Most of them had finished competing by the time the outfits arrived. "We are disappointed and embarrassed. We've been wearing kits from the World Athletics Championships," one athlete, requesting anonymity, told the BBC. Nigeria's men's football team has its own sponsored kit - but it has been hit by funding problems and players only arrived hours before their first match. The team plays for bronze on Saturday against Honduras. Africa's most populous country has so far won no medals at Rio, with only three more days of competition left to go.
An unnamed Athletics Federation of Nigeria official told Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper that he had never experienced anything like this in all his years in sport. "Money meant for the Games was held tightly by [sport] ministry officials and they were just releasing money piecemeal," the official is quoted as saying. The government had budgeted 600m naira ($1.7m; £1.3m) for the Olympics, the Vanguard reported in July. But payment problems appear to have dogged Nigerian Olympians. Japanese plastic surgeon, Katsuya Takasu, is donating $200,000 to the football team after hearing about its financial difficulties. The players were held up in the US city of Atlanta because of problems paying for their flight and only landed in Brazil just hours before their opening 5-4 win over Japan. Mr Takasu has also promised each player a $10,000 bonus if they win bronze.
I just came across this article, i think everyone will find the information useful.
This morning you woke up feeling a little unwell. You have no appetite, your head is aching, your throat is sore and you think you might be slightly feverish. You don’t know it yet, but Ebola virus has started to attack your immune system, wiping out the T-lymphocyte cells that are crucial to its proper function.
These are the same cells that the AIDS virus (HIV-1) attacks, but Ebola virus kills them far more aggressively. Exactly when and where you caught Ebola virus is unclear, it can take anything between two and 21 days from initial infection to the first symptoms. What is more certain is that you are now infectious yourself. Your family, friends and anyone in close contact with you are all in mortal danger.
The next week or so will determine if you are one of the lucky minority who survive. In the 24 Ebola virus outbreaks prior to the present one, a cumulative total of 1,590 people, two-thirds of all cases, have died.
The current outbreak, which began in the village of Meliandou in eastern Guinea in early December 2013, and which has now spread across Guinea and into the neighbouring countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia, has killed 251 people as of June 5, nearly half of the identified cases.
The west African Ebola epidemic is now the largest outbreak seen since Ebola virus was discovered in 1976. The World Health Organisation issued its first communiqué on the situation on March 23, and since then has been producing regular reports.
Over the next few days your condition deteriorates. Your body aches all over, you have chronic abdominal pain, the fever intensifies and you start to vomit and develop diarrhoea. After anything between a couple of days and a week of misery, you will have reached the crisis point – now the symptoms will either gradually recede or you will progress to the horrors of “cytokine storm”, a convulsion of your ravaged immune system that will plunge you into the terminal phase of Ebola virus disease known as haemorrhagic fever.
Cytokine storm releases a torrent of inflammatory molecules into your circulatory system. Your own immune system, now completely out of control, attacks every organ in your body. Tiny blood vessels burst everywhere and you begin slowly to bleed to death. The whites of your eyes turn red, your vomit and diarrhoea are now charged with blood and large blood blisters develop under your skin. You are now at the peak of infectiousness as Ebola virus particles, ready to find their next victim, pour out of your body along with your blood.
Fortunately, however, it seems you have survived. Rehydration therapy kept you strong in the initial phase and pure luck saved you from haemorrhagic fever. Understanding why some Ebola virus patients avoid the terminal phase is an active area of research, and one possible answer is that those whose T-lymphocytes survive the initial attack of the virus possibly retain sufficiently intact immune systems. Even when you are merely in the first phase of feeling vaguely unwell, it may be possible to determine if you will live or die.
Even though you are feeling much improved, and perhaps even ready to return to work, you will remain infectious for a while. All your bodily fluids will still contain virus. In particular, the virus can be sexually transmitted, especially if you are a man, up to 40 days after recovery.
Epidemiological modelling studies have shown that Ebola virus is about as infectious as influenza or very slightly more so – each infected person will probably infect two to four others. That’s not tremendously infectious compared to some of the super-infectious viruses such as measles or polio, which have corresponding numbers of five to 18, but it is nevertheless enough to sustain a pandemic. The question of why we haven’t seen a worldwide pandemic of Ebola in pre-modern times therefore becomes rather perplexing.
Where did it come from?
