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#Kanzee Ebola: Jonathan condemns discrimination against Nigerians Via @iKanzee_RR

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday
condemned the stigmatisation of Nigerians by
some countries over recent cases of Ebola
virus in the country.
Jonathan made this known at a meeting with
Dr David Navarro, the Special Representative
of the United Nations Secretary-General on
Ebola, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This is contained in a statement issued by the
Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.
The president, according to the statement,
decried discriminatory actions by some
countries against Nigeria, including the
incident which forced Nigeria’s team to the
Youth Olympics in China to abandon its
participation.
He said that there was no justification for
such stigmatisation of Nigerians since the
Ebola Virus had been effectively contained in
the country and never attained epidemic level.
He called for the immediate cessation of every
discriminatory action against Nigerians
around the world over the virus and urged the
UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, to
support the call.
Acknowledging the secretary-general’s
commendation of Nigeria’s response to the
Ebola outbreak, the president attributed it to
the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Health,
Lagos State Government and citizens.
“All hands have been on deck to contain the
virus here. I commend my team and the Lagos
State Government.
“We have been able to set politics aside and
work in unison to deal with a national threat.
“All other Nigerians have played a part too by
complying with the directives and advice we
have issued to stop the virus from spreading
any further.
“The success we have had is a testimony to
what we can achieve as people if we set aside
our differences and work together,’’ he said.
He assured the UN that the Federal
Government and its agencies would remain
vigilant to guard against further cases of
Ebola in the country.
“We will continue to monitor the situation and
we will also support other affected African
countries as much as we can.
“This is because we cannot be completely safe
from the virus as long as it continues to
ravage some countries in our sub-region and
continent.
“We will continue to work with the
international community to curb the outbreak
in other countries,’’ Jonathan said.
Earlier, Navarro who had visited Liberia,
Guinea and Sierra Leone, before coming to
Nigeria said he was in Nigeria on the
instruction of the UN Secretary-General to
applaud Nigeria’s successful containment of
the virus.
“The Secretary-General asked me to come here
too, not because you have an Ebola problem,
but because you have tackled it in an
exemplary fashion. Your personal leadership
on the matter has been key.
“There may still be some work to be done
before the virus is completely cleared out from
here, but other countries can learn from your
fine example,’’ he said. (NAN)

#Kanzee I'm not surprised by the massive failure recorded in WAEC exams this year - Usha Anenga Via @iKanzee_RR

Usha Anenga - I'm not surprised by the massive failure
recorded in WAEC exams this year. It's not
been so long since our time in Secondary
School but there's been a massive drastic
drop in the quest for knowledge. A Lot of
young boys and girls don't know anything
other than what's on TV. If Don Jazzy,
Davido and the likes haven't sung it, they
won't know it.
During our time, we wanted to be good, we
competed against ourselves, education was
an active and big part of our lives but fast
forward to these days, students are busy
browsing cheats for WAEC and even after
the results are out, one of the most
searched topics on Google is "how to check
WAEC result without scratch card", why
would you want to do that?
There need to be a change of priority and
attitude in secondary students of this
generation else we'll be talking about this or
even worse for a long long time.

[READ & SHARE] FG approves dredging of Calabar channel Via @iKanzee_RR

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has
approved the dredging of Calabar channel to
boost the economy of Cross River and the
country.
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar,
made this known when he received South-
South and South-East traditional rulers led by
Edmund Daukoru, the Amanyanabo of Nembe,
in Abuja on Tuesday.
Umar said the delay in the dredging of Calabar
channel had impacted negatively on the
economic activities of Cross River and the
entire country.
“The delay had also affected the economic
fortunes of the area and the entire country.
Tinapa Resort, Calabar has been a little bit
dormant because of the non-functionality of
the channel.
“At last the matter has been concluded and
President Goodluck Jonathan has graciously
approved that work should commence at the
channel.
“The remaining part of the channel that has
not been dredged will now be dredged and the
Calabar Channel Management Company will
take charge of the capital and maintenance,’’
he said.
The minister thanked the council on the
approval granted by the president for the
commencement of work at the Calabar
channel.
He said the present administration was
determined to transform the transport sector,
saying that government had revitalised the
railway system, which had been out of
operation for two decades.
The minister said that the Federal Executive
Council had approved development of
additional deep seaports which included Lekki,
Badagry, Ibaka and Warri seaports, in an effort
to improve the maritime sector.
He said the present administration recognised
the support and continuous cooperation of the
council of traditional rulers.
Earlier, Daukoru commended the Federal
Government over the contract, and described
the approval of the presidency as gratifying
news.
According to the monarch, the economic
significant of the award of the contract is
enormous.
“The Calabar port is of strategic importance
because it links Port Harcourt, Warri and
Lagos and any effort made to open up the port
will improve the country’s economic growth.
“Any kind of maritime activities in Cross River
generally will be of immediate benefit to the
entire geo-political zone,’’ he said.
The delay was caused by some controversial
issues surrounding the award of the dredging
contract since 2005.

#Kanzee Ebola: Group calls for fumigation of public places Via @iKanzee_RR

A civil society organization, Civil Society
Awareness Response on Epidemic Diseases
CARED has called for the fumigation of all
public places in the country to prevent the
spread of Ebola virus to parts of Nigeria.
The organization also urged the Federal
Ministry of Health to embark on air spray as a
means of preventing the deadly Ebola virus in
most parts of the country.
The Co-ordinator of the organization, Mr
Stephen Aremu who lamented the rate at
which the deadly virus spreads, called on the
federal government to consider the possibility
of preventing hunting expedition in the
country.
Mr Aremu said areas where bats and other
animals are populated should be sprayed to
prevent the people from contacting the virus
through consumption of animals.
He also advised that hotel, religious centres
and other public places in all the parts of the
country should be fumigated from time to time
to prevent the spread of Ebola virus.
Also, Aremu who hinted that his organization
has concluded arrangements to collaborate
with security agencies and other relevant
bodies in the country to prevent the spread of
Ebola stated that the Federal Government
should prevent foreigners from countries where
Ebola had been discovered from entering
Nigeria.
He also urged the federal government to
mount surveillance in the entire boundaries of
the nation and other entry points to the
country where strangers would be screened
before entering into the country.
He warned health workers in all hospitals
across the country not to send patients with
Ebola related symptoms away for fear o
contacting Ebola virus, saying “we are amazed
at reports of several patients being refused
treatment when they present with such
symptoms when the
right response should have been to notify the
relevant authorities about such suspicions
than to send them back into the community.”
“The consequences of sending such persons
back to the communities untreated and
uncared for are best imagined if any of the
persons affected are truly infected with Ebola
virus,” he added.
He enjoined the Federal government to include
the civil society organizations on monitoring
of Ebola at both National, state and Local
levels

#Kanzee Battling with politics of self-destruct Via @iKanzee_RR

WE can never underestimate the evil in politics
until we are victims; this is where the strain
between loyalty and deceit is chaotic. Many
equate deceit for loyalty but loyalty entails
telling the truth and giving facts to promote
societal good; unfortunately for “political bats
and mosquitoes” blackmail is the bedrock to
political ascendancy.
Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri, leader of GNPP in the
second republic knew this when he introduced
“politics without bitterness” in 1979. My
odyssey reveals the bad and the good that
pollute our body politics, they sprout like
weeds that destroy crops and prosper in
mischief.
A party leader who once enlisted you for his
trivial venture but failed can resort to
blackmail to destroy your political career.
Their victims are those who refuse to
compromise good for evil in the years of
struggle but man’s memory is short and a
monster in blackmail can terminate good
victims at Golgotha.
This is evil repeating itself as reason and
good deeds of their prey count less in
persecution but if political loyalty in trenches
against undemocratic forces does not count in
sanity, why the vengeance to destroy good
values in a man?
These vices negate democratic commitment;
politics in Nigerian is entrenched in blackmail,
lies and victimization. We have the honest
that labours in vain and the dishonest that
reaps where he never sow, these shady
characters that dance, drink and eat in parties
claim unmerited medals for their chameleonic
slippery steps and make the words in our
national item “ the labour of our heroes past
must not be in vain” treacherous.
Lack of patriotism could be traced to a
chaotic system that rewards indolence and
failure in place of competence. Many Nigerians
who laboured for President Jonathan in his
acting capacity and election in 2011 are not
holding political offices but are resolute in
their commitment to continue to support his
re-election bid in 2015 despite their
limitations.
These are heroes because their support is not
tied to “a loaf of bread” unlike “stomach”
political destitudes hovering in corridors of
power to claim others sweat. Politics of
bitterness, recriminations and pull him down is
consuming our values, they were mines that
decimated the first and second republics and
are evident today. Tribalism, religious bigotry
and sectionalism in the land are traceable to
political bitterness, greed, sectionalism and
the blind greed for political power.
Until politics is devoid of these, leadership will
continue to be tainted, policies will continue to
be questioned and the political space laced
with destitudes.
We must rejuvenate ethical values to guide
our sustenance as a people if we are
concerned for the future. Politics today is
schemed towards destruction of opponents
rather than growth and development; we are
all victims of this contamination. The Boko-
Haram insurgency that is a national tragedy,
like all cancers, started from a minor part of
the body before becoming a national
catastrophe.
The challenges of President Jonathan are
similarly hooked on rumours, lies, and
blackmail by mischief makers. President
Jonathan’s place of birth or religion is not his
own making like other Nigerians. We must live
together in tolerance because discriminating a
Nigerian on the bases of birth, region, religion
or tribe is questioning God’s will.
The President’s critics dressed in this
bitterness in the guise of politics are wolves
and Nigerians are asking whether President
Jonathan would have received same
antagonism from the north if he was a Hausa-
Fulani Muslim?
These sentiments are distractions; they hinder
good governance, unity of the nation and the
war against corruption. Our homes, streets
and public institutions are becoming brothels
where girls of easy virtue hawk their anatomic
curves for pleasures, our traditional rulers
reward criminals and fraudsters with garlands
and traditional titles to sustain their elegant
lifestyle.
These characters with no education but
stupendous wealth use their new found status
to arrange marriages to highly educated
women in strata of the society, as ornaments
to boost their ego. Our moral resistance is
weak due to lack of anti-dot to resist these
strange anti-bodies virus.
Those against Jonathan are ethnic bigots,
economic saboteurs and religious fanatics
using blackmail to promote bitterness and like
rapists that defile our women and society,
heartless. We cannot blackmail Jonathan’s
government and expect growth and
development. When confronted by these social
misfits we must demand facts before reaching
conclusion because those who indulge in
destroying others are as contagious and
deadly as the Ebola epidemic.
Areghe Abugo, a political analyst, wrote from
Uzere, Delta State.
We need to encourage nationalists like Chief
(Dr.) E.K Clark because the Presidency is the
birthright of every Nigerian. We must not
reward vultures that mill around the corridors
of power to feed on our unity and identity. We
must build Nigeria on a value that sustains
its people and a political ideology that
encourages fertilization of ideas.
Back in Delta State Governor Uduaghan is also
a victim, as every tale from misfortune to
inaction is tied to him. When a man fails to
impregnate his wife or his wife suffers
miscarriage, Uduaghan is blamed. The moral
decay and failure of parents is blamed on him.
We need social and political education as we
cannot continue in this blind race of
destroying values because of greed.
Integration and national unity in a nation so
divided by greed, tribalism, sectionalism and
bitterness is necessary; we need a nation that
sees strength in her diversity.

