Ebola Outbreak: The Vaccine and 'Secret Serum' Explained - TheGuardian

Ebola Vaccine

As Nigeria becomes the fourth west African country fighting to contain Ebola, Professor Eleanor Riley from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine explains the latest medical science for preventing and treating the disease.

Why hasn't an Ebola vaccine been developed so far?

Ebola, which has occasional small, often easily contained, outbreaks, is never going to be a high priority for the World Health Organisation(WHO) or donors. They aren't going to vaccinate everybody at birth against the disease because of the amount of effort and resource you would have to put in to save a small number of lives.

Is that still true after this outbreak?

Yes and no. This is the biggest outbreak by far. We've known about Ebola since the 1970s and most outbreaks have been very well controlled. This one is unusual. Somebody took their eye off the ball and maybe that won't happen again, we don't know. But I think this has been a real learning point for public health.

It takes two or three weeks after vaccination for your immune response to get to a protective level. So it's not as if you can go into a village where there's been an outbreak, vaccinate everyone and they're protected. Once you've got an outbreak, vaccination isn't necessarily much help.

David Oyedepo Barred From Entering UK

Popular Nigerian clergyman, Bishop David Oyedepo, has been barred from entering the United Kingdom, Thisisafrica.me repots.
According to a source at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, the founder and Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, who reportedly holds a ‘C’ Visa that grants him access to the UK for duration of ten years was stopped from travelling on Saturday, 9 August, 2014, following a directive from “Airline Alert”.

A copy of Oyedepo Airline alert

Ebola: Stop Lying Against Me Or... - T.B. Joshua Warns

Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has asked those spreading lies about him to desist from doing so or they will be adequately rewarded.

Prophet T.B. Joshua

 

 

 

Speaking to Ynaija reporter in a telephone interview, the prophet debunked rumours making rounds that a Liberian man who came to his church for deliverance died of Ebola.

Nigerian female singer, Chidinma, has revealed her man crush in a recent interview at Capital FM’s The Grill.

Chidinma
The ‘Kedike’ star also talked about her life and her favorite Kenyan artiste.
The beautiful and petite singer, Chidinma, has no doubt won the hearts of many since her emergence in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
Its no wonder many including celebs have a crush on her. We’ve seen the likes of Nigerian singer, Lynxx, Ruggedman, Nollywood Actor, O.C Ukeje amongst others. She was also rumoured to be dating Soundcity VJ, Adam.
Well it’s time to reveal hers…
Watch video link below

UNIOSUN Shut Down As Student Protest Over Colleague's Death

The Ikire campus of the Osun State University has been shut down till an unspecified period.

Punch reports that the school authorities through the Registrar,  issued a memorandum announcing the indefinite close down of the school after an all night violent protest allegedly embarked upon by students of the school.
The protest, which was as a result of the death of one of the students who died in an accident.
However, while confirming the development, the Public Relations Officer of the school, Mr. Oladeji Abokede, today in his words said:  “The management has closed down the Ikire Campus due to a violent protest by the students. The closure is indefinite. We will inform them when to resume.”

It would be recalled that just recently, the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, was indefinitely shut down over hike in tuition fees.

Source: www.naij.com

APC To Sue SSS For Declarations By Marilyn Ogar

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is losing its temper over ongoing attempts by the Directorate of Security Service (DSS) to link them with Boko Haram sect, without providing a shred of evidence to that effect. The fresh statement warned SSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, to resign or be fired.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, informed on August 16, 2014, Saturday, that the main opposition party of the country intended to sue Ogar for her multiple attempts to blame them for a series of bomb blasts in Nigeria.

Why Men Sleep After Sex?

Since the inception of sexuality, many reasons have been given why men sleep just immediately after sex; with ‘they are selfish’ point topping the list of reasons, many need to know the real reasons why this has been prominent with men.
Although sex has been referred to as one of the most enjoyable things between a man and woman,  the woman race has been on the search to know why men nods straight to sleep after a good sex. With most women thinking ”dropping” straight into sleep by their men is a complete negative phenomena, the general notion has been that men are actually selfish to sleep immediately not minding how their mates feel about it.
Related: Are African Men Really Romantic?
Although men argue that the nature of sleeping immediately after sex  is due to tiredness from its rigors, Scientists have however found a good argument for men by confirming that ”men sleep after sex because they just cannot help it”. In a recent publication by Punch, it has been ascertained that men sleep after sex because they have little power over their bodies at that point in time, hence, not being able to stay awake after the whole rigor of sex.
Scientists have said that men really do need to sleep after sex when they climax because their brains become flooded with sleep-inducing chemicals such as oxytocin, serotonin and prolactin. Also, the blood rush after the climax depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen and because men typically have higher muscle density than women, they become more tired after sex.

