Baloogg's Blog : 2015-08-02

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Ebola Survivors Face Lingering Pain, Fatigue and Depression

The Ebola outbreak that started more than a year ago seems to be waning at last. But now, West Africa faces another difficulty: More than 13,000 people survived the virus, and many have lingering health problems, psychological troubles like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and worries about returning to work to feed themselves and what is left of their families.

In Oregon, United States of America (USA), a father proposed and married his 5-year old daughter on Friday, July 31, because he realized she would not live long to fulfill that dream.

Daughter, Lila May Schow was reported to have been battling stage 4 of “neuroblastma” cancer for three years. Neuroblastma cancer, described to be a form of childhood cancer that attacks the nervous system.

Five Rwandan soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic have been killed in a shooting at the battalion’s headquarters in Bangui, the Rwandan Defence Ministry said.

The events surrounding the shooting remain unclear. Reuters, citing the Rwandan
Defence Ministry, state that one of the soldiers opened fire on his colleagues and then committed suicide. However, the AFP are reporting that he shot his colleagues and was then gunned down, citing a military source.

As a Christian and an international businesswoman, Mrs. Vivian Amadife’s greatest wish was an opportunity to personally meet Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, a Catholic priest based in Enugu.

Moved by her belief that as soon as she gets to meet the priest, her life and businesses will improve, she was excited when her friend of 10 years introduced her to one Dr Ohamadike, founder of Esoteric World Discovery Limited. She was told that Dr Ohamadike is highly spiritual that Father Mbaka found him worthy to be a friend.

In a recent interview with Vanguard, 2face Idibia talked about why most Nigerian artistes don’t make it through in the music industry.

Tubaba said the I don arrive syndrome is one of the major reasons why artistes fail.

Controversial actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh has rubbished reports of a fling or any kind of sexual relationship with her label boss, D’banj.

In an interview with Olisa Adibua on the latest episode of The Truth, the ‘Sugar Rush’ singer maintains she has never slept with D’banj whom she is quick to praise for helping her music career in many ways

A lecturer in a tertiary institution in Osun State (name withheld), on Thursday, collapsed inside a bank located within the institution’s premises following a discrepancy in his salary.
Witnesses said the lecturer fainted after discovering that his account had only been credited with N150 by the state government as 50 percent of his February salary instead of N150,000.

The frail 86-year-old body of Sumitery Taniguchi is a web of scars, that have criss-crossed his skin for 70 years.

The elderly man was one of the many tens of thousands of victims of the atomic blast that destroyed the Japanese port city of Nagasaki, on August 9 1945.

He is still unable to fully straighten his left arm, while his wife rubs moisturising cream onto his scars every morning to reduce the irritation.

6 people have been confirmed dead, four missing and over sixty seriously injured when Typhoon Soudelor hit Taiwan early this morning Saturday August 8th. Taiwan Power, the island’s main power company, said 2.94 million households are currently without power. Hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled, according to Taiwan authorities.

Olamide and Oritsefemi, are reportedly engaged in a silent feud following a collaboration with fast-rising Afro-pop singer, Sossi .

Sossi featured Oritsefemi and Olamide in the remix of his popular track, “Sebee”.

The tall, beautiful and cute Nollywood actress Hannah Ogundare has got the goods not only to play with sensibility of her fans but also to knock them out as she recently did in a photo shoot that sent her male fans into an uproar.

While speaking with Potpourri about her private life, she said;

8 year old Kaleem suffers from a rare medical condition called macrodactyly, that means he has giant-sized hands. He's been excluded from school and cast out in his local village in India because he is believed to be "the child of the devil". Kaleem's own uncle believes that because his mother visited latrines when she was pregnant with Kaleem that it could have infected him with "demons".

Former president Obasanjo paid a private visit to Pres. Buhari at the presidential villa on Wednesday August 5th. Details of their meeting is unknown. More photos after the cut ...

