Ebola-Free Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Thanks God, Doctors...

Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient in Dallas, is now virus-free and will be discharged on Friday, National Institutes of Health officials confirmed.

Pham was the first person to contract Ebola within the U.S. She was infected with the virus while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died from Ebola. Pham was eventually transferred to NIH's clinical center in Maryland.

Speaking at NIH on Friday, Pham said, "I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today. I would first and foremost like to thank God, my family, and friends."

Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria dies In Abuja

The Sudanese ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Tagelsir Ali, has died. The Media Advisor to the Sudanese embassy in Nigeria, Mr Mohammed Abdulrahman, who confirmed his death told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, that Dr Ali died in the early hours of today October 24th at the National Hospital, Abuja where he was being treated from malaria.

“He had malaria. There were some complications and he passed away around 1 a.m. early this morning. There is a Presidential jet coming by 5 p.m. to take the remains to Sudan for burial. He was 66 years old. He loved working in Nigeria and had zeal to develop the bilateral relationship between Sudan and Nigeria and was able to stretch himself very well,” Abdulrahman said. May his soul rest in peace.Amen.

New Look, Rick Rock now muscular after drastic weight loss

Rick Ross looking like a model after losing a ton of weight. This dude thus have a fab body structure after all. He's obviously taking his health seriously...

Queen Elizabeth sends her first tweet, opens Information Age exhibit at London’s Science Museum...

While the official account of the British Monarchy was set up in April 2009, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers since then, the Queen herself had never tweeted. 

The Queen, referring to herself as Elizabeth R., tapped out her first tweet from the official Twitter account of Buckingham Palace about the occasion.

A statement from the museum said director Ian Blatchford had invited Queen Elizabeth to mark the occasion on social media. 

“I mentioned earlier that Queen Victoria took a great interest in the invention of the telephone, and Your Majesty has followed in this tradition of embracing new technology,” he told her. “You made the first live Christmas broadcast in 1957 and an event relished by historians took place on [March 26, 1976], when you became the first monarch to send an email, during a visit to the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. May I now invite you to join me so that you may send your first tweet.”

The tweet’s author was then verified by the @BritishMonarchy account with a follow-up tweet and a photo of the Queen sending the message.

Click to see more photos from the event.

Exclusive: Chad says Nigeria deal with Boko Haram to free girls is still on...

Chad said it believed Nigeria's secret deal with Boko Haram Islamists to free more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls would go ahead despite the breakdown of a truce, and added the key to the agreement was a prisoner swap.

"Quite possibly, those that are fighting are dissidents that even they aren't able to control. So far, there is no reason for others to doubt this agreement," Moussa Mahamat Dago, the No. 2 at Chad's foreign ministry, told Reuters late on Thursday.

"The starting condition of Boko Haram was the liberation of some of their members ... That is the compensation," said Dago, who has seen a summary of the deal reached in Chad last month.

 

"We remain optimistic. The two sides agreed to find a negotiated solution and to show their good faith, they already freed some hostages and announced a ceasefire.”

Source: Reuters

Jumia commences Sunday deliveries

Jumia Nigeria, the number 1 online store in Nigeria is delighting customers by introducing Sunday deliveries.

Jumia Nigeria has introduced this service in a bid to give customers more flexibility and make their shopping experience even better. Recently, Jumia introduced the express delivery service where customers received their orders on the same day if order is placed before 1pm.

The Sunday delivery option starts in Lagos and gives customers the option to receive their orders on Sundays from 11am. This exclusive delivery service is new in Nigeria and is a testament to Jumia’s mission of doing the best for its customers.

The Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria Nicolas Martin made a statement about the Sunday delivery service saying ‘Jumia Nigeria aims to provide a comfortable and stress free shopping experience for its customers and with the Sunday delivery service innovation, we have opened a whole new world of retail convenience in Nigeria’

Jumia customers in Nigeria can receive the Sunday delivery service with any orders placed on the Jumia website at any time of the day.

