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- US doctors say ‘secret serum’ helped save lives of American Ebola patients
- Photos: Genevieve Nnaji looking beautiful at a press briefing today
- Industry Nite With Runtown holds this Wednesday
- So sad: Fast rising singer Bbee dies at 30
- How cute. Kanu Nwankwo's wife and daughter rock identical outfit
- Dear LIB readers: My friend had sex with a man right in front of me
- Comedian Dan D’Humorous contesting for Rivers State House of Assembly
- Dulux Let’sColourNigeria Project, CAP Plc to give Gbagada General Hospital new look
- Beyonce's mum reportedly spent $300k on plastic surgery, see any difference?
- Wizkid's girlfriend Tania Omotayo denies bleaching, shares baby pic
- Chris Brown says Karrueche didn't dump him, he dumped her...
- Study in Leicester, UK at DMU!
- Who knew Daddy Showkey had a son this cute? (photos)
- Nigeria's Aso-ebi trend; who agrees with Traycee?
- Nigerian doctor who treated Liberian man tests positive to Ebola virus
- Brand new video: Ogecha - Dumimaja (Hide Me)
- What marriage troubles? Beyonce and Jay Z attend his mum's restaurant opening
- Pic: Nigerian prostitute, Patoo Abraham, leads protest for sex workers' rights in Lagos
- Unknown gunmen abduct Bayelsa speaker’s brother
- Shop at Zidoff.com…Your Global Marketplace
- Icon mag apologizes to 2face over pregnancy story after he sued for N100m
- Graphic: Heartbreaking pics from the war between Israel & Palestine
- Photos: Nigerian celebs at the White House
- Get ready for a Professional Job in 3 months
- Nigerian history 101: The story of Overami, former king of Benin
| US doctors say ‘secret serum’ helped save lives of American Ebola patients Posted: 04 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT  Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.
On July 22, Brantly woke up feeling feverish. Fearing the worst, Brantly immediately isolated himself. Writebol's symptoms started three days later. A rapid field blood test confirmed the infection in both of them after they had become ill with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. It's believed both Brantly and Writebol, who worked with the aid organization Samaritan's Purse, contracted Ebola from another health care worker at their hospital in Liberia, although the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case investigation has yet to be released. A representative from the National Institutes of Health contacted Samaritan's Purse in Liberia and offered the experimental treatment, known as ZMapp, for the two patients, according to the source. The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., which is based in San Diego. The patients were told that this treatment had never been tried before in a human being but had shown promise in small experiments with monkeys. According to company documents, four monkeys infected with Ebola survived after being given the therapy within 24 hours after infection. Two of four other monkeys that started therapy within 48 hours after infection also survived. One monkey that was not treated died within five days of exposure to the virus. Brantly and Writebol were aware of the risk of taking a new, little understood treatment and gave informed consent, according to two sources familiar with the care of the missionary workers. In the monkeys, the experimental serum had been given within 48 hours of infection. Brantly didn't receive it until he'd been sick for nine days. The medicine is a three-mouse monoclonal antibody, meaning that mice were exposed to fragments of the Ebola virus and then the antibodies generated within the mice's blood were harvested to create the medicine. It works by preventing the virus from entering and infecting new cells. The Ebola virus causes viral hemorrhagic fever, which refers to a group of viruses that affect multiple organ systems in the body and are often accompanied by bleeding. Early symptoms include sudden onset of fever, weakness, muscle pain, headaches and a sore throat. They later progress to vomiting, diarrhea, impaired kidney and liver function -- and sometimes internal and external bleeding. The ZMapp vials reached the hospital in Liberia where Brantly and Writebol were being treated Thursday morning. Doctors were instructed to allow the serum to thaw naturally without any additional heat. It was expected that it would be eight to 10 hours before the medicine could be given, according to a source familiar with the process. Brantly asked that Writebol be given the first dose because he was younger and he thought he had a better chance of fighting it, and she agreed. However, as the first vial was still thawing, Brantly's condition took a sudden turn for the worse. Brantly began to deteriorate and developed labored breathing. He told his doctors he thought he was dying, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation. Knowing his dose was still frozen, Brantly asked if he could have Writebol's now-thawed medication. It was brought to his room and administered through an IV. Within an hour of receiving the medication, Brantly's condition dramatically improved. He began breathing easier; the rash over his trunk faded away. One of his doctors described the events as "miraculous." By the next morning, Brantly was able to take a shower on his own before getting on a specially designed Gulfstream air ambulance jet to be evacuated to the United States. Writebol also