An old man died in Arik flight to JFK, but Not EBOLA

A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight after a fit of vomiting — and CDC officials conducted a “cursory” exam before announcing there was no Ebola and turning the corpse over to Port Authority cops to remove, Rep. Peter King said on Thursday.

  The congressman was so alarmed by the incident and by what he and employees see as troubling Ebola vulnerabilities at JFK — that he fired off a letter to the federal Department of Homeland Security demanding more training and tougher protocols for handling possible cases there.

The unnamed, 63-year-old passenger had boarded an Arik Air plane out of Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday night, a federal law enforcement source said.

During the flight, the man had been vomiting in his seat, the source said. Some time before the plane landed, he passed away. Flight crew contacted the CDC, federal customs officials and Port Authority police, who all boarded the plane at around 6 a.m. as about 145 worried passengers remained on board, the source said.

“The door [to the terminal] was left open, which a lot of the first responders found alarming,” said the source.

“My understanding was that the passenger was vomiting in the seat,” King (R-LI) said.

“The CDC went on the plane, examined the dead body and said the person did not have Ebola,” King said.

“It was what I was told a cursory examination. The Port Authority cops and personnel from Customs and Border Protection were there, and they were told there was no danger because the person did not have Ebola,” King said.

“But their concern was, how could you tell so quickly? And what adds to the concern is how wrong the CDC has been over the past few weeks.

Brothers for Live?Oregon Man Keeps Childhood Promise, Splits $1 Million Powerball With Brother

Eric Hale is a really good big brother. His brother, Quinn Hale, would probably agree, since Eric won $1 million in the Oregon Lottery and split the prize with him, just like he promised he would when they were children.

Eric, of Bend, Oregon, said he likes to “dream big.

“When I was a kid, I promised my brother that if I ever won the lottery, I would split it with him. He was my first call when I realized I won,” he said in a statement issued by the lottery.

When he called his brother to tell him the good news, Quinn, of Yakima, Washington, was in disbelief.

“I still am in shock even though we have the checks,” the younger brother said. “This is beyond cool. I never believed he would actually do it.”

The brothers beamed as they held on to the prize check they collected on Oct. 9 at Oregon Lottery headquarters in Salem.

According to the lottery, Eric’s winning ticket was from a Powerball drawing on Sept. 24. The top prize was $228 million, and, playing the same numbers as he has for the past 20 years, the older Hale bought a ticket that had five jackpot numbers but not the Powerball number.

Eric said he waited to claim his prize so he could consult with a financial adviser, according to the lottery. Each brother will take home about $335,000 after taxes, the lottery added.

According to the Bend Bulletin, Eric, 45, will use some of his winnings to get his master’s degree in clinical counseling. He'll also invest and go on a trip to China. Quinn, 43, will pay off student loans from his doctoral studies and pay down on a motor home.

Eric acknowledged he could have made good use of the $1 million.

“Sure, I could have headed for Costa Rica, but I kept my promise,” he said, according to the lottery.

Gov. Fashola ‘Groomed’ Olashupo Shasore To Succeed Him

Many Lagosians have been asking the question: who did Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) groom to succeed him as governor of Lagos state?

The Cable can now unveil the man: he is Olasupo Shasore, former commissioner for justice and attorney-general of the state. The question of Fashola’s succession plan has been on the lips of many Nigerians who fear that his legacy could fall apart when he leaves office next year.

Little was known about his mentorship of Shasore who, according to Alausa insiders, was a very important figure in the Fashola government from 2007 to 2011. Fashola and Shasore have been seen at public functions together lately But the 2015 political calculations have placed Fashola’s long-term plan in the balance, with the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, preferring Akinwunmi Ambode as his man for governorship.

Ambode, who has already declared his interest in the race, was accountant-general of Lagos and permanent secretary in the ministry of finance when Tinubu was governor. While Tinubu unexpectedly picked Fashola as his successor in 2007, the consolation then was that Fashola was Tinubu’s chief of staff and had been secretly groomed for governorship.

