whistleblower Exposes Ebola Vaccinations Containing RFID Chips

A CDC whistleblower has recently
gone on record to expose nefarious
government plans which would use
the impending US Ebola pandemic as
an opportunity to implant RFID
technology in American citizens.
Brent Hopskins was a CDC contractor
before coming forward with serious
allegations against his former
employer. Hopskins claims that an
Ebola vaccine has been prepared for
the general public in the form of
disposable, one-use syringes. The
downside, however, is that each of
these syringes will contain not only
the vaccine, but a micro RFID chip as
well.
CDC officials intend to issue these
syringe packages to over 200, 000
households by December 1st.
Consumers will also be able to
request the Ebola vaccine at their
local drug store.
Hopskins also indicates that the RFID
chip will work toward more easily
identifying and separating those who
have been inoculated and those who
have not. Individuals who refuse to
receive the Ebola vaccination will face
serious hurdles in gaining
employment, visiting public places,
obtaining future medical care, and
even potential prison time.
During correspondence with National
Report, Brent Hopskins is quoted as
saying, “I cannot sit idly by as these
atrocities unfold… The American
government wants to implant RFID
chips in every man, woman and child.
They are now using the threat of
Ebola to push this nefarious plot. The
public is forced to make a decision
between the horrible demise that
Ebola offers, or relinquish every
ounce of their privacy by getting an
RFID chip implanted under their skin.
Many Americans have expressed
concern that the CDC officials are
collaborating with the government to
use this new system as a way to
introduce martial law. Others, such
as popular radio host, Alex Jones,
insist that the deadly virus was
deliberately planted on US soil to
thin the ever-growing population
. As Hopskins puts it, “This is a baby
step towards complete control of the
masses who have grown increasingly
frustrated and distrustful of the
powers that be. The ultimate goal of
the United States Government is to
enslave all people who fall bellow a
particular tax bracket and Ebola is
how they’re going to do it.”

Happy Independence

Happy independence motherland. You are the pride of Africa

Research: Bioengineered protein may stop cancer metastasis

A team of Stanford researchers has
developed a protein therapy that disrupts
the process that causes cancer cells to
break away from original tumor sites, travel
through the blood stream and start
aggressive new growths elsewhere in the
body.
This process, known as metastasis, can
cause cancer to spread with deadly effect.
"The majority of patients who succumb to
cancer fall prey to metastatic forms of the
disease," said Jennifer Cochran, an
associate professor of bioengineering who
describes a new therapeutic approach in
Nature Chemical Biology.
Today doctors try to slow or stop metastasis
with chemotherapy, but these treatments
are unfortunately not very effective and
have severe side effects.
The Stanford team seeks to stop metastasis,
without side effects, by preventing two
proteins -- Axl and Gas6 -- from interacting
to initiate the spread of cancer.
Axl proteins stand like bristles on the
surface of cancer cells, poised to receive
biochemical signals from Gas6 proteins.
When two Gas6 proteins link with two Axls,
the signals that are generated enable cancer
cells to leave the original tumor site,
migrate to other parts of the body and
form new cancer nodules.
To stop this process Cochran used protein
engineering to create a harmless version of
Axl that acts like a decoy. This decoy Axl
latches on to Gas6 proteins in the blood
stream and prevents them from linking with
and activating the Axls present on cancer
cells.
In collaboration with Professor Amato
Giaccia, who heads the Radiation Biology
Program in Stanford's Cancer Center, the
researchers gave intravenous treatments of
this bioengineered decoy protein to mice
with aggressive breast and ovarian cancers.
Mice in the breast cancer treatment group
had 78 percent fewer metastatic nodules
than untreated mice. Mice with ovarian
cancer had a 90 percent reduction in
metastatic nodules when treated with the
engineered decoy protein.
"This is a very promising therapy that
appears to be effective and non-toxic in
pre-clinical experiments," Giaccia said. "It
could open up a new approach to cancer
treatment."
Giaccia and Cochran are scientific advisors
to Ruga Corp., a biotech startup in Palo
Alto that has licensed this technology from
Stanford. Further preclinical and animal
tests must be done before determining
whether this therapy is safe and effective in
humans.
Greg Lemke, of the Molecular Neurobiology
Laboratory at the Salk Institute, called this
"a prime example of what bioengineering
can do" to open up new therapeutic
approaches to treat metastatic cancer.
"One of the remarkable things about this
work is the binding affinity of the decoy
protein," said Lemke, a noted authority on
Axl and Gas6 who was not part of the
Stanford experiments.
"The decoy attaches to Gas6 up to a
hundredfold more effectively than the
natural Axl," Lemke said. "It really sops up
Gas6 and takes it out of action."

Source:
Stanford School of Engineering

Varsity student caught with bombs on campus

There was anxiety at the University of
Uyo (UNIUYO) campus in Akwa Ibom
State yesterday when a part one student
(names withheld) was caught with two
hand grenades tucked in his bag by
operatives of Peace on Campus
Initiatives (PCI), an anti-cultism NGO
operating on campuses of higher
institutions.
Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
widely speculated as hand grenades,
were found in a bag that belonged to the
suspect by some students, who alerted
the PCI.
National Coordinator of PCI, Mr. Oliver
Cromwell, said yesterday that his men in
the UNIUYO chapter got information
about the suspect keeping the IEDs, and
trailed him to his males’ hostel.
Cromwell said his men on discovering
the bombs that were well-packaged in a
bag in the hostel’s room, apprehended
the suspect and invited the anti-bomb
squad of the state police command, Ikot
Akpan Abia, Uyo, to the scene for
verification. The squad detonated the
two devices and searched the hostel
rooms for more.
The suspect who was said to have
confessed during interrogation, to
keeping the explosives, dismissed that he
bought or made them with intent to
wreaking havoc on campus. According to
him, he found the devices within the
school premises, saying he was trying to
hand them over to the university’s
security.
“It all started on Friday when I was
coming back from church. Just close to
where the construction was going on, I
saw two white things on the ground.
When I picked them, I saw the
instruction ‘hand grenade.”
He however, did not explain why he did
not alert the school security.
The command’s spokesman, Mr. Etim
Dickson, a Deputy Superintendent of
Police, who confirmed the incident,
however, explained that the explosives
were local devices, which could have
been invented by any of the science
students in the university.
Promising that the police would
investigate, Dickson urged students and
parents not to entertain any fear about
possible breakdown of law and order in
the university community. “The incident
had been properly taken care of. We are
on top of the situation as we urge all
students and employees of the institution
to go about their normal businesses. We
shall get to the root of the mater,” he
said.
The university’s spokesman, Mr Godfrey
Essien, confirmed the incident, but
stressed that he would not speak further
on it since the matter had been taken
over by the police.

Skeletons found 'holding hands' after 700 years

A couple of skeletons which have
been "holding hands" for 700 years
have been uncovered at the lost
chapel of St Morrell in Leicestershire,
central England.
Two skeletons were found holding
hands, buried at a lost chapel in
Leicester
11 skeletons have been found so
far, but are yet to be analyzed
Early findings suggest one died by
being struck on the head with a
pole axe
Leicester was also the site where
the remains of King Richard III
were found.
Even death couldn't part
two skeletons excavated from a lost
chapel in an English county, found
with their fingers entwined.
A team of archaeologists from the
University of Leicester Archaeological
Services (ULAS) are working with
volunteers on a four-year excavation
project at the site, which overlooks
the small village of Hallaton.
Vicki Score, ULAS project manager,
says the skeletons were placed
together in this position, as there
was enough room in the grave to
have them buried apart.