There are no statistics on how many disabled people are currently living in Nigeria. Many are trapped at home, unable to go farther than they can crawl. Ayuba Gufwan, a polio survivor, knows this from experience. That’s why he’s dedicated his life to bringing mobility devices—like wheelchairs, crutches and prosthetic legs— to help disabled people. In the past few years, he’s helped rising numbers of people disfigured by attacks by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

I can’t see Tyga thou. The Jenner-Kardashian family are having an early celebration for Kylie who turns 18 in two days. Kim , Khloe, Kendall, Kourtney, Kris and Caitlyn all met. Kris and Caitlyn were spotted together for the first time

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Two young Nigerian men, Imran Kabeer 24 and Sani Jamiliu 25, both from Kano state, were arrested today August 7th in India as they made their way allegedly to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq

This drunk mobile police man was seen in Amuwo Odofin area in Lagos state today. He was so intoxicated his colleague had to hold him. Another photo after the cut;

The three-time Premier League winner will remain in West London until at least 2019 after signing a new deal ahead of the upcoming campaign Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has committed his future to the Premier League champions by putting pen to paper on a new four-year contract.

According to reports by the Nigerian Police Force, on the 6th of August, 2015 at about 8:30pm, police received a report that a 20 year old man named Tope Adebiyi, of Afin Street, Aisegba Ekiti allegedly lured a 10yr-old girl (name withheld) into his room at the above stated address where he then locked up the door with him and the victim alone inside the room.

According to new reports from Syria, Islamic State fighters, ISIS , have reportedly captured at least 230 people including 60 Syrian Christians after taking a town in the province of Homs.

Immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (rtd.) has expressed optimism over the final destruction of the Boko Haram sect, stressing that the Nigerian military has succeeded in reducing the Boko Haram sect to a shadow of its former self.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s unretouched photos for new underwear campaign

The 30 year old Real Madrid/Portugal football star – Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated the launch of his fourth collection of his CR7 Underwear collection by releasing UN-retouched and raw images.

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As early as 9:00a.m. A BRT bus crushed a bus enroute Ketu/Mile12. According to witnesses, they said the conductor who was supposed to be sitted was hanging on the bus. The BRT bus maybe had a brake fault or mishandled the steering ramming onto the side where the conductor was hanging which made him fall off the bus and died instantly.

Chris Brown bought a fancy toy for himself, a Rezvani Beast. A 500 horsepower street-legal race car that he paid an extra $35,000 to get sooner. A rep for Rezvani says Chris snagged the first Beast ever made after paying $200,000 for it, even though the list price was $165k. He said that the cars are usually handmade in about 12-14 weeks, but Chris couldn’t wait.

MANCHESTER UNITED have been drawn against Club Brugge in the Champions League play-off round.

Louis van Gaal’s men will host the Belgian side at Old Trafford in the first leg on Tuesday August 18.

And the reverse fixture will take place a week later on Wednesday August 26.

The engine of a Delta airline plane heading to Cincinnati from Nashville caught fire at a Nashville airport in the US this morning. The fire started when the pilot turned on the engine. The passengers were immediately evacuated from the plane with no one injured or any casualties.

Senior British military officers led by British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations, Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, yesterday August 6th paid a courtesy call on the Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Gabriel Olonisakin at the Defence HQ, Abuja.

The actress and former beauty queen Yvonne Nelson shared photos from her crowning as Miss Ghana 10 yeas ago..She also shared one taken 11 years ago and captioned it “11years ago…….. With no heartbreaks….and no bills to pay”.

However, fans called her out for looking lighter now than she was back then.Others defended her.Surprisingly, the comments of those dissing her can’t be found,just those replying those who dissed her..Meaning..they may have been deleted..

A report has revealed the daily routine of President Muhammadu Buhari as he presides over the affairs of Nigeria from the presidential villa, Aso Rock.
According to the report, the president lives an austere life.

Wizkid says his third studio album is coming. The singer shared the “good” news on Twitter on Friday. According to him, September is the month of revelation.

Prison Break is returning to Fox in 2016 as a 10-episode event series.