[READ & SHARE] Car bomb kills 10 at Baghdad intersection- officials Via @iKanzee_RR

A car bomb ripped through a crowded
Baghdad intersection during morning rush
hour on Tuesday, killing 10 people, Iraqi
security officials said.
The blast in the Baghdad Jadida area in the
east of the city also wounded 33 people.
Militants in Iraq frequently target crowded
areas, including cafes, markets and mosques,
in an effort to cause maximum casualties.
On Monday, a suicide bomber detonated
explosives at a Shiite place of worship, or
husseiniyah, in Baghdad Jadida, killing 11
people.
Iraq is struggling to retake large areas overrun
by a major jihadist-led militant offensive
launched in June, which seized second city
Mosul and swept through the country’s Sunni
heartland.

[READ & SHARE] Scientist invents ‘robot’ that kills Ebola virus Via @iKanzee_RR

RECENTLY, in effort to eliminate Ebola at the
source, through use of innovative disinfection
technology, two “germ-killing robots” were
deployed from the US to the JFK Hospital and
ELWA Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of
Liberia, both hotspots of the Ebola disease
outbreak.
The robots, technically known as TRU-D
SmartUVC, were used to disinfect health care
environments where Ebola patients are being
treated. Good Health Weekly gathered that
TRU-D is the only portable UV disinfection
device on the market with Sensor360
technology, which calculates the time needed
to react to room variables such as size,
geometry, surface reflectivity and the amount
and location of equipment in the room and
effectively deliver a lethal dose of UV-C light
during a single cycle from a single, central
location in the room.
Ultraviolet light
“It works by generating ultraviolet light energy
that modifies the DNA structure of viral
pathogens, like Ebola, so that they cannot
reproduce. Viruses that cannot reproduce
cannot colonise and harm patients,” the
inventor, a tropical disease expert and medical
anthropologist Dr. Jeffery L. Deal noted in an
interview.
Deal and his colleague, Chuck Dunn, President
and CEO of TRU-D LLC, respectively, spoke
about the importance of TRU-D to
environmental disinfection in
“TRU-D has been validated by more than 10
studies to be 99.99 percent effective in
eliminating the most common pathogens that
can use health care-associated infections.
After deploying germ-killing robots to Liberia
to aid in battle against the Ebola Virus
Disease, TRU-D SmartUVC inventor traveled to
the Ebola hotspots with UV disinfection
devices
TRU-D guarantees a pathogen-free
environment for patients and health care staff.
Deal,  a Fellow in the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, has been training
hospital staff to operate the devices in a
number of hospital environments and monitor
progress for successful disinfection.
“We developed TRU-D SmartUVC technology
to combat the devastating effects ofhospital
acquired infections,” Deal said.
“Unlike many diseases, Ebola strikes hospital
workers more than any other group, making it
the ultimate hospital acquired infection.”
With TRU-D, health care leaders in the U.S.,
Canada, the U.K. and Saudi Arabia are
eliminating pathogens like Ebola, Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, influenza,
norovirus, Clostridium difficile, Methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, etc.,
in all types of health care settings, including
isolation wards, patient rooms, operating
rooms, surgical suites, intensive care units,
emergency rooms, public areas and
ambulances.
“We know through extensive CDC-funded
research specific to TRU-D conducted by
thought leaders in epidemiology and infection
prevention that TRU-D is effective at
eliminating anypathogen by delivering a
precisely measured UVC dose.
“As soon as we knew we could aid struggling
hospitals in Liberia, our team came together
and formulated a plan to get TRU-D on the
ground. More than 200 TRU-Ds have been
deployed to disinfect hospitals across the U.S.
and internationally.
Significance
Between 10 and 15 percent of Ebola cases
have been among health care workers. While
most of this stems from contact with the
patient, concerns exist that the physical
environment can retain active microbes and be
a risk. This device is used in the US
to eliminate the organisms that may still
reside on the walls, knobs, rails or any other
exposed surface in health care settings. The
robotic technology is capable of making the
Liberian hospitals safer for the staff and for
new patients.
Development
It was developed by a team of engineers,
physicians and industrial hygienists with the
purpose of decontaminating entire rooms
automatically and eliminating concerns that a
contaminated surface was missed during
routine cleaning.
We use an ultra-efficient narrow wavelength
called UVC to flood the room with germicidal
energy. UVC dosage is accurately measured
and automatically adapts to kill organisms,
even in shadowed areas.
UV disinfection technology and EVD control
This technology is designed to prevent the
spread of the disease transmitted via
contaminated surfaces in health care
environments and is not a treatment or a
cure. We believe that prevention is the best
medicine.
The U.S. Army tested this particular
wavelength against Ebola and found that the
measured dose TRU-D delivers results in
incredibly rapid destruction of the virus with
its pathogen-specific dosing options.. We
know it is perfect for use in this critical
setting.
Merits/demerits
Multiple studies have already been published
from U.S. and UK academic facilities of TRU-
D’s ability to decontaminate rooms, almost
always testing it against organisms that are
much more difficult to kill in the environment
than Ebola is

[READ & SHARE] 25 dead in Central African gold mine collapse Via @iKanzee_RR

BANGUI (AFP) – At least 25 people died when
an illegally operated gold mine collapsed for a
second time in two years in the Central African
Republic, police said Saturday.
“In all, 27 people were buried in the collapse
of the gold mine. Twenty-five bodies were
found and dug out but two could not be
found” after the accident on Thursday near the
southern city of Bambari, a police source said.
The mine in the town of Ndassima is under
the control of former rebels of the Seleka
movement who were operating illegally, police
said.
A source close to the former rebels said he
could not confirm whether the dead miners
were Seleka members.
“(Safety) measures were not respected at the
site. It is illegal for people to venture into the
mine at night, but that is when they chose to
go… Unfortunately, there are frequent
incidents,” the source said.
A collapse at the same mine last year claimed
62 lives.
Thousands of people began exploiting the
Ndassima mine illegally after its owner,
Canadian company Axmin, shut it down in
2011 because of security concerns in the
conflict-riven country.
The gold reserves at the mine are estimated at
about 3.6 million ounces, worth some $4.6
billion (3.5 billion euros) at current market
prices

[READ & SHARE] Ebola: Patrick Sawyer was evil, a terrorist – Nigerians Via @iKanzee_RR

Nigeria was a merry-go country and free of the
deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) until late
Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer,
ignominiously appeared on the scene on July
20 fully aware that he had the disease having
had contacts with his sister, who died of EVB
on July 8.
He had been suspended from work by his
Company, Arcelor Mittal and was supposed to
be under isolation, observation and
monitoring. With the connivance of Liberia’s
Deputy Finance Minister For Fiscal Affairs,
Sebastian Muah, who cleared him to travel to
Nigeria for an ECOWAS convention in Calabar,
Mr. Sawyer, who avoided bodily contacts with
people at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia
found his way to Lagos.
He boarded an
Asky Airline plane
and became
severely ill on the
plane and was
taken to First
Consultant
Hospital,
Obalende, from
the Murtala
Mohammed
Airport in Lagos.
Since Sawyer’s infamous arrival, Nigeria has
lost four people to the Ebola disease: the
ECOWAS official, who drove him to the
hospital, two nurses who assisted him at the
hospital and the doctor, who physically
restrained him from leaving his bed after he
tried to remove the drip administered on
him.Saturday Vanguard asked our teeming
readers their views of Mr. Sawyer and captures
their interesting views below.
Sawyer is wicked
The man was a very wicked person. He knew
that he had the virus and he deliberately
decided to bring it to Nigeria. – Joseph
Sunday, Interior Decorator.
He needed help
I see Patrick Sawyer as someone who only
needed help. He knew he had the disease, but
felt he could get a cure in Nigeria without
knowing how deadly and serious it was. –
Jefferson Aisegame, Banker
His actions
expose our porosity as a nation
The man became famous and will be
remembered for a negative cause. His name
has become synonymous and associated with
the Ebola Virus – a time bomb whose
explosion shows our porosity as a nation. I
don’t think his actions were deliberate.
Christopher Urokonweze, Biochemist
He was a thief
I think he’s a thief, because he knew he had
the virus, yet he deliberately brought it here.
He decided to distribute the disease to people.
That kind of person is capable of terrible acts.
Thank God, he was exposed at the airport. If
he had succeeded and mixed up with people in
the country without their knowledge, it would
have been disastrous. – Chief Gabriel Obi,
Trader
He was a terrorist, devil
That man was a terrorist. He was a devil
incarnate. He knew he had it and that he was
going to die, but he wanted to die with
innocent people. If they hadn’t caught him
here in Nigeria, he probably would have
migrated to another country. The man was
just out to kill. He is worse than Boko
Haram.- Elias Nwoke, Businessman
Sawyer should’nt have left Liberia
I think since he knew his condition and
knowing that there was no case of the disease
in Nigeria, he shouldn’t have embarked on
that journey to this country. But maybe what
ever the issue brought him here must have
been very crucial. – Dr. Adeyinka Adeleye.
He was very wicked
The man knew what he was doing. He knew
the disease is deadly and dangerous, still he
travelled to Nigeria with it. That man was a
very wicked man. We just pray to God to help
us. – Victoria Eretan, Nurse
It was sheer wickedness
What he did was sheer wickedness. If he
wanted a cure, he should have remained in his
country and looked for a cure there instead of
coming to spread it here. Now, we are all
suffering as a result. I pray the government
gets a cure to the disease soonest. – Mrs.
Okoro Kate, Trader.
He would have got help in Liberia
What that man did was bad. He wasn’t
supposed to come into Nigeria with that
disease. He should have remained where he
was and I believe people would have been able
to help him there. – Mrs. Amaka Aniagolu.
EVB has affected our businesses
Since he knew he had the virus, he wasn’t
supposed to travel. He should have remained
where he was.
People are no longer free and this disease has
caused bad sales for us. – Olaide Sheriff, Meat
Seller
Sawyer was heartless
That man was heartless and wicked. He
decided to bring his problem to this country to
cause us more problems. What he did was
very bad and he did it intentionally. – Akeem
Adeyemo, Meat Seller.
He didn’t want to die alone
The man just acted like a typical African who
wouldn’t want to fall alone, so he decided to
spread the virus. He wanted people to die with
him . – Mr. Fortune Wilson, Businessman.
Episode exposed lapses in our security system
He knew quite well that he had the virus, yet
he came into the country with it. This shows
the lapses in our security system and how
porous our borders are. He didn’t want to die
alone and his actions have resulted into an
epidemic. – Chief P.C Agu, Businessman.