received a vial of the medication. Her response was not as remarkable, according to sources familiar with the treatment. However, doctors on Sunday administered Writebol a second dose of the medication, which resulted in significant improvement. She was stable enough to be evacuated back to the United States and is expected to arrive before noon Tuesday. The process by which the medication was made available to Brantly and Writebol is highly unusual. ZMapp has not been approved for human use, and has not even gone through the clinical trial process, which is standard to prove the safety and efficacy of a medication. It may have been given under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "compassionate use" regulation, which allows access to investigational drugs outside clinical trials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos: Genevieve Nnaji looking beautiful at a press briefing today Posted: 04 Aug 2014 12:18 PM PDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industry Nite With Runtown holds this Wednesday Posted: 04 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Industry Nite & Eric Many Entertainment Present Industry Nite with RunTown this Wednesday August 6th 2014, at Spice Route on Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos. Experience a first of its kind Live performance by RunTown and Super Producer Pheelz with the maschine drum kit. This industry nite is tagged Flossing and Flawless and will Also feature performances from Davido, Phyno, Skales, Samad, Presh ,DJ switch and many more. Continue... Host : Jimmie. Official DJ : DJ spinall ... This Industry nite is proudly supported by Eric Many Entertainment, MCOMM, Bankulli Entertainment, The Beat 99.9FM, Smirnoff Ice, Pulseng and YSG Hubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| So sad: Fast rising singer Bbee dies at 30 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:59 AM PDT   More about Bbee from her publicist below...  She has a special way of singing her school's anthem, that gave her several recognition and award from the school authority. Upon graduation, she pursued her love for music, singing as backup singer with great Nigeria artists such as Onyeka Onwenu, Sammy Okposo, and Stella Damasus. She was once in the top 20 of the very first Nigeria Idol. Came as a 1st Runner up of the only Sony Ericsson singing competition and moved to form her own band, that played in Sheraton Hotel and Towers for several years. Bbee in a bid to take her music career to the center stage Signed a management deal with Music video director PRODIGY and in the 2nd week of May, she left for the USA to complete her latest single titled "Tif My Heart" Download link: http://we.tl/2dgdZciCF7 The song was due for release and it's Video billed to be Directed in the US by PRODIGY but was abruptly pushed forward due to Bbee's ill-health. Unfortunately she lost the fight for life on the 27th of July 2014. Vibrant Bbee lived a kind and humble life giving a helping hand to everyone that came her way. She left behind a legacy that will forever live on in our hearts, may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace... Amen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How cute. Kanu Nwankwo's wife and daughter rock identical outfit Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:58 AM PDT  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dear LIB readers: My friend had sex with a man right in front of me Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:06 AM PDT  Something happened this past Friday that shocked me beyond belief. My friend and I went to a party and it dragged into the night. Instead of going home, we decided to lodge at a nearby hotel which was paid for by a guy we met at the party. Around 2.30am or so, my friend's phone rang and she left the room only to return later with the man I'd seen earlier at the party. He chatted with us for about 30 minutes but I got so tired and dozed off - only to be woken about 30 minutes later by sex moans. At first I didn't know where I was, then I remembered and turned to see where all the noise was coming from. And I couldn't believe it. My friend was having sex with the guy just a few meters from where I was. I was sleeping on the only bed in the room and they were having sex on the couch, as if they were the only ones in the room. I couldn't believe it. I laid there pretending to be asleep until they finished. The guy thereafter left. I haven't spoken to my friend since this happened. I am so ashamed of her and I can't believe she would humiliate herself and me like this. How can I bring this up with her? Should I continue being friends with her? