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Three of the governor's guests were health workers of First Consultant Hospital, they got infected after contacting Nigeria's index case Patrick Sawyer, who "imported" the virus into the country from Liberia in the end of July.
Luckily, there is currently no active case of Ebola infection in Nigeria, however the epidemic continues ravaging the West African region. The number of deaths from this year's outbreak has almost reached the terrifying figure of 2,500. The number of new infection cases expected to rise, in worst-case scenario, to 20,000 by the end of this year.
Nigeria has managed to contain the virus spread, but due to the present situation the danger of new wave cannot be excluded. As for now, the brave survivors share their experience and describe what the fight against Ebola was like for them.
"We said we would risk our lives to protect Lagosians"
According to Vanguard, the first to speak at the meeting was Dr. Adaora Igonoh, who expressed joy and gratitude to God for saving her life. She thanked Fashola for his support.
"We are privileged to see this day and to be here with everybody, it is an honour. Thank you so much Governor Fashola, we can't thank you for everything. We at First Consultants Medical Centre took a risk, we risked our lives because we knew that we wanted to ensure the safety of Lagosians,Nigerians and humanity because we are a global village; from a small village it can spread to the world and we knew the implications, but we said we would risk our lives and we would not let the index case leave the hospital."
"I did not want to admit it was Ebola"
Dr Fadipe Akinniyi said how sincerely wanted to believe that her case was malaria but not Ebola, when she noticed the EVD-related symptoms.
"I am most happy here today because as matter of fact, when everyone was running helter-skelter, I told myself I only opened the door and by the virtue of that, nothing should happen to me. I never knew I was deceiving myself, until the day I recorded my temperature and there was a kind of spike. I told myself what is going on. Once I have treated malaria a while ago and I told myself that it could be malaria. I used anti malaria drugs but nothing changed, rather it was getting worse. Eventually, I went to a private hospital to treat myself because I did not want to admit it was Ebola. I felt they would be able to proffer solutions to all my problems but it wasn't to be so. Rather, it was becoming terrible and I started stooling and vomiting. I summoned the courage and called the doctors at the monitoring units that my temperature has been persistently high."
"She was two months pregnant, it was her first day on the job and first patient, Patrick Sawyer"She just resumed that day, I encouraged her to go to work, but she was reluctant because of her situation, but I had to convince her to go and tell them in the Hospital about her condition so that they can give her more time. That was just the first day. When she came back, the following day she went to work again, then the next two days, she was off. We were just at home when the case was announced the case of Sawyer and she told me that she cared for him at the hospital and I asked her if she was sure about what she said, because we have been hearing about it. I asked her what kind of contact she had with him and she said she used protective gloves. Hearing that, I felt rest assured."
"Sawyer lied to me"
Dr. Ibeawuchi Morris was the one who received Sawyer when he was rushed with symptoms to the hospital. At that time Morris did not know it was the deadly tropical virus.
"When I got there, I was just talking to him. It was very unlike me. Being a doctor, you must examine your patient. After due examination, I asked him some questions. But Patrick Sawyer lied to me, even the ECOWAS Protocol Officer, who sat there, kept quiet.
"He asked him why he was in First Consultant. He lied to me that he was in a conference and felt so weak. As a result, people now rushed him to First Consultant not knowing that he collapsed at the airport. On that very day, the ECOWAS Protocol Officer was there and did not say anything. After sometime, I took his samples and sent it to the lab. I also informed Dr. Adadevoh (now of blessed memory). I informed her. She told me to get back to her as soon as the result is out. When the result came out, everything was normal. But that night, the liver function test was not available. I told Dr. Adadevoh about MP result, and she was so confused and shivering because the man came in with a temperature of 39.7."
Then the narrator explained in detail the symptoms and the further development from the medical point of view adding that the patient's state was rapidly worsening.