 However, Ambode has never been part of Fashola’s government and there are fears he could be starting from the scratch if he becomes governor. Shasore has been saddled with providing homes for Lagosians through HOMS Shasore, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) like Fashola, was one of the only two commissioners personally picked by the governor in his first cabinet in 2007.

After playing a key role in the government, especially in legal reforms, Shasore left the cabinet in 2011 in a strategic move by Fashola to get him ready for the job in 2015, sources in the know told TheCable. In the meantime, Shasore has been saddled with the responsibility of delivering home ownership to Lagosians as chairman of the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (Lagos HOMS) committee as part of Fashola’s plan to get the Lagos Island-born lawyer to familiarise himself with the key constituencies in the state.

He also promoted Shasore into national politics, nominating him to the National Conference which was held in Abuja this year. Fashola at the coronation of Oba Hamzat, the father of his Plan B, as Olu of Afowora, Ogun state Fashola also prepared a Plan B: Femi Hamzat, his commissioner of works and infrastructure. Hamzat has been a member of Fashola’s cabinet since 2005, first serving as commissioner for science and technology before moving to works in 2011.

Having been a key member of Fashola’s cabinet, Hamzat has also understudied the governor for the past four years and was said to be preparing to run, but two obstacles stood his way. With Lagosians clamouring for an indigene and the Christian community agitating for one of their own, Hamzat’s ambition has been tempered by political realities.

His father, Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat, was recently made Olu of Afowowa, Ogun state, inevitably revealing his roots and exposing him to a potentially politically damaging campaign that could give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) an advantage in the governorship race. Ironically, though, Oba Hamzat played politics in Lagos all his life, serving as a member of the state house of assembly and commissioner for transport in the 1970s.

Ambode, Tinubu’s choice Shasore is from Lagos Island, but Ambode has had to battle allegations that he is lying about his Ilaje roots in Ondo state. The attempt to balance religion may also work against Hamzat, following agitations that a Christian should be governor for the first since the fourth republic birthed in 1999. Shasore and Ambode are Christians, and the PDP is waiting in the wings to field a Christian ─ with Jimi Agbaje’s name ranking high on the list ─ in the event that religion becomes a major issue as the primaries draw close.

Fashola, it would appear, has chosen to defer to Tinubu, who against expectations made him the governorship candidate of the Action Congress (now APC) in 2007. Shasore, first left, at another public outing with Fashola Shasore was born in Lagos Island, Lagos, 50 years ago to Taoheed Shasore, a diplomat, and Bilkis Oladoyinbo Adufe, a civil servant and businesswoman.

He attended Christ Church Cathedral Primary School, Federal Government College, and Igbobi College, Yaba ─ all in Lagos. He earned a bachelor of law from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, in 1986 and a master of law from the University of Lagos in 1990. Although eloquent, Shasore has hardly been making public statements or organising political meetings despite the season.

 

Nobel Prize In Physics Awarded To Scientists Who Invented Blue LED

A trio of scientists from the US and Japan won the Nobel Prize in physics today for inventing something that you’ll most likely find in your pocket or on your desk—the world’s first blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Aside from popping up in our electronic gadgets, these LEDs are helping change the way we light up our world, facilitating the development of environmentally friendly, energy-efficient light sources that offer a dramatic improvement from the incandescent bulbs pioneered at the beginning of the 20^th century.
The three scientists are 85-year-old Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University, 54-year-old Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, and 60-year-old Shuki Nakahmura, a Japanese-born professor currently at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The groundbreaking inventions were made in the early 1990s, achieving what scientists had been doggedly attempting for three decades without success. While red and green LEDs had been around for some time, the elusive blue LED represented a long-standing challenge for researchers in both academia and industry. Without this critical last piece, scientists were unable to produce white light from LEDs, as all three colors needed to be mixed together for this to happen.
Akasaki and Amano were working together at Nagoya University in the 1980s when they started to make crucial developments in the production of semiconductor materials necessary for the blue diode. The duo then produced their first blue LED in 1992. Meanwhile, Nakamura had been working independently on his own diode at Nichia Chemicals since 1988. He too developed a way to generate an appropriate semiconductor, but his led to a cheaper and simpler technique than before.
The white LED lamps that resulted from this invention emit very bright white light and are superior in terms of energy efficiency and lifespan when compared with incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. LEDs can last some 100,000 hours, whereas incandescent bulbs only last around 1,000. Their longevity helps reduce materials consumption, and their efficiency will hopefully help reduce carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
“With 20% of the world’s electricity used for lighting, it’s been calculated that optimal use of LED lighting could reduce this to 4%,” said Dr. Frances Saunders, the president of the Institute of Physics. “This is physics research that is having a direct impact on the grandest of scales, helping protect our environment, as well as turning up in our everyday electronic gadgets.”
What’s more, these LED lamps have the potential to improve the quality of life for more than 1.5 billion people in the world that do not have access to electricity grids. Since they require very little energy input, they can run on cheap local solar powe