[READ & SHARE] Last Ebola-free region of Liberia falls to virus Via @iKanzee_RR

MONROVIA (AFP) – Every region of Liberia has
now been hit by Ebola, officials said Friday, as
the World Health Organization warned the
fight against the worst-ever outbreak of the
killer disease would take months.
After seeing people fall to the deadly virus in
area after area, Liberia said two people had
succumbed to the virus in Sinoe province, the
last Ebola-free bastion in a country that has
seen the biggest toll with 624 deaths.
The virus has spread relentlessly through
Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and Nigeria
has also been affected despite showing some
progress in fighting the epidemic, which has
killed 1,427 people since March.
“(Sinoe) was the last area untouched by
Ebola,” George Williams, head of the Health
Workers Association of Liberia, told AFP.
The country has witnessed chaotic scenes in
recent days following a surge in the number of
patients dying of the hemorrhagic fever.
Aid workers said crematoriums in the capital
of Monrovia were struggling to deal with
bodies arriving every day, and earlier this
week, violence erupted in an Ebola quarantine
zone in the capital after soldiers opened fire
on protesting crowds.
In a bid to ease the crisis, medical charity
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is working on
nearly quadrupling the capacity of its Ebola
centre in Monrovia.
“Currently we have around 60 patients for a
capacity of 120 beds,” said Henry Gray, an
MSF coordinator.
“And we are making our site bigger. In the
next 10 days, we hope to have a location that
can welcome up to 400 patients.”
In neighbouring Nigeria, officials said Friday
that two more people had tested positive for
Ebola, taking the total number of confirmed
cases to 14, including five deaths.
- Flare up -
In a news conference in Monrovia, WHO
Assistant Director-General Dr Keiji Fukuda on
Friday warned efforts to combat the disease
would take some time.
“This is not something to turn around
overnight, it is not going to be easy; we
expect several months of hard work. We
expect several months really struggling with
this outbreak,” he said at a press conference
alongside Dr David Nabarro.
Nabarro, a physician appointed by the United
Nations last week to coordinate the global
response to the worst-ever outbreak of the
disease, was in Monrovia as part of a tour of
the region.
Speaking to AFP, he said he was determined
to “ensure that every piece of our apparatus is
at its optimum so it could deal possibly with
a flare-up if that’s necessary”.
Nabarro is also due to visit Freetown, Conakry
and Abuja during the trip, where he is tasked
with revitalising the health sectors of affected
countries.
No cure or vaccine is currently available for
the deadly virus, which is spread by close
contact with body fluids, meaning patients
must be isolated.
However, two American missionaries who
contracted Ebola while treating patients in
Liberia made a full recovery in the United
States. The two were treated with experimental
drugs.
- ‘They may die’ -
The failure of west African countries to bring
the epidemic under control has worried its
neighbours and nations further afield.
Senegal on Thursday closed its land border
with Guinea, where 396 people have died to
date, in an attempt to stop the epidemic
reaching it.
Gabon, meanwhile, suspended flights and
maritime links from affected countries, and
said it would deliver visas to travellers coming
from the Ebola zone “on a case-by-case
basis”.
In a further, urgent effort to contain the
epidemic, Sierra Leone’s parliament passed a
law on Friday that imposes a jail term of up
to two years for anyone concealing an Ebola-
infected patient.
Ibrahim Bundu, a senior parliamentary figure,
took the opportunity to blast some of the
country’s allies over their closures of land
borders or flight suspensions.
“We are appalled by… the isolation imposed
by those that we considered our best friends
at a sub-regional, regional and global level,”
he said.
Meanwhile, as fears grow that the outbreak
will spread across Africa, the Democratic
Republic of Congo — where Ebola was first
identified in 1976 in what was then Zaire —
said a fever of unidentified origin had killed 13
people in the country’s northwest since
August 11.
But a WHO official and MSF said Friday it was
too soon to tell whether a haemorrhagic fever
caused the deaths, and the results of swabs
are due in a week’s time.

[READ & SHARE] Ebola: AU deploys military medics to West Africa Via @iKanzee_RR

Addis Ababa – The African Union (AU)
Commission is to deploy a joint military
medical personnel and civilian humanitarian
mission to tackle the Ebola virus outbreak in
parts of West Africa.
A statement on Friday in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia by the Commission said its Peace
and Security Council mandated the action to
tackle the situation in the affected West
African nations.
Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria are
currently affected by the Ebola virus.
According to the statement, the mission will
comprise medical doctors, nurses and other
medical and paramedical personnel, and will
run for six months with monthly rotation of
volunteers.
“The operation will cost more than 25 million
dollars and the U.S. government and other
partners have pledged to support the AU with
a substantial part of this amount.
“The operation aims at filling the existing gap
in international efforts and will work with
WHO, OCHA, US CDC, EU CDC and others
agencies already on the ground,’’ it said.
According to WHO, more than 1,300 people
have died from the Ebola virus in outbreaks
reported in the four countries.
NAN reports that Burundi currently chairs the
council for the month of August.(NAN

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[READ & SHARE] Acting I-G assures of peaceful 2015 elections Via @iKanzee_RR

Abuja – The Acting Inspector-General of
Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, on Friday assured
that the police would lead other agencies in
ensuring a peaceful conduct of 2015 elections.
Abba spoke at the decoration of eight newly
promoted Deputy Inspectors-General of Police
and 19 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police
in Abuja.
Abba also said the current security challenge
in the North-East could be surmounted if the
citizenry supported the police and other
security agencies.
“The appointment of these seasoned officers,
who have been found worthy in policing is
coming at a time when the country is faced
with daunting security challenges threatening
its peace
“The challenges currently being experienced
are surmountable if all hands are on deck,’’ he
said.
He charged the officers to be firm and
contribute meaningfully in the effort to
address security problems nationwide.
“As a litmus test, the new management team
of the police must ensure that this mandate is
achieved,’’ he said.
The eight DIGs, including the acting inspector-
general, now forms the management team of
the police.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the newly promoted DIGs were Dan’Azumi
Doma, Mamman Ibrahim, David Omojola,
Solomon Arase, Kakwe Katso, Sotonye
Wakama and Saliu Hashimu.
The AIGs were Ambrose Aisabor, Adebayo
Adeleye, Umaru Manko, Joel Theophilus, Felix
Uyanna, A.J Abakasanga, Jubril Adeniji,
Ibrahim Maishanu and Godfrey Okeke.
The others were Chintua Amajor-Onu, Lawal
Tanko, Usman Gwarry, Kalafite Adeyemi,
Yahaya Ardo, Irimia Yerima, Olufemi Adenaike,
Joseph Mbu and Patrick Dokumor. (NAN)

[READ & SHARE] 2015 Guber: How PDP caucus zeroed in on Abia South – Ukpai Agwu Via @iKanzee_RR