“It’s going to bring back both brothers, [played by] Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell,” Chairman and CEO Gary Newman announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

According to Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Chairman, Alhaji Sulaiman O . Olanrewaju, price of petroleum products may crash next week.

Meek Mill and his boo, Nicki Minaj play sweet love in these photos. Despite the fact that Meek is at war with Nicki’s friend and label mate, Drake , their love keeps waxing stronger!

Former MTN Project fame winner, Chidinma is still single and that sounds like hope for all her wanna-be husbands she just opened up a hint for you guys…!

Accroding to a recent interview, she apparently opened up, the cute singer and expose what catches her fancy in a man.

The part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, who allegedly raped an 18-year-old admission seeker has been arraigned in court.
Baruwa was reported to have taken the victim, who was seeking admission into the University of Lagos, Akoka, inside a study room, where he allegedly raped her.

MI is at it again! Fresh from making a passionate female fan dissolve into tears at the Star Music Trek 2015 #CalabarRocks concert, the Choc Boi Nation President proposed to a female fan while performing at #MakurdiRocks which held on Saturday August 1 at the IBB Square, Makurdi, Benue State.

During her Pink Print tour in Philadelphia, Nicki Minaj got her self a diamond necklace from her boo Meek Mill who is from Philly.

According to a CNN iReport article written by one of the students, the Rivers State government has been unable to continue paying their school fees under the RSSDA scholarship scheme, and as a result; they could be facing deportation.

The riversstate.gov website describes RSSDA as:

A 22-year-old software engineer is fighting back after being tagged too pretty to be in that field. Isis Anchalee Wenger appeared in an ad for her San-Francisco based company, OneLogin, but people didn’t believe she was ‘real.’Wenger, a self-taught full-stack engineer who calls herself a ‘genuine introvert’ and ‘science nerd.’ appeared on a OneLogin ad that was plastered at the BART and MUNI stations at Embarcadero in San Francisco, the backlash began

The man charged with shooting up Lil Wayne’s tour bus is now exposing the culprit behind it all: Birdman and says that the Hip Hop mogul should be behind bars too according to reports by TMZ.

A couple who survived the Tunisian terrorist atrocity broke up when they came home because they couldn’t get over the emotional ordeal that followed.
Jessica Williams, 26, was on the beach with her ex-boyfriend when Seifeddine Rezgui began gunning down tourists in Sousse.

A total probe of the administration run by immediate former president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is underway as the National Economic Council, NEC, Ad-hoc Committee on the Management of Excess Crude Account Proceeds and Accruals into the Federation Account, headed by the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, is to hire two international forensic audit firms to probe revenue that accrued into the Federation Account and how it was spent under former Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President.

A video has surfaced online, showing the level of commitment former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi gave to he citizens of the oil-rich state in his 8 years as governor.

The video, which was put together by an anonymous concerned citizen who gave his name as “Common Man, claims that between 2007 and 2013, Amaechi received the monthly sum of N14 billion, which is about almost N900 billion over the course of 6 years.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to start his anti-corruption fight by probing those that sponsored his election .

In a statement released by his Special Assistant on media, Fayose said,

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With the known fact A-list footballer don't come cheap, this taken a step out of the normal (as Manchester united fans would say), Angel Di Maria has proven to be a particularly pricey purchase.

When a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ekpenyong, left their abode in Ibafo, Ogun State, to visit their mother -in-law in Lagos, little did they know that it would lead to the tragic end of the bread winner of the family.

A teenager has died from an overdose after his friends clubbed together to buy ecstasy to celebrate the end of exams, a coroner heard. Toby Fairclough suffered a cardiac arrest on playing fields in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire after taking a lethal dose of MDMA. The student of Akeley Wood School was rushed to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he later died.

Police officer get drunk on duty seen in Ibadan today | Photo

"This so bad, its an example of the disgrace that parade himself as a police officer. it was12:00 noon and he was so drunk that he fell inside a dirty gutter. This happened along old Ife road in Ibadan.

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