BAD PEOPLE LET GOOGLE DELETE LINDA IKEJI BLOG. SO SAD.

Things took an interesting twist when the gossip blogger released personal information about the man who she believed was witch hunting her. She wrote a post dedicated to that, shunning him as someone who was against her progress.

So sad. After several attempt by her enemies especially the hacker called Mr Aydee, they’ve finally succeeded in getting Google to remove the site after they lodged a campaign of copyright infringement against her.

 This must be a big blow to the multimillionaire blogger who is Africa’s number one. She is expected to release a statement on this.

On Tuesday, Ms. Ikeji said the site came under attack by her competitors driven by envy over her success.
The claims followed allegations of plagiarism by the publisher of another blog, 15Past8, known by the name Aye Dee. Details of the controversial work are not clear.
But on Tuesday, Ms. Ikeji dismissed the allegation in an article, saying she cited sources in all published materials.
Ms. Ikeji said Mr. Dee and other tech-savvy publishers were out to have her website suspended by Google, angered by her success and her recent acquisition of a N24million SUV.
Ms. Ikeji did not respond to our inquiries Wednesday.
She however told her readers via her twitter handle @lindaikeji: “Linda Ikeji Blog will be back in a bit…biko bear with me…:-)”.
Google could not be immediately reached also. An official who responded to our call denied knowledge of the suspension of the website.

This is was she had to say on twitter

Earlier in the day she told her readers that she’s been trying to get a domain name but the internet squatters have hijacked most of the likely name she cud use.

  

That’s a multimillionaire business Google has just shut down! Couldn’t they have verified all this allegations against her and know that it’s the handiwork of hackers and haters!

As at when we visited her site earlier, we saw the screen below

Le blog a été supprimé

Nous sommes désolés, le blog à l’adresse lindaikeji.blogspot.com a été supprimé. Cette adresse n’est pas disponible pour de nouveaux blogs.

Pensiez-vous voir votre blog ici ? Consultez l'article Mon blog n'apparaît pas sur le Web, où puis-je le trouver ? dans l'aide de Blogger.

#Hope to see back soonest.#

Wenger, Mourinho play down incident

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho both made light of their spat on the sideline after the Arsenal manager pushed his Chelsea counterpart during Sunday’s London derby in the Premier League, AFP reports.

An angry Wenger gave Mourinho a push in the chest when the two fronted up to each other during the first half after Wenger ventured into the Chelsea technical area following a hard foul on his star player Alexis Sanchez.

The two managers have a history of trading verbal barbs, but this was the first time it turned physical during a game. Chelsea won 2-0 to consolidate its lead in the standings.

Wenger described the push as just “a little one” after the game and said “what is to regret after that?”

“I wanted to go from A to B and somebody confronted me in between without any sign of welcome,” Wenger said. “B was Sanchez, to see how badly he was injured.”

Mourinho said everyone should just “forget” the incident.

“It becomes heated because this is a big game, big clubs, big rivals, (an) important match for both teams. These conditions make a game of emotions,” Mourinho said. “To be fair, I do so many wrong things in football … but not this time, because this time I was just in my technical area and it was not my problem. Game over. Story over.”

