Sorry I Have Been Away, But there Is A Reason...

I want to say how sorry I am for being AWOL for sometime now. Something very seriously unpleasant happened to us just after something extraordinarily wonderful had happened to us in the birth of our lovely daughter, IniObong Gbubemi Ebong. Our baby is perfectly okay, so no shaking.

Am sorry I would be unable to narrate or tell what it was but those who have become aware and have sympathized with us, we say a BIG THANK YOU.

For that same reason and some other, I would still remain hidden but no more AWOL. You can however catch me on https://www.facebook.com/josephebongieblog where I have since continued to post stories.

Thanking You for your understanding.

Joseph

I WILL BE BACK....

Nigeria Beats South Korea 2-1

Nigeria’s Under-20 female national team, the Faconets scored two first half goals to beat their hard-fighting South Korean counterparts 2-1 at the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada.

The Nigerians now have four points to lead Group C after playing 1-1 with Mexico in their opening game on Tuesday.

The Falconets will tackle England on Wednesday

BREAKING NEWS: INEC DECLARES APC'S AREGBESOLA WINNER OF OSUN STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

All Progressive Congress, APC candidate, Governor Aregbesola has won the governorship election held on Saturday. Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, who is also the returning office for INEC in the state, Professor Bamitale Omole, said, Aregbesola won the poll in 22 LGA while Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party could only win in 8 councils in the state.

Credit: vanguardngr

U.S. Ebola Patient Releases Statement

American U.S Aid doctor, Dr. Kent Brantly has just released a statement from his isolation room at Emory University in Atlanta where he is being treated with the experimental drug, Zmapp. Read his statement below:

“I am writing this update from my isolation room at Emory University Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible. I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for His mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease. I also want to extend my deep and sincere thanks to all of you who have been praying for my recovery as well as for Nancy and for the people of Liberia and West Africa.

What Has Happened To Radio – No More LIVE Results?

What has happened to the days where Radio was the source of valuable and vital information. Where people carry their radios in the shoulders or in their bags and hang on to every word coming out of those speakers.

Yes there were no OAP back then but the contents of radio stations were simply unquestionable. Today radio is about OAP and the content is well below par.

Elections are going on in Osun State and I have been turning from one radio station to another for live coverage of the election but not one single station is covering the election live. They all seem to think playing music is a better game. So sad.

Thank God for online News paper.

OSUN DECIDES: Aregbesola in early lead

Early results from the Osun State Gubernatorial election puts Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the lead. Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore is however posing stiff challenge.

Aregbesola is leading in Oshogbo, Ede and Ilesa, while Omisore is leading in Ife and some other wards.

There is still no clear leader at this point as the case was in the Ekiti state election.

Credit: vanguardngr

What Is This, Who Are These ISIS?

Horror: Yazidis in the barren hills near Sinjar with bodies of children said to have been killed by fanatics

Executions: IS fighters have been posting graphic images of mass killings - with Yazidis among the victims

Who are these Fanatical Jihadi Movement Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS)

Why do they have so much hunger for blood, killing every non Muslims, Christians and even Muslims they consider not Muslim enough?

Nigerian Man Quarantine in Canada with Ebola-Like Symptoms

A Nigerian man has been put in isolation in Canadian hospital after he arrived in the country from Nigeria with symptoms of fever and flu, possible sign he could be infected with the Ebola virus local media said.

Though there has been no official diagnosis and there are multiple diseases that could have caused his symptoms, authorities decided to place him in isolation as a precaution. Other strict precautionary measures have also been put in place just in case.

Christians Reacts To Comments By Ann Coulter And Donald Trump About Ebola Patients

Read this article on Yahoo and decided to share the original.

This is my best quote to Trump Rants: Russell Moore, the head of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, tried to restrain himself on Instagram: “I have no words for this. Actually I think I do but the Holy Spirit won’t let me say them.”

Prominent conservative voices are criticizing the decision to bring two medical missionaries who contracted Ebola back to the United States for treatment.

Real estate mogul Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson were both critical of bringing the infected missionaries back to the U.S. Columnist Ann Coulter went further, questioning why the missionaries were working in the “disease-ridden cesspools” of Africa.

Dr. Kent Brantly, with Samaritan’s Purse, and Nancy Writebol, with Service in Mission, are medical missionaries who were infected with Ebola while working with patients in Liberia. They are being treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Continue....

U.S. Lifts Hold On Experimental Drug – Would Soon Be Available For Ebola Patients

The United States Health authorities have ease safety restrictions on an experimental drug to treat Ebola, a move that could clear the way for it to be used in patients infected in the virus.

TKM-Ebola, a drug made by Canadian drug maker Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp said the U.S Food and Drug Administration which it has a contract with has modified a hold recently place on the company's drug after safety issues emerged in human testing.

The is coming after the FDA halted a small study of the injection in adult to request additional safety information

Two Americans diagnosed with Ebola were recently treated with a different experimental drug called Zmapp made by Mapp Biopharmaceuical Inc. of San Diego.