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comedian Dan D’Humorous contesting for Rivers State House of Assembly Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:19 AM PDT  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulux Let’sColourNigeria Project, CAP Plc to give Gbagada General Hospital new look Posted: 04 Aug 2014 01:09 PM PDT  The Let's Colour campaign is a global project launched in 2010 by AkzoNobel, the world's largest coatings manufacturer, and is aimed at adding colours to people's lives. This community based project has been executed in several countries: Canada, Brazil, Spain, South Africa, Tunisia amongst others. In 2012, CAP Plc, technological licensee of AkzoNobel in Nigeria and subsidiary of UACN Plc joined this colourful global movement with its premium brand of paints, Dulux, by activating the Let's Colour Nigeria Project at the Red Cross Orphanage, Makoko, Yaba, Lagos. Continue... The Let's Colour Nigeria project returns this year and it will be taking place at the Gbagada General Hospital. The theme for this year's project is #BecauseColoursHeal and it involves participants taking up brushes and rollers to paint the hospital, cheering patients back to health and putting smiles on faces. The activation will specifically be the repainting of an old block of the hospital which houses the following Units: Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Accident and Emergency Clinic, Urology Clinic , Eye Clinic, General Outpatient Clinic amongst others. The event which promises to be a fanfare of colours and excitement will be spiced up with the presence of ace On Air Personality, Dan Foster and will also have in attendance senior management of the UACN group, executive members of professional bodies such as Nigerian Institute of Architects, Nigerian Institute of Building, Interior Design Association of Nigeria and other special guests. Some of the exciting colours that will be used for the makeover are Dulux recommended colours for hospitals such as Ochre White, Timeless, York White, Frosted Grape, Javelin and Green Clay. In addition, CAP plc will be exhibiting its commitment to sustainability by using its environmentally friendly paint – Dulux Trade Ecosure amongst other Dulux product lines. The event will take place on the 14th of August, 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beyonce's mum reportedly spent $300k on plastic surgery, see any difference? Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:35 AM PDT    According to reports, she's spent over $300k on plastic surgeries. She reportedly had a full face-lift, tummy tuck, breast implants, liposuction, and fat transfer. That's a gorgeous 60 year old. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wizkid's girlfriend Tania Omotayo denies bleaching, shares baby pic Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:08 AM PDT   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Brown says Karrueche didn't dump him, he dumped her... Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:48 AM PDT  Sources closely connected with the singer tell TMZ ... Chris is shocked Karrueche's people leaked a story that she dumped him, allegedly because of a never-ending obsession with Rihanna and refusal to act like an adult. But Chris' people tell us ... he found out she was texting and sending photos to other guys while they were together. He was also furious she did interviews for her clothing line and talked about their relationship. In a word ... Chris decided she was "an opportunist" and dumped her. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study in Leicester, UK at DMU! Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:27 AM PDT  Are you still interested in studying in UK this September 2014? DMU Country Rep will be visiting your city to discuss study options and scholarship opportunities available at De Montfort University for September 2014. Meet with them as stated after the cut... Monday, 4th August 2014 UKEAS Ibadan, 1 Shell close, Ile Oridetu, Onireke close 10am-2pm ibadan@ukeas.com.ng/ 08057126779 Tuesday, 5th August 2014 UKEAS Abuja, 1952 Sokode Crescent, Hatlab Place, suite 3, 2nd floor beside GT Bank 11am-5pm abuja@ukeas.com.ng/ 08158868765 Thursday, 7th August UKEAS Portharcourt, Plot156, NO11 Tom Inko-Tariah street, Rumuogba Estate off Genesis b/stop, Aba road 10am-5pm ph@ukeas.com.ng/ 08116709992 Contact Nigeria In-Country Representative, Babs Ogundeji: M: 08157714913 E: demontfort@ukeas.com.ng W: www.dmu.ac.uk/courses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who knew Daddy Showkey had a son this cute? (photos) Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:18 AM PDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria's Aso-ebi trend; who agrees with Traycee? Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:09 AM PDT    | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigerian doctor who treated Liberian man tests positive to Ebola virus Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:07 AM PDT   The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, revealed this today Monday August 4th and also said that eight people who had first degree contact with the Liberian have been quarantined and are under strict observation. Now after attending to Sawyer, this doctor, unaware that he'd exposed himself to Ebola, would have gone home to give his wife a kiss and hugged his daughter/son. God help us. More details later... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brand new video: Ogecha - Dumimaja (Hide Me) Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:45 AM PDT DumimajaTheVideo has been officially released! It is an exceptional piece by the Sensational Ogecha The music video, directed by Mark Hofmeyr, an international film maker, is suspense-filled and awe-inspiring. The video was shot in some picturesque locations in Cape Town, South Africa. Enjoy.