"That made us to be so concerned. After we went around, Dr. Adadevoh went for her daily clinic. It was at that point that one of the ECOWAS officers now came in and brought us information that Patrick Sawyer collapsed at the airport. After that, she asked whether I got the information. That was how the whole thing started. From there, we instituted barrier nursing technique. She tried as much as possible to get through to the Lagos State Ministry of Health. Again, I was asked to get Sawyer's sample."
Fashola commends guests
The governor and those in attendance dedicated a minute silence for those who lost their fight against Ebola.
Fashola sympathized with the survivors over the trauma they experienced. Several times the state leader stressed the courage of theirs and thanked them for professionalism adding that their stories are crucially important lessons for the future.
"You have helped us to take next step forward. And you have helped us to put an end to the spread of the EVD,"he concluded.
Source: naij
He claimed that he couldn't resist the terrorists because he was drugged before he was bundled in the boot of a car.
Romanus informed that when they got to their destination, his abductors finally introduced themselves as members of the Boko Haram sect.
He said he was asked by his abductors to join them or they would kill him.
"I accepted to join the Boko Haram group to save my life. My religious belief and upbringing forbid me from killing my fellow human being which made me not to participate in any of their activities.
"And when they realised this, they started threatening my life even to the point of swearing in the name of Allah(God) that they would killed me if l continue to dodge their activities.
"But when I saw how serious they were, I decided to run away from their camp to Niger Republic when I was asked to fetch water from a nearby river before finding my way back to the state," Romanus narrated.
He claimed it was the prayers of Nigerians that helped him to escape from the training camp of the insurgents near Madagali.
It would be recalled that it was reported few weeks ago that the Boko Haram sect has been forcefully recruiting youths into the Islamist group.
Last week, the father of the personal assistant to acting Governor of Adamawa State, Tanko Wazimtu was killed in his Madagali residence by youths who are members of Boko Haram group.
It was gathered that Pa Wazintu, 75, was killed by members of the Islamist sect in the presence of his wife and daughter.
Source: naij
The incident was said to have occurred on the Friday night, August 29, 2014.
The student said the soldier raped her three times within five hours under a tree while she was returning to her apartment at the Oke Ola area, Eruwa, when she was arrested by the soldier around 10.30 pm on the allegation that she was a cult member.
According to Vanguard, the student narrated her ordeal.
She said:"I was coming back to my room after seeing off a friend. He accused me of being a cultist for moving about around that time, but I denied it.
He then ordered me to climb his motorcycle, but I pleaded with him that he should let me go."He removed a knife and said that he would stab me if I refused to obey him. So scared, I climbed the Okada and he took me to the Operation Burst office in Eruwa."
When we got there, he forcefully led me to a dark area under a tree and ordered me to remove my dress to enable him see if I had tattoos on my body.
"He then removed the knife again and said that he would slaughter me like a ram if I failed to 'cooperate' and that I would be buried like many other girls who had failed to cooperate in the past, and nobody would trace my death to him.
"Sensing danger, I removed my clothes. He ordered me to lie down under the tree and had sex with me several times while I was crying."He raped me till 3.30 am and when I complained of catching cold, he entered into the office and brought out a bottle of beer which he gave to me and then went to get a blanket for me to cover my body"
"After waiting for about 30 minutes, but when he did not return, I dressed up and ran away."
The counsel, Adeosun who confirmed the incident said other soldiers walked pass the randy soldier while the "disgusting act was going on" and did nothing.
Adeosun said in a statement:"The act was reported at Eruwa Police Station in the morning. The victim was taken to the Operation Burst office where an identification parade was carried out and she identified the randy soldier.
"He admitted raping her and begged for forgiveness. Our client was taken to the General Hospital in Eruwa for test.The hospital said it had no gloves to carry out test, so the victim had to buy a pair not far from the hospital. Dr. Jesim Gambo, who conducted the test only used the torchlight in his telephone to examine her private parts and concluded in his report that although she did not see sperm in the vagina, there was evidence that it was tampered with.
"He also wrote that the examination was inconclusive,"he said.
Meanwhile the outfit's Second in Command, CSP Elijah Bawa said he dispatched a team of team to investigate the allegation of rape and the complaint was taken to the Eruwa General Hospital for medical examination, the result of which they said proved negative.
