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Thursday, 27 November 2014

Leaked Video Of Policemen Beating Up A Pregnant Woman






The Video taken by a witness during an arrest shows a Denver police officer punching a suspect in the face six times and then tripping the man’s girlfriend who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant, causing her to land on her belly and face.

The witness who took the video claims an officer then took the tablet he was using to record the arrest, deleted the video file, not realizing it had already been stored on the electronic cloud.

The limited-use video obtained by FOX 31 in Denver shows the suspect’s head bouncing off the pavement from the force of the punches.


Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Boko Haram: Nigerian Envoy Berates US Over ‘No Weapon Deal’






Prof. Ade Adefuye, Nigeria's Ambassador to the United State of America, has asked the US Council on Foreign Affairs to put pressure the government to have a rethink about its stand not to sell weapon to the Nigerian government.
Vanguard reports:

Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States of America, Prof. Ade Adefuye has chided the United States of America for refusing to sell weapons to Nigeria to effectively contain the Islamic insurgency in Northern Nigeria.

He said the war against the insurgency would have been won long ago, had the US agreed to sell weapons to Nigerian government.


Monday, 13 October 2014

Dallas Health worker contracts Ebola


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 Despite the death last Wednesday of the Liberian Eric Thomas Duncan, who was recorded as the first case of Ebola outside Africa, Texas has not yet finished with the deadly virus. Health authorities in the American state announced on Sunday the discovery of a new case.

This is a caregiver who was in contact with the Liberian while he was hospitalized at the Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Texas where he was received before dying. Although health officials say they are not surprised at this new case, and that measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the virus, it is clear that it could affect more people in the United States where officials continue to look for those who have been in contact with the first case came from Liberia.







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Thursday, 9 October 2014

US Ebola Patient, Thomas Duncan Dies







Thomas Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US has died .Texas Health Resources spokesman Wendell Watson said in a statement.

    "It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am," "We have offered the family our support and condolences at this difficult time."


Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Texas Ebola Patient's Family Don't Want To See, Says His Condition Is Too Disturbing To Watch


TEXAS HEALTH


DALLAS (AP) — The family of a man diagnosed with the first U.S. case of Ebola visited him at the hospital Tuesday but declined to view him again via video because the last time had been too upsetting.

Relatives of Thomas Eric Duncan are visiting from North Carolina and they glimpsed him using a camera system at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Monday. But when they returned anew, this time with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, they decided such images were too much.

"What we saw was very painful. It didn't look good," said Duncan's nephew, Josephus Weeks.

Weeks said he and Duncan's mother were unable to sleep after seeing Duncan's face.


Friday, 3 October 2014

America Quarantines 81 Ebola Suspects















 From Guinea, a country of 11 million people, the Ebola Virus Disease has spread to four other West African nations—Senegal, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leaone — killing more than 3,000 people in a matter of days. The latest destination for this near-genocide is Dallas, a small city in Texas, United States, where the first person diagnosed in the country has been quarantined alongside 80 other possible contacts.

The trip made by Thomas Eric Duncan, a former chauffeur, from Liberia to the United States on September 20 has now raised controversies on how far the virus can travel and may force countries to rethink the flight restriction policy against countries where the disease has been endemic.
Until September 17 when President Barrack Obama sent 3,000 troops to help with the transportation of medical equipments, the US been sitting on the sidelines.


Thursday, 2 October 2014

America Shuns Nigeria’s Crude Oil







The search for alternative energy by the Barack Obama administration in the United States of America (USA) has begun to take a toll on Nigeria’s crude oil export as the US for the first time failed to import a single barrel of crude oil from Nigeria.

This troubling scenario experienced in the month of July, according to industry watchers, may spell doom for the Nigerian economy. Obama’s vigorous search for alternative energy to drive the world’s largest economy poses grave dangers for Nigeria whose economy is highly dependent on revenue from oil.

Nigeria used to be the fifth largest exporter of crude oil to the US. While US crude imports rose by 569,000 barrels per day in July, imports of Nigerian crude fell to zero for the first time.

