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Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mr. Danladi Wushishi, and Mrs. Ojuolape Wushishi, for allegedly duping unsuspecting victims to the tune of N20m in fake auction sales in Lagos. Mrs Ojuolape was said to have been arrested on Wednesday, June 18, at Odeogbolu Street in Ijegun, the husband Mr Danladi, was apprehended at the Allen Avenue area of Lagos on Friday, June 25.

 

  46yrs old Danladi, who hails from Niger State, has confessed to the crime:

 

 > "I am a businessman and I am also a freight forwarder at the Tin Can Island, Lagos. I have been doing this business for about eight years. The cargo in question has an allocation paper that read clothes, but when I got there, I saw that it only contained books.

 

 > "Then, I called one Alhaji Issa, a clearing agent in Abuja, and he said the clothes could be in another container. But he added that I would pay N3.5m to get it. I then lied to my wife that I needed someone dealing in Okrikaclothes as I had clothes to sell. That was how we met Chinyere. We first collected N1.35m from her, and then N800,000, and then N700,000...

A police officer mistakenly shot himself to death

Inspector Sunday Mefo, a police officer attached to the Aba Area Command, Abia State, has died after he accidentally shot himself on the leg. The incident happened on Sunday July 27th around 10pm after the late cop had signed an AK 47 rifle for night duty.

Reports was that he was trying to check the condition of the gun and mistakenly pulled the trigger, which fired a gunshot into his leg. He died on Monday morning from excessive bleeding despite receiving medical attention… May His Soul Rest in Peace… Amen!

Ebola virus in Lagos state

Nigerians have been advised to be calm and not panic over the reported case of Ebola Virus in Lagos State, with an assurance that no Nigerian is infected with the virus.

Addressing a joint Ministerial Press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Health on development concerning the disease on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, affirmed that there had only been one case of imported Ebola resulting in the death of a Liberian diplomat in Lagos.

He emphasised that health authorities were being very proactive about the detection of the Ebola Virus in the Liberian, who was on his way to Calabar for a conference, by ensuring that all contacts were being actively followed.

Dr Idris said part of the measures taken after the death of the Liberian was the demobilisation of the private hospital where he was admitted and elimination of primary source of infection.

He stated that the decontamination process in all affected areas had commenced.

“The corpse of the victim has since been cremated, and the ash is awaiting further directives from the Liberian Embassy,” he said, commending the Management of the hospital for effectively detecting a high-risk patient within 24 hours.

“Adhering strictly to WHO guidelines, the body of the deceased patient was decontaminated using 10% sodium hypochlorite and cremated, with the permission of the government of Liberia. Acremation urn has been prepared for dispatch to the family. The vehicle that conveyed the remains was also fully decontaminated,” he added.

In terms of contacts tracing, Dr Idris explained that so far a total of 59 contacts was registered consisting of 44 hospital contacts (38 healthcare workers and six laboratory staff) and 15 Airport contacts comprising 3 ECOWAS staff-driver, Liaison, and Protocol officers, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five Airport passenger handlers.

He further explained that out of the number, 20 contacts had been physically screened of which 50 per cent were of the type one contact and another 50 per cent had type two contacts.

The Airline manifest has not been provided by the airline at the time of this report and therefore, the precise number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained, especially as two flights were involved (Monrovia-Lome and Lome-Lagos). There was no report of a medical incident filed.

Dr Idris stated that an isolation ward was designated by the Lagos State Ministry of Health at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba for case management while the designation of three other health facilities is underway.

The Commissioner also said a call-in team was established for the public to dial in and obtain information on the Ebola Virus Disease while Toll-free lines were obtained from a telecommunication service provider to be used for answering questions, creating awareness, and receiving notifications of any suspected case just as public awareness creation through social media such as Twitter and Facebook’s accounts had been also activated.

The President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori, who was also at the briefing said all the contact persons are being screened on a continuous basis to look for any possible signs of the disease.

He commended the timely action taken by the Lagos State Government and the private hospital adding that there is absolutely no need for people to panic as the golden rule is to observe the personal hygiene of always washing the hands regularly with soap.

In a statement issued after the press briefing, a spokesman for the governor of Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Bello, assured Nigerians that both the State and Federal Governments were well prepared to ensure that the Ebola Virus Disease did not spread.

Also at the briefing were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Raji and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Dr Modele Osunkiyesi, Permanent Secretary, Health Services Commission, Dr Hamid Balogun and Permanent Secretary Primary Health Care Board, Dr Kayode Oguntimehin.