Kcee Embarrased In America Over Missing Chibok Girls

Singer Kcee

Popular Nigerian singer, Kcee, the Limpopo crooner, has recounted how he was embarrassed while on tour in America over the Chibok girls who were abducted by the dreaded Boko Haram since April.
Sharing his experience during a press conference to unveil PMAN’s peace pet project tagged ‘Lighting Up The Unity Flame’, at PMAN office, Opebi, Lagos, Kcee said the airport cab driver who took him to his hotel room in New York, upon realizing he was Nigerian, quizzed him about the Chibok girls. The cab driver asked him if they had been found and he was so embarrassed that he had nothing to say, Daily Sun reports.

Rampage in USA: Police reveal Darren Wilson as cop who shot unarmed teen Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri

Police say Michael Brown was robbery suspect, release name of officer who shot him

RIOT police are back on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, with reports of clahes and looting after more details of the Michael Brown shooting were released.
Tear gas has been fired into the crowd by riot police amid reports that at least three stores have been looted.
CNN reports that a swat team lined up across from dozens of protesters in Ferguson early on Saturday commanding them via a bullhorn to get out of the street and onto sidewalks, or to go home.
Bottles flew back in their direction, and looters began breaking into stores.
Security officers warned that disobeying the law would be met with arrest and the military style vehicles that had previously disappeared from the streets were deployed once again.

Tensions flare...Protestors stand in the middle of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, refusing to leave despite police orders. Picture:AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen Source: AP

Robin Williams feared Parkinson’s disease would stop him cycling and lead him to back addiction, says friend

Health battle ... Robin Williams at an event in New York City in May 2013. Picture: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images Source: Getty Images

ROBIN Williams may have killed himself because he feared his Parkinson’s disease would stop him cycling and lead him to addiction again, a close friend believes.
Tony Tom, who is the owner of a bike shop near Robin’s California home, told The Sun the actor threw himself into riding to help beat drink and drugs and battle depression.
He said Williams may have feared returning to his addictions when the degenerative brain disorder made biking impossible.
“It would have affected his ability to ride, no doubt,” said Tom, who was also Williams’s cycling partner.
“He could have turned back to his earlier vices if he wasn’t riding and maybe that was one of the things he was thinking about.”
“For somebody as active as Robin was, both in his acting and his personal life, it would have been really hard on him.”

Jennifer Lawrence reportedly dating Coldplay singer Chris Martin

New relationship ... Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly dating Chris Martin. Source: Getty Images

JENNIFER Lawrence is reportedly dating Chris Martin as their love lives threaten to rival the whole Bieber-Bloom-Kerr-Packers affair.
E! News reports that The Hunger Games star and the Coldplay singer have been dating since June after Lawrence, 24, called off her relationship with X-Men co-star Nicholas Hoult, 24.

Confessions of a fine-dining waiter: What they really think of you, and do they spit in food?

He may be bring you coffee with a smile, but what does the waiter really think of you? Source: Supplied

 

REGARD them, or disregard them, waiters know exactly what makes for a good dining experience. They have a lot of power to make it either very good, or bad.
So what do they love and hate, do they really spit in food, and what do they talk about after you leave?
WHEN YOU ARRIVE
There’s nothing worse than someone being presumptuous when they arrive.
You can tell when someone is going to be trouble from the minute you greet them.
It’s the worst when they demand a special table on the spot.
If you’ve made reservations, and you make a request for a certain table in due time, that’s fair enough, we will do all we can to accommodate your request.
You need to understand, in a good restaurant, everything is planned down to a fine art.
If you want a good table, book early. We seat people in order of when they book, so if you’re arriving and throw your weight around and say ‘no, I want that table’ and think you’re commanding enough, and confident enough to get your way, it means you’re basically stealing from someone else who has booked earlier and done the right thing.

Young girl writes hilariously stern note telling strict parents to ‘change their attitude’

You tell ‘em, Chloe. Source: Reddit

 

Their unreasonable behaviour inspired her to turn the tables on the disciplinarians, stating that they’ve lost their privilege to read to her before bed until they decide to adjust their attitude.
Something tells me she’s going to be waiting a while.
This story is republished with permission from Elite Daily.

Bieber pays bill for former pet monkey

Justin Bieber paid a $A12,000 fine for bringing a monkey into Germany without the necessary papers. Source: AAP

GERMAN authorities say Justin Bieber has paid 8,000 euros ($A12,000) owed after attempting to bring a pet monkey into the country last year without the necessary papers.

