Ebola Scare: Drama As Nurses, Doctors Flee Patient With Ebola Symptom At Orile -Agege General Hospital

There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Orile-Agege General Hospital, Agege area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when a patient presented with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, was brought to the hospital.

It was gathered that the patient, who was brought into the hospital in the morning, was bleeding all over his body and health workers such as nurses, doctors and other patients in the hospital fled from him.

It was gathered that the patient had come to the hospital last week complaining of fever, but that he later re-appeared on Tuesday with blood coming out from his body.

Ebola Scare! Patience Jonathan Joins New Vogue Of Greeting

The first lady today met with officials of Nigerian Oceanographic Institute for Marine and Research purposes in Poland where she had gone to commission a training ship and immediately adopted the new vogue of Ebola greeting, where you don’t shake hands but rub your own palms together as a form of greeting.

Brazilian Presidential Candidate Eduardo Campos Dies in Plane Crash

Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian Socialist Party candidate for president in October's elections, was killed Wednesday after the private jet in which he was traveling plowed into a residential district of the coastal city of Santos.

Officials said the plane's landing in Santos was aborted during poor weather and the pilot had been attempting to change course.

All seven people aboard the Cessna 560 XL died.

Obama: Too Early to Send Experimental Ebola Drug to Africa

Us President Barack Obama said it was too soon to send experimental drugs for the treatment of Ebola to West Africa, which has been hardest hit by the deadly outbreak.
Obama on Wednesday said affected countries should instead focus on building a "strong public infrastructure," adding: "I think we have to let the science guide us. And I don't think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful."
The decision to use an experimental drug to treat two Americans infected with Ebola, while nearly 1,000 Africans have already died from the deadly epidemic, has sparked controversy.

Spanish Priest with Ebola Dies in Madrid Hospital

A Spanish missionary priest being treated for Ebola died on Tuesday in a Madrid hospital amid a worldwide ethical debate over who should get an experimental Ebola drug. Spain's Health Ministry said Monday it had obtained a course of the US-made experimental Ebola drug ZMapp to treat Father Miguel Pajares, 75.Pajares died Tuesday at Carlos III Hospital, the hospital and his order said.

9ice Declares Political Ambition

Gongo Aso crooner, Abolore Akande, known as 9Ice who has somewhat disappeared from the music scene for a while has resurfaced, only this time as a political aspirant, of a yet-to-be declared political party not in the field of music.
The singer officially made public his intent to contest for the House of Representatives seat for Ogbomosho North/South/Orire Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the February general election of 2015.
9Ice is the latest entertainer to declare intent to run for elective office come 2015 general elections. Only last week, ace comedian, Julius Agwu rolled out his posters, declaring his ambition to be the next governor of rivers State. Others who have also caught the political bug include Jibola Dabor, Kate Henshaw, Desmond Elliot and a handful of others, warming up to do same.

Seven Bank Workers Empty ATM, Siphon off N2.5M Pension, Gratuity of a Sick Pensioner

Security forces have seven members of staff of a first-generation bank in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State for allegedly defrauding the bank and customers of N14 million.

According to reports from Daily Sun, the workers opened the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of the bank and made away with undisclosed amount and at the same time, engaged in illegal withdrawals from the accounts of unsuspecting customers.