The remains of King Richard III

Cracking the genetic code of Richard III Aside from the bonded couple, 11
skeletons have been found so far,
which are yet to be analyzed, but
some discoveries have been made
already.
Score says one was of an older man
aged 46 or over who appeared to
have been struck on the head with a
sharp weapon such as a pole axe.
Another, she says, was in his mid-
twenties, with teeth showing severe
childhood trauma during the first
nine years of his life.
"He was buried in a very unusual
position in a pit with his legs splayed
widely apart, arms flexed at the
elbows and hands tucked beneath his
chin.
"We have no idea why he was buried
like this -- it could possibly be due to
a medical condition."
Both skeletons also had lesions on
their skulls which suggest they had
head lice.
The team are hoping to find out
more about how the gravesite was
chosen.
Score says: "We have seen similar
skeletons before from Leicester
where a couple has been buried
together in a single grave. The main
question we find ourselves asking is
why were they buried up there?"
It is thought the chapel may have
served as a pilgrimage, or the main
church possibly refused to bury the
bodies because they were criminals,
foreigners or diseased.
She adds that Roman archaeology
beneath the chapel imply that
something important already existed
there, which made it a special place.
Other findings include the walls and
tiled floors of the site, fragments of
stone masonry, wall plaster, tiles and
lead from the windows. Silver
pennies dating between the 12th and
16th centuries give clues as to when
the chapel was in use.
In 2000, the Hallaton Treasure was
discovered, consisting of Iron Age
coins, parts of Roman helmets and
debris from feasting.
The county was also where the
remains of 15th-century monarch
Richard III were uncovered beneath a
parking lot in 2012, raising questions
about how the controversial ruler
lived and died.

School resumption: GEJ pleads with NUT, says Govt isn't foolish

Speaking with journalists yesterday September
16th in Abuja, President Jonathan appealed
to members of the Nigerian Union of
Teachers, NUT to return to the classrooms
on Sept. 22 as there is no known case of
Ebola in the country at the moment. Below
is what he said...
"We have been able to manage Ebola and
the whole world is happy with us and we
must tell the whole world that we have
managed Ebola and no Nigerian should be
segregated because of Ebola. In fact Osun
State was to have their festival and the
news came to me to cancel it I said no,
Ebola is no longer a threat in Nigeria and
we must tell the world that we have been
able to contained Ebola."
Yes, Ebola is in the West Coast, it could
happen in Ghana, it could happen in
Senegal or any of the West African countries
or beyond but they have not closed down
their institutions. If we still have Ebola
definitely we will not open any of our
institutions but we don’t have Ebola. I dare
ask is NUT saying that until the world is
able to end Ebola is Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone before Nigeria should open our
institutions? It is not right. Government is
not a fool, it is not any labour body that
asked us to take that decision, we took it
because we felt that we must protect our
citizens.
This is one government that discusses with
anybody that has issues to discuss. Even
NUT has no reason to threaten industrial
action because of Ebola, the governors took
that decision. I called all the governors of
the states to come with their
commissioners of health. On the day of that
meeting I did not even allow them to speak
because they will play politics. I asked all
the commissioners including the Secretary
of Health in Abuja, to brief us on the steps
they have taken and they listened to their
colleagues because it was also a peer
review process. If you are hiding certain
things by the time you hear your colleagues
you will go back and get things done.
We are sure that even if one mad Sawyer
comes again, nobody will contract Ebola. We
have managed Ebola very well, the world is
happy we must tell the world that no
Nigerian should be suspected of Ebola and
that is the position of government. I will
plead with NUT and other unions that this
does not require industrial action. They
should commend government, they should
work with us, they are Nigerians, all
Nigerians must work together to make sure
that we contain Ebola. Why do we want to
create problems where it is not necessary,
it is uncalled for.” He said

Boko Haram installs emirs in Gwoza, Dambua

•Senate to Jonathan: Declare total
war on sect now.
Boko Haram has installed emirs in
Gwoza and Dambua, Borno State, the
two towns that fell to the Islamist sect
two weeks ago, Senator Ali Dume told his
colleagues as Senate resumed from its
two-month recess yesterday.This is even
as the Upper Chamber urged President
Goodluck Jonathan to declare total war
on the insurgents, advising him to
mobilise all resources and efforts to that
effect.
Senator Ndume, who represents
southern Borno, told lawmakers that
Boko Haram has literally sacked two
emirs and installed their own on
Monday.
His words: “I represent southern Borno
and Gwoza. The challenges we are facing
are more serious than what we have
faced before. We, the people of southern
Borno, particularly Gwoza, parts of
Adamawa and Yobe know that it’s
presently occupied!
“I read here on the Senate Order Paper
about a threat. It’s no longer a threat;
somebody is occupying that place and
he’s declared it a caliphate!
“Yesterday, a new emir was installed by
Boko Haram in Dambua. The original
emir is taking refuge in Abuja. Boko
Haram installed a new emir in Gwoza…
Recently, we conceded the extension of
state of emergency and it was because it
could get out of hand. Can it get out of
hand more than what is happening
now?”, he asked.
Chairman of the Senate Committeeon
Investment, Nenadi Usman, pleaded with
the chamber to “look at the issue
holistically because there are internally
displaced persons in my constituency
too.
The resolution for the declaration of total
war came through a motion moved by
Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN)
and 107 senators tagged: “Threat to
national sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Nigeria by insurgents.” The
Senate resolved that the Boko Haram
challenge had risen beyond mere
insurgency to a full-scale war against the
Nigerian state. The lawmakers declared
that only a declaration of total war by
the President will offer a sustainable
solution to the menace of the sect.
Ruling on the motion, Senate President
David Mark, insisted that Nigeria must
move beyond bandying words with Boko
Haram and declare total war now.
“When Boko Haram moved from
kidnapping, killing of people and
destruction of property to occupation of
parts of Nigerian territory, it has
declared a total war on Nigeria. There is
no difference between what Boko Haram
is doing against Nigeria and what an
enemy country waging war in Nigeria
would have done.
“The issue is beyond that of mere
internal security. It is about how we
execute the war. If Boko Haram has
captured most of the parts of the country
we represent and has created a
caliphate, it means that some of the
senators from those areas can no longer
be in this chamber. This is why we must
pay urgent attention to the matter,” he
said.
Mark also noted out that the threat
posed by Boko Haram war will affect the
2015 general elections. He, however,
insisted that the issue at stake is far
beyond that of election. He said: “There
is no question of election, it is not even
on the table now. We are in a state of
war. All of us cannot carry guns to fight
but we all have roles to play in bringing
the situation to an end”.
The entire Senate leadership, chairmen
of committees that have roles to play on
national security, defence and
intelligence as well as all senators from
the three affected states of Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe are now scheduled to
meet with Mr. President and deliver the
resolutions of the Senate.
Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu seconded the motion with a
warning that there may not be elections
in Nigeria in 2015 if Boko Haram
insurgency persists. “We must make no
mistake about this; if we don’t secure
the North East, there may not be
elections in 2015. If anyone thinks
because he is from Lagos, Enugu and it
doesn’t concern him, that person is
mistaken…Democracy isn’t working in
Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states. We
must take a firm stand now.”
Meanwhile, the Upper Chamber also
resolved that the $1billion external loan
requested by the President shortly
before it embarked on long recess be
granted with accelerated approval.

