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The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of primary and secondary schools across the country to October 22nd, it has been announced. Primary and Secondary schools were supposed to resume on September 22nd but about two weeks, FG postponed it indefinitely to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease. They announced today that schools can resume October 13th. The Federal Government also stopped all summer schools.

54 year old Valdelucio Goncalves (pictured above) was found alive inside a body bag after doctors declared him dead. His grieving younger brother got the shock of his life after he found Valdelucio 'wriggling around' inside a zipped-up body bag in a morgue in Brazil. Doctors claimed the man had suffered "respiratory and multiple organ failure" and declared him dead a few hours after his family took him to the hospital on Saturday August 23rd. His family then took what they believed was his corpse to the morgue inside the Menandro de Farias General Hospital in Salvador, northeast Brazil. The next morning Val's brother Walterio was allowed into the morgue to dress his body ready for his funeral later in the day, only to get the shock of his life. Continue... As Val's brother approached the body bag, which had been laid on a table top all night, he saw it moving. Walterio told Brazil's G1 website "We had already made all the arrangements for...

Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said today that Nigeria has been able to reduce the number of Ebola cases to just one. At a press briefing held today August 26th in Abuja, Prof. Onyebuchi said only one patient out of the 13 confirmed cases in Nigeria is still at the Isolation center. He said five of those infected died while seven have successfully recovered and have been discharged. He also said two of the nurses who attended to Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant hospital were discharged yesterday. Find the minister's statement below "Of these thirteen, five, including the index case unfortunately did not survive the disease and are now late. However, seven of the infected persons were successfully managed at the Isolation ward in Lagos and have been discharged home. "Two of treated patients, a male doctor and a female nurse were discharged yesterday evening, 25th August, 2014 having satisfied the criteria for discharge. "I wish to r...

A UN cargo MI-8 helicopter with three crew members crashed today August 26th in Bentiu, a conflct zone in rural South Sudan. Local Sudanese officials say the helicopter was shot down by rebels. All three crew members were killed in the crash.  "The government of South Sudan is profoundly disturbed by the loss of three UNMISS members who dedicated their lives to the service of humanity," a Sudanese local govt official said. 

A night full of laughs, tears, and jabs! The 2014 Emmy Awards, held at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre and hosted by Seth Meyers, were full of one-liners, funny acceptance speech interruptions, a somewhat random performance by Weird Al Yankovic, and an emotional tribute to the late Robin Williams. Not to mention, Hayden Panettiere revealed she’s having a girl! 1. Billy Crystal Pays Tribute to Robin Williams, Recalls Comedian's "Brilliance," "Relentless Energy" in Emotional Speech Hollywood paid tribute to the late Robin Williams, as well as Elaine Stritch, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Walker, Shirley Temple, and more who've died since the 2013 Emmys, with a poignant in memoriam segment toward the end of the show. After a short montage of photos, Billy Crystal emerged out of the dark to speak about his dear friend Williams, who passed on Aug. 11. "He made us laugh, big time...The brilliance was astounding. The relentless energy was thrilling,” Crystal ...

A 54-year-old, Indian mother of one has massacred a leopard using only her farming tools after it attacked her on her way home from farm. Daily Uk Mail reports that Kamla Devi was attacked by the said leopard on her way home from the fields, but instead of feeling helpless, she fought back fiercely using a sickle and a small spade to fight back. The face-off between the woman and the leopard took about 60mins, with the leopard giving her deep body cuts and three fractures, making her to lose significant amounts of blood by the time before she got help. However the dead animal was found near Ms Devi’s village, Koti Bodna, in Rudarprayag, although it was later made known that it fled when it noticed that after fighting the helpless woman, it could not overpower her. However, a wildlife expert Lakhpat Rawat was amazed at the bravery of the 54 year old woman and also the minutes involve in the tussle between the woman and the animal. The leopard said: “A leopard will back o...