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What marriage troubles? Beyonce and Jay Z attend his mum's restaurant opening Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:45 AM PDT   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pic: Nigerian prostitute, Patoo Abraham, leads protest for sex workers' rights in Lagos Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:26 AM PDT  Patoo Abraham has become famous for fighting for the rights of prostitutes, but what she - and those she is trying to help - do to make a living is illegal and frowned upon by many in the country. Abraham is not only proud of her profession but is also campaigning to ensure that prostitution is legalised and that sex workers are respected in Africa's most populous country. The 48-year-old has led a couple of protests in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, demanding the rights of prostitutes in a country where sex vendors suffer physical harm at the hands of their punters. Continue...Under the auspices of different organisations, scores of prostitutes marched on the streets of Lagos, chanting provocative slogans. This boldness is unprecedented, and the protesters carried their signature red umbrellas and T-shirts with the inscription "Sex work is work, we need our rights." "We are tired of dying in silence," Abraham, who heads the Nigerian chapter of African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA), told Al Jazeera. "We want to be able to practise our profession with pride like every other person. We want an end to name-calling and stigmatisation. We are sex workers and not asawo [a Yoruba derogatory name for prostitutes]." Sex work, said Abraham, is normal work and that there are "sex workers everywhere under one form of disguise or the other". "[The] government should stop criminalising our work," said the woman who is also the president of the Women of Power Initiative (WOPI), a non-governmental organisation established to advance the cause of sex work in Nigeria. Although Nigeria has posted impressive economic growth, overtaking South Africa to become Africa's largest economy, unemployment remains widespread and many Nigerian women have ended up working as prostitutes in part because they cannot find work. Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in April that no fewer than 5.3 million youths are jobless, and the World Bank last year put the number of Nigerians living in destitution at 100 million. Sister's advice With large earrings and a face flamboyantly made up, Abraham sat in her busy office, which she shares with another organisation, and told Al Jazeera how she took the advice of her sister, a former prostitute, when life as a single parent became too tough for her. Though reluctant then, she now sees it as any other business and has no regrets. "Just as you are proud of your profession, that is how I am proud of mine. Just as you are respected for being a journalist, that is how I want to be respected," said Abraham. Abraham uses the pseudonym "Patoo" in her daily work - a name she chose to hide her identity when she began work as a prostitute. She said her two children - a son and a daughter - are at university and she pays tuition fees for them. They do not know her occupation, she said, although she marched on the streets of Lagos for all to see. In this oil-rich country of more than 160 million people ravaged by poverty and deprivation, Abraham's work seems lucrative. But Abraham and other women in this business still have the authorities and people to contend with. One of the prostitutes who identified herself only as Janet, spoke of how police arrest them indiscriminately, raiding their brothel even when they are with their clients. "Sometimes, after reluctantly paying for our services, they arrest us and take us to the [police] station and ask us to bail ourselves with the same amount they paid us, thereby recovering their money," Janet said in pidgin English. "Some of us sustain serious injuries when our customers beat us up and there is no one to protect us," she added. Other women raise even more serious complaints. Outspoken and HIV-positive, 35-year-old Ayide, the only name she gave in order to be quoted, attended one of the rallies and said it is not only the police to blame. "When we talk about police, we are pointing accusing fingers at only one group. The fact is that all the uniformed men, especially the mobile police [paramilitary arm of the police], are oppressing us. They use their uniform to harass us. They extort money from us, beat us and rape us," she said. Abraham corroborated the claims of Janet and Ayide, saying that people who stigmatised them and the security agents who harassed them were a serious problem. "People call us names but the funny thing is that they don't even know if their wives, sisters or daughters are one of us," she said in-between laughter. "If I don't tell you that I am a sex worker, you won't know unless you see me here. Most of us are working as nurses in big hospitals, some are bankers and even students, but you won't know." Raids on brothels Philip Eze, the police officer in charge of Elere Police Division, Lagos, explained that the police would not arrest prostitutes were it not for the country's criminal code outlawing prostitution. "In the Nigerian criminal code, if somebody is soliciting for men, it is against the law and vice versa. The law does not cause confusions; we are the ones causing confusion in the name of the law. I don't care if they have a world association, it is illegal in Nigeria and their assembly is illegal too," Eze said. Responding to allegations of extortion, sexual harassment, and rape by police, Eze said victims should report