The Ebola virus

The Ebola virus and it's symptom and effect on human 

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.
EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests.
The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus.

Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. No licensed specific treatment or vaccine is available for use in people or animals.
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.

Genus Ebolavirus is 1 of 3 members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus), along with genus Marburgvirus and genus Cuevavirus. Genus Ebolavirus comprises 5 distinct species:

Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV)
Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV)
Reston ebolavirus (RESTV)
Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV)
Taï Forest ebolavirus (TAFV).
BDBV, EBOV, and SUDV have been associated with large EVD outbreaks in Africa, whereas RESTV and TAFV have not. The RESTV species, found in Philippines and the People’s Republic of China, can infect humans, but no illness or death in humans from this species has been reported to date.

Transmission

Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.

Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.

Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed EVD. This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strictly practiced.

Among workers in contact with monkeys or pigs infected with Reston ebolavirus, several infections have been documented in people who were clinically asymptomatic. Thus, RESTV appears less capable of causing disease in humans than other Ebola species.

However, the only available evidence available comes from healthy adult males. It would be premature to extrapolate the health effects of the virus to all population groups, such as immuno-compromised persons, persons with underlying medical conditions, pregnant women and children. More studies of RESTV are needed before definitive conclusions can be drawn about the pathogenicity and virulence of this virus in humans.

Signs and symptoms

EVD is a severe acute viral illness often characterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.

People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. Ebola virus was isolated from semen 61 days after onset of illness in a man who was infected in a laboratory.

The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms, is 2 to 21 days.

Diagnosis

Other diseases that should be ruled out before a diagnosis of EVD can be made include: malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, plague, rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis, hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers.

Ebola virus infections can be diagnosed definitively in a laboratory through several types of tests:

antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
antigen detection tests
serum neutralization test
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay
electron microscopy
virus isolation by cell culture.
Samples from patients are an extreme biohazard risk; testing should be conducted under maximum biological containment conditions.

Vaccine and treatment

No licensed vaccine for EVD is available. Several vaccines are being tested, but none are available for clinical use.

Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. Patients are frequently dehydrated and require oral rehydration with solutions containing electrolytes or intravenous fluids.

No specific treatment is available. New drug therapies are being evaluated.

Natural host of Ebola virus

In Africa, fruit bats, particularly species of the genera Hypsignathus monstrosus, Epomops franqueti and Myonycteris torquata, are considered possible natural hosts for Ebola virus. As a result, the geographic distribution of Ebolaviruses may overlap with the range of the fruit bats.

Ebola virus in animals

Although non-human primates have been a source of infection for humans, they are not thought to be the reservoir but rather an accidental host like human beings. Since 1994, Ebola outbreaks from the EBOV and TAFV species have been observed in chimpanzees and gorillas.

RESTV has caused severe EVD outbreaks in macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) farmed in Philippines and detected in monkeys imported into the USA in 1989, 1990 and 1996, and in monkeys imported to Italy from Philippines in 1992.

Since 2008, RESTV viruses have been detected during several outbreaks of a deadly disease in pigs in People’s Republic of China and Philippines. Asymptomatic infection in pigs has been reported and experimental inoculations have shown that RESTV cannot cause disease in pigs.

Prevention and control

Controlling Reston ebolavirus in domestic animals
No animal vaccine against RESTV is available. Routine cleaning and disinfection of pig or monkey farms (with sodium hypochlorite or other detergents) should be effective in inactivating the virus.

If an outbreak is suspected, the premises should be quarantined immediately. Culling of infected animals, with close supervision of burial or incineration of carcasses, may be necessary to reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Restricting or banning the movement of animals from infected farms to other areas can reduce the spread of the disease.

As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys have preceded human infections, the establishment of an active animal health surveillance system to detect new cases is essential in providing early warning for veterinary and human public health authorities.

Reducing the risk of Ebola infection in people
In the absence of effective treatment and a human vaccine, raising awareness of the risk factors for Ebola infection and the protective measures individuals can take is the only way to reduce human infection and death.