The very popular clergyman, through one of his spokespersons who pleaded anonymity said such a report against the man of God was unfounded and baseless without any iota of truth in it. “It’s nothing but blatant lie and falsehood,” The spokesperson said. Also speaking on the matter, a spokesperson for the airliners, Mrs. Salma said there was no such information as Airline Alert against Bishop David Oyedepo. Another source who spoke to Encomium on condition of anonymity equally said it was the handiwork of mischievous people. The source said: “Did you notice the false document was not even signed?” A report had surfaced online about a week ago that Oyedepo who reportedly holds a ‘C’ Visa that grants him access to the UK for duration of ten years was stopped from travelling on Saturday, 9 August, 2014, following a directive from “Airline Alert”. Bishop Oyedepo, popularly known as Papa by his followers has been hailed as the wealthiest preacher in Nigeria with a total n...

According to a BBC Africa report, Liberia's President, Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson has sacked some of her ministers and top government officials who traveled out of the country for other engagements as they battle the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

The Adadevoh family has denied  reports  that the younger sister of late Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh (pictured above) who died of the Ebola virus, has tested positive to Ebola and has been hospitalized. Despite sources insisting that Amy Ngozi Adadevoh tested positive and has been moved to the isolation treatment centre in Lagos, the family says this is not true. This information is 100% incorrect. As I am sure you are aware, positive Ebola cases are announced by the Minister of Health. You can check with the official list from the Health Ministry. Amy got a clean bill of health yesterday after her EVD test result came back negative. She left the hospital much earlier in the day and is now home thanking God. The Adadevoh family is well known and very popular and this misinformation is causing a lot of extra grief." 

A Night of Tribute took place yesterday evening at the International Conference Center Abuja in honor of Prof Dora Akunyili who died on June 7th in India after a battle with cancer. Dignitaries included former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Former Education Minister Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Onyeka Onwenu, Minister of Power Chukwu Nebo, Senator Chris Ngige amongst others. Pres. Jonathan will lead other men and women today to Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Garki, Abuja, for a Requiem Mass in honour of late Akunyili. She will be buried at her husband's home in Agulu Anambra state on Thursday August 28th.

The Enugu State House of Assembly has removed the state’s Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, from office. The Assembly voted Tuesday morning to sack Mr. Onyebuchi from office. Details of the impeachment session is still sketchy, but the deputy governor’s removal is believed to have been masterminded by Governor Sullivan Chime. The Assembly accused Mr. Onyebuchi  of operating a commercial poultry at his official residence and of disobeying Governor  Chime, charges that, under the law, do no qualify as impeachment offences. The impeached deputy governor had told the impeachment panel set up by the state’s chief judge that Mr. Chime also operated piggery farms at the Government House. Giving evidence before the panel last Wednesday, Mr. Onyebuchi said the governor’s poultry was hurriedly evacuated shortly after the panel commenced sitting.  Mr. Onyebuchi revealed that the state government had budgeted for the maintenance of the poultry since 2011. The em...

Pastor Lesego Daniel of the Rabboni Centre Ministries, South Africa made headlines early this year when he made his church members eat grass (See that  here ), claiming that eating grass will bring them closer to God. The backlash he got from that stunt obviously didn't affect him because he's still treating his members like animals. He's pictured above stepping on his obedient members during a deliverance service recently. Am asking what will make a so called man of God to subject his members to this kind of act. So many people have been brain washed by their spiritual leaders.

On Sunday I told you guys about the young house help whose madam forced her to sit on a burning electric cooker because she allegedly wet the bed? (see that  HERE ). Well, here's an update on the case. The woman's name is Roseline Uzoamaka and she has been arrested. She was arrested on Sunday night by the police at Kubwa police station who then transferred the case to the Dutsen Alhaji Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja. The girl is 14 years old according to sources and her name is Sarah. She's currently recuperating at the hospital. Quite a lot of NGOs have gotten involved and one in particular is planning to take Mrs Uzoamaka to court for child brutality. Sarah is said to be related to the woman's husband and was brought to Abuja to help the family domestically.