Ebola outbreak: Barack Obama ‘to pledge US troops to fight virus’

US President Barack Obama is to
announce plans on Tuesday to send
3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the
Ebola virus, US officials say.
It is understood the US military will
oversee building new treatment centres
and help train medical staff.
There has been criticism of the slow
international response to the Ebola
epidemic in West Africa.
Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are the
worst-hit countries. The outbreak has
killed more than 2,400 people.
More than half of those killed by the
virus have been in Liberia. The World
Health Organization (WHO) warned
recently that the country could see
thousands of more cases.
United Nations officials will discuss the
international response to the outbreak at
a meeting in Geneva.
US officials said the aim of the country’s
anti-Ebola initiative is to:
Train up to 500 healthcare workers a
week
Construct 17 heathcare facilities, each
with about 100 beds
Establish a joint command based in
Monrovia, Liberia, to co-ordinate
between US and international relief
efforts
Distribute home healthcare kits to
thousands of households
Conduct a home and community-
based campaign to train local people
in how to handle patients
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
has appealed directly to Mr Obama for
help in tackling the outbreak.
Several disease experts have welcomed
the US plan, though some also question
its focus on Liberia.
“We should see all of West Africa now as
one big outbreak,” says Michael
Osterholm, director of the Center for
Infectious Disease Research and Policy at
the University of Minnesota, quoted in
The New York Times.
“It’s very clear we have to deal with all
the areas with Ebola.”
On Monday, Ghanaian President John
Dramani Mahama said greater and faster
outside help was needed.
Ebola spreads between humans by direct
contact with infected blood, bodily fluids
or organs, or indirectly through contact
with contaminated environments.
( BBC )

NUT ask teachers to ignore September 22nd resumption date

Minister of Health has said there's no single
confirmed case of Ebola in Nigeria currently
and it's safe for primary and secondary
schools to resume but the Nigeria Union of
Teachers, NUT, is not convinced. Today
September 16th, NUT directed its members
to ignore the Sept. 22nd resumption date of
schools in Nigeria.
Speaking today to journalists in Abuja, the
NUT National President, Comrade Micheal
Olukoya, said teachers should only resume
if the government provides them with
necessary preventive & protective gadgets
on Ebola virus. Continue...
NUT president Olukoya said;
"Where the federal government insists on
the 22nd September, 2014, date in spite of
the wise counsel, the union will rather
direct teachers to resume schools whenever
they are sufficiently trained and their
schools have been provided with the
necessary preventive and protective
gadgets. For the avoidance of doubt, the
teachers have this day, resolved to resume
classes in obedience to the federal
government directive, in states where
teachers have been trained to handle any
outbreak and all the required preventive
and protective gadgets such as hand gloves,
sanitizers, infra-red thermometers, running
water and soaps have been provided as
directed by federal government of Nigeria.
In states where the training has not been
done and necessary safeguarding gadgets
not provided, teachers shall continue to
remain at home until their state
governments respond positively or the
union directs them to the contrary”.

Goodluck Jonathan rejects controversial slogan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
has asked his supporters to stop using
an adapted version of the #
BringBackOurGirls hashtag to campaign
for his re-election.
In one sense you can understand what
the president’s supporters were thinking.
The #BringBackOurGirls hashtag, calling
for 200 school girls abducted by Boko
Haram militants in April, became one of
the world’s biggest ever social media
campaigns. So why not borrow the
slogan for the president’s re-election
campaign?
The hashtag #BringBackGoodluck2015
seems to have first been used on Twitter
by a group campaigning on behalf of the
president. On 30th August, they tweeted:
“There is no vacancy in Aso rock [the
president's palace]we want Goodluck
Jonathan again #NigeriansDemand #
BringBackJonathan2015.”
It was never an officially endorsed
slogan, despite appearing on signs and
banners around the capital city of Abuja,
but now the president has reacted to try
and quash it. A press release issued by
the president’s office this morning says
the campaign is “offensive and
repugnant”, and that signs and banners
carrying the slogan should be removed
immediately.
The slogan was widely criticised because
it seemed to dramatically misread the
public mood in the country. The
abducted school girls are still held
captive, despite repeated promises by
the government – and President
Jonathan himself – to secure their
release. So far, the government has not
taken military steps to rescue the girls,
arguing that if force is used, they may
end up being killed by the militants.
A major backlash against the hashtag
soon emerged, as people took to Twitter
to label it as insensitive. It has appeared
more than 2,800 times in the last 24
hours, and the vast majority been used
to criticise the slogan.
“That hashtag is not only inappropriate
but it is insultingly silly. And it is bereft of
any political tact,” said one . Another said
the slogan’s inventor “has the combined
IQ of 500 frogs. Why not coin another
hashtag?”. “I didn’t realize Boko Haram
had kidnapped the President!” said a
third .
Japheth Omojuwa, a columnist at
Nigerian newspaper Punch, told BBC
Trending that he felt the decision to use
the slogan was “absurd”.
“They are using variation of our hashtag
#BringBackOurGirls to campaign for the
president,” he said. “These are people
that failed to secure the release of these
girls over 150 days since their kidnap.”
Terrorist attacks carried out by Boko
Haram are still rife in the country.
Research by Amnesty International
suggests at least 2,000 people have been
killed as a result of the conflict this year.

House of Reps want Sept 22 schools' resumption date changed

The House of Representatives want the
September 22nd school resumption date
for private and public primary/secondary
changed.
According to Punch, the Reps explained
yesterday that it had directed its Committee
on Education to take “another look” at the
date in view of the fact that the outbreak of
the Ebola Virus Disease in the country had
yet to be fully contained.
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on
Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Victor Ogene,
who conveyed the position of the House in
Abuja, said there was still apprehension
among parents and guardians over the
Federal Government’s decision to change
the earlier resumption date of October 13
to September 22. Continue...
Ogene said the leadership of the House was
concerned over the fresh protests by the
public, especially parents and guardians.
He noted that considering the fact that
some persons were still under surveillance,
the House felt it had the responsibility to
ensure the safety of children.
The lawmaker said the committee would
come up with recommendations on the
appropriate and safe date to re-open the
schools.
He added that on September 8, a group,
Africa Health, Human and Social
Development Information Service, had
advised against the re-opening of the
schools.
The group had warned that re-opening
schools now could put the lives of over 80
million school children and teachers at risk.
Source: Punch

Chris Oyakhilome speaks on divorce; says media is writing stupid things

Y'all need to listen to this. He said he was
not accused of the things (the media) said,
and neither did he 'commit' those 'stupid'
things (the media) said. And he asked
people to pray for his wife because she
made a mistake. For those who can't view
the video, continue to read what he said...
"I understand that some media houses
particularly in Nigeria and maybe in South
Africa have been writing some real stupid
things. Frivolous charges...that's crazy.
You have to understand something about a
Man of God. A man of God is not just
someone who worships God or who
preaches God. A man of God is directed by
God, set on course by God. If you study the
scriptures you will not find one Man of God
going against God, sinning against God. The
only thing you can find is a Man of God,
maybe in two different things 1. Moses for
example, when he struck the rock twice,
provoked by the anger of the people, not
because he wanted to do something against
the Lord.
No Man of God does something against the
Lord. A Man of God is set on course, there
is a type of life that he's been given,
alright?
Then you have a young man, a young
prophet, he wasn't named, he was deceived
by another Man of God, and so he went in
the direction God says don't go. That's only
the kind of thing you would find about a
Man of God when he misses the message of
God or he acts beyond what God said.
But a Man of God setting himself in
defiance to the word of God and living like
they are writing those stupid things about
me that I did this, that I did that, you don't
know what a Man of God is. I don't go in
that direction. That seems crazy.
I wasn't accused of those things you said,
nor did I commit those stupid thing that
you said and I don't need to go to that
level and such discussions. Jesus Christ was
accused by many, with lots of frivolous
charges. There would always be those who
would like for it to be true, but you know,
in spite of the accusations against Jesus, it
didn't change who he was!
There are preachers and there are Men of
God. I'm not a preacher, I'm a Man of God.
Understand the difference. And I go in the
way I'm asked to go, it may cause some
troubles with individuals, but that's not
because I've done something wrong.
And when it comes to Rev. Anita, what I'd
say to you is pray for her, don't act like
'why is she....' . If you're married to a Man
of God it does not you make automatically
mature. You can make mistakes, but you
know, people expect the wife of a Minister
to definitely be at the level of the Minister,
and so they may be looked upon and the
expectations maybe like that, but it's a
positional thing. If a Man of God is married,
it does not automatically mean the wife of
the Man of God is therefore a Woman of
God! That's not how it is in the Bible. That's
why you don't really find wives of Men of
God mentioned in the bible. How many of
them? Who was Peter's wife? Did you ever
know her name? Who was John's wife? Did
you ever read the name? What about all the
other apostles? How many are registered in
the bible? You never find their names, why?
Ask God when you find Him!
So, they are little things, don't try to make
something big out of them. We're
journeying, doing the things that God's
called us to do. Christians should not have
a divorce. It shouldn't be. But that doesn't
mean a Christian may not take the step.
They may do it, but that doesn't make it
right. And we shouldn't take one another to
court, but when it happens, not because we
want to go there, someone is taking us
there. That's a problem. Be wise and stay
focused in the Word of God, and don't let
those who want to feast on things like this
including Christians. The Christians who like
things like this, they want to make
something big about it. And say yes we said
it. You said what? You should only say
those things that are from God, and
become honorable in your speech. And
judge nothing before the time. Be wise,
Glory to God.
So we are going greater and greater and
greater by the power of the living Christ.
So, we are not walking in sin and living in
sin and hoping we can mix sin and
righteousness together, No! We are the
manifestations of His righteousness, we
walk in that light only, and that's the way
it's going to be! Glory to God

