The World Health Organisation
authorised the use of experimental drugs in the fight against Ebola on
Tuesday as the death toll topped 1,000 and a Spanish priest became the
first European to succumb to the latest outbreak of the virus.
According to AFP, the declaration by the UN’s health agency came
after a US company that makes an experimental serum said it had sent all
its available supplies to hard-hit west Africa.
“In
the particular circumstances of this outbreak, and provided certain
conditions are met... it is ethical to offer unproven interventions with
as yet unknown efficacy and adverse effects,” the WHO said in a
statement following a teleconference between medical experts.
The current outbreak, described as the worst since Ebola was first
discovered four decades ago, has now killed 1,013 people since early
this year, the WHO said.
Cases have so far been limited to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Nigeria, all in west Africa where ill-equipped and fragile health
systems are struggling to cope.
Elderly Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, who became infected while
helping patients in Liberia died in a Madrid hospital on Tuesday, five
days after being evacuated.
Monrovia said it had requested samples of an experimental drug,
ZMapp, that has shown some positive effects on two US aid workers but
failed to save the Spanish priest.
Supplies would be brought in by a representative of the US government later this week, the Liberian government said.
There is currently no available cure or vaccine for Ebola, which the
WHO has declared a global public health emergency, and the use of
experimental drugs has stoked an ethical debate.
Despite promising results for the ZMapp treatment, made by private US
company Mapp Biopharmaceutical, it is still in an early phase of
development and had only been tested previously on monkeys.
ZMapp is in very short supply, but its use on the Western aid workers
evacuated to the United States last week triggered controversy and
demands that it be made available in Africa.
Mapp said it had sent all its available supplies to West Africa.
“In responding to the request received this weekend from a West
African nation, the available supply of ZMapp is exhausted,” it said in a
statement.
“Any decision to use ZMapp must be made by the patients’ medical
team,” it said, adding that the drug was “provided at no cost in all
cases”.
The company did not reveal which nation received the doses, or how many were sent.
But the Liberian presidency said: “The White House and the United
States Food and Drug Administration have approved the request for sample
doses of experimental serum to treat Liberian doctors who are currently
infected with the deadly Ebola virus disease.”
Ebola claims its first European victim: Spanish priest dies in Madrid
A Spanish priest who became the first person carrying the deadly
Ebola virus to be brought back to Europe for treatment has died in a
Madrid hospital.
Miguel Pajares, 75, died at the Carlos III Hospital, where he was being treated, a spokeswoman confirmed.
As reported by MailOnline, a convoy of medics in protective suits
escorted the missionary back to Spain last week after he was repatriated
on a specially-adapted Airbus plane from Liberia in West Africa.
Spain’s Health Ministry said on Monday that it had obtained a course
of the U.S.-made experimental drug ZMapp over the weekend to treat the
priest.
The Madrid hospital would not confirm if he had been given the drug at the time of his death.
His body will be cremated tomorrow to avoid any further public health risks, the hospital added.
Mr Parajes had worked for the San Juan de Dios hospital order, a
Spain-based Catholic humanitarian group, and had been helping to treat
people with Ebola in Liberia.
He had worked as a missionary in Africa for nearly five decades and was due to return to Spain for good in September.
Speaking before he was flown back he said: ‘I’d like to return because we have a very bad experience of what’s happened here.
“We are abandoned. We want to go to Spain and be treated like people.”
The priest was brought back to Spain alongside a nun, who was also suspected of being infected with the virus.
However, she tested negative for the disease.
When the priest first arrived in Madrid, there were claims he was on a
drip and was unable to walk unaided with his condition being described
as stable.
It was said he wasn’t showing signs of bleeding, which is a symptom of an advanced stage of the illness.
The priest’s brother Emilio said he was ‘worried but happy’ about the
transfer amid concerns within Spain that the nation’s hospitals may not
successfully contain the illness.
His death comes as Turkey was put on alert over the virus after the
country’s health ministry said a passenger from Nigeria was taken to
hospital after arriving at Istanbul airport with a high fever.