However, he said the soldier will be charged for abandoning his duty post in the night without permission against standing instructions in the Operation Burst's code of conduct".
The security men attached to Operation Burst was set up by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to check criminality in the state.
When Serena Williams walks out on Sunday for the US Openfinal, played on the cavernous main stadium at the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre, her supporters will include the very woman the facility is named after.
This is not simply a case of American solidarity. As King explained toTelegraph Sport, she has been following the Williams sisters' careers since she first played an exhibition match "some time in the mid-1990s" involving a pair of pint-sized prodigies. Now, two decades on, she believes that Serena must rank among the greatest players the game has ever seen.
"She's right near the top, that's for sure," said King. "I expect her to get to 18 major titles here and tie with Chris [Evert] and Martina [Navratilova], and after that the next goal will be Steffi Graf on 22. I can imagine her doing that. I told her years ago that I was only on 12. I said 'If you don't do a lot better than 12 I will be upset with you because you could be the best ever.'
"How long can she go on for? It's down to whether she wants to pay the price or not. I played until 40. She hasn't had major operations which is what I look at. She is a phenomenal athlete. She gets a lot of free points on her serve and that's a major factor. Both Serena and Venus go in and out [in their commitment to tennis], because they have other interests, but lately they are in because they realise they are getting older and time is starting to run out."
One reason for King's enormous admiration for both Williams sisters is that they have continued her trailblazing work in fighting for equal rights on the tennis court. It was Venus, in particular, who stood up in front of the Wimbledon committee in 2005 and gave a heartfelt speech about her lifelong dream of playing on Centre Court. She won the argument so conclusively that Wimbledon confirmed equal prize money two years later.
The connection between these women is deep-seated, as King "in her own subtle and sagacious way" had spent years priming Venus and Serena to fight the good fight. When they joined the American Fed Cup team in the late 1990s, two smart young women who still knew more about the ghettoes of Compton than they did about the history of their chosen sport, King was the team captain who set about educating them.
"When we were in Ancona [the venue for Serena's 1999 Fed Cup debut in Italy] I took them into the media room and they had all these photos of the old players," said King. "I just kept teaching through questions. I said: 'Who's the first person of colour to ever play in a major?' They knew it was Althea [Gibson]. I said 'What year?' They said '1975! 1980!'" Actually it was 1956.
"It was adorable. I'm going 'It doesn't matter. It's not a test.' I'd just get them fired up. Then maybe I'd teach them that women couldn't get a credit card until 1973 on their own without it co-signed by a guy. They said: 'Really? Oh my God, that would be rough. I have a credit card!' Just little things. You teach them history in a fun sort of way.
"Zina [Garrison, the 1990 Wimbledon finalist] and I were the coaches then and we really did help them. We taught Serena all about her sliced backhand. And the first time she won here at the Open [in 1999] was the first time she's played Fed Cup just before. She won the match on two sliced backhands in the tie-break at the end with [Martina] Hingis. I'll never forget Zina running up to me, crying after the match and saying: 'We helped her win!'" Now 70, King is still dynamic and razor-sharp; a woman who has already given an incalculable amount to sport, and to the cause of gender equality, yet continues to fight for what she believes in. This December, she will bring the Mylan World Team Tennis Smash Hits team to the Albert Hall for a fund-raising day, co-hosted by Elton John, in aid of HIV research.
More than 20 years ago, King anticipated Amelie Mauresmo's breakthrough into men's tennis by coaching Tim Mayotte, the top 10 player of the late 1980s. Now, she would willingly help any contemporary player who asked for her advice, but she ruefully admits that the calls have dried up.
"Today's players don't even know we exist," she said. "They think old is now the McEnroe, Navratilova age group. It always happens. I saw it happen to the players older than I am. I saw them not being appreciated.
"But I believe I could get someone like Gael Monfils turned around. To me, the reason he's so goofy is that he doesn't think he deserves to win. I think Andy Murray could do with flipping his psychology too. I wish I had some time with him, because I really like all that stuff."