Following the controversy raised by the Abia
State’s Equity Charter which zoned the 2015
governorship slot to  Abia South Senatorial
Zone through the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Vanguard went to Umuahia, Abia
State to speak with Chief Ukpai Agwu Ukpai,
one time SSA to Gov Theodore Orji on Security,
Transport Commissioner, on the intrigues and
intricacies behind the zoning. Excerpts
HOW was the Abia 2015 governorship zoned
to the South Senatorial District arrived at?
The governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore
Orji, in his wisdom, told us that he is a
product of zoning, and that is why he has to
maintain zoning. Because if there were no
zoning, may be, he wouldn’t have been a
governor. Because he is a beneficiary of
zoning arrangement, he decided to maintain
that.
Now, the essence of zoning is to defuse
political rancour, bickering and political
violence in the state. Abia North was the last
to produce executive governor, which was Orji
Uzor Kalu. Now, the thing moved to Central
which is where we are now, which is Governor
T.A. Orji. It is just clear and fair and
justifiable that the next the governor should
come from South, which means the three
senatorial zones in Abia state have had their
own share of the governorship arrangement.
I wouldn’t know why anybody would like to
challenge such arrangement. After that
suggestion, the PDP Caucus, which is the
highest body in all PDP arrangements in the
state, met here in Umuahia and they rose to
declare that the governorship position has
been zoned to Abia South. Thereafter, PDP
stakeholders met and affirmed the same
position. And the PDP in Abia state as a party
also met and affirmed that the next governor
would come from Abia South.
If the party structure has zoned her
governorship position, I don’t know who will
be challenging that. And we who are the
politicians here believe in the party, you know
party is supreme. Party decision is final. And
a loyal, good party man has to obey the
party’s decision. The party has said the
governorship of Abia state has been zoned to
Abia South.
But some say there was no zoning when
North, Central produced governors. That
contestants also came from other zones. Why
this zoning that bars others?
Yes, we don’t expect everybody to go home
after the decision. It is true that when Orji
Uzor contested, people came out for governor.
But the party stood and said it would go to
the North. The party  zoned it to the North.
The Central, the same thing.
People also came out to contest. After that,
the party said it would go to Central. The
party has also said it must go to South. It
didn’t stop anybody from contesting. If you
say you can challenge the decision of the
party….Remember the party holds the
machinery for election. If you think you can
challenge the party machinery, oh, good and
fair. The governor has not told anybody you
should not contest. But he has told you that
their position is that they will go to South and
pick their candidate.
If zoned to the South, made of Ukwa/Ngwa,
what happens to the Ngwa people in the
Central? Are they not being marginalised?
No, they are not marginalized. The Ngwa in
the Central, their geography is just the central.
We are not doing ethnic politics here. If you
are talking of ethnic politics, that is where you
can talk of marginalisation. But the Ngwa in
the Central belong to Central. And are part
and parcel of this governor that is in the office
right now. So, they cannot claim
marginalisation. The man is representing them
and they are there.
For in instance, I am from Ohafia. I will now
say we have Nkporo, Abiriba and Ohafia-
Ohafia North and South. So, if something is
coming to Ohafia North; and I am in the
South, will I now say I am marginalized? No. If
it goes to the South, will Abiriba say it has
been marginalized? No. By geography, they
belong to the same constituency. There are no
two ways about it. Nobody is being
marginalized.
I saw Gov Orji’s posters rooting to become
senator for Central where Sen Nkechi Nwogu,
an Ngwa represents at the Senate. Now, with
the zoning, what happens to her? She can’t be
senator. She can’t be governor.
No, she is free to contest the position that is
zoned to them which is where she is. The
governor says she can contest whatever
position she wants. People have asked the
governor to come out, given the way he has
run his office.
He has impressed everybody from the South,
in fact the entire Abia. And people from the
Central are saying, “We will give you our
support through prayers…to lead our
senatorial zone.” Because has impressed
everybody and they asked him to come out
and contest.
And anybody is free to also contest the office.
This is democracy. It’s government of the
people by the people and for the people.
Anybody you like you vote.
If the zoning formula works, what about the
Senatorial and Rep positions as I have heard
that Chukwumerije who has been there for
about eight years wants to go back?
Why we are not bothered by all these other
positions is that the executive, which is the
governorship, is the man who holds the
leadership of the state. To think of it, since
the creation of Abia state, an Ngwa man has
not been governor. And the only way we can
make them feel they are part of Abia is to give
them the opportunity to produce governor.
Both military appointments or in this
democracy, they have not been able to
produce one. And the only way it can be done
is to support them to produce a governor. And
it is by so doing that we can have a violent
free political environment in Abia state. We
don’t enjoy all this political violence, burning
down houses, killing, maiming and all sorts. If
this is well packaged and arranged, everywhere
will be calm.
This arrangement now will be part of the
political tradition of Abia state government.
At any particular time there is election, you
know which zone it will go. All parties go that
zone and shop for their governorship
candidate.
Why we are talking about this legislators’
thing, well, they don’t form or they don’t
control except their various constituencies. If
your constituency, which is a very minor group
decides in your area that you it can go one
hundred times because you have represented
them very well, so be it. But this is what we
have together.
And that is why we have decided to focus and
put attention on how do we produce a
governor without rancour in Abia state.

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[READ & SHARE] UI Zoo free from ebola- director Via @iKanzee_RR

Dr Olajumoke Morenikeji, Director, Zoological
gardens, University of Ibadan on Tuesday said
that the Zoo was safe for people to visit.
She told the News Agency of Nigeria NAN on
Wednesday that the Zoo had continued to
enjoy high patronage in spite of the news on
the break of Ebola virus in the country.
Morenikeji recalled that the Zoological garden
was established in 1948 primarily to support
teaching and research in the Department of
Zoology of the university.
She said that with time the animal collection
grew in number and diversity, while the garden
gradually became a fully fledged Zoo in 1974.
“We are not affected in any way. I think our
people are enlightened enough to know that
our monkeys and Chims are not infected with
Ebola virus.
‘”This is because they have not been out, they
have been in enclosure and people don’t touch
the monkeys.
“We are fine in the Zoo and no Ebola virus.
The only monkeys that can have Ebola are the
ones that have the virus in them,’’ she said.
Oteri Efuturi, a visitor from Edo state to the
zoo said although he was aware of the news
about the virus, he was not afraid to visit the
zoo.
“The information I got about the virus is that
it is not an airborne, I am in the zoo to see
the nature of God which I believe will not be
harmful to me, ‘’ he said.
Mr Seye Esan, a banker said he was on
vacation and decided to visit the Zoo with
members of his family.
“Well we are well informed and also aware of
the outbreak but that does not mean we
should run away from animals”
“We are also taking precautions all the same,
we know the animals here in the zoo are not
infected with the Ebola virus,” he also said.
(NAN)

[READ & SHARE] Carpenter in court for biting lover’s lip, attempted suicide Via @iKanzee_RR

Lagos— A carpenter, Okechukwu
Onyemachi, 37, who attempted to take his
life, while at the Police cell, was arraigned
before an Ebute-Metta Chief’s Magistrate’s
Court.
The defendant was said to have attempted
to commit suicide by using his pair of
trousers to hang himself in order to escape
from being prosecuted for chopping off his
ex-lover’s lip.
The carpenter was arrested for beating and
chopping off the upper lip of his former
lover, one Nneka Obi, after meeting another
man in her apartment.
Oyemachi is facing a two-count charge of
assault and attempted suicide preferred
against him by the police.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Quasim Adams,
told the court that the defendant had on
August 7, 2014 at about 8.30am, at 80,
Kadara Street, Oyingbo beat up and hit the
victim with a hard object on the head
before biting off her upper lip.
He also told the court that the defendant
in a move not to be prosecuted, removed his
trousers and attempted to hang himself at
the water pipe that runs through the
police’s cell.
According to Adams,the offences are
contrary to Sections 244 and 233 of the
Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria,
2011.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty
to the charges against him.
The defendant’s counsel, Saka Kayode,
urged the court to strike out the case, as
Oyemachi and the victim have agreed to
settle the matter out of court.
The prosecutor, however, objected to the
application on the grounds that he was not

[READ & SHARE] Doctors protest sack in Lagos, Ibadan, Akure Via @iKanzee_RR

Hundreds of doctors, yesterday, took
to major streets in Lagos, Ibadan, Akure in
Ondo State, to protest against the purported
sack of 16,000 resident doctors.
In Lagos, the doctors staged a peaceful
march around the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital, LUTH, in their white
laboratory coats as they handed a letter of
outright rejection of the sack of 16,000
resident doctors to the Chief Medical
Director of LUTH, Professor Akin Osibogun
for onward delivery to President Goodluck
Jonathan and the Minister of Health,
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu.
The doctors, who claimed that the protest
was part of the efforts to register their
displeasure and also make the government
to reverse the sack, were carrying placards
with inscriptions such as: Chukwu must go,
Das All,’
‘No more overseas checkup with tax
payers’ money,’ ‘We say no to Chukwu and
Jonathan,’ ‘Sack of 16,000 resident doctors,
death sentence for Nigerians!’ ‘Sack Ebola,
not Doctors,’ ‘Sack Boko Haram not
Doctors’, ‘Sack Chukwu not Doctors” and
‘No to casualisation of doctors,’ among
others.
Taking turns to address the gathering, the
protesting doctors declared that the sack of
16,000 doctors were not acceptable to them.
According to them, the Medical and Dental
Council of Nigeria, MDCN, as at this year
registered 26,000 medical doctors and if
16,000 are sacked only 10,000 will be
serving 170 million Nigerians.
Addressing the protesters which include
medical students and friends of the doctors,
State Chairman of the association, Dr. Tope
Ojo, who addressed journalist at the
premises of the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, LUTH, said that the sack of
resident doctors in all Federal Teaching
Hospitals in the country would lead to
imminent collapse of the health sector.
In Ibadan, the doctors started the protest
around 12noon from the association’s office
at Total Garden and passed through the
main entrance of the University College
Hospital, Ibadan where the State NMA
Chairman, Dr. Muideen Babatunde Olatunji
and the National Association of Resident
Doctors, UCH chapter, Dr. Franklin Anor
addressed newsmen.
The doctors dressed in their laboratory
coats displayed placards with various
inscriptions such as “Sack Ebola, not
doctors”, “No, to oppression of doctors”, “Is
this our reward for saving lives?”
In Akure, led by the Chairman of the
association in the state, Dr. Bamidele
Betiku, they said the decision of the Federal
Government would make the country lack
specialised doctors and make adequate
health care delivery elusive to the masses.
The protesting doctors matched from their
office on Igbatoro road to the governor’s
office in Alagbaka, Akure singing solidarity
songs
Some of the placards displayed read “Sack
Onyibuchi now”, “Nigerian Doctors Say No
to Exploitation”, “ MOH, Why Kill Residency
Training”.
The Chairman said the doctors were
protesting to make government correct the
mistake of sacking the resident doctors
across the country.
Meanwhile, NLC in a statement by its
President, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, said
“The recent mass dismissal of resident
medical doctors in federal hospitals across
the country by the Federal Government is
ill-advised, and therefore should be re-
considered and reversed given prevailing
health challenges.
Similarly, Trade Union Congress of
Nigeria, TUC, implored the Federal
Government to reverse its decision to sack
the striking doctors, warning that the
nation could not afford any calamity such
sack might cause.
Bobboi Kaigama and Musa Lawal,
respectively, said “while we understand the
plight of the Government in having to
simultaneously contain both the threat of
Boko Haram to national security and the
challenge of the ebola disease, we consider
it very precarious for it to insist on sacking
the doctors at this time.  On the other hand,
we charge all the doctors to listen to the
voice of reason and the cries of Nigerians
and end (or at least suspend) the strike and
return to work, if only to resolve the ebola
mystery on our hands. Even enemies strike
a truce and unite when faced by a more
dangerous mutual adversary.”

