Some hoodlums have invaded the Ketu Ikosi area of Lagos and have
killed a security guard attached to the Bello Folawiyo Government
Reserved Area identified as Mr. Odion Aimeyekagbon an indigene of Edo
state.
It was learnt that a land grabber known as Enibalomo, allegedly
directed the assailants to attack Aimeyekagbon, who was a staff with
Real Striker Security Company.
However, things turned sour when the guard and his associate Zaka
Ajeh from Benue state requested for a gate pass from Enibalomo before he
would be allowed to pass through the estate gate.
It was learnt that Enibalomo is a nephew to one of the Lagos monarchs
and it was reported that on September 11, 2014, at about 6pm he was said
to be on his way back from a hotel when the security officials stopped
him.
Following the request of the security officials, Enibalomo angrily
put a call to the thugs who eventually carried out the attack on the
security guard.
It turns out that the man diagnosed with Ebola in the US, Thomas Eric
Duncan lied on his airport health questionnaire and that the Liberian
authorities say they plan to prosecute him.
The Duncan who was diagnosed on the deadly disease on September 30, 2014 and is now known as the first American to be diagnosed of the disease in the US, failed to fill his airport health questionnaire honestly.
Following the outbreak of the disease in the West African country,
passengers flying out are screened for fever and asked if they had any
contact with an infected person.
Duncan is reported to have cared for a sick pregnant woman while in Liberia, neighbours say. The woman later died of Ebola.
The Associated Press has obtained Duncan’s airport questionnaire in
which he replied no to the questions concerning his possible contact
with the disease.
Chairman of the board of directors of Liberia’s airport authority
Binyah Kesselly told newsmen, Thursday, October 2, 2014 that Duncan will
be prosecuted if and when he returns to Liberia.
An American cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak for NBC News
in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, the network reported.
He will be flown back to the United States for treatment. The rest of
the NBC News crew will also be returned to US and placed in quarantine
for 21 days, NBC News President, Deborah Turness said on Thursday,
October 2, 2014.
He is the fifth American to contract the virus.
Earlier this week, US recorded the first case of Ebola in their soil when a man who lives in Liberia but was visiting family members in Dallas tested positive.
The NBC News cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo, 33, who has contracted the
virus in Liberia has been working in the West African nation for three
years for Vice News and other media outlets, and has been covering the
Ebola epidemic.
He was hired Tuesday to be a second cameraman for NBC News Chief Medical Editor and Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman.
Ashoka’s first symptoms began on Wednesday when he began to feel
tired and achy on Wednesday and discovered he had a slight fever.
He immediately went to a treatment center on Thursday to be tested, and is being kept there.
“The good news is this young man, our colleague, was admitted to the
clinic very, very early. I spoke with him today. He’s in good spirits.
He’s ready to get home – of course, appropriately concerned. But he will
be airlifted out soon,” Snyderman said.
She however noted that neither she nor the other three NBC employees has shown any symptoms or warning signs of Ebola infection.
She said: “We observe the custom now, which is to not shake hands, to
not embrace people, to wash our hands with diluted bleach water before
we enter the hotel. We dip our feet in bleach solution.”
She said she and the rest of her crew present little chance of giving it to anyone, unless they get sick.
“We will be taking our temperatures twice a day, checking in with
each other, and if any one of us suddenly spikes a fever or gets
symptoms, we will report ourselves to the authorities,” she said. “We
are taking it seriously.”
Meanwhile, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team of personnel to Nigeria to to study how the West African nation contained the killer Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
This comes after the first case of Ebola was diagnosed on American soil, the US officials arrived Nigeria on
Thursday which it claimed had the best practices in combating Ebola Virus disease.
Nigeria has been declared Ebola-free by the health ministry as no new case has been reported since August 31.