The drug aims to boost the immune system's effort to fight off Ebola and is made from antibodies produced by lab animals exposed to parts of the virus.

The two Americans were first treated in Liberia where the FDA does not have authority over the use of such experimental drugs. The FDA must grant permission to use experimental treatments in the United State but it has no authority over the use of such drugs in other countries.

Crocodile Eats Shark – Brutus Takes His Revenge

Celebrity crocodile 80-year Brutus who lost his right foreleg in a fight with a shark some years ago has finally gotten his revenge. On Tuesday, Brutus the Croc was seen with a Bull shark in his mouth.

The photograph was taken by a Sydney man Andrew Paice who was on a cruise with his partner and their 7-year old daughter.

Brutus made international headlines in 2011 when it was photographed lifting his two-tonne frame out of the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory to gnaw at some Kangaroo meat during a 'jumping crocodile' tour.

See more pics after the cut:

Even After Recovering, An Ebola Victim Stays Contagious For 7 Weeks After He Is Cured?

I read this in one of the comments on a post on Yahoo and I was shocked.

Remember, even in it's present hard-to-catch form, a man who recovers from this stays contagious for seven weeks after he is cured, through a sexual contact. Sperm can carry the EBOLA virus that long.
For the 10 to 40% who survive EBOLA, then, the men are walking time bombs for almost two months. Men working far from their home villages, having sex with part-time prostitutes is how AIDS spread all over Africa.
This virus could mutate, and become easier to catch. This is what happens to another virus, the 'bird flu' virus. When it mutates, then it gets easier for people to catch it.
That is what caused the huge flu outbreak during WWl, a bird virus that mutated.

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We really need to be careful how we handle this situation.

The United State Congress Reacted Late To The Ebola Crisis In Africa – Samaritan's Pulse

A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at Muhammed International Airport. (Sunday Alamba/AP)

On Thursday, we heard how a humanitarian organization, Samaritan’s Pulse pleaded for help for more than a month before the well-publicized infections of two Americans finally prompted a response from the U.S. Government.

Ken Isaacs, vice president of the North Carolina-based Christian missionary organization-Samaritan's Pulse told a congressional committee that, “in mid-June, I began speaking privately to U.S. Officials that the disease was spiraling out of control and more needed to be done immediately.” But nothing was done. “That the world would allow two relief agencies to shoulder this burden along with the overwhelmed Ministries of Health in these countries testifies to the lack of serious attention the epidemic was given.”

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Until this epidemic hit Nigeria, it was never taken serious, in fact, just the other day, CNN's Chief medical correspondent Dr, Sanjay Gupta was talking with the CDC about the level one Ebola alert and the guy pointed to the map of countries with the infection, then said after it hit Nigeria, the Alert was issued.

But should the U.S. Government have waited till some lives have been lost and possibly more infected before doing what they can do to contain the virus?

Governor Fashola Reverse LASU School Fees

Governor Fashola of Lagos State today heeded to the plead of the students of the Lagos state University and reversed the school fees to the old rate.

The students before today had embarked on different tactics including lodging at the office of the governor in order to force the governor to reverse the fees which they viewed as exorbitant for their parents and guardians to pay.

It is not yet known what led the governor to make the decision. But the decision came during a speech at the 19^th convocation ceremony of LASU held today, August 7th at the Ojo campus.

Toke Makinwa Vblog: How To Stay Ebola Free - Funny But True

Nigeria Media Personality, Toke Makinwa speaks about the Ebola virus and how one can stay Ebola free in this funny but well researched video presentation. I truly enjoyed myself watching it.

How I Met My Wife- Sammie Okposo

In an interview with YES Magazine, Nigerian gospel artist Sammie Okposo explans how he met his wife.

According to him, he met her when he decided to look away from the entertainment world, because he was tired of the many fruitless relationships he has had, and during an innocent encounter while ministering at KICC London, he finally met the bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

Hear Sammie himself:

I went to perform at KICC (Kingsway International Christian Centre in London). Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo’s church. That was how and where I met my wife. She came with her sister. After my performance, I was signing my CDs for people. I was so busy, I wasn’t even looking up. People were on queue; they buy and I sign. Continue...

OSUN STATE ELECTION: Whose Fooling Who? Free Food For Vote

So both Aregbe and Omisore are now business men? Fufu and Rice exchanged for money or vote?

Ebola Jibe: Nollywood Actor, Ugezu J. Ugezu Has This To Say

And What Kind Of Hairstyle Is This Messi?

What do we call this now Messi?

Manchester United ''Referee'' Howard Webb Retires - Fans Mocks His Retirement With Images

Howard Webb, considered by some as a ManUnited referee, since he manages to ensure Manchester United gets a penalty or at least leaves every match with either a victory or a late draw in their favour, has retired after 25 years of meticulous service as a referee.

He leaves to become the new technical director of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). 

Fans took to the internet to post images mocking his perceived allegiance to ManUnited.