You need to see the most toxic places on Earth

Over the last 100 years or so, humanity has made astounding technological advances at an overwhelming pace. These advances in science and technology may have made our lives easier and more exciting, but the trail of waste we have left (and still continue to leave) behind is simply horrendous. Pollutants of all kinds

Very Sad: The Man Behind The voice of Bugs Bunny Is Dead

Joe Alaskey

Joe Alaskey is one of Hollywood's most successful voice actors and the man who was the voice of such famous cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd has died. He was 63.

Very Funny: See What This Girrafe Is About To Steal

 

Photo Credit: UPI

 Visitors to a safari park in Georgia were given a glimpse of a greedy giraffe when the animal reached into their car to steal a bag of food.

Breaking News: Supreme Court Sacks Anambra Senators

The supreme court hass sacked the two remaining senators in the National Assembly from Anambra state. 

Earlier sacked was senator Uche Ekwunife.

All the senators from Anambra state, including Ekwunife emerged on the platform of the People Democratic Party.

Those sacked today by the Supreme Court were Senators Stella Odua and Andy Ubah.

Oduah was a former Minister of Aviation, while Ubah was a former Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Domestic Affairs.

To replace them, according to the supreme court, are Chris Ubah (Anambra South) and Annie Okonkwo (Anambra Central).

See this great discount as Access bank partners with Ethiopian Airlines

For those that wish to spend their vacation in Ethiopia, Access bank is currently patnering with ethiopian airline. With this you will enjoy 5% discount and other high flying benefits.

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CAVEAT; Offer Valid from November 25 2015- January 31, 2016

Good News, Dollar Deposit, CBN lifts Ban

CBN LOGO

Commercial Banks in nigeria are now allowing customers to transfer foreign currency cash deposits made into their domiciliary accounts.

According to the PUNCH, The CBN had on Monday said holders of ordinary domiciliary accounts were allowed to deposit foreign currencies into their accounts, a move that ended a six-month embargo on the DMBs from receiving cash deposits from the customers.

The Head, Media and External Relations, FirstBank of Nigeria, Mr. Babatunde Lasaki, confirmed on Saturday that, “Banks can do transfer now. We sent messages to some of our customers yesterday (Friday).”

These are the messages some commercial banks sent to their customers. Guaranty Trust Bank said  “We are pleased to inform you that you can now transfer foreign currency cash deposits made into your GTBank domiciliary account(s) via internet banking, mobile app or at any of our branches nationwide, subject to a daily cumulative limit of $10,000.” 

An email from sterling bank also state that “We are pleased to inform you that effective Monday, January 18, 2016 you will be able to transfer cash deposits from your foreign currency domiciliary accounts, up to a maximum of $10,000 per transaction. Kindly visit any of our branches to submit your request as applicable.”

It was last year August 5, 2015 that CBN banned the payment of cash into domiciliary accounts in a bid to stop illicit financial flows in the Nigerian banking system.

Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Read this touching statements

Source: ChannelsTv

WE LIE IN THE BUSH WHILE YOU LIE ON YOUR BEDS..

WE SLEEP BESIDE OUR GUNS WHILE U SLEEP BESIDE YOUR WIVES..

U SLEEP IN YOUR HOUSE WHILE WE SLEEP IN SAMBISA..

U WEAR NICE CAPS WHILE WE WEAR HEAVY HELMETS..

U WEAR DESIGNERS VESTS WHILE WE WEAR IRON VEST..

IN THE MORNING U ARE AWOKEN BY SWEET ALARM TONES WHILE WE WERE WOKEN UP BY SORROWFUL SOUND OF BOMBS AND GRENADE..

U MOVE AROUND TOWN IN RANGE ROVERS AND LATEST CARS
BUT WE MOVE IN TANKS AND BUFFALOES..

WE STAY AWAKE JUST FOR YOU TO SLEEP..

WE KILL FOR YOU TO LIVE..

WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH DEATH ITSELF SO THAT THE FUTURE OF YOUR GENERATION CAN BE ASSURED..

WE SACRIFICE OUR TODAY FOR YOUR TOMORROW..

WE ARE STRONG AT HEART, GREAT IN ACTION, COMMITTED TO OUR COURSE, AND LOYAL TO OUR NATION..