[READ & SHARE] Rep blames mass failure in WASSCE on epileptic power supply Via @iKanzee_RR

LAGOS—A member of the House of
Representatives, Chief Yomi Ogunnusi, has
identified the erratic power supply in the
country as a major factor for the perennial
students poor performance in public
examinations.
It will be recalled that only 31.28percent of
candidates that sat the  2014 West African
Secondary School Certificate , WASSCE, had
credits in five subjects, including English and
Mathematics.
Ogunnusi, who represents Ifako-Ijiaye
constituency in Lagos, made the observation
while presenting scholarships to no fewer than
100 secondary school students in Ifako-Ijaiye,
constituency, Lagos, at the weekend.
The lawmaker said unstable power supply in
the country was disincentive to learning,
adding that it had discouraged students from
studying hard.

[READ & SHARE] Clark, Uloho, Oshevire, Olejeme mourn Aziza Via @iKanzee_RR

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has
expressed shock over the death of President
General of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Gen.
Patrick Aziza (rtd), saying that Aziza’s
passing was a great loss to the country.
Third Deputy President General of the Urhobo
Progress Union, UPU, Chief Austin Uloho, also
described the death of Aziza as most painful.
Also, Mr. Abel Oshevire, a former Delta State
House of Assembly member, said: “Aziza
stood out for the Urhobo nation. He was a
distinguished military officer and a committed
community leader.”
Chief Clark, in a statement, yesterday, said:
“The sudden death of General Aziza came to
me as a rude shock because I enquired about
him the previous night from some members of
the executive of UPU and the sad news of his
death came to me as a dream and most
unbelievable.
“Aziza was a fine soldier, most reliable and
trustworthy. He was a patriotic and dedicated
leader, who later became the President of UPU
and was recently re-elected for a second term
in office. He was humble, hard working and his
activities and charisma were commendable.
“He was a family friend, and particularly very
close to my younger brother Maj-Gen H. Clark
(rtd).”
Speaking to Vanguard at his Ughelli country
home, Uloho said: “General Aziza died at a
very critical time that Urhobo nation needed
his services most. As President General of the
UPU, Aziza brought Urhobo together with their
neighbours.
“He is one man who believes so much in the
Urhobo cause; he was very committed to the
service of the Urhobo and he served selflessly.
“UPU will miss him so much. We pray God to
grant his gentle soul eternal rest in his bosom
till we meet to part no more.”
Oshevire said: “Aziza brought Urhobo together
to speak with one voice on issues affecting the
Urhobo nation as President General of UPU,
and as a military administrator and minister,
he demonstrated good leadership traits which
endeared him to Urhobo.”
A female governorship aspirant in Delta State,
Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, said: “His death has
deprived Nigerians, particularly Deltans of the
services of one of the most consistent
administrators of this age.”
Olejeme in a statement by the Deputy Director
General, U and I Foundation, Mr. Raymos
Guanah, said: “Aziza served Nigeria with
distinction and integrity.
“He was a family man that radiated the best
of family values and a public official, whose
wealth was measured from the indelible
legacies he put in place for posterity.”
She said Aziza proved to Nigerians and the
international community that there was
everything to gain from being principled.

[READ & SHARE] Late lawmaker’s wife wins Abia bye- election Via @iKanzee_RR

UMUAHIA—MRS. Nkemdirim Nwogu-Iheasimuo
of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was
Saturday declared by INEC as the winner of
the bye-election into Aba South state
constituency vacated by her late husband who
died early this year.
Mrs. Nwogu-Iheasimuo polled 1,655 votes to
defeat candidates of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Elder Smart Ebere who polled
313, and Chief Chimobi Apara of All
Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, who got
252 votes.
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa,
commended Abia South constituents for
making the right choice by voting
overwhelmingly for the candidate of the PDP.
Orji also commended them for their mature
and good conduct during and after the
election, promised that the state government
would continue to provide the enabling
environment for voters in the state to exercise
their constitutional rights by voting
candidates of their choice.

[READ & SHARE] UPI canvasses support for Omo-Agege Via @iKanzee_RR

Urhobo Political Initiative, UPI, has declared
Mr. Ovie Omo-Agege as the best governorship
candidate for Delta State come 2015, adding
that he remains their choice to take the state
to greater heights.
The group, at its meeting in Ughelli, where
representatives from different clans gathered
to chat a way forward, said the people deserve
the best from government and promised that
Omo-Agege will ensure that the people were
carried along if voted in as governor.
The group, in a statement by its Secretary
General, Mr. S. Umukoro said the choice of
Omo-Agege was important to the Urhobo
position on 2015 governorship polls.
He said: “This time, our people must come
together to form a platform of unity to enable
us take our rightful place in political position
of Nigerian and Delta State.”

[READ & SHARE] IMG sets guidelines for Dickson’s loan Via @iKanzee_RR

The office of Ijaw Motoring Group, IMG, has
released the guidelines for the smooth take-
off of Governor Seriake Dickson’s Micro-
Finance loan for Niger Deltans in South-West.
According to the guidelines released by Mr.
Andrew Elijah, Chief of Staff to IMG, interested
Niger Deltans must belong to a registered
cooperative society made up of, at least, 10
persons. The 10 persons must show evidence
of having a bank account in the name of the
cooperative society and the society shall also
produce a group photograph of the members.
It also stipulated that the cooperative society
members must participate in the micro-
finance management workshop to be
organised by IMG as part of requirement for
the loan.
It said: “Every umbrella body willing to secure
the loan for its affiliated groups must have a
bank account as evidence to safe-guard the
loan.
“All interested cooperative societies shall
collect and submit forms for the loan
beginning from Wednesday, August 20 to
Friday, August 29, in Lagos.”
The IMG thanked the Bayelsa State governor
for the loan and lauded the effort of Director
General of the agency, Mr. Ifiemi Ikpaikpai for
his zeal in driving the vision of the governor
on poverty alleviation to uplift Bayelsans.
According to IMG, “we will apply the same
method adopted in the disbursement of Delta
State Poverty Alleviation loan granted by
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan through the
IMG office.”

[READ & SHARE] 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Falconets fear no foe – Coach Via @iKanzee_RR

Falconets coach Peter Dedevbo is upbeat his
team can go all the way to the final of the
FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup at the expense
of North Korea on Wednesday.
On Sunday night, the Nigeria U20 women’s
team thrashed New Zealand 4-1 to book a
semi-final confrontation against North Korea
at the U20 Women’s World Cup in Canada.
“My team have played against the Koreans
twice in 2010 and 2012 U17 World Cups in
which Nigeria lost, but this time around it will
be a different ball game,” promised Dedevbo.
The Falconets reached the final of the 2010
edition of this tournament and lost out in the
semi-finals two years ago.
Dedevbo, who has previously failed to guide
the Nigeria U17s beyond the quarterfinals of
the World Cup, said getting to the last four of
Canada 2014 was personal vindication.
“I have been called a failure, a coach who
never got beyond quarterfinals and many
more. My critics said I cannot exceed quarter
finals citing my outing with the Flamingoes
(Nigeria U17 team), it has not been easy, but
I thank God,” he said.
“I have proved them wrong, that’s why at full
time I fell down and rolled on the pitch.
Today is a memorable day.”
On Sunday at Moncton Stadium, the Falconets
opened the scores 31 seconds after kick-off
through Asisat Oshoala, who headed home a
cross from Ugo Njoku.
Oshoala netted another goal 12 minutes later
to put scores at 2-0.
Uchechi Sunday then came from the bench to
get a goal for the Falconets six minutes to full
time.
But almost immediately, New Zealand pulled a
goal back through Emma Rolston, before
Uchechi wrapped up the big win for Nigeria

[READ & SHARE] 2015: Delta United mobilises for Obuh Via @iKanzee_RR

UGHELLI—AS the jostling for who succeeds
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State
in 2015 thickens, a political pressure group,
Delta United for Obuh, has promised to
mobilise support for the emergence of Mr.
Tony Obuh as the next governor the state,
saying “the big masquerade” has come.
The group, in a statement by Chief Ayiri
Emami, Olorogun Jaro Egbo and Chief Monday
Igbuya stressed the need for the governorship
to move to Delta North in 2015, adding that
“for equity’s sake, Delta North should have it;
Delta Central and South have taken their
turns.”

[READ & SHARE] Maigari calls for extension of time for purchase of NFA elections’ forms Via @iKanzee_RR

Abuja – Aminu Maigari, Chairman of the
Nigeria Football Association (NFA), on
Monday in Abuja called for an extension of
time for the purchase of forms for the
forthcoming NFA board elections.
Maigari had returned to office on Monday
following a directive by the Minister of Sports,
Tammy Danagogo, on Friday.
This was after world football governing body
FIFA had urged concerned parties to maintain
the status quo which existed before the 2014
World Cup held in Brazil from June 12.
Maigari was last month impeached by a
majority of the NFA board members, but FIFA
had insisted that this had breached procedure.
Maigari told newsmen that his call for an
extension was to give every qualified Nigerian
the opportunity to exercise his or her right.
“We are short of time as the election is fast
approaching, but we will sit down as a board
and decide on the right thing to do.
“All we are thinking of is how to develop our
football and how we will do the right thing,
and carry everybody along.
“I have in my mind to create a window for
every interested Nigerian to obtain form
because it is the civic right of every Nigerian.
“That is my prayer and that is what I want to
present to the board as well,’’ Maigari said.
He also said the renewal of Stephen Keshi’s
contract as Super Eagles’ Head Coach would
be channelled to the Technical Committee of
the NFA to handle.
“Usually, we await the decision of the
Technical Committee to decide the way
forward on Keshi or decide on what to do.
“However, we are constrained by time because
of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
So, it is the responsibility of the Technical
Committee to bring to the board what it has
suggested,’’ the NFA Chairman said.
The  new elections into the NFA board are
scheduled to hold in Abuja on Aug. 26.