   

Sunday, 7 September 2014

SEASON OF EPIDEMICS!! Respiratory Virus Sickening Children In The US


PHOTO: A doctor examines a patient in the hospital in this undated file photo.




While West Africa battles Ebola and Dengue fever is raging Japan, at least 10 States of The United States of America is currently fighting a respiratory illness making chidren sick. ABC news reports


A respiratory illness sweeping through parts of the U.S. has landed in Colorado, sickening hundreds of children, according to local doctors.

The disease hasn't been officially identified but officials suspect a rare respiratory virus called human enterovirus 68. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is related to the rhinovirus, which causes the common cold.


Monday, 25 August 2014

US Government Donates Ebola Screening Equipment To Lagos Airport




This weekend, The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,  got additional Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) screening equipment from the United States Government to boost screening capacity at the airport. The equipment is worth 5,000 US Dollars, Vanguard reports.

Making the donation at the Conference Room of the airport, the US Consul-General in Nigeria, Jeffrey Hawkins expressed satisfaction with the timely response of the Nigerian Government to the contagious disease since its importation into the country by Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian a month ago.


Saturday, 23 August 2014

US Navy Discharges Black Sailor For Refusing To Cut Her Natural Hair






This week, the U.S Navy announced that it was discharging Jessica Sims, an Africa American woman who has been a sailor for 12-years, for “failing to obey an order to cut off her natural hairstyle.”

    The military has been under scrutiny for guidelines issued in March that critics believe were discriminatory toward African-American women. Those regulations “specifically forbid several hairstyles popular for black women who keep their hair natural, including twists, headbands, dreadlocks, or multiple braids that are larger than a quarter-inch.”

A former U.S. Army Major, sharply criticized the regulations, noting they targeted “natural styles African American service women have been wearing for years.”


Heartbreaking Email Sent By ISIS To Parents Of Murdered US Photographer, James Foley (READ)





After two years of trying to see their son who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012,the parents of murdered US photographer, James Foley,received 12 emails from ISIS and they threatened to kill him.
They say their only contact with him was when they were asked to send three questions to him

which he replied to assure them he was alive .The Islamists  then asked for $135million or the release of Islamic prisoners in the USA.
The US didn't respond. The US also tried to secretly free him but he had been moved.
On August 12,they sent their final email..

Below is their last email to his heartbroken parents as published by Global post, the organisation he was working for before his kidnap.



Wednesday, 20 August 2014

US GOVERNMENT COMMENDS NIGERIA'S MANAGEMENT OF EBOLA





The United States Government has said that it is pleased with the efforts of the Nigerian Government at containing the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.

The U.S. Consul-General, Mr Jefrey Hawkins, confirmed that alongside Nigeria and other international health professionals, eight highly trained experts on Ebola Virus Disease, from the US Centre for Disease Control have been involved in the containment of the disease in Nigeria.

“The CDC team as I mentioned, about eight people right now, they are all very firmly integrated into the emergency operation center and they’ve been able to provide expertise in a number of different areas across the spectrum from general response to outbreaks such as this one to port health security, protective personal equipment, taking leadership from the Nigerian side and figuring out what they need,” he said.


Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Afghan Soldier Guns Down US General In Kabul






An Afghan soldier shot dead a US general on Tuesday at an army training centre in Kabul — the highest-ranking American officer to be killed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The shooting, which left more than a dozen other soldiers including a senior German officer wounded, rocked the US-led project to train up the Afghan army as NATO combat forces withdraw after 13 years of fighting the Taliban.


The Afghan soldier was himself killed after he opened fire during a high-level visit by NATO officers to the Marshal Fahim National Defense University, a sprawling training complex on the outskirts of the capital.


Ebola: Donald Trump Wants US To Stop All Flights From West Africa To The US







The outspoken billionaire businessman, Donald Trump, took to Twitter to slam the US govt for allowing flights from West Africa where the Ebola virus is spreading. I dont blame the guy o!
This ebola does not`  respect money or power....
Or maybe some of you agree with Trump? See more tweets after the cut..