Source: telegraph
Source:naij
Speaking on behalf of the parents, the chairman of Chibok Local government, Tsambido Hosea, in an interview with Premium Times on Friday, August 29 during a protest to mark the 130th day in Abuja said the parents have not been able to move on with their lives since the abduction of the girls.
He said the parents have given up hope and are seeking a logical end to their trauma either by burial or reunion.
Chibok Chairman, Tsambido Hosea said: "The parents say they don't care about their life but let them go in. If they can take care of this Boko Haram, so that they will not spread to other places. So that they cannot continue with their menace.
"Let the girls be sacrificial lambs. That's what they told me yesterday.
"I phoned them, that I know that I am going to face some interviews today. What is your opinion? So this their opinion.
"Actually, if the federal government has that capacity, let them go into the Sambisa. If there are some that God said will be rescued, it can be rescued by the force.
"And if some has gone, its okay, than all this troubles, than all this trauma the parents are going through now.
"They cannot do anything. But had it been they buried them, they would have forged ahead with their lives.
"They are saying let the government go into the forest. Even the corpse, let them bring the corpse of the children so that they will bury them properly.
"What they are saying is that these girls in the bush, it is better for the government, to go in with the force, with the army might to bring them even the corpse for them, so that they can bury them properly."
"If the Federal government has that capacity, let them go into the Sambisa. If there are some that God said would be rescued, they can be rescued by the force and if some have gone, it's better (to know) than this entire trauma the parents are going through," he said.
According to The Sun's findings, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has allegedly sacked one of his top pastors, Reverend Grace for allegedly raising a prayer team to pray for the restoration of peace in the Oyakhilomes' marriage.
Rev. Grace is said to have worked with Rev Anita Oyakhilome at the London branch of the church.
Meanwhile one of the ministers, who spoke with The Sun said: "We suspected this issue is going to go public some day since the day Pastor Chris sacked Rev Grace for meddling in his family affairs by openly calling for prayers among some members in London when Rev Anita stopped coming to the church she was shepherding while all efforts to get her failed. Some us believe our colleague in London did the right thing by seeking spiritual help for the family but I think Pastor Chris misread her intention and had to travel to London when he heard of the move to sack her and contain the spread of rumour among members in London."
Apart from the sack of the London pastor, another issue connected to the divorce, which has also been generating tension in the church, is the cry of female ministers who are accusing Pastor Chris of introducing"controversial rules that are now threatening the foundation of many marriages in the church."
A female church member of one of the Christ Embassy branches in Abuja told Saturday Sun that"the revolt of Rev Anita will be a child's play to the one that people will soon see when we open up on how a secret policy introduced some time early this year has been tearing many families and homes apart in our parishes across the country. This is a strange directive that husbands and their wives must not worship or attend the same parish. Now, if a couple is a member of a parish, one of them has to be posted to another parish and this is fuelling adultery in the church in no small measure. Some of us who are female ministers that have been separated from our husbands, we are already talking. Some have started revolting against the order in their parishes while some have refused to obey such transfer orders."
Another top female official of the church in one of the parishes located in Ikeja corroborated the story when she told Saturday Sun:"The policy is real but it is creating tension in the church already." The female minister, whose husband has been transferred out of the parish they have been attending together for years to give effect to the policy further, stated: "It's a heartbreaking development because now we know that that directive was introduced to justify why Pastor Chris has to be in Lagos and his wife in London but beyond that, it is encouraging immorality while the church believes that we have an unusual grace that covers our human failings including adultery."
Coming down to her personal experience, the female minister disclosed that soon after her husband was transferred to a parish far away from their initial one:"one of the male ministers where I am to stay back started winking at me. The first Sunday I felt he did that unknowingly or without any ulterior motive but the following Sunday he came to shake hands with me after service and what he did was to use one of his fingers to scratch my palm during the handshake. I was miffed but I couldn't do anything because he will deny and I will look stupid but since then he got my message because I stopped greeting him."
Source: naij