A briefly popular theory of a few years ago, that the Black Death of the 14th century was caused by Ebola virus, and that the famous mediaeval descriptions of buboes were actually haemorrhagic fever blood blisters, has now been convincingly excluded by DNA analyses that have proved beyond doubt that the Black Death was, after all, bubonic plague as originally thought.
Ebola may well be a purely modern disease and, since Ebola virus made its first known appearance in 1976, a whole generation of African medical workers have been drilled to be alert to the symptoms of haemorrhagic fever. Consequently, the World Health Organisation and its partners have been able to suffocate outbreaks before they spread more generally. However, the latest outbreak is proving rather more recalcitrant than expected and the story is not yet over.
A Ford pickup Saves a Plane with a Landing Gear Failure,the front wheels were not coming down so it needed help landing. The Ford truck came out nowhere and raced along with the plane providing its trunk area for the nose of the plane to land on and screech to a halt. Is this really possible ? or some Ford car ad ?
I'm sure every Nigerian around the globe has in the last couple of weeks had one of those moments when they were happy and proud that they were Nigerians! Thats a good thing, if only we could have more of those moments! The feats of the super eagles in South Africa has indeed brought lots of smile, shared optimism and believe in the country. congratulatory messages has rang in from all quarters and rewards has been awarded for their heroic feats.
However I have been left bemused by some of the rewards that has greeted the super eagles victory, and by that i meant all the monetary awards running into millions, lands given and the all the national titles and awards given to them. Get me right, I am not saying that they dont deserve them, I am just left with questions such as this- are there not better endevours to commit all these money and resources splashed too ? How does winning the AFCON affects the common Nigerian living under $1 a day ? Is football really supposed to be the benchmark of getting the highest title in the land ?
In civilized communities, contributing directly to the society has always been a benchmark for national titles. In such communities, when people win trophyies like this the only headache of players would be to what charity were they going to make all those donations to ? thats the way of giving back to the community.
I dont have any issue with the players, i however have issues with the government who i believe are psycophants. I believe there are people more deserving of winning national awards that they overlook. I think making football the standard of achievement is not the best role model for the younger generation. We should be seeing such awards going to people who have directly involved themselves in doing something to change their societies and people around them, not bunch of thieveing politicians or football playing players. Philantropist, scholars are people who are more deserving of this awards.
If we are to grow as a country, improving things such as education, health, empowerment of women and children, fighting corruption are the things that should be celebrated. Not just winning a football tournament.
Americana Album: "Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
Song Written for Visual Media: "Safe & Sound" (From "The Hunger Games", T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars)
Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: "Midnight In Paris," Various Artists
Latin Jazz Album: "¡Ritmo!," The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)," Arturo Sandoval
Jazz Instrumental Album: "Unity Band," Pat Metheny Unity Band
Jazz Vocal Album: "Radio Music Society," Esperanza Spalding
Improvised Jazz Solo: "Hot House," Gary Burton & Chick Corea
Reggae Album: "Rebirth," Jimmy Cliff
Comedy Album: "Blow Your Pants Off," Jimmy Fallon
New Age Album: "Echoes Of Love," Omar Akram
Spoken Word Album: "Society's Child: My Autobiography," Janis Ian
Children's Album: "Can You Canoe?", The Okee Dokee Brothers
Classical Instrumental Solo: "Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola," Kim Kashkashian
Classical Vocal Solo: "Poèmes," Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
Classical Compendium: "Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis," Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
Contemporary Classical Composition: Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile — Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays, Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen," James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Choral Performance: "Life & Breath — Choral Works By René Clausen," Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
Orchestral Performance: "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Engineered Album, Classical: "Life & Breath — Choral Works By René Clausen," Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Imaginaries," Quetzal
Latin Pop Album: "MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition," Juanes Regional Mexican Album (Including Tejano): "Pecados y Milagros," Lila Downs Tropical Latin Album: "Retro," Marlow Rosado y La Riqueña
Contemporary Christian Album: "Eye on It," TobyMac
Gospel Album: "Gravity," Lecrae
Contemporary Christian Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)," Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman); "Your Presence Is Heaven," Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Performance: "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)," Matt Redman
Gospel Song: "Go Get It," Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)," Skrillex, remixer (Nero); Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers
Recording Package: "Biophilia," Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection," Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
Album Notes: "Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles," Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Historical Album: "The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)," Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "City Of Roses," Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding) Instrumental Arrangement: "How About You," Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project) Instrumental Composition: "Mozart Goes Dancing," Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton) Long Form Music Video: "Big Easy Express," Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Old Crow Medicine Show
Short Form Music Video: "We Found Love," Rihanna, featuring Calvin Harris
honestly, one of the things i have disliked in black ladies is being fake! esp those fake hair- they are so annoying, how can a black girl be blonde! besides blondes are stupid so.....
