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The return of monkey pox, ailment that has no cure, 39 years after

The current suspected monkey pox outbreak in Nigeria, which has now spread to seven states, is the third in the nation’s history. There were a total of three recorded human cases previously  in 1971 and 1978 according to the Centres for Disease Control, CDC. The virus was first isolated from colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the name “monkey pox.” The first recorded human case of monkey pox was in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. There were also reports of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The following year, 1971, there was one case in Cote d’Ivoire and two cases in Nigeria. Then in 1976 there were two cases in Cameroon and again in Nigeria, in 1978, one case was recorded. Since then, monkey pox has remained strictly a disease of Central and Western African countries, except in 2003, when 47 cases were reported in the US. The 2003 US outbreak is the only time monkey pox infections in humans were documente
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Agony Of Igbos In Benue

OF IGBOS IN BENUEculled from the Nigerian Sun newspapers of April 12, 2014By Chris Oji.They are torn between two worlds. Being of the Igbostock, their soul is in the Southeast, but their bodies and homes are in Benue State, in the Northcentral. That is not all. In Benue, where they are quartered, more for political considerations than for cultural reaons, they lament their lack: no roads, no water, hardly any sign of modern life.They are Igbos of the Ezza, Izzi and Effium stock. Their kith and kin are in other parts of the Southeast, particularly Ebonyi State. They claim they are not fewer than one million scattered in four local governments of Benue State. And for close to 50 years since they were excised from their kinsmen, they have been living primitive lives.Their pathetic plight is that the authorities in Benue, from the state to the local governments, have not seen them as part of the state ostensibly because they speak Igbo. On the other hand, the Ebonyi Stategove
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Some Part Of Edo State Is Igbo Land A Case Of The Igbanke People

Igbanke is an Igbo community in Edo State. They are of the Ika people family stock in Delta State, Nigeria, which also constitutes Agbor, and up to the border towns of Alifekede (Ala Ifekede) down to Umunede. Today's Igbanke village is constituted by Omoluah, Obiogba, Idumuiru, Igbontor, Idumodin, Ake, Oligie and Ottah, all of which have different histories of migration. The people have organized various movements to change the name of the town back to "Igbo Akiri", which is its true name. The government of Igbanke is presided over by Eze, Dei (Dim), odiowere (ndi owere), Ndichie, Dikens (Dike), okhiolors (okenye ulo), and Okhialis (okenye ala). Each of these heads has his jurisdiction. The jurisdiction could be stratified into three: The family level, the clan or hamlets and the villages. At the family level, the okhilor (he is usually the oldest man in the family) presides. At the village quarters, the okhilor is the head, while the eze rules over the enti
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THIS TERRORISM CALLED IPOB IS GOOD FOR EVERY TRULY ENLIGHTENED BLACK MAN NNamdi KaNu Speaks!!!

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I used to cringe at the sound of the word, "terrorism", for I had thought it was pejorative and demeaning. The writers of all the editions of dictionaries at my disposal may not have had an inkling of this new type of terrorism, a very harmless type that carries out its activities in the open; the terrorism that neither maims nor ravages; that neither reeves nor destroys; one that attends UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT to stage protest. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the practitioners of harmless terrorism known as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The harmlessness of this group can be gleaned from its name. Terrorism, I mean the conventional, lexical type, is never indigenous to any region or people. Terrorists are always against a people. Conventional terrorism is always about fear, force, the guns and barrels, and always pitted against the State. The IPOB, the unconventional prototype lacks the entire indices required for terrorism classification, bearing in mind t
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Military declares IPOB terrorist organisation

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Military declares IPOB terrorist organisation The separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is now a “militant terrorist organisation” in Nigeria, military authorities declared yesterday. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said in a statement in Abuja that IPOB poses security challenge to the country by clandestinely and actively terrorising the general public. It listed such acts of terrorism as the formation of a Biafra Secret Service, claimed formation of Biafra National Guard, unauthorised blocking of public access roads and extortion of money from innocent civilians at illegal road blocks. The DHQ therefore urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. The Director, Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. John Enenche, who signed the statement, spoke of the determination of the Armed Forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country.” Enenche also pledged the continued protection of lives and property in all parts of t
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IPOB as a terrorist organisation: What the Law, legal experts say

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IPOB as a terrorist organisation: What the Law, legal experts say The Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 defines a terrorist as “a person who knowingly does, attempts or threatens to do an act preparatory to or in furtherance of an act of terrorism….” It defines acts of terrorism as “an act which is deliberately done with malice, aforethought and which may seriously harm or damage a country or an international organisation.” From the reasons given by the Defence Headquarters, the most relevant subsections that justify the declaration of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation are those under Part 1. They define acts of terrorism as those which: “(i) unduly compel a government or international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act; (ii) seriously intimidate a population; (iii) seriously destabilise or destroy the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisat
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Nnamdi Kanu plotting to overthrow Buhari, split Nigeria – Arewa youths

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Abia govt extends curfew, meets monarchs, others Don’t be provoked into reprisal attacks, Northern Youths warned Arewa Consultative Forum calls for caution; IPOB meets to restrategize Operation Python Dance II: Why I can’t attend meeting with S-East govs – Kanu KANU AND THE SOUTH-EAST GOV. UMUAHIA — The Abia State Government yesterday extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew slammed on the township of Aba in wake of rising security concerns, just as it met with a broad spectrum of traditional rulers in the state. It plans more meetings with other stakeholders, especially market leaders. Nnamdi Kanu with South East governors in Enugu during a meeting. This development came as leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, said he would not attend tomorrow’s meeting with South East Governors as he earlier agreed with them, citing alleged plots to assassinate him on his way to Enugu for the meeting. Also yesterday, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, called
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