[READ & SHARE] Ebola: Nano Silver fails health requirements— Health Minister Via @iKanzee_RR

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu, on Monday said that the Federal
government was withholding its approval for
the Anti-Ebola drug Nano-Silver produced by
a Nigerian scientist in the diaspora.
Chukwu made this known when he received
the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James
Entwistle, in his office in Abuja.
He said that the Nano Silver drug, which was
made available to the Emergency Operations
Centre in Lagos on Aug. 14, did not meet
basic research requirements.
“The experimental drug, Nano Silver did not
meet the requirements of the National Health
Research Ethics Code.
“Accordingly, the approval was withheld by
the National Health Research Ethics
Committee,” Chukwu said.
He said the ambassador’s visit was an
opportunity to share ideas and information on
Ebola virus.
“He is the spokesperson for the United States’
government here in Nigeria, and so he came to
me as the Chief Public Health Officer of the
country to exchange views with me,’’ he said.
The minister said Entwistle also visited to
know if there was any new development that
recently cropped up on the Ebola virus.
Entwistle had commended the efforts of the
Federal Government in curbing the spread of
the Ebola virus in the country.
He said the aim of the visit was to discuss
further on the anti-Ebola cooperation between
the U.S government and the Nigerian
government.
The ambassador also praised the work done
at the emergency operation centre and the
isolation centre, saying he understood that
they were working hard.
“You have all seen the headlines over the
weekend, this is an issue that we have to keep
working hard on, it may be with us for a while
but there are some encouraging signs.
“Your government is doing a good job on
contact tracing; I noticed when I flew back
here on Thursday night into the country,
before I left the plane I filed in the
questionnaire.
“I was very impressed because I had to put in
my seat number which is a very good idea, so
that if you have to trace the guy who was
seating next to me you will know where I am.
“I have been very impressed by this thing so I
encourage the government of Nigeria to keep
at it, which I know they will,’’ he said.
Entwistle said the two countries had a broad
partnership to keep collaborating, cooperating
and working hard to make the world a better
place.
He said he could not think of a more
important example of cooperation than the
Ebola cooperation.
On the U.S experimental drug on Ebola,
Entwistle said there were no sufficient quantity
for now to be given to Nigeria, therefore, the
focus should be on isolation, screening and
prevention.

[READ & SHARE] Tiwa Savage confirms being pregnant Via @iKanzee_RR

Good news from our own very Mavin
first lady ‘Tiwa Savage’, few months
after she got married to her manager
Tee Billz, She has been busy with work
and shows all over Africa but its quit
obvious that she made out some quality
time for her husband which yield a very
nice fruit..
Tiwa was spotted in an event with her
grown balls and fat face and a
suspected baby bump. She announced
being a mother informally in her caption
which means she’s pregnant with her
first child with Tee Billz…
We say a big congrats to her…

[READ & SHARE] So Jonathan allowed Aregbesola to win Via @iKanzee_RR

AFTER
all
the
noise
and
the
heightening
of
the
blood
pressure
of
Nigerians
by
the
irascible
All
Progressives
Congress,
APC,
it
was
a
delightful
surprise
that
the
President
and
Commander-
in-
Chief
of
the
Armed
Foces
of
the
Federal
Republic
of
Nigeria,
Dr.
Goodluck
Ebele
Jonathan,
was
magnanimous
enough
to
let
the
noisy
and
lying
party
to
win.
Why
would
Jonathan
flock
Osun
with
security
forces
when
he
did
not
plan
to
give
victory
to
his
ruling
Peoples
Democratic
Party,
PDP?
Either
the
President
is a
waster
of
precious
national
resources
on
a
group
that
has
continued
to
denigrate
him
and
almost
set
the
country
on
needless
fire,
or
the
zoologist
is
simply
naive.
Or,
as
many
of
his
praise
singers
have
been
inundating
the
media
space,
he
is
the
one
this
nation
has
waited
for
since
1960
to
become
the
beacon
of
hope
in a
political
system
that
has
been
at
the
root
of
all
our
malaise.
And
while
the
self-
confessed
street
boy,
Aregbesola,
was
talking
like
the
street
kid
that
he
still
remains,
the
Presidency
had
this
to
say
of
the
election
that
consolidated
Aregbesola’s
term
for
another
four
years:
“President
Goodluck
Ebele
Jonathan
congratulates
Governor
Rauf
Aregbesola
of
Osun
State
on
his
victory
in
Saturday’s
governorship
election
in
the
state.”
According
to
Reuben
Abati,
Jonathan’s
spokesman,
the
President
commended
the
Independent
National
Electoral
Commission
and
national
security
agencies
for
ensuring
that
the
election
was
free,
fair,
credible
and
peaceful
in
keeping
with
the
avowed
commitment
of
his
administration.
He
also
wished
Governor
Aregbesola
continued
good
health
and
a
successful
second
term
in
office.
The
comment
of
the
street
kid
was
way
different
from
the
general
opinion
of
those
who
monitored
the
elections
and
applauded
Jonathan’s
management
of
the
Ekiti
and
Osun
elections.
Read
Aregbesola:
“Ordinarily,
this
should
be a
moment
of
joy
and
celebration
consequent
upon
the
hard
earned
triumph
of
the
people’s
will.
However,
this
election
shows
that
democracy
is
still
gravely
endangered
in
Nigeria.
We
witnessed
gross
abuse
of
power
and,
of
due
process
before,
during
and
even
after
the
actual
voting
process.
It
is
so
sad
and
unfortunate
that
what
should
be a
normal,
routine
process
was
maliciously
allowed
to
snowball
into
a
needless
virtual
war
by
the
Federal
Government
and
the
PDP.
“Osun
State
was
unduly
militarised
in
an
unprecedented
manner
through
criminal
intimidation
and
psychological
assault
on
our
people.
This
election
witnessed
an
abuse
of
our
security
agencies
and
amounted
to
a
corruption
of
their
professional
ethics
and
integrity.
“The
security
agencies
were
unprofessionally
utilised
in
Osun
State
to
harass,
intimidate
and
oppress
the
people
whose
taxes
are
used
to
pay
their
salaries
and
provide
their
arms.
Hundreds
of
leaders,
supporters,
sympathisers
and
agents
of
our
party
were
arrested
and
detained.
Also,
hundreds
of
other
innocent
citizens,
including
women
and
the
aged,
were
harassed,
brutalized
and
traumatised.
In
spite
of
this
condemnable
repression
and
abuse
of
human
rights,
the
unflagging
spirit
of
our
people
triumphed.”
But
President
Jonathan’s
measured
reaction
actually
diminished
the
APC
and
its
re-
elected
gubernatorial
candidate
in
Osun.
He
said:
“The
outcome
of
the
election
has
also
given
the
lie
to
the
false,
unfair
and
uncharitable
allegations
that
measures
put
in
place
by
the
Federal
Government
for
the
Ekiti
and
Osun
states
elections
were
partisan
and
designed
to
achieve
a
favourable
outcome
for
his
party.”
The
President
gave
a
thumb
up
to
Osun
people
for
coming
out
in
large
numbers
on
Saturday
in
all
the
local
government
areas
of
the
state
to
peacefully
and
freely
exercise
their
democratic
right,
trusting
in
his
assurance
that
all
necessary
measures
would
be
taken
to
ensure
their
safety
and
the
sanctity
of
their
votes.
While
the
President
was
being
a
statesman
and
should
be
commended
by
the
benefiting
Governor,
he
rather
chose
to
behave
less
than
a
man,
declaring
that
a
strong
signal
had
been
sent
to
all
that
no
might
is
powerful
enough
to
thwart
the
will
of
the
people,
forgetting
that
the
same
might
saved
him
from
the
political
hawks
in
the
PDP.
Aregbesola
said:
“This
should
always
strengthen
our
resolve
to
ensure
that
as
from
now
on,
every
vote
must
not
only
be
counted
but
must
count
in
this
country.
Nobody
or
party
must
ever
exercise
power
unreasonably
at
any
level
except
in
accordance
with
the
will
of
the
people
to
whom
sovereignty
belongs.”
As
the
President
reiterated
his
belief
that
the
free,
fair
and
peaceful
conduct
of
the
elections
had
fully
reaffirmed
his
administration’s
determination
to
positively
reform
Nigeria’s
electoral
processes,
the
beneficiary
was
busy
fouling
up
the
air
with
base
comments.
However,
Jonathan
said
he
looked
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
Aregbesola
and
other
state
governors
to
further
improve
the
living
conditions
of
Nigerians
in
Osun
and
other
states
of
the
country.
With
the
ingratitude
that
Aregbesola
has
displayed,
there
is
no
doubt
that
his
opponents
should
set
up
a
robust
system
to
monitor
his
every
step,
or
like
the
APC
National
Chairman,
John
Oyegun,
suggested,
set
up
a
parallel
government
to
keep
him
on
his
toes.
Since
they
thought
up
this,
it
will
be
necessary
to
use
Osun
as a
test
case.
Addressing
a
huge
crowd
of
supporters
at
the
party’s
mega
rally
for
the
re-
election
of
Aregbesola
at
the
Osogbo
Township
Stadium
in
Osogbo,
the
APC
National
Chairman,
Odigie-
Oyegun,
said
the
battle
line
was
drawn.
As
he
put
it:
“The
battle
line
is
already
drawn.
“The
APC
is
prepared
for
free
and
fair
election.
If
anyone
steals
our
mandate
on
February
20, 2015,
we
will
resist
it
and
set
up
a
people’s
government.
Let
them
be
warned,
there
would
be
dire
consequences
for
this.”
Now
that
Jonathan
has
spared
APC
the
honour
of
setting
up
a
parallel
government
in
Osun,
nothing
stops
Iyiola
Omisore
from
doing
so
with
a
“shadow
cabinet”
of
his
own.
to
dog
the
daily
moves
of
the
APC
government
in
his
home
state
and
save
his
people
what
he
considered
the
tyranny
that
was
their
lot
in
the
first
four
years
of
the
Aregbesola
administration
in
the
State.
Mr.
Femi
Ayelabowo,
a
political
analyst,
wrote
from
Agodi,
Ibadan,
Oyo
State.