'All schools to resume September 22nd' - FG

The Federal government has directed all
primary and secondary schools to resume
on Monday September 22nd. The
resumption date for schools had earlier
been postponed to October 13th as a
precautionary measure to contain the
spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria.

Meet Dreadnoughtus, perhaps the biggest creature to ever walk the planet

Paleontologists estimate the
Dreadnoughtus schrani specimen
unveiled Thursday was about 85 feet
long and weighed about 65 tons.

He was a big boy. A very,
very big boy.
In fact, the Dreadnoughtus schrani
dinosaur unveiled Thursday was one
of the biggest -- if not THE biggest --
land animal ever to grace the Earth.
Experts estimate that back in his day
-- which was the Upper Cretaceous
period, approximately 77 million
years ago -- that this creature whose
fossilized remains were unearthed
recently in Argentina's southwestern
Patagonia measured out at 85 feet
long and weighed about 65 tons.
No wonder, then, paleontologists
picked a first name that breaks down
to "fear nothing." (The second name
honors benefactor and tech
entrepreneur Adam Schran.) You
wouldn't be scared, either, if you
towered over every creature in sight,
could smash most anything with your
whip-like tail and could smoosh
anything with your colossal feet.

Big Brother Africa postponed due to fire incident at BBA house in SA

Big Brother Africa Hotshots which was
supposed to begin this Sunday 7th
September has been postponed indefinitely
after a fire incident at the BBA House in
Johannesburg, South Africa (pictured above)
. Below is a press release from M-Net.
"M-Net and Endemol SA advise that due to
a devastating fire at the Big Brother house
on 2 September 2014, Big Brother Hotshots
will not launch this Sunday (7 September)
as scheduled. The cause of the fire at this
stage is unknown and investigations will
commence as soon as it is safe to do so."
Continue...
At this stage M-Net and Endemol are
urgently looking for an alternative Big
Brother house in which to film the
production, however as this production has
highly technical infrastructure, camera and
edit requirements an alternative is not
immediately available. Every effort will be
made to find a solution as quickly as
possible to ensure that Africa’s biggest
reality show will continue.

Nigerian mum gives birth to white baby in odds that baffled midwives

32 year old Nigerian Catherine Howarth was
convinced she had been given the wrong
child when midwives presented her with her
new baby shortly after she gave birth at a
Milton Keynes Hospital on June 1st. She was
stunned because the little boy named Jonah
was completely white. And even though
baby Jonah has a white father, doctors say
the chances of him being completely white
too were an incredible one in a million.
And it wasn’t only baby Jonah’s parents who
were stunned, so were the midwives.
“The midwife looked at me and looked back
down at Jonah and then at me again and
couldn’t believe it. The doctors confirmed it
was extremely rare."Catherine.
Her husband Richard Howarth, 34, was
equally astonished.
“When I first set eyes on my baby boy
Jonah, it was a feeling of pure delight and
relief that he was healthy and strong. His
complexion was very pale due to the
umbilical cord being wrapped around his
neck when he was being delivered.
“After a few hours his colour came to his
cheeks. Catherine and I noticed his
complexion was very similar to mine and
were surprised it was as light. The midwives
and doctors told us he’ll most likely remain
this colour.”
Doctors have said Jonah is not an albino.
“We have been told that I must have been
carrying a recessive gene. My parents were
from Nigeria and, for as far back as anyone
can remember, my family have all been
black. But at some point there must have
been a white gene in my family that has
remained dormant for years and years –
until now. The doctors said they had
researched the chances of this happening
and discovered that it was very, very rare.
They had only found two similar cases, both
in America, that had been reported in
recent times.” Catherine said
Catherine and Richard say they plan to have
more children but have been told the
chances of them also being born white are
highly unlikely.

ISIS video shows beheading of another American journalist Steven Sotloff

The ISIS terror group has
published a video titled "A second
message to America," showing the
beheading of American journalist
Steven Sotloff.
The video also threatens the life of
British captive David Haines.
Sotloff speaks to the camera before
he is killed, saying he is "paying the
price" for U.S. intervention.
Considering he was a captive, it's
possible that his words were scripted
for him.
The masked ISIS figure in the video
speaks to U.S. President Barack
Obama, telling him, "Just as your
missiles continue to strike our
people, our knife will continue to
strike the necks of your people."

Source: CNN

Give Me Back My 30 Million Naira - Emenike Asks Governor Chime

Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel
Emenike, has asked Enugu state
government to give him back his 30
million Naira (about $ 180,000) he
invested in the state to build a
sports academy after army men
stopped workers from working on
it.
An angry Emenike told
AfricanFootball that he acquired the
land after the World cup had
concluded through the help of a
special assistant to the Enugu State
Governor Frank Ndubuisi Ugwunweze
(a.k.a Ezeumuaga), who forwarded all
documents concerning to the land in
Emenike’s name.

Emenike wants his N30m back!
Emenike revealed that he bought the
lands as he visits there regularly
during his free time, so he found out
about a free plots of land in the state
and contacted Governor Sullivan
Chime’s aide who further assisted in
making the purchase.
Emenike, in his own words, said: “I
worked hard to make my money, I
know what I pass through on the
pitch before I earn my living and it
will be unfair if what am hearing
about my land in Enugu State was
true.
“I visit Enugu whenever I come to
Nigeria, my friends stay there as
well as some of my family
members. And I am the kind of
person who allows for advise. Even
before now, I had a dream to own
an academy not only in Nigeria but
I believe in the saying that
“charity begins at home”.
“About three, four months ago, I
acquired 13 plots of land in Enugu
State through the special assistant
to Governor Sullivan Chime. And
during the time of conversation of
the land papers he never told me
there was any problem on the
land. He gave me all the necessary
documents in my name after
payment.
He went on to reveal that when he
asked work to begin in the state, the
Chime led government ordered
soldiers to stop the labourers.
He added: “I then directed for work
to commence immediately, but the
state government has directed
soldiers to stop anybody from
working there.”I don’t want to
believe that this is fraud. I am
ready to fight it all.
“I am not a politician and I see no
reason why my money will be held
by the government house.”
“I have called some top
government officials in Enugu, but
all of them are not trying to be
sincere.
They could not help because the
order came from the Governor.
“Nobody is trying to be sincere
and as a matter of fact, I want my
money back. I am very depressed
that there is no confidence in
investing in my country. I just
don’t understand the pranks.