The ministry said it did not know if the female passenger had Ebola but they were taking precautions.
The Turkish Airlines plane, which was supposed to travel on to Barcelona, was then disinfected.
Meanwhile it has been confirmed that Liberia is set to receive doses
of the experimental drug to treat the condition, which will be given to
two sick doctors.
The news comes after a the World Health Organisation declared it is
ethical to use unproven Ebola drugs and vaccines in the current outbreak
in West Africa provided the right conditions are met.
Its statement, however, sidestepped the key question of how to decide who should get the limited drugs.
“In the particular circumstances of this outbreak and provided
certain conditions are met, the panel reached consensus that it is
ethical to offer unproven interventions with as yet unknown efficacy and
adverse effects, as potential treatment or prevention,” the agency
said.
The doctors will become the first African patients to receive the drug.
The U.S. government had put Liberian officials in touch with the California-based maker of ZMapp, Mapp Biopharmaceutical.
The company said that in responding to a request from an unidentified
West African country, it had ran out of its supply of the treatment.
...Scare grips Cameroon
The Ebola scare has gripped Cameroon following reports that cases of the disease were imported from neighbouring Nigeria.
Cameroon’s minister of health has refuted the allegations.
Rumors that cases of the deadly Ebola virus had been detected at the
government referral hospital in Douala, Cameroon, spread quickly.
Marcel Fru, 17, said he learned from television news reports that two
Nigerians were taken from the Douala airport to a hospital after the
virus was detected in them.
Nigerians throng into Cameroon on a daily basis for business,
vacation and fear of the militant group Boko Haram. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) says at least 10 cases of Ebola have been confirmed
in Nigeria.
Some clergy and traditional rulers advised people to report any suspected cases of the disease.
But Minister of Health Andre Mama Fouda says the information about Nigerian Ebola victims in Cameroon is wrong.
“With regards to our country Cameroon, no suspected case has been reported until (this) date,” Mama Fouda said.
culled tribune
Wednesday 20 August 2014
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Wednesday 13 August 2014
Ebola: Nigeria Approves Use Of Experimental Drugs
The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, has
approved the use of an experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, for treatment of
patients infected with the virus.
The decision by the committee is coming on the heels of yesterday’s approval by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the use of Zmapp for treatment of Ebola patients.
culled;niyidaram
Photos: University lecturer dresses in Ebola suit to lecture his students
Photos: LIB
Osun: Political party offered us N14m bribe —DSS
SPOKESPERSON
of the Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, on Tuesday,
said one of the political parties is after the Service for turning down
N14 million bribe offered its officials in Osun State, during the
governorship election that took place on Saturday.Ogar, at the National Briefing Centre, while responding to questions from journalists, said, “the director in charge of election for the DSS was asked to come and collect N4 million for himself and N10 million for the men. Because he declined to receive the money, it is now an offence.
“The rejection is bringing up a lot of misunderstanding between political parties and the DSS. I want to tell you, there is a man occupying a very sensitive position in Osun, the man should thank God that it is not the DSS that arrested him with the huge sum of money he was found with.”
Emphasising that DSS could not be induced with money, Ogar said “we are well paid. I will say it categorically, our operations are well funded. The N14 million as against N200 million that was spent, which one will you go for? People should stop using money to entice security forces. The Federal Government and the people of Nigeria who have engaged us have the capability of taking care of us.”
According to her, if security forces were not fully on ground during the period of the election, the story about Osun State would have changed.
“We thank God that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election in Osun State. There was no bomb blast, because there was enough security presence on ground. The security forces that assisted in the election in Edo State were the same ones that went to Ondo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun,” she said.
culled;tribune
Tambuwal in secret meeting with OBJ
.
SPEAKER
of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday
evening, held a closed-door meeting with former president, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Abeokuta residence, Ogun State.
The meeting, the Nigerian Tribune learnt, lasted for about 25 minutes and details were unknown to newsmen, who only sighted his convoy after he had left Obasanjo’s house.