In Africa, during EVD outbreaks, educational public health messages for risk reduction should focus on several factors:

Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before consumption.
Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission in the community arising from direct or close contact with infected patients, particularly with their bodily fluids. Close physical contact with Ebola patients should be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after taking care of patients at home.
Communities affected by Ebola should inform the population about the nature of the disease and about outbreak containment measures, including burial of the dead. People who have died from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried.
Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms. Appropriate biosecurity measures should be in place to limit transmission. For RESTV, educational public health messages should focus on reducing the risk of pig-to-human transmission as a result of unsafe animal husbandry and slaughtering practices, and unsafe consumption of fresh blood, raw milk or animal tissue. Gloves and other appropriate protective clothing should be worn when handling sick animals or their tissues and when slaughtering animals. In regions where RESTV has been reported in pigs, all animal products (blood, meat and milk) should be thoroughly cooked before eating.

Controlling infection in health-care settings
Human-to-human transmission of the Ebola virus is primarily associated with direct or indirect contact with blood and body fluids. Transmission to health-care workers has been reported when appropriate infection control measures have not been observed.

It is not always possible to identify patients with EBV early because initial symptoms may be non-specific. For this reason, it is important that health-care workers apply standard precautions consistently with all patients – regardless of their diagnosis – in all work practices at all times. These include basic hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, the use of personal protective equipment (according to the risk of splashes or other contact with infected materials), safe injection practices and safe burial practices.

Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus should apply, in addition to standard precautions, other infection control measures to avoid any exposure to the patient’s blood and body fluids and direct unprotected contact with the possibly contaminated environment. When in close contact (within 1 metre) of patients with EBV, 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 suspected human and animal Ebola cases for diagnosis should be handled by trained staff and processed in suitably equipped laboratories.

WHO response

WHO provides expertise and documentation to support disease investigation and control.

Recommendations for infection control while providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever are provided in: Interim infection control recommendations for care of patients with suspected or confirmed Filovirus (Ebola, Marburg) haemorrhagic fever, March 2008. This document is currently being updated.

WHO has created an aide–memoire on standard precautions in health care (currently being updated). Standard precautions are meant to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens. If universally applied, the precautions would help prevent most transmission through exposure to blood and body fluids.

Standard precautions are recommended in the care and treatment of all patients regardless of their perceived or confirmed infectious status. They include the basic level of infection control—hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment to avoid direct contact with blood and body fluids, prevention of needle stick and injuries from other sharp instruments, and a set of environmental controls.
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Woman caught with decomposing body of a. Baby in Lagos

A woman who pretended to be a mad woman was caught on Sunday morning with the decomposing body of a 3 year old boy on the Mile 2 Bridge in Lagos.A police officer who saw her dragging the blue Ghana Must Go bag (pictured), stopped her to search the bag and inside it he discovered the boy's corpse and a lot of charms.

 She was immediately arrested and taken away.See the sad picture of the child below:Image credit: 

This time we are no longer scared of only bokoharam both the mad people are included

Police crashes into mother and child while driving against traffic

A policeman in Lagos reportedly knocked down a woman and her baby whiledriving against traffic on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. 

 

 As a result of the incident, the woman,Taskirat Anjolaiyais said to have sustained a brain injury,pelvic fracture, and facial bruises. Her baby girl,Ammarah,suffered a broken jaw and deep facial cuts, according toPunch. 

 

 According to reports, eyewitnesses revealed that the policeman namedFriday, was driving against traffic on the aforementioned express way when he knocked down the victims, who werealighting from a commercial bus and hadnt noticed the police patrol van approachingfrom the wrong direction. 

 

 The policemanwas reportedly running an errand forDivisional Police Officer,Ibrahim Zangowhen the incident occurred  he had been told to drop off a woman at the airport in Ikeja, and he was driving against traffic so the woman wouldnt miss her flight due to the traffic congestion. 

 

 Friday rushed Anjolaiya and Ammarah to theLagos University Teaching Hospital,depositing N70, 000 for their treatment. 

 

 However, Anjolaiyas husband,Sulaiman,is alleging that after the N70,000 was paid, they received no further help from the police. He revealed that ever since the accident, which occurred in June, he has spentover N500,000 on his wife and daughters treatment. 

 

 A few days after the accident, when I could no longer bear the pressure alone, I went to see the DPO and I told him what happened. Zango lambasted me before offering us additional N10, 000, he said. 

 

 Sulaimans wife, who is a teacher, is currently the breadwinner of the family, as he has been unemployed for several months. And so there is no further source of income to fund the treatments. 

 

 Spokesperson for the state police command,Ngozi Braide,reportedly confirmed the incident. 

 

 It is really a pathetic case and no one is happy about it. You were the one that just informed us of the incident. We have started taking disciplinary action against the DPO and the corporal, she said. 

 

 Braide also expressed that a meeting would be held with other authorities, and they would look into the possibility of giving monetary compensation to Sulaiman and his family.