What a smooch! Julia, 53, was grabbed and kissed like nobody’s business by Bryan Cranston when she went up to accept her Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the Emmy Awards. Her third consecutive Emmy win was nothing compared to the reunion that Dr. Tim Whatley and Elaine Benes just had at the foot of the Emmys stage! “I’m a mess, I’m a wreck, I don’t have anything prepared,” she stammered when she finally got to the stage to nab her prize. Maybe she was just out of breath from sucking face with her pal Bryan. We really think that she is an amazing actress and that her win was well-deserved even if the kiss was a bit over the top. Watch the shocking video below.

The Boko Haram terrorist movement released a latest video to update Nigeria on their current status. In it they claimed the formation of a nonsensical caliphate, plagiarizing from the concurrently running operations of fellow loony ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria. In the 40 minute video released by the usual publicists, only one important message and piece of information was of note: Boko Haram is scared of the Civilian-JTF. The man who spoke in the video, claiming to be Abubakar Shekau – the serially replaced leader figure – sounded several “warnings” to the Civilian-JTF, literally begging them (us as I feel a part of their association with their permission) to leave the terrorists alone. “Shekau” severally threatened to kill us for slaughtering his men in hundreds. He even went as far as describing the process in which the Civilian-JTF professionally screens which of his members to kill. Shekau said: “you ask of them which of them have blood on their hands; which of them ...

Fresh hope appears in the horizon for Ebola   patients as Japan on Monday expressed its readiness to provide its anti-influenza drug as treatment for the deadly virus. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, made the offer hours after a group of scientist in the United Kingdom said it had discovered that the largest outbreak of the   Ebola Virus Disease was caused by an infected fruit bat that bit a toddler. Briefing   journalists in Tokyo on Monday, Suga said Japan   was ready to offer the drug, Favipiravir, which was developed by Toyama Chemical, a subsidiary of Fujifilm, any time   the World Health Organisation requested it. Approved by the Japanese health ministry in March, Favipiravir is a tablet developed   for the treatment of novel and re-emerging influenza viruses. Suga, according to the Agence France Presse,  said Japan was waiting for WHO’s decision on further details over the use of untested drugs. He however said ...

ABEOKUTA— A middle-aged man, Samsideen Akinwunmi, has reportedly committed suicide in Abeokuta after being duped by his concubine. Akinwunmi, a carpenter, was said to have been found dead after allegedly hanging himself on a ceiling fan in his room located at Aboaba Street, Itori-Odo, Abeokuta. A source told Vanguard that the incident occurred on Saturday. The source further said that he saw Akinwunmi at about 2:45 pm on Saturday when he sent all his children on errand before killing himself. According to the source, the deceased left a suicide note which explained why he killed himself. “He indicated that his estranged lover had duped him of millions of Naira and that he had to kill himself. Reacting to the incident, a community leader and Alapinni of Egbaland, Chief Omolaso Ojedele, saidit was a tragedy. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, could not be reached for reaction. It was, however, gathered that the Police had taken the ...

TRU-D SmartUVC ultraviolet disinfection device on display 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 p...

National Industrial Court, NIC, yesterday in Lagos, restrained the Federal Government through the Chief Medical Directors of 37 medical institutions across the country from terminating the appointment of the resident doctors. President of the court, Justice Babatunde Adejumon, gave the order, while ruling on a Motion on Notice filed by the Registered Trustee of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, against the Attorney General of the Federation, the Minister of Health and 37 Chief Medical Directors of University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres across the country. Joined as respondents in the suit, are the Chief Medical Directors of Aminu Kanu Teaching Hospital, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos State Teaching Hospital, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital, University College Hospital, Ibadan, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Calabar Teaching Hospital, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri Teach...