When contacted, the media aide to the speaker, Imam Imam, said the meeting was just one of the consultations of the speaker with leaders in the country on how to move the nation forward.
He said Obasanjo is a father figure to all political office holders in the country, hence, the decision of his boss to rub minds with him on some national issues.
Imam said he could not confirm whether the rumoured presidential ambition of Tambuwal was discussed, insisting that the meeting was behind closed door.
“You know Baba is a father to all in the country. The meeting was a consultation. It is about rubbing minds on how to move the country forward and make it better,” he said.
culled;tribune
SPEAKER
of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday
evening, held a closed-door meeting with former president, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Abeokuta residence, Ogun State.The meeting, the Nigerian Tribune learnt, lasted for about 25 minutes and details were unknown to newsmen, who only sighted his convoy after he had left Obasanjo’s house.
When contacted, the media aide to the speaker, Imam Imam, said the meeting was just one of the consultations of the speaker with leaders in the country on how to move the nation forward.
He said Obasanjo is a father figure to all political office holders in the country, hence, the decision of his boss to rub minds with him on some national issues.
Imam said he could not confirm whether the rumoured presidential ambition of Tambuwal was discussed, insisting that the meeting was behind closed door.
“You know Baba is a father to all in the country. The meeting was a consultation. It is about rubbing minds on how to move the country forward and make it better,” he said.
culled;tribune
Another Nigerian dies of Ebola
A Nigerian and a staff member of the ECOWAS Commission’s Lagos Liaison Office, Jatto Asihu Abdulqudir, 36, died on Tuesday.
A statement by the ECOWAS Commission said Abdulqudir, a Protocol Assistant, was among those who assisted the Liberian delegate to a regional meeting, Patrick Sawyer, who died from the Ebola Virus Disease at a Lagos hospital on July 25, 2014.
Abdulqudir had been under quarantine following that sad incident.
His death bring to three the number of Ebola virus patients who have died in Nigeria.
The first two were Sawyer and one of the nurses who treated him.
The statement added: “The Commission wishes to use this opportunity to express its gratitude to Nigerian government authorities and others who contributed to managing the late official while under quarantine.
“The Management of the Commission wishes to commiserate with Mr. Abdulqudir’s family and colleagues and prays for the repose of his soul.
“Before this sad event, the Commission working in collaboration with Nigerian health authorities, had disinfected all the facilities of the ECOWAS Lagos Liaison Office as part of precautionary measures to safeguard the health, safety and security of staff members, and will continue to monitor the situation.
“Management has also intensified awareness campaign among staff on the deadly virus and uses this opportunity to invoke the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance.
“The Commission wishes to reassure staff of all Community Institutions all over the entire region that it is taking all necessary steps to guarantee their health and safety.
“Furthermore, Management enjoins all staff members and community citizens in general to intensify the observance of personal hygiene. They should also report any suspected case to health facilities and seek medical advice or attention for the effective containment and defeat of the Ebola disease.
“On the directive of regional leaders, ECOWAS has already set up a Solidarity Fund to fight the disease and has solicited the support contribution of Member States and development partners to the Fund to rid the region of the virus.
“The ECOWAS Commission wishes to reiterate its continued commitment to support Member States in confronting this deadly virus.
adapted;tribune news paper
A statement by the ECOWAS Commission said Abdulqudir, a Protocol Assistant, was among those who assisted the Liberian delegate to a regional meeting, Patrick Sawyer, who died from the Ebola Virus Disease at a Lagos hospital on July 25, 2014.
Abdulqudir had been under quarantine following that sad incident.
His death bring to three the number of Ebola virus patients who have died in Nigeria.
The first two were Sawyer and one of the nurses who treated him.
The statement added: “The Commission wishes to use this opportunity to express its gratitude to Nigerian government authorities and others who contributed to managing the late official while under quarantine.
“The Management of the Commission wishes to commiserate with Mr. Abdulqudir’s family and colleagues and prays for the repose of his soul.