Barely one week after the kidnap of Prof. Kanene Okonjo, mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, another kidnap case is being reported in Imo State. Kidnappers in Owerri, the State capital, have reportedly abducted Nkiru Sylvanus, an actress and a special assistant on public relations to the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha.
Sources at the Imo state government house told SaharaReporters that Ms. Sylvanus was in the company of three others when she was snatched and driven away around 8:30 PM on Saturday. She was reportedly abducted close to the famous Concord Hotel, Owerri.
It was learnt that the abductors have established contact with her family and have demanded a ransom of N100 million for her release. However, other sources say the ransom was demanded from the state government.
The governor’s aide was reported to have been taping an episode of a public relation’s show, “Inside Imo” which was expected to air on national television, when she was taken away in Owerri.
The police and other security agencies in the state have begun a search for the lady.
We pray she is found and in good health and is reunited with her family soon.
Johnnoah1st: Again pls how would dis catapot chelsea to round of 16 in champions league? Abeg no dey post thing wey can't help chelsea to get out of group stage here jare.
what kind of crap is this? wat relates this post to chelsea? #smh
Hello, This is just out of curiosity but i keep wondering why in Nigeria cake's always appear at almost every occassion....from weddings to birthday celebrations, is this something customary in Nigeria, i'm not very sure of this but i happen to live outside Nigeria, and i hardly see cakes in events except birthdays, for example considering the fact that i failed to see any cake in the recent publicized royal wedding of prince Williams and Kate Middleton i can make a safe assumption. Hence, are cakes important at events/ceremonies or are they Nigerian things? your kind response appreciated in advance
Christianity enforces more rules on women ϯo cover up more than Islam does if u don't кnoω.
U see the problem wt christians is they don't кnoω their religion.
Christianity tells women ϯo cover their hair (esp in church),
Wearing of trousers is prohibited,
Women can't wear the cloth i.e be a preacher or pastor or wateva,
Etc.. But what do we have with christians of the world today
The complete opposite and disregard ϯo the teachings of their religion
Infact. Wat some women wear ϯo church these days is simply unacceptable
Bondage in Islam indeed
My friend, you are grossly misinformed....besides nobody mentioned christianity here....maybe the person who talked about islam in bondage is an athiest or Ifa priest and here you are talking about what you dont know!!
beqs101: Yeap i can stay just friends with my ex cuz,once I'm done with a relationship,I'm done with all feelings..as a matter of fact,I'm still friends with my ex.
Big lie!!! you can go from friends to lovers not from lovers to friends it just cant walk!!! you can go from being illiterate to being educated but u cant go from being educated to illiteracy, it just cant work *sorry
i have never liked apple products, besides its overated in my opinion its more annoying cause it always like to have its relatives alone with it(mac, ipod, i whatever) would they expect me to throw away my acer and buy an everything apple just cause of an iphone (naa)....androids are more flexible to handle, can interact better with lots of other products- now that i would go for! so whether its iphone 91s or iphone4s i dont freaking care!
CAMEROONPRIDE: yes ..Africans or so called 1/3 world are the only victims...
this shows your level of ignorance, you should be in the learning abput what the term racism means before speaking about it , asians in europe or america sometimes face racism for your info.
p.s. I live in canada, and thy are one of the nicest people on earth, no ecperience of racism
this is a sad development among Nigerian girls, they think they are smart.....well i guess the guys too have more than one gf too...... the shame of people loosing their value, identity, culture and self respect and unfortunately this is what all the rubbish nollywood movies promote.....#shittyThings
dguy in dcorner: I heard cosmic ray will enter the earth from mars tomorrow at 12:30am-1:30am,that we should switch off phones and keep it away from our sides. I also heard it's from BBC. Checked their website, found nothing. Pls,how true is this? [Phones]
is it only you guys that hear everything, before you guys were all over the place with the red cloth thing, isn't it high time you guys stop spreading rumors and start saying things that are meanignful, heen today akon is dead, tomorow white house was bombed mtcheeew
Why should people be taking unclad pictures of themselves in the first place, not to talk about storing it in a phone memory or memory card! height of stupidity! besides it can leak out at anytime! #WonderingWhenPeopleWillWisenUp