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This post was published around August 5, 1999. It was seen in a BBC websites.  You will see the link below. A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said. The extract can be eaten or rubbed into the skin They used a compound from Garcinia kola, a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu. If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever - an often-fatal condition. The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the US. Four deaths per five cases The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after an outbreak in Zaire - now the Democratic Republic of the Congo - where 88% of the 318 human cases died. The Ebola-Zaire virus close up More recently, a 1995 outbreak in the ...

A corpse was brought from Liberia to the state. The Anambra Commissioner of Health, Josephat Akabuike, announced on Thursday that a hospital has been sealed off and its workers and patients quarantined due to Ebola disease scare. Briefing journalists in Awka, Ms. Akabuike said the measure followed information received by the government that a man whose body was brought back from Liberia at the weekend, might have died of the killer disease. He said that information available to the government indicated that the body was brought back from Liberia through Lagos and deposited in the mortuary at Nkwelle-Ezenaka in Oyi Local Government of the state. “Part of the briefing is to tell you what we are doing to make sure we don’t allow the deadly virus to come into the state. “What actually called for this is that we have a report that a corpse was brought through Lagos and the deceased was said to have been taken from Liberia where of course you know there are cases of the disease. ...

The Christian mother who was put on death row in Sudan for refusing to convert to Islam is finally on her way to a new life in the United States. Meriam Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for apostasy after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, left Rome this morning on a flight bound for Philadelphia, according to the campaigner who secured her release.  The mother-of-two, accompanied by husband Daniel, a U.S. citizen, and children Martin and Maya will then change planes to fly to New Hampshire, according to Antonella Napoli, director of Italians for Darfur. The family of four are planning to start afresh in America in Manchester, the hometown of Daniel’s brother, Gabriel Wani.  They spent the previous week in Rome after being spirited out of Sudan in the dead of night on an Italian state aircraft.  Meriam and baby Maya, who was born while her mother as shackled in prison, were blessed by Pope Francis who thanked her for her courage and praised her ‘...

According to sources, the head pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin has prohibited female members from wearing miniskirts in the church. The information was passed by Pastor Adefarasin on Sunday before he began preaching. He said , “I will assume that the members that do this , are probably new or uninformed ones.”  “But we don’t allow mini skirts in this church. If you must wear something short, make sure it covers your knees. Otherwise, an usher might need to come and complete your dressing,” he continued. The ban was welcomed with a loud “yes” from the supporting congregation. Read More

A woman stripped naked in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg and caressed a huge statue of the liberation hero as astonished bystanders looked on, local media reported on Wednesday. The young African woman first saluted the statue of the former president, who is revered for his role in defeating the racist apartheid system, before disrobing, witnesses said. A picture posted on Twitter showed her naked and leaning her head against the knee of the statue in an upmarket area of South Africa's commercial capital. A waitress at a nearby restaurant told The Star newspaper that the woman's actions, at around 4.00pm on a busy Monday, had caused a frenzy. Male waiters got their orders wrong and a male customer was hit on the head by his wife for getting up to take a closer look, she said. Nelson Mandela Square marketing manager Megan Meas said a security guard had asked the woman to put on her clothes, which she did before leaving the square without answering any q...

 Annie shared these cute photos of her family featuring herself, Isabel, 2face and of course adorable Olivia on her instagram page

Some bizarre news has surfaced on the Internet about an incident that happened between a female bishop and her pastor during a Sunday service. According to Report Ghana News, a pastor asked people with health problems to come to step forward and touch a specific place on his body for healing, the command took a surprising turn when the female bishop held the pastor’s manhood to receive healing. The pastor reportedly asked the woman why she did that and she was said to have replied that ‘ her husband manhood is not working anymore so she believes when she hold the Pastor’s manhood, her husband’s would be healed.’ On hearing the bishop’s response, the pastor was said to shouted  ‘hallelujah somebody’. What do Christians call it again, “point of contact”? Read More

A Chinese man has died after he blew up the hospital ward he was on when he decided to smoke a cigarette while undergoing treatment in a high-pressure oxygen chamber.  Liu Hung, 65 was put inside the hyperbaric chamber at the Nanxiong People's Hospital in Nanxiong city in south-eastern China's Guangdong province to help a head wound heal more quickly.  It is thought that while the doors of the chamber were closed, he saw the opportunity to grab a quick cigarette, presumably thinking that nobody would see him. But it is believed that the cigarette then set fire to the bed linen, which quickly turned into an inferno when it reacted with the oxygen rich atmosphere inside the small chamber It caused an explosion which destroyed the chamber and killed Mr Hung in the fireball.  Health and safety experts together with firemen who investigated the explosion said that the man's body had been completely charred and that they found a melted lighter, which they be...