Wenger could face disciplinary action from the English Football Association, and was prepared for criticism in the media.

“Look I trust you that you (journalists) will teach me the entire moral lessons over the next three weeks,” he said. “And I can accept that.”

Monaco chief hints at Rooney move

Monaco’s vice president Vadim Vasilyev has hinted that the Ligue 1 club are keen on a move for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Former Ebola Patient Dr. Rick Sacra Hospitalized

Dr. Rick Sacra, a family physician from Massachusetts who survived Ebola, was readmitted to a hospital today with what doctors said appears to be an upper respiratory infection.

UMass Memorial Medical Center physicians said they believe it is likely Sacra is not suffering a relapse of Ebola, but in the interest of safety they are isolating him until they have confirmation.

Sacra, 51, underwent treatment at the Nebraska Medical Center after contracting the deadly virus while treating patients in Liberia. He was released on Sept. 26.

"Even though the likelihood of Dr. Sacra having a relapse of Ebola is extremely low, doctors will run tests to be 100 percent sure,” Dr. Phil Smith, who treated Sacra in Nebraska, told ABC News affiliate WCVB in Boston. "The symptoms he has are indicative of a respiratory illness and are not those of someone suffering from Ebola."

Doctors at UMass Medical Center also believe he is suffering from an upper respiratory infection and not a relapse of Ebola, but they have placed him in isolation, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, until they get test results back from the CDC, hospital officials said.

"Dr. Sacra is in stable condition and being monitored carefully. We're waiting for final test results from the CDC which we expect to receive late Monday," said Dr. Robert Finberg, MD, professor and chair of medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, an infectious disease expert leading Dr. Sacra's team of doctors.

"We are isolating Dr. Sacra to be cautious pending final confirmation of his illness," Finberg said. "We think it is highly unlikely that he has Ebola. We suspect he has an upper respiratory tract infection, with symptoms of cough and conjunctivitis."

Sacra was the third of four American health workers who have been brought to the U.S. after being infected with Ebola, since the outbreak started in West Africa in March.

Jaywon, Lord of Ajasa and others Politically Campaign for 9ICE in Ogbomoso

Adegbola Abolore ‘9ICE’ Akande takes lots of entertainers to campaign for House of Representatives Ogbomosho South/North and Orire Constituency Federal  1 2015.

Oluwajuwon ‘Jaywon’ Iledare, OluSegun ‘Lord of Ajasa’ Osaniyi , Olalekan Tunde ‘LKT’ Olayade  were the cynosure of all eyes at the just concluded Ladoke Akintola University Students’ Union Week in Ogbomosho Friday 2nd October 2015.

The event which took place at Lautech main campus, Ogbomosho saw J L Wise Music and Alapomeji Records newly signed artistes Outrageous Damilare Abdulganiu and Tunde Fasasi opening the show. They dazzled the crowd with their unique song, ‘I beg Sir’. Crowd kept asking for more before they left the stage.

Easy Plus Ezekiel Omowunmi Funsho mounted the stage with his current song, ‘Bariga Layewa’  and Area.  

L K T stormed the stage with his popular song, Follow Follow. His brilliance performances followed by Ejo and Buga his newly released song.   

This Year crooner, Jaywon who was later introduced showed great dexterity on stage with his song. He dazzled with Gbon Gbbon Gbon,and  Madantin respectively.

Lefenu so exponent, Lord of Ajasa firstly announced that all the crowd should bring out 9ice posters for House of Representatives if truly they supported him. The crowd responded positively.  He later performed his hit song, Lefeno so which he featured 9ice years back.

More so, the President of Students’ Union Government Lautech, Areo Ajibola Oyegoke, he said that this is the time a youthful person will come out to contest for an elective position in Ogbomosho. And we have to show our support in order to protect our future in the House of Representatives 2015.