Massive corruption behind request for $1b anti-terror loan -APC

Massive corruption behind request for $1b anti-terror loan -APC

The All Progressives Congress has asked the National Assembly to properly scrutinise the puzzling request by President Goodluck Jonathan for a $1bn loan to fight the dreaded Boko Haram sect,

saying the administration has no business borrowing money if it had accounted for $20bn in oil funds or plugged the official stealing of 300,000 barrels of oil per day.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said even if the missing oil fund is only between $10bn and $12bn as admitted by the FG,

the amount represents more than 10 times the fund which the FG is now seeking to borrow under conditions that are yet unknown.

It described as disingenuous and sheer blackmail the argument that the money is for national security or that it would facilitate the release of the over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted about 100 days ago.

It said, ”That argument is hollow. In the first instance, trillions of Naira have been allocated yearly – in the past few years – for security and defence, yet the fight against the insurgents rages on with deadly consequences.

“Secondly, the only reason the schoolgirls have remained in captivity is the sheer cluelessness and incompetence on the part of the Jonathan Administration, which waited for all of 19 days before

even admitting that the girls were kidnapped in the first instance.

”Therefore, putting more money in the hands of an incompetent and massively corrupt administration can only encourage more incompetence and corruption.

“That is why we are asking the National Assembly to put national interest above all other considerations by taking a dispassionate, non-partisan look at the President’s request.

”What we are saying in essence is that the National Assembly must summon security and military chiefs to explain how the huge funds allocated to security sector in the past has been spent, before more funds can be pumped into the sector.

“They must be asked what happened to the military equipment said to have been procured in recent years.

”They must also inquire from the Administration why it should be borrowing $1bn when it has yet to account for the missing $20bn oil money, plug the daily stealing of 300,000 bpd and unravel the massive frauds that have hallmarked the tenure of this administration (pension fraud, oil subsidy scam, Malabu fraud etc).

“If after all the scrutiny, the National Assembly still feels it must approve the loan, so be it, but it (National Assembly) must know that its own integrity and credibility are on the line.”

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An official statement has been released by the family of the late gospel singer, Kefee Don Momoh who passed away today after two weeks of being in a coma.

The statement was made through the late singer’s manager who confirmed her death, stating that she died of lung failure.

The publicist added that the late Kefee was never 6-months pregnant neither did she have pre-eclampsia.

Read the statement below:

On behalf of the family… it is with a great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to lung failure this morning of our God’s mouth piece, chorus leader,daughter, wife, sister, friend Kefee Branama Queen … May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!!

PS: In contrast to all earlier rumors and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6 months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia.

Late Singer Kefee will be laid to rest at her hometown, Okpara Inland in Delta State on Friday July 11

Late Singer Kefee will be laid to rest at her hometown, Okpara Inland in Delta State on Friday July 11.

The arrangements of Burial for late Pop-Gospel singer, Irikefe Obareki Don-Momoh, profoundly called Kefee have just been announced on behalf of the family, by the Kefee Memorial Committee (a coalition of Kefee’s family & friends in the Gospel Music & Entertainment Industry).

Read full details below:

Thursday 10th July 2014

CandleLight / Service Of Songs

Venue: Oba Akezua Cultural Centre, Airport Road, Benin City,Edo State

Time: 5pm – 7:30pm

Friday 11th July 2014

HomeGoing Service/Internment

Venue: Akpevweoghene Educational Centre, Open Field, Okpara Inland, Ethiope East, Delta State

Time: 12Noon – 2pm

Friday 11th July 2014

Celebration of Kefee’s Life

Venue: Events Galleria, Okirigwe Junction by MFM, Sapele, Delta State

Time: 4pm – 7pm

Announcer: Kefee Memorial Committee for the family

Boko Haram Islamists kill 7 near northeastern border

Boko Haram Islamists kill 7 near northeastern border:

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists disguised in army uniforms killed seven people in an attack near the northeastern border with Cameroon, residents said Monday.

The gunmen, five of whom were also killed, razed a police station and a military camp during the late Sunday attack in the restive region, which has been among the hardest hit areas during Boko Haram’s five-year uprising.

“The gunmen split into three groups and launched simultaneous attacks on the military camp, the police station and other buildings in the village,” said Abor Grema, a resident of the targeted Krenuwa village in Marte district.

Marte was one of the areas in Borno state where Boko Haram chased out the government last year, forcing President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of emergency in the region while launching a military offensive to crush the uprising.