[READ & SHARE] Police rescue kidnapped mother, baby in Asaba Via @iKanzee_RR

ASABA — Suspected kidnappers, yesterday,
abducted a mother, Mrs. Adeyemi and her
baby at Asaba, but the police put up a brave
performance by rescuing the victims.
The woman was driving in a Kia Sorento
Sports Utility Van, SUV, along Standard Life
Bible Church Road, off Direct Labour Agency,
DLA Road, Asaba, when she was ambushed.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Celestina Kalu, who confirmed the kidnap and
rescue of the victims, said the police quickly
mobilised and found the baby and vehicle
where they were abandoned.
She said the police, acting on a tip-off,
stormed the hideout of the kidnappers in
Issele-Uku and on sighting the police, the
abductors took to their heels, while Mrs.
Adeyemi was rescued unhurt.
DSP Kalu said detectives were on a manhunt
for the fleeing suspects.
Meantime, Policemen from the Special Anti-
Kidnapping Squad, SAKS, Obiaruku in Delta
State, have arrested a suspected 35-year-old
kidnapper after a gun battle on Obiaruku-
Utagba-Uno Road in the state.
Vanguard was informed that the kidnap gang
broke into the residence of a lecturer at the
Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Mr.
Emmanuel Okolie, at Ebayadata quarters,
Obiaruku and took away his wife, Roseline,
aged 52 years, to unknown destination.
They also robbed him of his laptop valued at
N140,000, Samsung X5 Galaxy phone, valued
at N90,000 and N260,000 cash.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Celestina Kalu, said: “Sequel to report,
operatives quickly mobilised and went after
the hoodlums along Obiaruku/Utagba-Uno
road.
“The kidnappers, on sighting the operatives,
engaged them in a gun battle. Consequently,
one of the suspects identified as Collins was
arrested, while the remaining two escaped
with bullet wounds and the victim was rescued
unhurt.”
“The suspect has given the names of his
accomplices who fled with their weapon.
Meanwhile, investigation is in progress while
efforts are on to track down the fleeing
miscreants,” she stated.

[READ & SHARE] Lagos Sex workers lament low patronage caused by Ebola Via @iKanzee_RR

LAGOS (AFP) – Kate, Bright and Happiness
sat on the lawn of a Lagos brothel, sipping
lager and chatting with men in groups of two
or four. Business had been good, they said,
until Ebola arrived.
“I have been in this business for two years but
business has never been this slow,” said Kate.
“I used to have an average of seven customers
per day but I can hardly see four now since
this Ebola disease came to town,” the 25-
year-old told AFP.
“Many of our customers are afraid to come to
us for fear of contracting the disease. This
Ebola wahala (problem) is really bad business.
The government should do something about
it.”
With Ebola spread through the bodily fluids of
an infected person, including sweat, the sex
workers say they’ve been particularly badly hit
by public fears.
“This disease is bad-o!” said 23-year-old
Bright. “It is worse than HIV/AIDS. You can
prevent HIV by using condoms but you can’t
do the same with Ebola.
“If care is not taken we will soon be driven out
of business because nobody wants to die.”
- Bushmeat hit -
Sex workers aren’t the only ones in the
informal economy — in which an estimated
three-quarters of Nigerians work — who are
feeling the effects of Ebola. Three people have
died of the disease in Lagos, and more are
expected.
Sellers of bushmeat, a popular delicacy in
Nigeria and elsewhere in the region, also
complain of fewer customers.
The hunters, who catch animals such as
antelope, porcupine and bush rats, fear for
their livelihoods if the trend continues.
Fruit bats and monkeys are both thought to
transmit the virus.
Guinea, which with Sierra Leone and Liberia
has had more than 1,000 deaths from Ebola
since the start of the year, banned the
consumption of bats to try to control the
spread to humans.
Nigeria has issued similar warnings about
bushmeat but not outlawed the practice.
Vivian Lateef Koshefobamu has been in the
bushmeat business nearly 30 years. But the
45-year-old’s stall stands alone and even
then only displays a few pieces of roasted
meat.
“The customers have all run away for fear of
Ebola,” she told AFP. “They are scared. Most
of the bushmeat sellers are also not coming
to sell for the same reason. But I’m not
afraid.”
The health advice was “mere propaganda to
spoil our business”, she added.
- Everyone a suspect -
Elsewhere in megacity Lagos, home to more
than 21 million, everyone from market traders
and undertakers, bank workers to shop
assistants openly discusses their fears and
how they’ve changed their behaviour.
At the Oke Arin and Balogun markets in
central Lagos, some traders wear gloves and
protective masks and swear that trade is slack
— although the teeming crowds suggest
otherwise.
In banks, cashiers and other staff dealing with
banknotes and the public do the same.
Taxi, motorised rickshaw and bus drivers fear
carrying contaminated passengers. Few people
shake hands. Everyone is wary. Even the bus
queues have become slightly more orderly.
“If somebody should have sweat on his or her
body and I get in contact with the person, I’m
aware of the fact that I might get the virus,”
said bus passenger Kolawole Olalekan.
“So, everybody now… we all get into the bus
gently. No rushing like the normal Lagos
hustle and all.”
At MIC Royal, a firm of undertakers potentially
on the front line given that the bodies of Ebola
victims can still pass on the virus after death,
bosses decided to turn down business.
“Our company has not buried any Ebola victim
since the outbreak and we will not handle
such a job if given,” said senior manager Tunji
Adesalu.
“As undertakers, we appeal to the bereaved to
encourage the cremation of their dead in order
to reduce the risks of contracting the Ebola
virus.”
- Public awareness -
Combating ignorance is part of the battle.
Bogus claims of remedies such as salt-water
cures and even divine intervention have been
rife in religiously conservative Nigeria.
The Lagos state government’s awareness
campaign extends to radio and television
advertisements, notices in newspapers and
flyers as well as drive-by public health
announcements to get the message across.
“The state governor met with religious and
community leaders to stress the need for sick
people to go to the hospital for treatment
rather than seek divine healing,” said Tubosun
Ogunbanwo, spokesman for the local health
commissioner.
“There is no cure for Ebola but it can be
prevented and controlled through public
awareness campaigns and good hygiene.”
Sarah Adigun’s experience suggests Lagosians
are listening: sales of hand sanitiser and soap
have gone through the roof.
“I now sell a bottle of 50 ml Dettol for 1,050
naira (5 euros, $6.5) against 900 naira before
the outbreak,” the cosmetics trader said.
“I’m almost running out of stocks as our
suppliers are not meeting our demand.”

[READ & SHARE] Ekiti: PDP wants APC’s petition struck out VIA @iKanzee_RR

Ado Ekiti—PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP in
Ekiti State, has asked the Governorship
Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ado Ekiti,
to strike out the petition by the state chapter
of the All Progressive Congress, APC,
challenging the declaration of its governorship
candidate, Ayo Fayose, as the winner of the
June 21 governor ship election in the state.
PDP, which based its argument on what it
called non-joinder and mis-joinder of parties
in the case, however said it had lined up 35
witnesses to prosecute it case.
The APC has dragged Fayose to the tribunal,
claiming among others, that Fayose ,who was
declared winner by the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, did not score the
highest number of votes in the June 21
governorship election.
The PDP in its preliminary objection, deposed
to, by its lead counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN) and
filed by the party’s legal adviser in the state,
Mr. Kolapo Kolade, urged the Tribunal to
strike out the case on the basis of non-joinder
and mis-joinder of parties in the case.
Speaking, Kolade said “The APC is claiming
that Fayose did not score the highest number
of votes and that his election should be
nullified and Governor Kayode Fayemi, who
was not joined as a petitioner be declared
winner. This is a case of non-joinder. Then,
what is the reason behind the joining of the
Chief of Defence Staff as a respondent in this
case? Because Military did not partake in the
electoral process and this is a clear case of
mis-joinder.”
According to Kolade, some of the issues raised
by the party, particularly the contention over
the Higher National Diploma, HND Certificate
paraded by Fayose, now being contested by
APC in its petition, run contrary to the
principle of estoppels.
Noting that controversy surrounding Fayose’s
HND Certificate obtained from The
Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, had been
trashed by Appeal Court, in the case of
Alliance for Democracy, AD, versus Fayose in
2003, contending that the case had been
gazetted in the Court records.
PDP equally described as mere academic
exercise, APC’s claim that the election was
rigged via what it termed ‘photo and thermo
chromic’ electronic device, saying such “is
unknown to electoral Law.”
APC had in its petition deposed to by its lead
counsel, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) and filed by
Akingbolu, had argued that Fayose was not
qualified to stand for the election on the
premises of his 2006 impeachment as the
governor of the State and the fact that he
allegedly paraded fake HND obtained from The
Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State.
APC equally averred that the INEC allegedly
rigged the election in favour of Fayose through
electronic means.
The party is also contesting what it described
as the alleged militarisation of the election,
saying some of its members were allegedly
traumatised by security agencies during the
poll.

[READ & SHARE] Produce Chibok girls, or forget 2015, Northern Elders tells Jonathan Via @iKanzee_RR

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday, said
that President Goodluck Jonathan should
forget about contesting in 2015 if he fails to
produce the Chibok secondary school students
kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect in April.
According to statement, signed by Barrister
Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-
Ahmed, the group NEF states that it does not
believe that the Nigerian military cannot
defeat the terrorists, and that it feels the
conflicts in the country are simply being
engineered to weaken the North politically and
economically
“We also reject the notion that multiple
internal security challenges such as attacks
on villages, ethno-religions conflicts and
banditry springing up by the day in many
parts of the north are all a coincidence,” the
statement said. “Indeed, we are convinced
that most of these conflicts are being
engineered to weaken the North politically and
economically by interests which intend to
exploit such weaknesses for electoral
benefits.”
NEF expressed strong displeasure over the
Boko Haram insurgency, the government’s
failure to deal with it, and the recent massacre
in Gwoza town in Borno State.
It said it was issuing the statement after
concluding a major review of the state of the
nation, and as part of its continuous
commitment to help to resolve Nigeria’s
current political, economic and security
challenges, and facilitate the emergence of a
more united, secure and prosperous nation
out of its present limitations.
“The security situation in our nation today
represents the most serious threat to our
individual and collective lives in our entire
history,” NEF warned.
It observed that the reality is that the threats
posed by what appears to be an insurgency
that has many manifestations and defies a
clear and consistent identity is growing on
account of a clear national consensus over its
nature and it solutions.
“The lack of a strong will at the level of the
presidency to fight it, as well as deep-seated
corruption and incompetence in governments
and in the management of our security
challenges has allowed a band of terrorists to
take and hold vast parts of our land and
populations hostage, while every citizen lives
in fear that they will be its next victim.”
Asking Mr. Jonathan to forfeit 2015 unless he
produces the Chibok girls, the Northern Elders
warned, “In the light of our firm conviction
that the insurgency and related security
challenges pose threats to the 2015 elections
and the survival of our nation, we strongly
advise President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to
bring an end to the insurgency in all its
manifestations and produce the Chibok girls
before the end of October, 2014. The
circumstances under which our fellow citizens
in and around Gwoza in Borno state in
particular live and die will not be tolerated by
any people who have a government and a
leader sworn to defend them, and they must
be reversed immediately. In the event that
President Jonathan fails to do this, Nigerians
will be left with the only conclusion that he
has forfeited his right to ask for our mandate
beyond 2015.”

