Photos: Anna Ebiere, Ex Beauty Queen (MBGN) Look Stunningly Beautiful And Different In New Pictures

Ex-MBGN Queen, Anna Ebiere looks beautiful and different in these pictures. See more below...
 

Didier Drogba Retires From Internation Football

I know you all love him, plus he did well at the just concluded world cup even though his team didn’t do well. You testify that he is a game changer. The Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football. 

His statement on his website to this effect reads:

"It is with much sadness that I have decided to retire from international football. These past 12 years in the national team have been full of emotions. From my first call up to my last match I have always tried to give my best for my country. I am very proud to have been captain of this team for 8 years and to have contributed to placing my country on the world stage of football taking part in 3 world cups and 2 African Cup of Nation finals. I cannot convey enough thanks to the fans for all the love & support during these years. All my goals, all my caps, all our victories are for you – I love you. I also owe much gratitude to my team mates – the players with whom I have shared all these emotions and I wish you all much success for the future & a very warm welcome to the new manager.” 

We love you too drogba!!!   ( I'm a fan! *winks*)

GEJ Summons Emergency Meeting Over Ebola Outbreak Plus 2 Fresh Cases Confirmed!

President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned an emergency meeting the State House Abuja over the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic in the country as two (2) new cases of the virus has been confirmed.

The Nigerian Federal Government has also said that about 139 persons who have had direct or indirect contact with the confirmed cases are currently under surveillance.

Obama Authorizes Air Strikes In Iraq + Isis Group Threathens Christians To Convert To Islam Else They Get Killed

In a late-night statement from the White House that was televised yesterday August 7th, US President Barack Obama authorized US airstrikes in Northern Iraq to defend hundreds of thousands of non-Muslims being hunted down and slaughtered by ISIS, the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State. 

ISIS has been brutally hunting and slaughtering members of the ancient Yazidi religion, a faith derived from Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, who ISIS have denounced as devil-worshipers on account of their ancient set of beliefs. 

After the withdrawal of Kurdish peshmerga fighters, the ISIS group seized Qaraqush, Iraq's largest Christian town, and several others near Mosul. As a result of this, thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes into the desert. (Warning: Graphic pictures after the cut)

W.H.O Declares The Ebola Epidemic An International Health Emergency

Today, Friday August 8^th 2014, The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola Epidemic an International Health Emergency. WHO pointed that the Epidemic demands an “extraordinary response in order to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola" which has killed almost a 1000 people in four West African countries.

At the emergency meeting today, WHO said the declaration of the Ebola Epidemic as an international emergency will help in raise the level of vigilance for transmission of the virus.

WHO did not say that there should be general international travel or trade bans because of the outbreak. Rather they advised countries identified to have been infested by the deadly Ebola virus - Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia - to declare a state of emergency.

Cute North West

Isn't she lovely and cute? I mean the baby! Not that her mum isn't. She's growing really fast to be a stunner

Spanish Priest And Nun From Spain Test Positive To Ebola (Europe's First Ebola Case)

Yesterday, the first Case of the Ebola virus has spread to Europe. 75 year old Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who has been infected with the virus in Liberia was taken to Madrid via a medically-equipped military jet which was sent to Liberia yesterday to repatriate Pajares.

He had been working as a missionary in Liberia when he tested positive for Ebola at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Monrovia. Also a Spanish nun named Paciencia Melgar working in Equatorial Guinea has also tested positive to Ebola and will also be repatriated to Spain.

The priest and the nun belonged to a Catholic humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, and have been helping to treat patients infected with the virus when they were infected.

Good News: Nigerian Military Extricates From Damboa And Some Other Villages In Bornu

The Nigerian Military Special Forces has announced that it has in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign purged Mustafari, Manga, Wanga, Delwa and Damboa of terrorists who have been rampaging in the communities. 

The Military embarked on a special operation this week with an aim of restoring law and order to the area and apprehend all terrorists who have been operating in the area. The operation has so far lasted 40 hours and has gotten to the mop up phase.

It’s also been reported that the remnants of insurgents are being cleared from the communities.  The Military’s objective for this phase ensures the protection of innocent civilians during this operation.

Also, troops are apprehending terrorists who have been attacking Gwoza and surrounding localities since Tuesday.

Very Touching: Nigerian Public Doctors Suspend Strike Over Ebola

Today 7th August 2014, Nigerian Public doctors have done a hero's deed by calling off their 5-week old strike to help with the fight against the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Nigeria.

Yesterday, the Commissioner for Health in Lagos State appealed to striking doctors to call of their strike so as to help contain the spread of the virus.  

In a statement issued by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, the doctors have listed “the incursion of Ebola into Nigeria” as a main reason for suspending the strike.

 

 

Photos: LASU Students This Afternoon Threw A Party To Celebrate School Fees Reversal

I here that Lagos State University students threw a party in the university campus in celebration of the school fees reversal by Lagos State governor this afternoon. I know you may ask that how is this news? But isn't it kinda funny? ...

Another Blunder: Sky News Says The Capital Of Nigeria Is Lagos

Another Blunder, sorry mistake, goof ! First CNN, Now Sky News, na wa o!

Very Touching: Commuters Push Train To Save Trapped Man

The power of unity! See what the people did to save one man! #MoralOfTheVideo... be your brother's keeper!

First Suspected Ebola Victim Dies In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Today August 6^th, 2014, a Saudi Arabian man who has been suspected to have contracted the Ebola Virus and he is being treated for Ebola-like symptoms died today at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

According to a post on the website of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health which stated that the man had recently visited Sierra Leone, one of the countries being ravaged by the deadly Ebola virus and may have contracted the virus there.

This will be the first suspected Ebola-related death outside Africa since the outbreak. The World Health Organization said today that 932 people have so far died from the virus.

Lagos Commissioner For Health Says Ebola Situation Is "Extremely Dire"

Today, 6^th of August, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, at a news conference in Abuja said a that a Nigerian nurse has died from the Ebola Virus. According to him the nurse worked at the Lagos hospital where Liberian Patrick Sawyer was treated. He said she died yesterday August 5^th and that five medical practitioners who interacted with Sawyer have been confirmed to have contracted the deadly virus.

Yesterday, 5th August, 2014, the first known Nigerian to die of the Ebola Viral Disease was recorded. The Minister also noted that all the Nigerians diagnosed with the disease had primary contact with the late Liberian man.