“Right from time, I don’t like going
through government for anything. I
prefer to do it with my money and
I see no reason why my property
will be held back by government. ”
Emenike also demanded that the
Governor gives him back his money,
if the project won’t be allowed to
continue, as he won’t like to see his
hard earned cash dissapear into thin
air.
“People go to government to get
free land, but I will not do that
because there is no sincerity in
most of the things we do. And I
will not be here and somebody
takes my money, it will never
happen,” he disclosed.
“I just want to believe that His
Excellency Governor Chime was not
aware of the purchase of the land,
in that case, I will like to have my
money back.”
Emenike plays for Turkish club
Fenerbahce, and he is Nigeria’s main
and mostly lone striker.
The bulky Imo state born athlete has
started this season off well, having
scored a fantastic goal for
Fenerbahce, he is scheduled to
represent Nigeria in the September
6th AFCON Cup qualifiers.

Slice of Princess Diana's Wedding Cake Auctioned

A 33-year-old slice of
cake from Prince Charles and Princess
Diana's 1981 wedding has sold at auction
for $1,375.
The cake, still in its original white and
silver presentation box, was sold online
Thursday by Nate D. Sanders Auctions of
Los Angeles.
With the box was a card stating, "With
best wishes from Their Royal Highnesses,
the Prince & Princess of Wales."
Auction house spokesman Sam Heller
says the buyer is a private collector.
Although the cake came wrapped in its
original wax paper, Heller says it
wouldn't be a good idea to try to eat it.
He adds, however, that there is a small
but dedicated group of royal cake
collectors.
Some, Heller says, have purchased cakes
dating to the days of Britain's Queen
Victoria, who married in 1840.

Funerals, ghost towns and haunted health workers: Life in the Ebola zone

At the
gravesite in a northern Liberia village,
there are no religious or traditional
burial rites. No ceremony, no
mourning, no family members, and
no final goodbyes.
Nothing but a group of men dressed
in space-suit-like outfits, cautiously
throwing the dead body into the
grave, they pause only to toss in
anything else they are wearing that
came into contact with the deceased.
These men are part of the country's
Ebola response team, specifically
tasked with burying anyone
suspected to have died of the Ebola
virus.
The virus is spread through contact
with the blood and body fluids of
people infected with Ebola, and it is
still transferable even from a dead
body.
To help combat the spread of the
disease, the Liberian government has
directed that its citizens should not
bury anyone who dies of, or is
suspected of having been infected
with, Ebola.

Weird: Meet the Brazilian man born with his head upside-down

A man born with physical disabilities so
severe his head is Upside-down has defied
the odds to become an inspirational public
speaker.
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, 37, was born
with his neck folded back on itself, as well
as badly deformed legs and almost no use
of his arms and hands. Doctors told his
mother to stop feeding him as a newborn
as they believed he had no chance of
survival. But Claudio from Monte Santo,
Brazil, has overcome his extreme
disadvantages to graduate as an accountant
and become a public speaker. Continue...

"Since I was a child I've always liked to keep myself busy and work - I don't like to depend totally on other people. I do a bit of accounting, research for clients and consulting. I have learned to turn on the TV, pick up my cell phone, turn on the radio, use the internet, my computer - I do it all by myself." he said.

Claudio types with a pen held in his mouth, operates phones and a computer mouse with his lips and has specially made shoes that allow him to move around town. His determined independence saw him succeeding at school and qualifying as an accountant from the State University of Feira de Santana. When Claudio was born, doctors told his mother Maria Jose he would not be able to survive. Maria Jose said: "People started saying 'the baby is going to die' because he could barely breathe when he was born. Some people would say: 'Don't feed him, he is already dying'. But there's only happiness now. Claudio is just like any other person - that's how he was raised in this house. We never tried to fix him and always wanted him to do the normal things everyone else does. That's why he is so confident. He is not ashamed of walking around in the street - he sings and he dances." At eight years old, Claudio, who had previously been carried everywhere, began to walk on his knees. His family had to change the floor of the house so he could walk around without injuring himself. Claudio's bed, plugs and lights had to be made lower so that he could do things for himself without asking for help. He cannot use a wheelchair because of his unusual shape, making it hard for him to be independent outside the home - but he begged his mother to be allowed to go to school and learn with the other children. Doctors have recently diagnosed him with a rare condition called congenital arthrogryposis.

They believe he has multiple joint contractions in his legs and arms which mean they cannot extend properly. Claudio said: "Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body to the world. Right now, I don't see myself as being different. I am a normal person. I don't see things upside-down. This is one of the things I always talk about in my interventions as a public speaker. "Nowadays it's much easier to deal with the public, I'm not afraid of it anymore and I can say that I am a professional, international public speaker and that I receive invitations from all over the world." Culled from UK Mirror

Former president Obasanjo's niece Kikelomo Anubi pregnant @64

A niece of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, Mrs Kikelomo Anubi (pictured
above) who is 64 years old, is currently
expecting her first child after being married
for 28years.
Mrs Anubi, whose Ghanaian husband just
returned home after leaving her for 6 years,
spoke to City People magazine about being
an expectant mother at such an old age
"I am pregnant and permit me to tell you
that by next year when I have my baby I
will be 65. I have been married for 28
years. It may amaze you that I got pregnant
in a natural way. I didn't do IVF. I have
done IVF before at a popular hospital on
the island and it failed. In fact, an uncle of
mine who is a top shot paid for it. I almost
lost my life but God intervened". she said.
Asked how she is related to the former
President, Mrs Anubi said;
"He is my Uncle and somebody I respect so
much. My mum is his elder sister and if you
look at my face, you will see the
resemblance. I am also from Owu" she said

LETTER TO MR EMBER 2014

Dear Ember 2014,

I welcome you to my world, together with your children- September, October, November and December. I thank God who has led us thus far.
I hereby charge you to be obedient to me and caution your children never to hoard any of my blessings. As a matter of fact, each of your children will offer me atleast one testimony. If I hear say you wan chop my blood, the heavenly squad will visit you. I will see you come to an end, you will not see my end.
Your sendforth party & thanksgiving comes up on 31st December. Try to comply strictly to all instructions.

Your beneficially,
Muah

Oyakhilomes divorce splits Christ Embassy members

Looks like members of Chris Oyakhilome's
Christ Embassy church are divided over his
split from his wife Anita who filed for
divorce a few months ago on the grounds
of 'unreasonable behaviour' and 'adultery'.
On a Facebook page called 'Where is Rev.
Anita Oyakhilome,’ some members are
putting their pastors and church on blast...
Yesterday, one member wrote
"I am a Christ Embassy member. I hate one
thing there: How can a pastor be working
together with a lady hand in hand,
attending meetings and lodging in a hotel
for days. My girlfriend travels with our
branch pastor annually for PPCF which
holds in Lagos. Only God knows.”
Continue...
Another one wrote;
"Pastor Chris Oyakhilome must have been
discovered compromising his marital bed
business. It is what it is. God says
judgement will start from His house. ‘Touch
not my anointed’ is God’s instruction
regarding all His children, not an individual
nicking, scheming, threatening monies off
people’s purses and telling them that
salvation is tied to tithes and that seed
sowing is only money donation to the
church/pastor’s coffers. One down, more to
roll. Christ be praised.”
Another member of the page wrote
" I and my family left Christ Embassy for
our own good after worshiping there for
three years plus and seeing all the things
going on under the disguise of church. And I
can comfortably say that for over a year
now, we have had so much peace in our
Christian lives. I don’t care how you view
my comment but truth must be told.”
Joseph Osagiede, however, responded
saying the Oyakhilomes were still together.
He said,
“I have been in Christ Embassy for 12
years. All is totally well with thier marriage.
All those wishing them to split and also
those going about saying nasty things about
the church, be careful.” Faith Ebunoluwa
Adetayo also said, “I have been in Christ
Embassy since 1990s and I can
authoritatively say some things: I have seen
the power of God work, demonstrated in
healings and many other things. I have seen
how that Pastor Chris is less concerned
about mistakes we make. “He believes that
these sins of the flesh will disappear, only if
we listen to the word of God. Rather than
condemning us, he speaks words of
encouragement. And for your information,
Pastor Anita is still very much in the
ministry and she’s with her darling
husband.”
Meanwhile, the Christ Embassy has kept
mum on the divorce case.
A woman, who picked Punch’s call to the
Nigerian office of the church on Saturday,
said she had no information to give on the
matter. When asked to confirm if the
divorce suit was true or not, she simply
said, “I have no information to give on the
matter.”
When another call was made to the church
thorough another number, the respondent,
who identified herself as Pastor Christabel,
said the church had no information about
the case. “No, we have no information on
the matter,” she said.
Source: Punch