Six residents were shot dead during Sunday’s raid, while a member of a local vigilante force which has formed to help the military was also killed, said Grema.

His account was supported by other witnesses including Musa Bulama, who said the gunmen torched homes, a police station, a military camp, homes and shops.

“Five of (the Islamists) were killed and five others were captured,” during fierce gun battles that followed the raid, according to Bulama.

A vigilante was “dragged from his home and slaughtered… on the streets” by extremists who returned to Krenuwa later in the night to seek revenge against locals who had fought with the military.

Police and military spokesmen were not immediately available to comment on the attack.

Escalating violence along the border and Boko Haram attacks within Cameroon have led to calls for a more coordinated regional effort against the insurgents.

Nigeria has long said that Boko Haram fighters flee across Cameroon’s porous borders to evade capture after carrying out attacks.

The latest unrest in the region came after the escape of 63 women and girls kidnapped by the Islamists in June in Damboa, reportedly while their captors were battling the security forces.

The military claimed that it killed 53 Islamist rebels during the Friday clashes.

The 219 girls seized by Boko Haram from a secondary school in April are still missing.

Stop causing chaos, Osun APC warns PDP

Stop causing chaos, Osun APC warns PDP

THE Osun chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, governorship candidate in the August 9 election, Senator Iyiola Omisore and his supporters to desist from causing chaos in the guise of political campaigns.

This warning came on the heels of a rising wave of planned violent political attacks on APC supporters across the state.

In a statement by the Director of Publicity, Strategy and Research, Mr  Kunle Oyatomi, the party cautioned all agents and promoters of conflicts and chaos to refrain from such acts or “face the wrath of the law”.

The party noted the political violence that was averted by the State Police Command in Obokun Local Government area of the state; a development which followed series of other similar attacks against supporters of the APC.

The party listed the attacks on his party’s members at Ila-Oragun, Iwo, Ikirun, destruction of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s campaign billboards along Osogbo-Ilesha Road and Ibokun and Ile-Ife, where unknown hoodlums had also planted minor explosive device to scare people a few days ago as some of the instances in which APC supporters have been at the receiving end of PDP’s crusade of violence.

The party  noted that it is the restoration of peace after a long reign of PDP’s terror government that endeared Aregbesola to the people of the state.

The statement read: “People could still remember that during its tenure, the PDP administration promoted chaos, terror and violence to an unimaginable level. Since PDP’s exit from power however, peace returned to Osun. Our people have from 2010 embraced the peace and harmony that Aregbesola’s government heralded.

“It has been shown to the whole world that this state values, enjoys and promotes harmonious living among its various peoples.  This is one of the cardinal programmes of the APC government. Ours is not a government that fans the embers of disquiet, discord and chaos.”

“Government will do everything humanly possible to sustain the atmosphere of peace and tranquility that have become the state’s hallmark in the last four years. Any attempt by opposition agents to plunge the state back into the state of ‘nature where life is nasty, brutish and short’ will be prevented.

“Hence, the peace-loving people of the state will rise up and defend the peace which they had enjoyed for almost four years now,” the party stated.

At least 50 members of the insurgent Boko Haram group were killed on Friday night after the group attacked a military location in Damboa, Borno State, the Defence Headquarters

At least 50 members of the insurgent Boko Haram group were killed on Friday night after the group attacked a military location in Damboa, Borno State, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said.

The spokesperson of the DHQ, Chris Olukolade, said the insurgents “stormed the troops’ bases and police locations while most of the troops were out on patrol of surrounding villages.”

Mr. Olukolade also said six soldiers including a “senior officer” were killed as soldiers battled to repel the insurgents.

He said the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been recovered and deposited in the military morgue.

“The wounded are also receiving treatment in the military medical facility,” he said.

The spokesperson said a cordon and search of the locality is ongoing.

Mr. Olukolade, a Major General, also said troops on patrol around Baga area recovered explosives and rifles concealed in a truck loaded with fish and other commodities.

“Four suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the incident,” he said.

The spokesperson also confirmed an earlier PREMIUM TIMES report of a suicide attack at Konduga on Friday night. He confirmed that five people died in the attack.

“At Konduga also in Borno State, a suicide bomber in a Golf car yesterday crashed into a checkpoint killing himself, a policeman and 3 Vigilante Youth members,” he said.

Daring attacks by the Boko Haram on Borno and other northern Nigerian states have continued despite the military onslaught on the sect.

