CLOSEUP CELEBRATES THE NIGERIAN YOUTH AT THE 2014 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

 

Closeup, the toothpaste brand that truly represents the aspirations of the “Naija Youths”, recently partnered with the RISE network to celebrate the Nigerian youth at the United Nations International Youth Day which recently took place at the Main Auditorium, University of Lagos, Akoka. 

The event was themed “Youth and Mental Health”. Close up Naija Herbal, one of the leading sponsors of the event provided an opportunity for Nigerian youths to air their voices on issues pertaining to national security, education and governance  via a satirical stage play and an intergenerational debate.

HOW I SURVIVED EBOLA – LATE NURSE' FIANCE, DENNIS AKAGHA SPEAKS

 

Dennis Akagha, the fiance of Justina Ejelonu, the First Consultant Hospital nurse who died after being infected with the deadly Ebola virus by Liberian Patrick Sawyer, in this exclusive interview with Vanguard spoke about how his late fiancee contracted the deadly disease, how she lost their unborn child while battling with Ebola, and also revealed that Justina had just landed the job at the hospital and met Sawyer on her first day there. He also spoke on how he got infected with the virus and how he finally got discharged. Fimd the in-depth interview after the cut

EBOLA: Senegal reports first case

 

Senegal confirmed its first case of Ebola on Friday, as the country’s health minister announced that a young Guinean had tested positive for the deadly virus.

REVEALED: How Boko Haram is funded and why Jonathan cannot arrestsponsors.

 

A Perth-based international adviser, Dr. Stephen Davis, who survived months of extreme danger to try to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram, has revealed that one of the primary sources of funding for the terror group is Nigerian politicians. Davis has worked in Nigeria in the past with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Head of the Church of England, Justin Welby, to negotiate the release of kidnapped oil industry workers in the Niger Delta. Speaking yesterday in an interview on ABC News, an Australian television station, Davis, 63, said he had realised the only way to stop the kidnappings was to stop the sponsors of Boko Haram. While Al Qaeda was involved in training Boko Haram recruits, Davis said one of their major sources of funding – aside from raiding banks – was Nigerian politicians. “That makes it easier in some ways as they can be arrested, but of course the onus of proof is high and many are in opposition, so if the president (Goodluck Jonathan) moves against them, he would be accused of trying to rig the elections due early next year,” he said. “So I think this will run through to the election unabated. These politicians think that if they win power they can turn these terrorists off, but this has mutated. “It’s no longer a case of Muslims purifying by killing off Christians.

GUS XI: TOP 30 FINALISTS OFF TO SEA SCHOOL APAPA

 

Nigeria’s biggest and most talked about reality TV show, Gulder Ultimate Search, have announced the top thirty contestants to go to Sea School. The ‘triumphant thirty’ will go for further drills at Sea School in Apapa on the 27th of August 2014 to test their readiness for the highly entertaining brawn and brain show.

111 YEAR OLD JAPANESE MAN RECOGNISED AS WORLD’S OLDEST MALE

 

Tokyo (dpa/NAN) – Guinness World Records has certified 111-year-old Japanese as the oldest living man on Earth.

US DOCTOR WITH EBOLA TO BE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL TODAY

 

Dr Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia while working as a missionary in the country will be released from Atlanta's Emory University Hospital today August 21st after being successfully treated. 

According to the spokesperson of the hospital, Vince Dollard, Dr. Kent's blood samples came back negative for the virus after undergoing proper screening for two days. Dr. Kent is expected to give a statement regarding his discharge later today at a news conference before leaving the hospital.

Dr. Kent and another US missionary Nancy Writebol contracted the disease while working to fight the outbreak in Liberia. After they contracted the disease they were taken to an isolation unit at Emory University Hospital, where they were treated with the experimental drug, ZMapp.