Ebola Fear- Nigerians Denied Admission Into U.S College!

According to a CNBC news, two students from Nigeria who applied to a Texas college were told they wouldn't be admitted because of Ebola.

Kamorudeen Abidogun, a Texas man originally from Nigeria, said he received two letters from Navarro College, a two-year community college with a campus about 58 miles from Dallas.

The alleged 'Letter of Rejection' Below:

Abidogun has five relatives in Nigeria who were applying to the school and who were using his home in Richmond, Texas, as a U.S. mailing address, he reportedly said.

It was alleged that the college rejected the applications, citing confirmed Ebola cases in the country as the reason for the admissions decision.

Please is this 'ethical'?

Sir Tony Ezenna Holds Superlative Wedding For Daughter In Lagos!

This is definitely a season of weddings for the Ezennas, as Sir Anthony and Lady Elizabeth Ezenna handed their first daughter, the delectable and beautiful Uchenna Cynthia, aka 'Ada owerri', over in marriage to her beau, Chukueku Elurihuka Gboneme, on October 11, 2014.

Clock-wise: Sir Anthony Ezenna, Uchenna Ezenna,
Lady Elizabeth Ezenna

The Newly-wed: Uchenna Cynthia and Chukueku Elurihuka Gboneme

The well-attended event, started with a church service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Victoria Island, Lagos - Nigeria.

The couple in photo session: with Bride's Parents and the Officiating Bishop

The event then proceeded to the Grand Ballroom, Oriental Hotel -Lagos, where the reception took place.

The Couple having their "First-Dance".

The couple with PSquare 

Bride's cousin: Beautiful Anwuli

Uchenna and Chukueku performed their traditional marriage-rite at Akokwa, Imo State, in December, 2013.

UN Mission in Liberia Issues Statement on UNMIL and Ebola!

PRESS RELEASE

This is to clarify the facts regarding measures UNMIL has undertaken to ensure no further transmission of EVD after one of its medical personnel recently contracted the disease.

Following the discovery on 5 October that an UNMIL Medical staff member was symptomatic for Ebola, the Mission conducted robust contact tracing to ensure all people that came into contact with the staff member while they were symptomatic are assessed and isolated as necessary.

As a result of the rigorous contact tracing, 41 staff members who were possible contacts are under close medical observation, including 20 military personnel. This measure is precautionary and meant to ensure no possible further transmission of the disease. None of the personnel who are contacts have shown any symptoms but will be observed for the full 21-day possible incubation period.

Additional precautionary measures have included daily temperature checks and on-going screening at a military facility staffed by 209 personnel in Monrovia.

The mission is also extending the review of all of its actions initiated in the wake of its first, probable, case of EVD, late last month.

The UNMIL Medical staff member tested positive for Ebola on 06 October and is receiving treatment.

UNMIL will continue to do all that it can within its range of capabilities to help roll back the tragedy that is Ebola.

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Healthcare Worker Who Cared For Dallas Ebola Patient Tests Positive!

State health officials said on Sunday, that the health care worker who helped treat T.E Duncan has tested positive to the disease in a preliminary test

Texas Health Commissioner said " We knew seconds could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility.

"We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread". said Dr, David Lakey.

News say the worker, who was not identified, was an employee of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where Thomas Duncan died last week.

It was gathered that the health care worker reported a low grade fever Friday night and was isolated and refereed for testing.

Officials interviewed the worker and were identifying "any contacts or potential exposures," the statement read.

The preliminary test was done at the state public - health lad in Austin and the positive result was received late Saturday, officials said, adding that other tests will be done by the Federal Centers for Disese Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Queen Elizabeth 11 Presents Angelina Jolie With Honorary Damehood!

Accompanied her husband and children, Hollywood's A list actress, film maker and United Nations goodwill ambassador Angelina received her Honorary Dame Grand cross award in the Palace's 1844 room by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, for her campaigning work fighting sexual violence and for services to UK foreign policy.