WE ARE SOLDIERS!!!..WITH GREAT ZEAL AND GALLANTRY..

WE FIGHT RELENTLESSLY TO WIN YET WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO CONQUER INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM..

JUST PRAY FOR US OVER HERE..TO CONQUER IN VICTORY SO THAT WE CAN RETURN TO OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES..

TO THE FALLEN HEROES..WE PRAY THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE ON..WHILE WE FIGHT TO THE END IN VICTORY.

LONG LIVE THE NIGERIAN ARMY!..
LONG LIVE THE NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES!!...
LONG LIVE NAIJA!!!...
HAPPY ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY...
15TH JANUARY 2016..

Lassa Fever key fact, Transmission and Prevention

Lassa fever virus has so far claimed the lives of 41 people in the country, even some that are still infected are still under the close watch of the government.

Some people might not know what this deadly disease is all about, have compiled some key fact that i obtained from the World Health Organisation Official website

Key facts

• Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness of 1-4 weeks duration that occurs in West Africa.
• The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.
• Person-to-person infections and laboratory transmission can also occur, particularly in hospitals lacking adequate infection prevent and control measures.
• Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin (where it was diagnosed for the first time in November 2014), Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and parts of Nigeria, but probably exists in other West African countries as well.
• The overall case-fatality rate is 1%. Observed case-fatality rate among patients hospitalized with severe cases of Lassa fever is 15%.
• Early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment improves survival. 

Symptoms of Lassa fever

The incubation period of Lassa fever ranges from 6-21 days. The onset of the disease, when it is symptomatic, is usually gradual, starting with fever, general weakness, and malaise. After a few days, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal pain may follow. In severe cases facial swelling, fluid in the lung cavity, bleeding from the mouth, nose, vagina or gastrointestinal tract and low blood pressure may develop. Protein may be noted in the urine. Shock, seizures, tremor, disorientation, and coma may be seen in the later stages. Deafness occurs in 25% of patients who survive the disease. In half of these cases, hearing returns partially after 1-3 months. Transient hair loss and gait disturbance may occur during recovery.
Death usually occurs within 14 days of onset in fatal cases. The disease is especially severe late in pregnancy, with maternal death and/or fetal loss occurring in greater than 80% of cases during the third trimester

Transmission

Humans usually become infected with Lassa virus from exposure to urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats. Lassa virus may also be spread between humans through direct contact with the blood, urine, faeces, or other bodily secretions of a person infected with Lassa fever. There is no epidemiological evidence supporting airborne spread between humans. Person-to-person transmission occurs in both community and health-care settings, where the virus may be spread by contaminated medical equipment, such as re-used needles. Sexual transmission of Lassa virus has been reported.
Lassa fever occurs in all age groups and both sexes. Persons at greatest risk are those living in rural areas where Mastomys are usually found, especially in communities with poor sanitation or crowded living conditions. Health workers are at risk if caring for Lassa fever patients in the absence of proper barrier nursing and infection control practices.

Prevention and control

Prevention of Lassa fever relies on promoting good “community hygiene” to discourage rodents from entering homes. Effective measures include storing grain and other foodstuffs in rodent-proof containers, disposing of garbage far from the home, maintaining clean households and keeping cats. Because Mastomys are so abundant in endemic areas, it is not possible to completely eliminate them from the environment. Family members should always be careful to avoid contact with blood and body fluids while caring for sick persons.
In health-care settings, staff should always apply standard infection prevention and control precautions when caring for patients, regardless of their presumed diagnosis. These include basic hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, use of personal protective equipment (to block splashes or other contact with infected materials), safe injection practices and safe burial practices.
Health workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Lassa fever should apply extra infection control measures to prevent contact with the patient’s blood and body fluids and contaminated surfaces or materials such as clothing and bedding. When in close contact (within 1 metre) of patients with Lassa fever, health-care workers should wear face protection (a face shield or a medical mask and goggles), a clean, non-sterile long-sleeved gown, and gloves (sterile gloves for some procedures).
Laboratory workers are also at risk. Samples taken from humans and animals for investigation of Lassa virus infection should be handled by trained staff and processed in suitably equipped laboratories.
On rare occasions, travellers from areas where Lassa fever is endemic export the disease to other countries. Although malaria, typhoid fever, and many other tropical infections are much more common, the diagnosis of Lassa fever should be considered in febrile patients returning from West Africa, especially if they have had exposures in rural areas or hospitals in countries where Lassa fever is known to be endemic. Health-care workers seeing a patient suspected to have Lassa fever should immediately contact local and national experts for advice and to arrange for laboratory testing.