A mentally disturbed man in the Alakija area of Lagos was taken into custody after he stabbed two police officers. The incident occurred when the victims allegedly attempted to send an insane woman off the premises of a church. This did not go down well with the man who rose to the woman's defence and tried to stop the police. Unfortunately for him, the officers turned their attention to him and assaulted him with their batons. This led the man to use a stick on the police and when that did not work, he allegedly stabbed two of them with a broken bottlle. According to reports, he was subsequently overpowered by the police who then took him away for questioning. Read More

A German student was walking in the street and noticed a homeless man begging for money from pedestrians, without much luck..so the student asked him to borrow his bucket. At first, the homeless man was hesitant but he later agreed and handed over his bucket to a stranger... what happened next will burst you into tears! Watch below

Mavin boss and music producer, Don Jazzy  has gone on  twitter  to advice Nigerians about the deadly nature of the Ebola Virus. In a series of tweets just after the huge success of his Dorobucci video which premiered online on new daily videos website,  comeseesumting.com , Don Jazzy directed all his fans and Nigerians to get information about the Ebola virus from a  special page  created by the Comeseesumting team pooling together videos and other content about the virus. Continue... He says its time for everyone to take the Ebola Vrus seriously and get as much information as possible n how to avoid being a victim of the virus. The special page is located here  http://comeseesumti.ng/ebola/ The  ComeSeeSumting Ebola page  gives you a 60 second quick look along with a full documentary on Ebola and the history of this disease. The page also keeps you informed with all the latest stories on Ebola and you can also sign up ...

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has denied saying the Commonwealth Games are 'a bit sh*t' after he was quoted by The Times newspaper as saying it during an interview with one of its sports reporters. After Usain went on twitter to deny making the comments, the newspaper today published the full transcript of their conversation with him, saying they stand by their story 100%.  The encounter was reportedly as follows: Katie Gibbons (KG, Times reporter)  : Hi Usain, I'm Katie Gibbons, a reporter from The Times. Nice to meet you.  Usain Bolt (UB)  : Hi.  KG  : How are you?  UB  : (Shrugs)  KG  : So are you enjoying the games? Are you having fun?  UB  : No.  KG  : Really, why not?  UB  : I'm just not... it's a bit s  *  . (Shrugs, looks up to grey sky).  KG  : What do you mean?  UB  : I've only been here two days.  KG  : Is it like the Olympics?  UB  : N...

How adorable is the little cutie? Singer Muma Gee and her actor husband Prince Eke have shared new pics of their adorable three months old twins. They have been christened Ceasar and Cleopatra. The couple dedicated their babies this past weekend. See more pics below    

The country may have recorded another case of Ebola as latest report has shown that the man who assisted late Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian who died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos, is now down with symptoms, suspected to be EVD. A reliable source yesterday, confirmed receipt of a short message service (SMS) text that the person who aided Sawyer to move out of the plane is presenting symptoms, identifiable with EVD. “In fact, I just got a text that the person who helped Sawyer, the Liberian, to get out of the air plane is down with a suspected case of Ebola. You can see we have to be very careful,” the source said. He further said that the latest victim is among those who were being quarantined for having first contact with the victim (late Sawyer). Meanwhile, Lagos state has said none of the 59 contacts is sick for now. The special adviser to Lagos state Governor Babatunde Fashola on Public Health, Dr Adesina Yewande while reacting to the report said: “It is not ...

Another female suicide bomber struck at the Kano Polytechnic on Wednesday, killing two people. There was however conflicting figures by government agencies on the number of those injured by the bomber who also died in the process. While the state police command put the injured at six, the National Information Centre said 13. Before news of the incident which occurred at about 2.30pm on Wednesday, there were reports that   Boko Haram insurgents killed 13 people in a   mosque and market in Potiskum,   Yobe State. The fresh Kano bombing led to a stampede among members of staff of the institution and final year students who were going through a list of successful graduates mobilised for the Batch B of the National Youth Service Corps. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the suicide bomber was carrying an Improvised Explosive Device hidden under her dress. Security agents   cordoned off the scene of the incident as officers of the ...