Boko Haram funded through CBN- Australian Hostage negotiator says

It appears Australian hostage negotiator
Dennis Stephen isn't done making
outrageous and some would say 'eye-
opening' claims. Just a day after he claimed
that former Borno state Gov, Alimodu
Sheriff and an unnamed retired army chief
are sponsors of Boko Haram, he's now
claiming that the insurgent group if funded
through the CBN. In an interview with
TheCable , Stephen claimed a senior official
of the CBN handles the financial
transactions of the sect group. What he said
below...
"One of the biggest of suppliers of arms
and military uniforms to the JAS (Jama’atu
Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, better
known as Boko Haram) currently lives in
Cairo, Egypt. He is the recipient of money
sent by political sponsors from Nigeria. The
funds go through the CBN’s financial system
and appear to be a legal transaction.
Meanwhile, the CBN official who handles
the funding is an uncle to three of those
arrested in connection with the Nyanya
bombings. The three boys lived with him.
They were arrested by the SSS (Department
of State Security) after the bombings but
they do not seem to have been
interrogated about their uncle in CBN. Or if
they have given up information about their
uncle then the SSS has not moved against
him." Stephen said Continue...
"Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently
left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu
Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya
bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Boko
haram commanders said Ogwuche’s wife
used to visit this top official in his office at
the headquarters of the bank in Abuja
before the Nyanya bombings. They were
very close,” Davis said. He said he is
speaking out now because he feels the
Federal government is doing little in the
rescue of the missing Chibok girls "I have
three daughters. I just cannot stand the
thought of what those girls are passing
through. I have spoken to an escapee who
described how she was being raped for 40
days by militants. I can’t stand it. It is
heart-breaking. Nigerian authorities must
act decisively now,” he said

2015: The Race for Presidency is Getting Hotter

The presidential elections
scheduled for February 14
, 2015, are slowly approaching with
no aspirant officially declaring his
interest. However, this does not
mean that the race for a place at
the Aso Rock has not started yet,
as endorsements are already
rolling in for potential candidates.
Hytecblog would like to recall some of
them for top 5 potential participants:

None of the potential candidates
declared for the ticket so far.
1. Goodluck Jonathan
The number of pro-presidential
groups grows
day by day. The current leader of the
nation was endorsed by South South
group ‘De Servants for Jonathan’,
while Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria (TAN) vowed to mobilise 3
million of its members
to actualise Jonathan’s re-election
bid.
2. Atiku Abubakar
The former vice president (1999 –
2007) has been recently endorsed by
South South Youth Forum for Atiku.
The group is convinced that Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar fits all the
requirements for the leader of
Nigeria, stands out from other
candidates “based on his
experience and wide network,
major criteria that will better the
lots of Nigerians.”
The veteran politician believes he has
lots to offer for Nigeria. He has
embarked on a ‘peace tour’ across
the country
to prove this point.
3. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
The Governor of Kano State was
endorsed for the race a couple of
days ago by 34 members of state’s
House of Assembly. The decision was
made because the assemblymen see
him as a “resolute, competent and
detribalized leader” who can deal
“with the prevailing security challenge
and other socio-political problems”.
4. Muhammadu Buhari
The former military head of state
is deemed as a great candidate
too. According to a poll conducted
about 4 months ago by the
movement ‘For The Future Nigeria’
Nigerians would be satisfied if the All
Progressives Congress issues a ticket
for Buhari and Governor Fashola
. The chances of ex general have also
increased in the light of terrorist
attack on his convoy in Kaduna
on July 23, and Buhari’s miraculous
survival, without a single scratch.
5. Bukola Saraki
The senator, who represents Kwara
central senatorial district, said he
would announce his intention to
compete
“at the right time”. Another
prominent APC member sees party’s
victory in Osun State as a good sign
and a first step for defeating the
Peoples Democratic Party in 2015.
It would be noted that the office of
the Governor of Rivers State,
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, keeps
silent on Amaechi’s plans, but the
power, influence and charisma of the
governor should not be
underestimated as well.

FG Assures Of Stable Power Supply By October 2014

The Federal Government of Nigeria
made a highly-controversial
statement on August 29, 2014,
Friday, promising to ensure stable
power supply by October 2014.
This has been contained in the
statement by the Minister of Power
Prof Chinedu Nebo, who declared at
the State House, Abuja, while briefing
the newsmen upon the termination
of a meeting hosted by Vice
President Namadi Sambo.
The minister attributed the
improvement to the fact of improved
gas supply for Nigeria. He explained
that repair and maintenance works at
major facilities were coming to an
end.
Prof Nebo also informed that the FG
was doing its best to ensure that the
bills of power generating companies
were paid promptly.
“We hope that by the beginning of
October, we will see a much better
stabilisation of the entire power
delivery system in the country.”
The Minister of Power informed that
the power generation had been
averaging over 4,500MW. Extra
reliability and stability are expected
when about 300MW of spilling is
included.
In April 2014 this parameter
exceeded 4,100MW .
“We are advancing, we are making
progress and we will continue to
make progress,” the minister
concluded.
However, this declaration triggered
mixed reactions.
“Promises, promises, lies and more
lies… What do we believe?” a
former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai,
wondered in his post on Facebook.

How I survived Ebola – Late nurse' fiance, Dennis Akagha speaks

Dennis Akagha, the fiance of Justina
Ejelonu, the First Consultant Hospital nurse
who died after being infected with the
deadly Ebola virus by Liberian Patrick
Sawyer, in this exclusive interview with
Vanguard spoke about how his late fiancee
contracted the deadly disease, how she lost
their unborn child while battling with Ebola,
and also revealed that Justina had just
landed the job at the hospital and met
Sawyer on her first day there. He also spoke
on how he got infected with the virus and
how he finally got discharged. Find the in-
depth interview below....