“Before this sad event, the Commission working in collaboration with Nigerian health authorities, had disinfected all the facilities of the ECOWAS Lagos Liaison Office as part of precautionary measures to safeguard the health, safety and security of staff members, and will continue to monitor the situation.
“Management has also intensified awareness campaign among staff on the deadly virus and uses this opportunity to invoke the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance.
“The Commission wishes to reassure staff of all Community Institutions all over the entire region that it is taking all necessary steps to guarantee their health and safety.
“Furthermore, Management enjoins all staff members and community citizens in general to intensify the observance of personal hygiene. They should also report any suspected case to health facilities and seek medical advice or attention for the effective containment and defeat of the Ebola disease.
“On the directive of regional leaders, ECOWAS has already set up a Solidarity Fund to fight the disease and has solicited the support contribution of Member States and development partners to the Fund to rid the region of the virus.
“The ECOWAS Commission wishes to reiterate its continued commitment to support Member States in confronting this deadly virus.
adapted;tribune news paper
Ebola: Jonathan wants greater co-operation among W/African countries
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has
called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to
control and contain the Ebola Virus Disease as a way of curtailing the
scourge and further threat to human lives.
He made the call in in State House, Abuja on Tuesday, while receiving in audience the new Ambassador of Guinea to Nigeria, Mr Gaoussou Toure, who presented his letters of credence to the president.
Jonathan commended the containment measures so far taken by West African countries that had been affected by the disease, stressing that more concerted intra-regional cooperation and action needed to be developed.
“A problem that affects one of us affects all. We may need to come together as a region to strengthen our containment measures. I am however pleased that serious measures are being taken to control the spread of the disease,” he said.
Earlier in his remarks, Ambassador Gaoussou Toure thanked the President Jonathan for the financial assistance given to Guinea by Nigeria, for tackling the (Ebola) disease, assuring him that Guinea was deploying containment measures to combat the outbreak. He reaffirmed Guinea’s commitment to strengthening the country’s cordial relations with Nigeria.
Also speaking at separate audiences after receiving letters of credence from the new Ambassador of Germany, Michael Peter Zenner and Torben Antonio Gettermann, the new Ambassador of Denmark, President Jonathan stated that the days of electoral violence in Nigeria were over, and that the 2015 general election would be free and fair.
adapted;tribune news paper
He made the call in in State House, Abuja on Tuesday, while receiving in audience the new Ambassador of Guinea to Nigeria, Mr Gaoussou Toure, who presented his letters of credence to the president.
Jonathan commended the containment measures so far taken by West African countries that had been affected by the disease, stressing that more concerted intra-regional cooperation and action needed to be developed.
“A problem that affects one of us affects all. We may need to come together as a region to strengthen our containment measures. I am however pleased that serious measures are being taken to control the spread of the disease,” he said.
Earlier in his remarks, Ambassador Gaoussou Toure thanked the President Jonathan for the financial assistance given to Guinea by Nigeria, for tackling the (Ebola) disease, assuring him that Guinea was deploying containment measures to combat the outbreak. He reaffirmed Guinea’s commitment to strengthening the country’s cordial relations with Nigeria.
Also speaking at separate audiences after receiving letters of credence from the new Ambassador of Germany, Michael Peter Zenner and Torben Antonio Gettermann, the new Ambassador of Denmark, President Jonathan stated that the days of electoral violence in Nigeria were over, and that the 2015 general election would be free and fair.
adapted;tribune news paper
Obafemi Martins & Baby Mama Already Having Issues?
Which is your fav Peter Okoye look...
30 Marriages that Crashed and Really Shook Nollywood
1. SOLOMON AKIYESI
His case was filled with much drama, he left his estranged wife Lilian to marry another without proper divorce, and the drama that followed shook Nollywood.
2. KENNETH OKONKWO
His marriage to the only daughter of CPM General Overseer, Ogechi Ezekiel lasted barely for two years and it ended in 2002. The crashed marriage which produced a son shook the industry as Kenneth had turned born again even before they got married.