The group, which has killed over 13,000 since its insurgency began in 2009, is still holding over 200 teenage school girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno State, hostage.

Glo bis working on PC and android devices

How to Use Glo BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) on Computers (PC) and or Ipads.

It was all an adventure, In the end we got the Glo Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) working on computers and Ipads. It was yesterday when I saw the headline on my blogger notification bar posted by Ogbongeblog.com but too bad I miss red the information. But somehow so good, that brought about the success of our trial. Cos I called my friend, Famousand told him about the Glo BIS working on PC. I went to his place so we can try it out but before I got there. He told me, he already put it to work and its working just fine. :)

Must Read: Get up to 100 GB on Airtel BIS. Works on PC

According to us the Airtel BIS which gives you up to one gigabyte (1Gig), costs one thousand, two hundred naira (#1,200), and lasts for 1 month was the cheapest internet service in Nigeria as it works on PC, until they rolled-out the BCM3 which gives you up to three gigabytes (3Gigs), costs two thousand, eight hundred naira (#2,800) lasting for 2 months. But right now in time it seems the Glo BIS is theNigeria's cheapest Internet Browsing Plan as it also works on PC and on Ipads. Its very obvious that the Blackberry Internet Service is the medium, God is using in reducing internet browsing cost in Nigeria. Before you know it, it would be #200 naira for 1Gig and #550 naira for 3Gigs lol. We are going to be starting with how the Glo BIS can work on PC before moving on to Ipad. Oya!

Update: Glo BIS on PC no longer works, here are some alternatives, here and here

How To Use The Glo BIS On PC

I am assuming you have a Glo NetPro or a Glo Bolt modem. You can also use an Unlocked 3G modem, though some MTN Fastlink modems might not work with your Glo SIM. But mine does.

• With your Glo SIM card on your phone.
• Subscribe to Glo BIS with your Glo SIM.
• To Subscribe to the Glo BIS weekly plan > Text "coweek" to 777 for N400/week.
• For the Glo BIS monthly Plan > Text "comonth" to 777 for N1400/month.
• Remove the Glo SIM from the phone and insert to your internet modem
• Plug in your internet modem to your PC

Note;

• Glo coweek gives you 700MB while GLO comonth gives you 3Gigs
• Send STATUS to 777 to check the data balance of your Glo BIS. 

For the tweek to work on a computer you need a unique configuration or settings on your internet modem. See modem configuration below.

Modem Configuration for Glo BIS on Computer (PC)

• From your modem dashboard,
• Click on "Tools" then "Options" under which you will now select "Profile Management".
• Under Profile Management, click on "New" and fill it as seen below:

Profile Name : Glo BIS

APN  : blackberry.net

Access number:  *99#

Username : leave blank

Password : leave blank

• Once you’re done creating the profile, click "Save" to save the settings.
• Go back to the Connection interface, select "Glo BIS", from the drop down box, then click "connect".

With that in place you've got the Glo Blackberry Internet Service working on PC. Below is the information on how to to get this to work on Ipads.

How to Get The Glo BIS to Work On Ipads

This information was extracted from a sister blog, Ogbongeblog.com. We extracted this information from OB to ease our readers' search. See what Ogbongeblog got to say about the Glo BIS for Ipads; "Got hinted at Bloggerslabthat Glo BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) now works on computer, smartphones and decided to give it a try on my iPad. Guess what? It's working perfectly as at the time of publishing this post (JAN 3, 2013)". 

Ogbongeblog is highly reputable and its no doubt that this trick is working fine on Ipads. Follow this steps below to get it working on your Ipad;

• Switch off your iPad
• Remove your GLO SIM from the iPad and insert to a phone.
• Subscribe to Glo BIS with your Glo SIM. 
• To Subscribe to the Glo BIS weekly plan > Text "coweek" to 777 for N400/week.
• For the Glo BIS monthly Plan > Text "comonth" to 777 for N1400/month. Having done that.
• Remove the Glo SIM from the phone and insert to your iPad 
• Power ON your iPad
• Tap "Settings" icon

Tap "Mobile Data/Cellular Data" and then  "APN Settings"

• Enter "blackberry.net" as the APN, leave the username and password blank (do not type anything there)
• Tap "Mobile data/ Cellular data" and slide it to OFF
• After few seconds, slide it back ON
• Fire on your iPad browser and surf as you like.

If you have Mediaburner app for iPad, you can use it in downloading Youtube videos to your iPad. Goodreader app andVideoDLPro app are also good downloaders for iPad.