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United State lift nuclear-related sanctions on Iran

                                                               Source Aljazeera


International sanctions against Iran have been lifted after the United Nation atomic watchdog announced that the country had complied with the terms of last July's deal aimed at scaling down its nuclear programme.

According to Aljazeera, The United States and the European Union said on Saturday that nuclear-related sanctions against Iran were lifted, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Tehran had put in place all nuclear measures required under a deal reached with six world powers in July.

"Iran has carried out all measures required under the (July deal) to enable Implementation Day to occur," the Vienna-based IAEA said in a statement on Saturday.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that as a result "multilateral and national economic and financial sanctions related to Iran's nuclear programme are lifted".

"All sides remain firmly convinced that this historic deal is both strong and fair, and that it meets the requirements of all," Mogherini said in Vienna on Saturday in a joint statement with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

"This achievement clearly demonstrates that with political will, perseverance, and through multilateral diplomacy, we can solve the most difficult issues and find practical solutions that are effectively implemented," they said.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said it was a "glorious victory" for the "patient nation of Iran."

"I thank God for this blessing & bow to the greatness of the patient nation of Iran," Rouhani said on his official Twitter account.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who had arrived in Vienna earlier on Saturday as Iran and Western powers finalised the arrangements for the lifting of sanctions, said the steps taken by Tehran have fundamentally changed its nuclear programme.

"Today... the United States, our friends and allies in the Middle East, and the entire world are safer because the threat of the nuclear weapon has been reduced," Kerry said.

The lifting of the sanctions followed news of a prisoner swap deal between Iran and the US, which included the release of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Vienna, said the lifting on sanctions "will inevitably have an impact on the oil price, some analysts say it could go down to as low as $20 a barrel", because its exports would rise, increasing supply further.

On Friday, oil prices fell to below $30 a barrel, a new 12-year low, amid renewed concerns of slow growth in China - the world's second largest economy.

Iran is the world's fourth largest oil producer.

 

Noun Convocates 10,653 Students

The National Open University Of Nigeria convocates 10,653 students in its 5th Convocation ceremony held at the school permanent site in abuja

Among the graduates are top dignitaries, one of the is the former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo who was awarded a Master’s Degree in Christian Theology.

Other top dignitaries that also graduated with him are Rtd. Rear Admiral Orisha, a man over 70 years who is graduating with a 1st class in mathematics.

Chief Femi balogun, the maiyegun of isara also graduated with a degree in Law.

Emir of Hadeija, Adamu Maje, and paramount ruler of Agwu, His Royal Highness Felix Asad also graduated.

Noun also produced 15 First Class Graduates. A man named Mr Obinna Bede defiled all law of disabilities and sought education, he graduated with a B.Ed in English

Udo Effiong emerged the best graduating student with highest First Class Grade score of 4.71 in Environmental Sciences and Resouce Management.

Noun currently has 72 study centres all over the country, with a dream of having more study centres all over the country.

See the Latest Ranking Of Nigeria Universities

The National university Commission just released the latest ranking of Nigeria universities and its a pity OAU wasn't on the No 1 spot anymore.