“Ogbomosho youths alongside Lautech SUG are in support for Adegbola Akande ‘9ICE’ Abolore to contest for House of Representatives in 2015. This is the period a youthful person will contest for House of Representatives in Ogbomosho. That is why we are supporting him. We want to encourage other youthful people in Ogbomosho to contest for elective positions in order to represent and protect the youths of this town. We are tired of endless promises from politicians who don’t recognize the youths of Ogbomosho talk less of carrying us along in their policies.  Our future is now but nottomorrow. We believe in 9ice for the fact that he has us in his programmes. And we are ready to support him totally”, the President of SUG Lautech , Areo Ajibola Oyegoke said while addressing the youths alongside press men in Ogbomosho.      

Ogbomosho Youths Leader, Mr. Fagbemi Abiola added that we are behind 9ice because he has shown us that he has the charisma to lead the youths of Ogbomosho to the promise land in the future.  

9ice later mounted the stage to address Ogbomosho Youths and Lautech students that their destiny is their hands.

“Our future is now. There must be a change. And the change is the youths of Lautech and Ogbomosho. We have programmes to build hostels, transportation system for students, youths empowerment and others.  We need to open our eyes”, he said while addressing the youths.

John Baldwin, Arkansas Man, Fired 19 Rounds At Jehovah's Witnesses, Police Say

John Baldwin, 35

It was a miracle no one was injured.

After telling a group of three Jehovah's Witnesses to get lost, Centeron, Ark., resident John Baldwin, 35, fired about 19 shots at the group as they were leaving, police said.

Everything was OK when the Jehovah's Witnesses first arrived at Baldwin's home on Saturday, according to local NBC affiliate KNWA-TV. But when Baldwin learned the men were Jehovah's Witnesses, he allegedly told them to "get the [expletive] off my property" and said "Get me my 9" as the men were getting into their car, CBS affiliate KFSM-TV reports.

Police said they found 13 shell casings and a Springfield XDM-9mm handgun in front of Baldwin's house, according to KFSM-TV. Baldwin was arrested and released on $50,000 bond. He will be charged with felony aggravated assault, the station notes.

Baldwin could be slammed with a $10,000 fine and jailed for six years.

Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian denomination with about 7.5 million members worldwide. They publish Bibles and Bible literature in nearly 600 languages, and go door to door to spread the good news about God's and Jesus Christ , who they believe is the son of God and not part of the Trinity.

Clarification: A previous version of this article said the Jehovah's Witnesses had around 19 million members. In fact, about 19 million people attend their meetings and congregations, but the organization has about 7.5 million official members.

32 killed, 50 injured in stampede during Dussehra celebrations in Patna's Gandhi Maidan

STAMPEDE AT PATNA GANDHI STADIUM

PATNA: 32 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a stampede near Gandhi Maidan on Friday evening after the Ravan vadh programme which was a part of Dussehra celebrations.

Slippers and shoes seen strewn on a 500 metre stretch as people tried to flee .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Bihar chief minister to inquire about the stampede. He sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each for the next of those killed.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressed "shock and grief" over the deaths and injuries in a stampede in Patna.

"Dismayed at the unfortunate incident, Gandhi expressed the hope that the injured are being adequately attended to and conveyed her condolences to the families of those who passed away," a Congress statement said.





idPatna DM Manish Verma confirmed the casualties and said over 15 injured people were being treated at Patna Medical College Hospital.
The stampede took place around 6.30pm when a big crowd began leaving the maidan. The incident happened near the Ram Goolam Chowk near the Exhibition Road turning. Some eyewitnesses were heard saying that a rumour spread about a naked livewire that was lying on the road which created panic among the people who started running helter-skelter. Most of the deaths occurred after people fell on the road and were crushed. There was very little light at the place where the stampede occurred.
Two years ago, many lives were lost during a stampede on one of the lanes leading to to the river Ganga during Chhath festival in Patna.
Meanwhile, the Bihar government has ordered an inquiry by the home secretary and ADG of police (headquarters) and announced ex gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the kin of each victim
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Bihar chief minister to inquire about the stampede. He sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each for the next of those killed.Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressed "shock and grief" over the deaths and injuries in a stampede in Patna.