such cases and the offenders would be prosecuted. "Even though they are prostitutes, they have every right to report rape and other human right abuses," he told Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, the fight between prostitutes and the authorities continue. Police occasionally raid brothels in Lagos and make sweeping arrests in red light areas like Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island, Isaac John Street, and Allen Avenue. Some of the lucky prostitutes end up in police cells where they are interrogated and eventually released on bail. Others end up serving jail terms of three to four months without an option of paying a fine after being charged for loitering, public indecency or disorderly conduct or engaging in acts inimical to the public good. To stage the protest to mark the International Sex Workers Rights Day 2014 without a clash with the authorities, the prostitutes outsmarted the police, obtaining a permit under the auspices of WOPI. They took their demands to the authorities at Shomolu Local Government, Lagos, where they were advised that legislators held the key to their demand. Previous attempts by lawmakers to have prostitution legalised were unsuccessful. In 2011, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, called for the complete legalisation of prostitution, saying this would enable the government to regulate the activities of prostitutes. The move sparked widespread criticism across the country and Ekweremadu later regretted his comment. But Margaret Onah, the founder of Safe Haven Development Initiative and WOPI, who has campaigned for the rights of prostitutes, said she is still planning to take protests to the national assembly, and push for legislation that will decriminalise sex work and empower women. "Nigerian law does not specifically say anything against prostitution," Onah said. "What it says is that if a girl is caught openly soliciting for sex, and money is being exchanged, she should be arrested. But we know that if a girl is staying in a brothel, and is a sex worker, the brothel is more or less like her home" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unknown gunmen abduct Bayelsa speaker’s brother Posted: 04 Aug 2014 04:55 AM PDT  Benson is the immediate past chairman of the community's development committee. This is the third high profile kidnap in the space of two weeks in the state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Icon mag apologizes to 2face over pregnancy story after he sued for N100m Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:11 AM PDT   With this, the suit will most likely be struck out as 2face is said to have accepted the apology. Read the apology after the cut... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Graphic: Heartbreaking pics from the war between Israel & Palestine Posted: 04 Aug 2014 02:52 AM PDT  The conflict between Israel and Palestine has been going on for decades but this particular one started on July 17th after Gaza attacked Israel with rockets following failed peace negotiations. Israel replied with both air and ground invasion of Gaza City....and the world is just watching. Above is a new born baby - with hospital tags still attached - wounded by shrapnel. The baby who already lost his mother, died two days after this photo was taken...Continue...
 
 
  
 
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| Photos: Nigerian celebs at the White House Posted: 04 Aug 2014 02:13 AM PDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nigerian history 101: The story of Overami, former king of Benin Posted: 04 Aug 2014 01:13 AM PDT  Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (ruled 1888–1897), also called Overami, was the Oba (king) of the Kingdom of Benin up until the British punitive expedition of 1897. At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Oba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome. The territory was coveted by an influential group of investors for its rich natural resources such as palm-oil, rubber and ivory.  The kingdom was largely independent of British control, and pressure continued from figures such as Vice-Consul James Robert Phillips and Captain Gallwey (the British vice-Consul of Oil Rivers Protectorate) who were pushing for British annexation of the Benin Empire and the removal of the Oba. A British invasion force headed by Phillips set out to overthrow the Oba in 1896. The force's weapons were hidden in baggage, with troops disguised as bearers. Phillips plan was to gain access to Ovonramwen's palace by announcing that he intended to negotiate. Ovonramwen's messengers issued several warnings not to violate Benin territorial sovereignty, claiming he was unable to see Phillips due to ceremonial duties. Having been warned on several further occasions on the way, Phillips sent his stick to the Oba, a deliberate insult designed to provoke the conflict that would provide an excuse for British annexation. Phillip's expedition was ambushed and all but two were killed. Subsequently a military operation against Benin in 1897 led by Harry Rawson resulted in the burning of Benin City and the deaths of untold numbers of its inhabitants. Although the British had orders to hang the Oba, Ovonramwen escaped, but later surrendered. Ovonramwen was exiled to Calabar with his two wives, and died there in 1914. Source: Wikipedia |
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