BIEBER failed to produce vaccination and import papers for Mally the monkey on arriving in Munich in March 2013, and the animal was seized by customs.

Ebola vaccine won't be ready until 2015, says WHO

Dr Margaret Chan addresses the media after a two-day meeting of its emergency committee on Ebola, in Geneva

Clinical trials of vaccines for the deadly Ebola virus should soon get underway and will likely be ready for widespread use by early next year, the World Health Organisation said Saturday.

New English Premier League Season: Three Contenders and Three Pretenders

After a brief hiatus a new season of the English Premier League will commence this weekend much to the delight of its exuberant fans.

Something that occupies people during the weekends,no doubt that this season will be cliffhanger like the past ones before it.

Teams will go into the new league season hoping to do better than the preceding season before this(those who didn't finish in better positions than they would have wanted)

For some teams it is just about staying afloat in the league,for others Champions League qualification could be seen as over-achieving.

But there are those who are the usual suspects,Champions League qualification is the barest minimum,big premium is placed on just winning the league title.

America Came and Found Nothing,Northern Leaders are Insincere About Chibok Girls- Kuku

Kingsley Kuku, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme has accused Northern Elders in Nigeria of insincerity concerning the amount of girls that were actually kidnapped from Government Secondary Schoo, Chibok in Borno state.

Delivering a lecture on Challenging Current Security Issues For National Transformation: The Way Forward”, at the 10th Convocation ceremony of the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Kuku said, "Look at the issue of Chibok girls: they said they were 273 writing Physics, all the girls in one common village called Chibok. I am from Ondo state and our only resource is education. Let us think well, I am not saying that there are no Chibok girls. But in your own village where education is revered, since 1970, have you really seen 50 girls writing Physics in one day? Let us think about it, 273 girls writing Physics; that means there is need for science in Nigeria.

We have a chance of winning the EPL this season- Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has charged his players to step-up their game against their title rivals if they must end the club's long wait to be crowned Premier League champions.

It has been ten years since the Gunners last won a Premier League title but they have been consistent in securing a top four finish since then.

Arsenal kick off their campaign this season when they welcome Crystal Palace at the Emirates this afternoon for their first game.

And Arsene Wenger is confident that they have a chance to to end that cycle this season,but insisted that they must improve their result against the big teams .

Why President Jonathan Sacked Striking Doctors - FG

President Jonathan, on Thursday, sacked all striking resident doctors. This radical decision has met with mixed reactions.

The Federal Government has defended this decision.

A Premium Times report says: "According to a statement by the Deputy Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Health, Isiaka Yusuf, the directive was without prejudice to any emergency measure that may be necessary for the hospital management to immediately restore full medical services.

“It should be stressed that the Federal Government has implemented more than 90 per cent of its responsibilities as signed by both parties. At the conclusion of each meeting, the NMA promised to call off the strike but would return another day to say that they could not.

Explain How Our Bushmeat Caused Ebola or Sack Health Minister- Nigerian Hunters Demand

Comrade Ray Macaulay,National President of the Association of Animal Hunters on Friday called for explanations on the correlation between their wild hunts and Ebola Viru. The group also demanded immediate sack of Nigeria's minister of Health, Dr Onyebuchi Chukwu, for issuing public warnings against the consumption of bush meat; LEADERSHIP reported.

In the statement, Macaulay said that the health Minister had caused unnecessary panic, denied Nigerians of access to nutritious, God-given bush meat and was a threat to the livelihood of animal hunters.

Fashola Throw jabs On Jonathan, Sambo At Sylvia's Birthday Lecture

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola is once gain throwing jabs at President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President, Namadi Sambo. Fashola claims that having two university graduates at the helm of affairs in Nigeria has made the country worse than it was four years ago; DAILY POST reported.

RIBADU CLOSENESS TO TINUBU AND PDP GOVERNORSHIP TICKET

There are indications that the defection of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been stalled due to uncertainties surrounding the party's gubernatorial ticket.

Sawyer Was Mad to Bring Ebola to Nigeria

How could Liberian government did this to us as President Goodluck Jonathan was furious when he described the late American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer’s visit that heralded the entry of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the country, as “pure madness.” This came as the Federal Government appealed to Nigerians not to panic and adhere to the highest possible personal hygiene measures and safety guidelines issued by the Federal Ministry of Health.

Skills & Aptitude:

William Mackay, the Regional Vice President & the General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong offered his views on the most important qualifications for a good General Manager:

It is a multi-dimensional job demanding a combination of knowledge, skills and aptitude:
Knowledge:

• Financial knowledge and business savvy;
• Technical knowledge;