\"Dismayed at the unfortunate incident, Gandhi expressed the hope that the injured are being adequately attended to and conveyed her condolences to the families of those who passed away," a Congress statement said.

Nollywood actors and actress Join Desmond Elliot in Campaign.

NOTABLE ACTORS, ODUNLADE ADEKOLA AND BIMBO THOMAS WHO WHERE THERE HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIM. 

Ace actor turned politician, Desmond Olusola Elliott, who declared his ambition to be a lawmaker under the banner of the All Progressive Congress, APC, few days ago, was recently in Surulere where he had a dialogue session with the people of Surulere Constituency 1.

 

 

‘He is that change that we need for a greater tomorrow,’ Odunlade said.

“Desmond Olusola Elliott has been an inspiration to me and to most of us in the industry. He has pulled a lot of us up the ladder and he is still pulling up more. He will carry burdens as if they are his own” – Bimbo Thomas also affirms.

The Nollywood actor and director has indicated that his policies will be targeted at the vulnerable women and youths in the society if elected into the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015

The indigene of Lagos state, born to a Yoruba father and an Igbo mother,  is a 2003 Economics graduate of the Lagos State University and he is married with four children.

Desmond Elliott is a Nigerian actor and director, who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap operas. He won best supporting actor in a drama at the 2nd Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards and was nominated for best supporting actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Messi to face trial over tax evasion claim

Spanish courts have ruled there is sufficient evidence to suggest the Argentine was aware of his agent and father's "designs to commit fraud"

Lionel Messi is to go on trial on a charge of tax evasion after a magistrate on Friday dismissed his appeal against being named in the case.

The Barcelona superstar had claimed he was not aware of the financial dealings of his father and agent Jorge, with the pair accused of defrauding the tax authorities of €4.1 million between 2006 and 2009.

It is alleged that Messi's image rights were sold by Jorge - who assumed full responsibility when the case began - using companies in countries like Belize and Uruguay to avoid Spanish tax obligations.

Messi has protested his innocence throughout and insisted he is not guilty of any wrongdoing.

However, the judge at the court in Gava, a seaside resort near Barcelona where Messi has a house, ruled today "in this type of crime, it is not necessary for someone to have complete knowledge of all the accounting and business operations nor the exact quantity, rather it is sufficient to be aware of the designs to commit fraud and consent to them”.

The player and his father Jorge Messi paid just over €5m - the alleged unpaid tax plus interest - to authorities last year as a corrective payment and it had looked as if the case would be closed but the state has opted to pursue the pair.

The judge also rejected Messi's request to have Alfonso Nebot, lawyer Angel Juarez and Barcelona's director of marketing and commercial activities, Raul Sanllehí, called as witnesses. The judge ruled that their testimony would not "be pertinent".

Freelance journalist working for NBC news becomes fourth American known to test positive for Ebola virus.

Ashoka Mukpo, a 33-year-old cameraman and writer, is expected to be transported to the U.S. immediately for treatment at a medical center that is equipped to handle Ebola patients.

He started showing symptoms of the infection, including fever and aches, the next day he was employed by NBC News. After feeling sick Ashoka isolated himself and asked for medical advice. The Doctors Without Borders test center in the capital of Liberia, Monrovia, where the man went, confirmed he had the deadly Ebola virus disease. 

The infected man has been working in Liberia for the previous three years. He has been writing about the recent Ebola outbreak for various American media.

The rest of the NBC news team will be evacuated to the United States of America on a private charter flight. They will be put under quarantine for 21 days. 

Previously infected citizens of America included two aid workers – Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol – and Dr. Rick Sacra, who was working in a local hospital in Liberia. They were separately flown back to the US for treatment and they are all recovering.

The Ebola virus outbreak has already killed more than 3,000 people in five West African countries this year while over 5,800 people have been infected.

First Nigerian Ebola patient was confirmed on July, 20. He was a Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, who landed in Lagos airport from Liberia on his way to Calabar. The health workers who treated him were infected and the country qualified a total of 19 cases and 7 deaths.