3. UCHE OGBODO
Uche, who was heavily pregnant and awaiting her delivery disclosed that her few months old marriage to Apo has crashed based on lies and deceit on the part of Apo, and this shocked her fans.
4. CHIEGE ALISIGWE
The very beautiful Chiege was once married to Tony Ebbe, a senior police officer. The marriage produced a daughter. Chiege disclosed that her marriage to Mr Ebbe lasted for just 3 months.
5. FUNKE AKINDELE
Funke’s marriage to Alhaji Almaroof crashed barely a year after it was contracted to the consternation of fans.
6. AYO ADESANYA & GORIOLA HASSAN
Their marriage crashed like a badly arranged cards as Ayo disclosed that she packed out of her marriage at midnight.
7. MONALISA CHINDA & DEJO RICHARDS
Monalisa shocked her fans when she announced years back that she has left her marriage over domestic violence and abuse. She practically ran out of her matrimonial home.
8. CHIKA IKE
Chika was married to Tony Ebieri but she later filed for divorce and won. She alleged that domestic violence was her reason for calling it quit with her marriage.
9. STEPHANIE OKEREKE
Stephanie was briefly married to Chikelue Iloanus but she left him. There were accusations and counter accusations of infidelity. Iloanusi also blamed his mother-in-law too.
10. LOLA ALAO
Lola Alao’s former husband attacked her severally in the media and said unprintable things about her when their marriage crashed.
11. DORIS SIMEON & DANIEL ADEMONIKAN
They surprised so many people with their separation and it generated so much drama.
12. LAIDE BAKARE
Her crashed marriage to Mr Okunfulire generated lots of noise as her ex said so many unprintable things about Laide.
13. MBONG & JETA AMATA
Their crashed marriage shook the industry and it crashed over Jeta’s alleged domineering attitude.
14. FRED AMATA
Fred and Agatha Amata’s crashed union shook the industry as well. The marriage produced two kids and Fred later moved over to actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, and their affair, which produced a cute baby girl, also crumbled.
15. FOLUKE DARAMOLA
Foluke was married to Tunde Sobowale but the marriage crashed few years after.
16. EUCHARIA ANUNOBI
Eucharia was heartbroken years ago after her husband Mr. Ekwu dumped her and eloped. She later filed for divorce.
17. REGINA ASKIA
Regina Askia was briefly married to a money bag, Charles Orie, but she dumped him for American Ruddy Williams. Charles remarried only months ago.
18. FAITHIA $ SAHEED BALOGUN
Many fans of these actors were pained at their separation.
19. SHAN GEORGE
Shan has been married, but her union never lasted. Her divorce with Tony Nwosisi generated lots of controversies.
20. CLARION CHUKWURA
Clarion has been married and divorced at least twice.
21. STELLA DAMASUS
Stella and Emeka Nzeribe didn’t stay up to a year in their marriage to the consternation of fans. Stella rushed into that marriage and rushed out.
22. UCHE IWUJI
Uche’s marriage to Juwon Lawal lasted barely a year, but it produced a kid.
23. KATE HENSHAW
Kate and her British ex, Mr Nuttal shocked fans with their separation after about 10 years of marriage which produced a daughter.
24. ANNE NJEMANZE & SEGUN ARINZE
Fans were elated when the then very beautiful Ann married Segun but were shocked when Anne left the marriage, breaking Arinze’s heart. The marriage produced a daughter who is about 17 years now.
25. JIBOLA DABO & BINTA MOGAJI
Their union crashed over accusation of infidelity. Binta accused Jibola of bringing women into their matrimonial home.
26. ROBERT PETERS
Robert’s five-year-old marriage to his American wife crashed not too long ago, but over the weekend, he remarried in the US.
27. JACKIE APPIAH
Jackie’s marriage which produced a son crashed after three years to the amazement of fans.
28. JULIET IBRAHIM
Pretty Juliet’s marriage to pilot Kwadwo Safo ended a while ago and Juliet recently announced it. The marriage which produced a son crashed over Mr Safo’s alleged cheating habit and his family’s unnecessary interferences.