On his relationship with the late Justina,
Dennis said;
"The  truth is that Justina and I were not
legally married, we were planning for our
traditional marriage in October and she just
got this job. She was a qualified graduate
nurse and got the job at the First
Consultant Hospital in Lagos. She resumed
duty at the hospital on the 21st of July,
while Patrick Sawyer was admitted at the
hospital on the 20th. He was her first
patient. She was one of the nurses that
nursed him. She was pregnant and so her
immune system was weak, which made it
easy for her to contract the disease. On
that first day which was a Monday, she was
having some pregnancy symptoms, but I
just encouraged her to go because it was
her first day at work. Sawyer was her first
patient. The next day, Tuesday, she didn’t
work on Sawyer. Wednesday and Thursday,
she was off. Then on Friday, Patrick Sawyer
died. They didn’t know he had Ebola, it was
three days later that they realized it was
Ebola" he said
On how he found out she had contracted
the deadly virus, he said
"It was after Sawyer died that she told me
she nursed him but that she was on gloves.
She even thanked God that she didn’t have
direct contact with him. The fever continued
and we thought it was just pregnancy
symptoms and even when she went to her
hospital, they confirmed the same thing.
She took drugs and ran tests, yet it
persisted. At night, she was usually cold and
feverish and her body temperature was
usually very high. At a point, I began to
suspect that she had contacted the virus. I
did some research on the disease and
realised that she was having similar
symptoms. On the 14th of August, it
became serious, she started stooling and
vomiting. I had to clean up everything. All
of a sudden, she started bleeding and she
started crying that she had lost the
pregnancy. I had to call her relatives and
other people. The bleeding persisted and I
had to clean up everything. Initially I was
not wearing gloves because I felt I had
already been exposed to the virus. But later
I cautioned myself and started wearing
nylon on my hands. But I couldn’t stay away
from her. I kept consoling her. Even when I
took her to the hospital, she wanted to
hold me and I told her to also consider my
safety. She managed to hold herself and
was able to find her way out in a pool of
her blood. We chartered a taxi to the
hospital, but first, I took her to First
Consultant Hospital because I felt they
should know more. When we got there, I
was directed to IGH, Yaba. I told the taxi
driver to take us there. The driver wasn’t
even aware of what was going on as he took
us to Yaba. Justina was on the floor for 30
minutes before she was attended to. She
was screaming that she was going to die.
She was seriously bleeding, she had to
come out of the taxi and lay on the floor. I
ran around, trying to get doctors to attend
to her. After everything, they took her in,
took her blood samples and the following
day, the result came out that it was Ebola.
They washed the taxi with chlorine and also
bathed the taxi driver and I with chlorine
spray. At that point, the taxi driver knew
what was going on, he couldn’t even take
me home because he was so scared. I had
to look for somewhere to pass the night in
the hospital. Early the next morning, I left
the Hospital. The taxi driver is alive today,
nothing happened to him. We have been
checking on him and the last time we spoke
he told me, he was fine" he said.
On what happened after he was exposed to
the virus, Dennis said;
"14 days after I was exposed to Ebola, my
temperature rose from the usual 35.2
degrees centigrade to 37.2. The Lagos State
government gave me a thermometer the
day I dropped Justina off at the centre. It
took them two straight weeks to visit my
home and to disinfect it. Before they came,
I had already done the much I could do. I
used bleach and detergent to clean the
whole house, furniture and clothes
inclusive. We should be reminded and
educated that a healthy person with Ebola
virus cannot get anybody infected, except if
the person is sick and totally down with the
virus like what happened to Sawyer and to
my late wife-to-be, Justina. I contacted the
virus because Justina was very sick and I
was taking care of her without any
appropriate protection. When we knew what
we were dealing with it was almost too late
for me as I had already contacted the
virus" he said.
On what was done for him after his visit to
the Isolation centre, Dennis said
"The Lagos State government sent health
professionals to check on me regularly to
know how l was doing or if l had the signs
of the virus manifesting. So they used to
come around to check on me. At some
point they created scenes with their visits. I
was embarrassed and I was stigmatized. I
complained severely to them that I didn’t
like what they were doing. Then, one
Saturday they visited again, I complained
about the pains I was beginning to
experience; excruciating pains around my
waist. I started praying and asking people
to pray for me. Before this time, I believed
in the Holy Communion, so I usually take it
daily and do feet washing. I was going to
the hospital daily to see late Justina.
Initially, I was seeing her through the
window and she would say I should take
her out of the hospital. She complained of
lack of care. Perhaps, Justina would have
survived the virus, if not for the state she
was in. Her immune system was down
because she was pregnant. Along the line,
she had a miscarriage and lost the baby
due to the Ebola virus disease. The doctors,
who were supposed to do an evacuation on
her couldn’t do it because they claimed that
an evacuation was too risky as she was
heavily infected and may pass on the virus
to another person. Since nothing was done
even after the bleeding had stopped, it led
to more complications for her because the
already dead foetus somehow got rotten in
the womb and started a damaging process
which led to further complication.
Meanwhile, she was still stooling and
vomiting and since nobody could dare to
touch her, she was left on top of her
excretions even when she couldn’t do much
for herself due to her weak state. She was
given her incisions and other drugs. I
believe if some people survived Justina
should have been one of them. At a point, I
wished I was a doctor myself; I would have
taken the risk of doing the evacuation
because it really affected her".
On the last day he say his late fiancee,
Dennis said
"The last day I saw her, I had to go inside
the ward because she was so unkempt as
nobody attended to her. At that time, the
quarantined patients were in the former
facility where there was no water and she
had messed up herself again. I had to look
for water to clean her up, change her
pampers and arrange her bedding. Since I
was aware of what I was dealing with, I got
myself protected while cleaning up the
place. I made sure she looked better than
when I saw her. Justina was shivering the
last day I saw her, one side of her stomach
was already swollen, and her legs were also
swollen. I prayed for her.At a point, she
needed oxygen and the hospital couldn’t
provide it. Her friends had to provide it.
That was the last day I saw her. On Sunday
Morning, I called her line like I usually did
before visiting her, but she didn’t pick her
calls. When I got to the hospital, I was told
that she was dead".
Asked if late Justina was taking his calls
while she was at the Isolation center,
Dennis said;
"Yes, in fact she called me that last day and
I knew she was going to give up, because
she was saying some funny things. She said
I should tell my people to go and meet her
father so as to finalize our marriage plans,
that she’s leaving that place.
Asked if he was not scared that he would
die form the illness seeing that his Fiancees
health was deteriorating, Dennis said;
"I personally don’t believe in taking
medications. I had the mentality that I
wasn’t sick. I told the government what I
was experiencing. On the day they came to
pick me up for treatment, all of a sudden,
my temperature went back to normal. The
shivering and pains were all gone. So they
decided that they would be checking on me.
But it got to a point people stopped selling
things to me. It was as if the government
got a report that I shouldn’t be around. So,
they came and said I should go with them
that they wanted to take my blood sample.
I went with them and they took my blood
sample, I was kept in a ward known as the
‘suspected ward. The result came out and it
was positive. I was then taken to a confined
ward. One of the doctors from UNICEF, a
white lady told me that they were having
issues with the results and that they would
have to re-run the tests. They did the tests
again and it was still positive. I told them
that it wasn’t my result and that I was
healthy. I was even doing my usual
exercises (press-ups) every morning. I kept
telling them that I wasn’t sick. They took my
blood sample the third time. That night,
they told me that I tested negative in the
last result and that I don’t have any reason
to remain there. That was how I was
discharged" he said
Speaking on what was hapening to his job
as he was under isolation, Dennis said;
"I was a marketer in an oil and gas
company. I worked on commission basis,
but at a point, I realized that people were
not calling me and when I called they won’t
pick my calls. Even the person that I report
directly refused to pick my calls and also
refused to associate with me. Justina and I
just got our jobs, she got hers at First
Consultant Hospital and I got mine as a
marketer with the oil and gas company.
On whether the government or First
Consultant Hospital owes late Justina's
family some form of compensations, Dennis
said;
"Although, no amount of money they give to
the family will bring her back I think the
government owes Justina’s family a lot
because she died trying to save a situation.
Justina died in active service as her death
wasn’t natural".
On how his status changed from postive to
negative, Dennis said
"I was reading a book on healing and taking
of the Holy Communion. So I learnt to take
Holy Communion morning, afternoon and
night. I also engaged myself in feet-washing
every day before going to bed. The Almighty
God saved me; the Holy Spirit healed me. It
wasn’t as though l didn’t fall sick as l had
direct contact with Justina but the Almighty
God healed me. When I was discharged, I
got to my house on Saturday evening and
spent two hours the next day, Sunday,
thanking God on my own. I didn’t go to
church or anywhere because of the already
established stigma but today I can
confidently attend church activities because
I guess they all know I’m free now. I know
my faith and belief healed me. God also
worked for me apart from the fact that my
immune system is also working. I believe I
got healed also because friends prayed for
me" he said.