Log on to Jumia to take advantage of the Sunday delivery service.

Rape victims storm National Assembly

Rape victims yesterday converged on the National Assembly complex Abuja to seek accelerated passage of the Sexual Offences Bill.

The Bill has been pending at the two chambers of the National Assembly for over two years.

Lawmakers, particularly the women, fought back tears yesterday as they listened to the pathetic stories of the rape victims.

The affected ladies shared their experiences in the hands of their violators.

They were at the legislative complex to inform senators and House of Representatives members on the need to pass the Bill to prevent further sexual offences.

The rape victims took part in a mock tribunal/court proceeding on sexual and gender based violence, anchored by the National Assembly Women Affairs Committee and the Legislative Advocacy Coalition for Violence in Nigeria.

The ladies painfully recalled how they were sexually assaulted by men, who were old enough to be their fathers.

They also recalled how their efforts to seek redress in courts were frustrated because of weak laws against such crime or a lack of such laws.

The violated women, who covered their faces when they gave details of how they were sexually assaulted, urged the women lawmakers to save other ladies – either of their ages or much younger than them – from sexual assault.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central) and Senator Chris Anyanwu (Imo East), who received the distraught women, described rape as the most wicked crime against the womenfolk.

The senators vowed to use the legislative machinery available to them to ensure that relevant bills, which seek to protect women and children against violence, are passed before the end of the current legislative year.

The Founding Director of Women Aid Collective Dr. Joy Ezeilo said the purpose of the mock tribunal/court was to spotlight cases of gender-based violence in Nigeria.

Ezeilo said the organisers also wanted to use the event to raise the voices of the victims and survivors to take urgent action on the appropriate laws that would protect women and vulnerable groups.

Source: The Nation

SUPERGEEKS Launches Nigeria’s First Electronics Recycling Platform

On November 1st 2014, SuperGeeks will play host to Nigeria’s mobile and tech industrys’ elite to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s first Customer Experience Centre.

SuperGeeks was formed in 2013 by true super geeks Sam Uduma and Edmund Olotu to address the demand for a more professional and organised customer service delivery system in the tech support and repairs industry.

Following the acquisition of major investment injection, the SuperGeeks HQ has been undergoing major construction for the last few weeks turning what was once a ‘walk-in’ service centre into a state-of-the-art Customer Experience Centre. The new space represents a significant milestone for SuperGeeks and establishes a solid foundation to roll out all the other exciting products and services that contribute to the goal of revolutionalizing the tech support industry in Nigeria.

One of such services is the SuperGeeks Gadget Swap scheme, where people can trade-in their old, faulty and unwanted appliances for cash or money-off vouchers towards a replacement product. This not only relieves the consumer of unwanted clutter but also goes a long way to solving the some of the problems associated with electronics disposal and recycling in Nigeria. The Gadget Swap scheme will be activated on the day of the launch and all attend-ees to the event are encouraged to bring their gadget clutter along with them and take advantage of this brilliant new service.

The doors will open to guests at 10:00 AM for refreshments, networking and a walk-through of the facility. From 1:00 PM, the doors will officially be opened to customers so as to give them a chance to experience their new space and test drive Gadget Swap.

First Google House Event in Nigeria Shows The Future of Homes Today

According to the March 2014 data by Euromonitor, There are about 55 million Nigerians on the Internet interacting, sharing and building relationships online. While the sheer number paints a picture of big opportunities, a close review of the growth and usage pattern show a need for more intent in the area of growth.

For example, a 2012 survey data by the Research in Africa ICT revealed that over 40% of the people who do not use the internet, don’t go online because they don’t think the internet is relevant to them. Most have never used the internet before, and don’t think they need it. The “Google House” initiative aims to provide a platform through which everyone can experience firsthand how apps and gadgets could improve everyday living.

Google held its “Google House” event in Nigeria from the 14-16th October 2014 at the imposing Churchgate building in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event which hosted over 400 guests from government, media, education and content creation sectors was the first of its kind in Africa.

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