See the full list

1. University of Ibadan

2. University of Lagos

3. University of Benin

4. Obafemi Awolowo University

5. Ahmadu Bello University 

6. University of Ilorin 

7. University of Jos

8. University of Port Harcourt

9. University of Maiduguri

10. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

11. Lagos State University

12. Federal University of Technology

13. Covenant University

14. University of Nigeria

15. Federal University of Technology

16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

17. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

18. Pan African University

19. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

20. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

21. African University of Science and Technology

22. University of Uyo

23. Bayero University Kano

24. Ambrose Alli University

25. Redeemer’s University

26. Babcock University

27. Federal University of Technology

28. University of Calabar

29. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

30. Ajayi Crowther University

31. Bowen University

32. Rivers State University of Science and Technology

33. Lead City University

34. Crawford University

35. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

36. Abia State University

37. Usmanu Danfodio University

38. Igbinedion University

39. Imo State University

40. Niger Delta University

41. Bells University of Technology

42. Kwara State University

43. Nasarawa State University

44. Caleb University

45. Obong University 

46. Adekunle Ajasin University

47. Ekiti State University

48. American University of Nigeria

49. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

50. Veritas University Abuja

51. Afe Babalola University

52. Kaduna State University 

53. Osun State University

54. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University 

55. Federal University, Ndufu-Alike

56. Salem University 

57. Novena University 

58. Achievers University

59. Benson Idahosa University 

60. Ebonyi State University

62. University of Mkar 

63. Madonna University 

64. Bingham University 

65. Plateau State University 

66. Federal University of Petroleum Resources 

67. Federal University Dutse 

68. Nigerian Turkish Nile University

69. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University 

70. Landmark University 

71. Delta State University

72. University of Agriculture

73. Renaissance University 

74. Federal University Otuoke

75. Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode

76. Federal University Oye-Ekiti 

77. Kano State University of Technology

78. Tansian University Umunya

79. Akwa Ibom State University

80. Baze University Abuja

81. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero

82. Benue State University Makurdi

83. Adeleke University Ede

84. Ondo State University of Science & Technology Okitipupa

85. Kogi State University Anyigba

86. Western Delta University Oghara

87. Federal University, Wukari Wukari

88. Paul University Awka

89. Caritas University Enugu

90. Federal University, Lafia Lafia

91. Cross River University of Science & Technology Calabar

92. Fountain University Oshogbo

93. Al-Hikmah University Ilorin

94. Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu-Nike

95. Oduduwa University Ile Ife

96. Anambra State University Uli

97. Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye

98. Federal University, Lokoja Lokoja

99. Federal University, Kashere Kashere

100. Rhema University Obeama-Asa

I say a big congratulations to University of Ibadan

Photo: check out this application letter

This letter was brought by somebody seeking for job. isnt this hilarious and funny.

Photo of the day

friends is it by force to live in an up-stair house. cant stop laughing

Federal government sacks Nnpc Executive Directors

The federal government on Wednesday sacked all the eight group government administrators of the Nigerian National petroleum Corporation.

It commenced a massive reorganization within the corporation on Tuesday after announcing a brand new group Managing Director for the firm.


The sacking of the eight government administrators was confirmed by the group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, on Wednesday in Abuja. Alegbe, during a statement, said, “The Federal Government has approved the retirement of all eight Group government administrators of the NNPC with immediate effect.


“The affected GEDs are Mr. bernard Otti, GED Finance and Accounts; Dr. Timothy Okon, Acting GED Exploration and Production who conjointly doubles as Coordinator corporate planning & Strategy; Engr. Adebayo Ibirogba, Engineering and Technology; Dr. David Ige, Gas and Power; Ms. Aisha Abdurrahman, Commercial and Investment; Dr. Dan Efebo, Corporate Services; Mr. Ian Udoh, Refining & Petrochemicals; and Dr. Attahiru Yusuf, Business Development.”


The statement noted that the new GMD of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in person sent the Federal Government’s call to the GEDs. He expressed gratitude to them for their services to the corporation and wished them success in their future endeavours.


The corporation, however, didn't name their replacements, however our correspondent gathered that four new directorates may be created by the government, whereas some names were already confined down by President Muhammadu Buhari.


Sources at the corporation expressed that the new offices include board of directors of refining and Engineering, board of directors of Exploration and Production, board of directors of commercial and Investment, and board of directors of Finance.

The restructuring at the NNPC and therefore the sacking of its entire GEDs happened barely twenty four hours when the President appointed Kachikwu because the oil firm’s GMD.

Mass Failure As Nigerian Law School Release Results

Some hours ago, the Nigerian Law School  released the result of their just concluded examinations. According to a information reaching us, a lot of students failed. An estimation of about 60% of the students failed the exam, about another 25% with General Pass and only 15% making First Class, Second Class Upper and Second Class Lower.

This is the second time the Law School will be experiencing such. Many of the students are devastated.

This is the question, what is going on, why is this happening? is it the fault of the students or that of the lecturer.