Nigerians Furious Over MasterCard’s Logo On National ID Cards

The yesterday’s launch of the new
Nigerian National Identity Cards
containing the branded logo of the
American firm MasterCard ignited
hot discussions and rage with
people across the country
demanding for cards withdrawal.
On Thursday, August 29, President
Goodluck Jonathan received his eID
card, similar ones that will be issued
to more than 13 million Nigerians
and after the completion of the pilot
program – to more than 100 million.
However the country citizens got
infuriated over the fact that the
Nigerian authorities, through the
National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC), not only
provided biometrics of 170 million
Nigerians to a foreign commercial
company but also allowed them to
stamp its insignia, the MasterCard
symbol on the cards, which are
supposed to be a symbol of national
sovereignty and pride.
According to Premium Times,
Nigerians also recalled the leaked
facts of surveillance carried out by
National Security Agency of the US,
where MasterCard head office is
located.
One of the commentators said that
the Nigerians MasterCard’s emblem
on the card could be compared to
the trans-Atlantic slave trade
abolished in the 19th century.
Shehu Sani of the Civil Rights
Congress who criticized the new ID
cards , which are later to be given to
Nigerians from 16 years of age and
older, said:
“The new ID card with a
MasterCard logo does not
represent an identity of a Nigerian.
It simply represents a stamped
ownership of a Nigerian by an
American company. It is
reminiscent of the logo pasted on
the bodies of African slaves
transported across the Atlantic.”
The cards, which were supposed to
provide the Nigerians with numerous
benefits and conveniences, did not
bring the desired optimism, as a key
instrument recognised by the federal
constitution will host the logo of a
foreign private entity.
Lead Director of Centre for Social
Justice Eze Onyekpere was quoted
saying:
“Nigeria’s colours and coat of arms
is what should be there. As far as
we are concerned it cannot stand.
It is not worth it if that’s what
they have done.”
Apart from national issues, economic
and security implications came as
special concern for many Nigerians.
It was interpreted that all adult
Nigerians are forced to become
compulsory customers of MasterCard
by receiving their eIDs.
Regarding the security, the former
FCT minister Nasir El-Rufai said:
“Clearly, there are National
Security implication. All these data
go to the American payment
platform.”
As for the economic consequences,
the reader named Ola Onanugaola
said:
“Good idea but bad
implementation. Why do we have
to brand the e-ID card? Are these
people aware of the huge economic
and security implications of the
branding. “Any country population
database/information is too vital
to attached to any non-
governmental organisation.”

Photo: Uche Jombo stylishly hides her baby bump

See how she pushed her leg forward so her
bump is not that obvious...lol. Rock on,
babe!

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Wife Files For Divorce In London

After months of speculations over
the marriage crisis between the
founder of Christ Embassy Church
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and his
wife Anita, a new report
resurfaced claiming the wife has
now filed for divorce in a London
court
In an exclusive report published by
The Cable News, the divorce
proceeding has entered its final
phase.

Anita is said to be seeking a divorce
on the grounds of “unreasonable
behavior”, “adultery” and several
other allegations which cannot be
published for legal reasons.
The suit number of the divorce case
is No FD14D01650, and it was filed
on April 9, 2014, at Divorce Section
A, Central Family Court, First Avenue
House, High Holborn, London, UK, on
Anita’s behalf by Attwaters Jameson
Hill Solicitors.
The decree nisi (in legal terms, is like
a yellow card in a football match
which is a precursor to a red card)
was served to Pastor Chris in his
hotel room during a recent visit to
the UK and the decree absolute,
which will effectively end the
marriage, is expected to be issued
soon.
Anita had wanted to go public with
the details of her allegations against
the husband but reached an informal
agreement to sheathe her sword in
the interest of the church.
According to an elder of the church,
the pastor has denied his wife’s
allegations of adultery blaming it on
the influence of ‘Bad friends’ who are
intent on destroying their home.

BH foreign negotiator names Alimodu Sheriff as Boko Haram sponsor

In a recent interview with Arise News TV,
Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen
Davis, who was hired by the Nigerian
government some months back to help
negotiate with Boko Haram members to
facilitate the release of abducted Chibok
girls, mentioned the name of former Borno
state Governor, Alimodu Sheriff as a
sponsor of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
He also said that an unnamed past Chief of
Army Staff who was sacked by Pres.
Jonathan was also a sponsor of the group.
In the video released yesterday, Davis was
very quick to mention the names of the
alleged sponsors.
"The first thing to do.. go and arrest former
Governor, Sheriff. Former Borno Governor
Sheriff who has been funding this for years.
He hooks these guys up. He is so frightened
that he has switched party to the ruling
PDP in the hope that this would give him
protection. That guy has really got to go
and you know he is enormously corrupt."
Continue...
"Why the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has not yet picked him up is
anybody's guess. There is a...the former
Chief of Army Staff retired in January but
was actually sacked by the President is
another sponsor. I would give you the
names if you like, I have no fear of this. We
are very confident and in fact Boko Haram
senior commanders who have been naming
them in the interactions I have had with
them over many months, confirming what
we knew sometime before from other
commanders" he said.
After the interview was released, former FCT
Minister, Mallam Nasir El Rufai took to his
facebook page to say that the unnamed
former army Chief is Lt. Gen Ihejirika rtd,
the immediate past Chief of Army staff.
Below is what El-Rufai posted on his
facebook page
" Australian hostage negotiator Stephen
Davis has just named Former Borno
Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and immediate
chief of army staff Lt-Gen Ihejirika
(removed in January 2014) as the Boko
Haram brains on ARISE NEWS. Davis said
Boko Haram commanders that he has been
negotiating with as the source of this
information. The kingpins not only finance
BH operations but select targets for
assassination and execution. Finally, the
truth about BH is coming out. Hopefully,
the murderers of General Muhammadu
Shuwa, the abductors of the Chibok girls,
those truly responsible for the Nyanya
bombings, and attempted assassination of
General Buhari and Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi
will be known. We hope the authorities will
take the steps necessary to act on this
revelation, and thereby discharge their duty
to protect us, the citizens of Nigeria. That is
just what it is, a hope!".
Reacting to the claims against him made by
El Rufai, Lt Gen Ihejirika who spoke with
Vanguard said he isn't surprised that the
allegation is coming from the former
minister who he said is the real sponsor of
Boko.
"The Commanders including El-Rufai know
where the problem is. He should stop
deceiving Nigerians by trying to divert
attention. When the Boko Haram operation
started, supporters of the sect like El Rufai
said that there was nothing like Boko
Haram and that the Army was just killing
innocent youths. If you also remember, not
too long ago, some of their supporters
including El-Rufai said that I was re-
inventing the killing of the Ibos during the
Biafra war following government's
determination to rid the country of
terrorism. The likes of El Rufai started the
campaign of human rights abuses in order
to divert international attention from the
heinous crime being committed by the Boko
Haram terrorist. The likes of El Rufai have
been supporting Boko Haram. Infact, El
Rufai and his likes are the same group of
people that ensured the army did not get
the requested equipment to deal with the
menace once and for all as they used their
cohorts to tell the government that
procuring modern equipment was
unnecessary. At the onset of this crisis, I
was the first person to declare that the
country was at war but a group of sponsors
led by El Rufai disagreed, saying that it was
not true. It is the same group of El-Rufai
that started the human rights abuses
campaign. It was done in order to block any
international assistance after the state of
emergency was declared and the sect was
initially tamed. That gave Boko Haram time
and respite to build up again" he said