[READ & SHARE] WAEC result is not yet out Via @iKanzee_RR

Rumours has been spread that 2014 WAEC result is out. From the Body's official site, the result is not yet out.

[READ & SHARE] Saudi executes Syrian drug trafficker Via @iKanzee_RR

Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian national
today after he was convicted of trafficking
drugs into the ultra-conservative Muslim
kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
Safwan Hindawi was arrested as he was
smuggling a “large amount of narcotic pills
into the kingdom,” said the ministry in a
statement carried by the official SPA news
agency.
His beheading in the northern Jawf region
raised to 24 the number of executions so far
this year in the Gulf state, according to an
AFP count based on official reports.
Last year, the UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights denounced a “sharp increase in
the use of capital punishment” in Saudi
Arabia.
In 2013, there were 78 executions.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and
drug trafficking are all punishable by death
under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of Islamic
sharia law.

[READ & SHARE] Osun 2014: How I was defeated- Omisore Via @ iKanzee_RR

Sen. Iyiola Omisore, the candidate of the
Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP), at the 2014
Osun State gubernatorial election, said his
defeat is as a result of the “clearly partisan”
acts of the former Resident Electoral
Commissioner, REC, in the state.
Omisore who made this remarks at his first
post-election briefing in Osogbo, yesterday,
said that by the time the electoral
commissioner was removed, he had already
done the damage.
Rufus Akeju, the Osun State REC, was replaced
by Segun Agbaje, a few weeks before the
election.
At the end of the election, Mr. Omisore’s
292,747 votes was not enough to defeat Rauf
Aregbesola, the incumbent governor and
candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, who polled 394,684 votes to emerge
winner.
“It was not a race we came into unmindful of
the odds stacked against us,” said Mr.
Omisore, a former Senator.
“For instance, we had a situation where a
clearly partisan Resident Electoral
Commissioner had opened the entire electoral
system to our opponent from registration
stage through data storage to personnel
loading.
“Though the leadership of INEC eventually
took him out of the state weeks to the
elections, he already did a lot of harm in the
system that would take years to rectify. In
spite of this and the fact that all democratic
structures in the state are in the hands of our
opponent, our supporters still fought gallantly
in every poling unit in the state to achieve the
feat we posted in this election,” Mr. Omisore
added.
The PDP candidate urged his supporters to
remain calm as the party is still studying the
election results to determine their next line of
action.
“In the meantime, our situation office and
party are presently analyzing the results of the
elections against field reports. We shall be
making public our findings and the
appropriate steps accordingly,” said Mr.
Omisore.
“I however appeal to all our supporters to
remain calm, law-abiding and peace-loving.
Our abiding guide is that Osun state must not
be governed in the old ways anymore and
August 9 has given the demography of the
change-seeking people.”
Mr. Omisore said that his campaign strategy
took him to the nook and cranny of the state
where he saw the impact of “propaganda-led
governance” on the people’s lives.
“We shared the daily experiences of a people
traumatized and fervently hopeful of beneficial
change that democracy has promised to
them,” Mr. Omisore said.
“It did not escape our notice that many of the
everyday people in our towns and villages who
trooped to meet with us, valued our presence
and the regard we had for them, yet they bore
with courage and hope, the scars of neglect,
extreme poverty, and excruciating suffering.
“We were bold to reject financial recklessness,
deform of our education sector, scams that
deployed technology for profit rather than for
learning, bastardized empowerment programs
that only deny opportunities to our young
people, partnership that mean our artisans are
jobless, significant capital flight from the Osun
state economy and the lack of transparency in
public procurement process.
“We have been successful in raising the
consciousness of every one in Osun state to
these issues, enabling them to demand
accountability that will enshrine good
governance today and forever.”
Mr. Omisore also said that the result of the
election showed that the PDP is no longer a
push over in the South West.
“The best man does not always win, but a
winner emerges. We congratulate all the
gladiators in this effort; everyone gave of their
best,” he said.
“Collectively, we have achieved much more
than our individual aspirations for the Office
of the Governor of Osun state that we all
contested for. Our achievements go beyond
Government House in Abere, to the heart of
the people and our followers. We in Osun PDP
assert with great confidence that the business
of governance in Osun state will be not be as
usual again. The positive change we fought for
in the Rescue Mission campaign has indeed
started. We are all wiser.
“This is success we are thankful for. We must
celebrate PDP leadership, its members and the
extensive engagement of supporters of the
Iyiola Omisore Organization (IOO) on all
platforms, including the Omisore Youth
Support Forum (OYSF) and the engagement of
all media – print, digital and social. Everyone
was awesome.
“We collectively with the citizens and people
of Osun state will sustain the Rescue Mission
from a campaign to what I note it has
become, a socio-political movement for
positive change in Osun state, a force for
change that no one can deny or stop. We
came into this race to make that difference in
their lives and offer hope in the land,” he
added.

[MUST READ & SHARE] Aregbesola in early lead via @iKanzee_RR

Former Governor Oyinlola, Minister of Police,
lose polling units
Gbenga Olarinoye, Henry Umoru, Dapo
Akinrefon and Gbenga Oke
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All
Progressives Congress, APC was shoving aside
a stiff challenge from the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP’s Senator Iyiola Omisore as early
results from Saturday’s gubernatorial election
in Osun State trickled in.
Early returns showed Aregbesola to be leading
in many areas of Osogbo, Ede and Illesa with
Omisore showing good lead in Ife and in some
little carves across the state.

[MUST READ & SHARE] Pistorius lawyer says ‘cold facts’ do not prove murder via @iKanzee_RR

Oscar Pistorius’s defence lawyer said Friday
the “cold facts” did not prove the star sprinter
had intended to kill his model girlfriend, as he
launched a final bid to save the “Blade
Runner” from life in prison.
In his closing argument, fiery defence lawyer
Barry Roux sought to pick apart the
prosecution’s case that his famous client had
deliberately murdered 29-year-old Reeva
Steenkamp after an argument in the early
hours of Valentine’s Day 2013.
The gripping five-month murder trial that has
at times played out like a soap opera —
broadcast around the world — reaches its
finale Friday ahead of Judge Thokozile
Masipa’s verdict, which could come within
weeks.
Making his last-ditch argument to the court,
Roux accused police and prosecutors of
ignoring evidence from Pistorius’s upmarket
Pretoria home that did not support its
“circumstantial” case, a day after the
prosecution painted the athlete as a liar.
“The failure of the state to present that
evidence leaves one big question mark,” said
Roux, “that’s the failure of the state’s case.”
He said the evidence in hand suggested the
27-year-old Paralympian should never have
faced a murder trial, but rather the lesser
charge of culpable homicide.
The defence has sought to portray Pistorius as
a “highly-vulnerable individual” obsessed with
safety — a result of a difficult childhood and
his disability — in a country with a sky-high
crime rate.
During the trial Pistorius underwent
psychiatric evaluation and an ensuing report
said he was suffering post-traumatic stress
disorder, but was not suffering any mental
illness that could prevent him being held
criminally responsible for his actions.
“That constant reminder, I do not have legs, I
cannot run away, I am not the same, that’s
with him, he can’t pretend, he can’t pretend
that it’s fine,” said Roux on Friday.
- ‘Deceitful witness’-
On Thursday Pistorius, a double amputee
known as the “Blade Runner” for his prosthetic
legs, was branded a “deceitful” witness by
prosecutor Gerrie Nel in his final arguments.
Pistorius’s efforts to concoct an alibi had led
to a “snowball effect” of lies requiring more
lies to back them up, Nel said.
The athlete says he killed Steenkamp by firing
four shots through a locked toilet door after
mistaking her for an intruder.
The prosecution argues that he deliberately
killed her after an argument.
“In an attempt to tailor his version to support
his plea explanation, he tangled himself in a
web,” said Nel.
Summing up the state’s meticulous 200-page
review of evidence, Nel said Pistorius was
guilty of “a baker’s dozen” of misleading
statements.
Nel addressed the court for most of the day
on Thursday before the defence had a brief
opportunity to outline the counter-arguments
it will present on Friday.
Roux has indicated that he will focus on the
timeline of events the night of the shooting,
from disputed sounds of gunshots and equally
disputed sounds of screams heard by
neighbours.
Pistorius, who rose to international fame when
he competed alongside able-bodied runners at
the 2012 London Olympics, has at times sat
weeping and vomiting in the dock as grisly
details of Steenkamp’s death were presented.
Once a poster boy for disabled sport, he has
been stripped of lucrative endorsement deals
by global brands and has withdrawn from all
competition.
He faces 25 years in jail if he is convicted of
premeditated murder. He also faces three
separate gun-related charges.
Even if he is not found guilty of premeditated
murder, Pistorius could still be convicted and
jailed on alternative charges of culpable
homicide, or manslaughter.
Legal analysts say the athlete, once revered
for his triumph over disability, did damage his
case by appearing to offer two different
defences.
Nearly 40 witnesses ranging from a jilted ex-
girlfriend to a forensic geologist testified,
creating a hefty record with thousands of
pages.
Such was the intensity of the public gaze that
some witnesses, including Pistorius, refused to
testify in front of cameras, while some refused
to take the stand at all.