Tuesday, 5 August 2014

US Doctors Say ‘Secret Serum’ Helped Save Lives Of American Ebola Patients





The US may have found a cure to Ebola? And if they have, will they come help patients of this dreaded disease in Africa? The article below was written by Dr. Sanjay Gupta for CNN and they are saying an experimental drug called ZMapp likely saved the lives of 2 US missionary doctors (pictured above) who contracted the disease while working in Liberia...see report below from CNN..

    Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.

   

Monday, 4 August 2014

US Missionary With Ebola Leaving Liberia Tuesday

File photo




A second American missionary stricken with Ebola is expected to be flown Tuesday to the U.S. for treatment, following a colleague who was admitted over the weekend to Emory University Hospital's infectious disease unit.

A Liberian official confirmed to the Associated Press plans for Nancy Writebol to depart with a medical evacuation team. The official, Information Minister Lewis Brown, said the evacuation flight was scheduled to leave West Africa between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. local time Tuesday.

Writebol is in good spirits despite her diagnosis, said the pastor of her hometown church in Charlotte, North Carolina, who has spoken with her husband, David.



Sunday, 3 August 2014

American Ebola Patient Walks Into Atlanta Hospital, Wife Sees Him through Glass






The first American Ebola patient, Dr. Kent Brantly, has arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta where he will be treated in highly specialized units. And here's a video of the obviously weak doctor walking into the hospital (after the cut). Brantly's wife, parents and sister cried when they saw him on CNN, walking from the ambulance into the hospital, a family representative said on condition of anonymity. His wife, Amber, later said she was relieved that her husband was back in the United States.


Saturday, 2 August 2014

D’banj Goes To Washington! Singer To Meet Obama Officials, Members Of Congress, Others (DETAILS)

D'banj and Bono



D’banj, Femi Kuti and Yaya Toure will lead some of Africa’s biggest stars to Washington D.C. 4-7 August with The ONE Campaign to play an active role in shaping the conversation about the US-Africa relationship at the historic US-Africa Leaders Summit.

The list of the artists making the trip to the States are; A.Y. (Tanzania), Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe), D’Banj (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Femi Kuti (Nigeria), Judith Sephuma (South Africa), Omawumi (Nigeria), Victoria Kimani (Kenya) and Wax Dey (Cameroon).


Friday, 1 August 2014

PHOTOS: Home At Last For Meriam; Pregnant Woman Jailed In Sudan For Apostacy Arrives In The United States

Home: Meriam Ibrahim, (left and right with her back to the camera), and her husband Daniel Wani are greeted by family and friends shortly after arriving in Manchester, New Hampshire, Thursday, July 31, 2014 Happy: Meriam Ibrahim, with back to camera, from Sudan, is embraced by family and friends shortly after arriving in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, July 31, 2014


The woman who was jailed in Sudan for being a Christian finally arrived in the US tonight after her 10 month nightmare amid joyous scenes of jubilation.
Meriam Ibrahim smiled and hugged her supporters as she landed in Manchester, New Hampshire and told a friend: 'Don't cry, I'm here now'.

Friend Maria Ajang said: 'She was so happy. She said: 'I'm so happy to see you guys here'.
'I was crying and she told me don't cry, I'm here'.
Her husband Daniel Wani sobbed uncontrollably and said: 'It's good to be home.
'There's a sense of relief.
'I want to thank everyone who helped get us home'.


Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Nigerian Lawyer Suspended For Accusing U.S Judges Of Corruption


 For several months, a Nigerian lawyer in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Mr Lanre Amu, tried to get the attention of the American media but no one was willing to tell his story or help him get his law licence back.

Amu moved to the U.S in 1982 with the hope of living the American dream. At the beginning, he enjoyed this dream, earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering with distinction. He worked as an engineer in Illinois.

Later, he attended the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and became a popular lawyer, representing minority immigrants, especially those not educated in America. After 16 years of practice, his American dream became a nightmare in August 2013. Amu got a phone call that his licence had been suspended for three years until an order of the court.


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