29. MIDE MARTINS & AFEEZ OWO
The marriage of late Funmi Martins daughter, Mide to actor Afeez reportedly crashed on alleged infidelity accusation by Afeez, but from the look of things, both are still living together and denied having issues in their marriage.
30. BUKKY WRIGHT
Rumour-mongers claim that Bukky is married to four other men aside her new husband. “We gathered that her first was to one Gboyega Amu with whom she had two children.
Shortly after separating from Amu, due to what she termed irreconcilable differences, she moved into the arms of fellow actor and one time NNPC top shot and current member of the House of Representatives, Rotimi Makinde, without officially divorcing Gboyega Amu.
The union lasted a few years before she moved on in the same fashion and found solace in the arms of society journalist and image maker, Femi Davies. Bukky and Femi got married at the Akodo Registry in Lagos without still dissolving her early marriages.
Her nuptials with Femi Davies followed the same pattern. It did not last up to a year before she also walked away without going to the courts to seek for a divorce, making her the wife of three men. Not done with the three and the numerous flings, she later got hitched with renowned music promoter, Bolaji Saheed aka Basia who was then based in Canada.”Within a short time, and true to type, they got married in a hush-hush Islamic Nikkai.
Culled from Icon Weekly Magazine
i’m Also Going Into Politics- Kennis Music Singer, Joe El
Joe EL has also made his intention of going into politics
known. He said this in an interview few days ago, stating that his intention of
going into politics was for something right. Joe El will be the second singer from Kennis
Music to venture into politics with Kenny Saint Best being the first.
FAKE POLICE COMMISIONER ARRESTED
A 46-year old man,
Alexander Ilesanmi(pictured above), an indigene of Akure, Ondo state
has been arrested by the Lagos State Police command for parading himself
as an Assistant Commissioner of Police and receiving stolen vehicles
from robbery suspects.
According to police
reports, Illesanmi, who goes about dressing in police uniform with the
rank of a Deputy police commissioner displayed on his shirt, was
arrested after an apprehended notorious car snatcher and supposed pastor
of a church, Gabriel Asaolu, identified him to be one of those who
bought stolen cars from him. Continue...
Investigations by
the police revealed that Ilesanmi had bought two stolen cars, a
Mitsubishi Montero and a Toyota Avalon from the suspect before he was
arrested. The insignia of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), two photographs of the himself
in DSP and ACP uniforms as well as an unregistered SUV believed to have
been sold to him by another suspect was discovered at his home.
When interrogated,
Ilesanmi said he got the DSP and ACP insignia from a friend, whom he
identified simply as Segun. He said he used the police uniforms to help
in clearing vehicles which he deals in
“I used to deal in
cars. I usually travel to the Benin Republic to get vehicles. I would
hang the ACP uniform on the backseat of my vehicle so that customs
officials would not disturb me. With this trick, I smuggled in about six
cars between 2011 and 2014. At checkpoints, the police and other
security agencies would simply salute me, and let my vehicle go. I did
not usually pay duties at the entry point. I sold the vehicles for
prices ranging from N1.1m to N1.5m. I got the DSP and ACP uniforms from a
friend named Segun. Till now, I don’t know where he got them from.”
When asked how he met Asaolu, Ilesanmi replied,
“I knew Gabriel
(Asaolu) as a pastor in a church at the Oke Aro area in Ogun State. He
told me he was also a car dealer, and that he could supply vehicles to
me at cheaper prices. I had gone to the church for a revival. He also
said he was an Ondo State indigene. Later, we went into car-selling
deals. I never knew he was an armed robbery suspect. In August 2011, he
called me that he wanted to sell some cars, but he sold only the Toyota
Avalon to me. I bought it from him for N750,000. I was using the car. I
did not sell it. Apart from smuggling, I also used the police uniform to
attract consultancy jobs from companies in Lagos which sent their
officials to me for training. I trained some security guards for many
companies. I regret being a fake policeman, but it is just unfortunate.”
he concluded.
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