From the pictures, she wore what what described as "the most appropriate lilac jacket and skirt", worn with a classy up-do. It matches the Queen's outfit in length and general pastel-ness almost perfectly. 



"To receive an honor related to foreign policy means a great deal to me, as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life to. Working on PVSI and with survivors of rape is an honor in itself. I know that succeeding in our goals will take a lifetime, and I am dedicated to it for all of mine". She said.

After the presentation took place in the Palace's 1844 room, Pitt and the couple's six children were shown in and presented to the Queen. 

As an American citizen the actress cannot style herself a Dame but can use the initials of the award - DCMG - after her name.

Congratulation Angelina, that was an Honor well deserved...

Ebola More Complicated Than AIDS- Jim Yong Kim, As Controversy Trails Duncan's Returned To The U.S With Ebola Virus?

In an interview with CNN s Richard Quest World Bank President Jim Yong Kim dismissed remarks from a top United States health official who said Thursday that the global Ebola outbreak was similar to AIDS, warning that Ebola could be even harder to fight. 

Kim, a medical doctor who previously directed the HIV/AIDS program of the World Health Organization, said Ebola was "more complicated" than HIV because it is easier to transmit and harder to treat. 

“AIDS is a sexually transmitted infection, so it's actually more difficult to transmit HIV than Ebola," Kim said Thursday in an interview with CNN’s Richard Quest. 

"For AIDS, it was a matter of identifying the cases and getting them on chronic, long-term treatment,” he said. “Ebola is different — you have to have almost intensive care services available.”

Jim Yong Kim said Thomas Eric Duncan's decision to return to the U.S despite knowing he contacted the Ebola virus was the best option for him at the time, because coming from a person who contacted the virus from Liberia, where adequate health facilities is limited, Duncan knew he needed help and had to get out of Liberia to seek help in the United States; where he believed he would get better health treatment. 

Unfortunately, Duncan died before that could happen. 

According to reports, Thomas Eric Duncan contracted the virus while taking a dying neighbor to the hospital in a taxi during his visit to Liberia. 

He left Monrovia on a Sept. 19 flight and arrived in the U.S. the next day, he started showing symptoms of the Ebola virus on Sept. 24, and went to Dallas hospital for treatment on Sept. 26. He was sent home, only to be brought back by ambulance on Sept. 28 and diagnosed with the deadly virus.

...the question is....

...even when it was alleged that Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a media briefing with reporters earlier this week, said that doses of the experimental medicine ZMapp which was administered on Dr. Kent Brantly, a Texas doctor, and U.S. missionary, Nancy Writebol, were "all gone" and that the drug, produced by San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical, is "not going to be available anytime soon." 

Why wasn't the second experimental drug, made by Canada's Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp, which though  "can be quite difficult for patients to take." administered to Duncan?

News has it that Duncan's family would have access to it, if they wanted to....

were they approached on this?

did they object to it?

What really happened?

Presidency Angry Over Inclusion In " Richest African Presidents List", Calls It An Attempt To "Unjustifiably Portray The President As A Corrupt Leader"!

After being rated as the sixth richest African President with an estimated net worth of $100 million by RichestLifestyle.coma website, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has demanded a retraction and an apology.

The list reportedly placed Jonathan on the same position as King Mswati III of Swaziland. 

In a statement issued by the Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the presidency said the inclusion of the Jonathan's name on the list was to deliberately portray him as corrupt.

"The presidency condemns the totally unwarranted inclusion of President Jonathan in the publication titled "Africa's Richest Presidents 2014" as another attempt to unjustifiably portray the President as a corrupt leader and incite public disaffection against him." he said

Abati said, there was no factual basis for ranking the president as the sixth richest African Head of State. "As is well known, President Jonathan has never been a businessman or entrepreneur, but a life-long public servant. The president has held public office since 1999 and has regularly declared his assets as required by Nigerian laws." he said.

Others who made the list, from the first to ninth position respectively, were, Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta of Kenya, Paul Biya of Cameroun, Idriss Deby of Chad, and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.