Tuesday 31 March 2015
It's not just your mother who can pass on ovarian cancer - your father can, too
This is a common misconception, says Dr Adam Rosenthal, a gynaecological oncologist at University College London Hospital.
'Unfortunately, many women and some doctors disregard the paternal side of the family. They don't recognise the importance of a pattern of cancers on their father's side, so denying themselves the opportunity for gene testing to clarify their level of risk.'
We all inherit two copies of every gene - one from our mother and one from our father. So if either parent has a mutant copy, a child has a 50 per cent chance of inheriting it.
Assuming it's just the mother's line that you need to worry about is an understandable mistake, says Dr Rosenthal, as these genes tend to cause female cancers.
'However, they are not passed down on the female sex chromosome, like some inherited diseases. Men carry them just as easily as women,' he says. 'But women are more vulnerable to the effects.' While a faulty BRCA gene raises a man's risk of prostate cancer to 10 to 25 per cent, they raise a woman's risk of ovarian cancer to 15 to 45 per cent, and the risk of breast cancer to 45 to 90 per cent.
Video of Orubebe disrupting proceedings at INEC collation centre
"In a democratic process, we must follow democratic channels. Yesterday we questioned the opposition party about certain things they had done to challenge states. We expect our members to follow the same process as well. This party has a tradition of decency and will follow democratic channels to lay complaints. Ours is to protest and make our voices heard through recognized channels and wait for democratic process to be followed. We directed our members that everyone should conduct himself within democratic norms and principles. That is all we have to say about that." he said
Monday 30 March 2015
INEC Announces Presidential Election Results Of 8 States & FCT Abuja. More results at 8pm
INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega has just announced the final results of the presidential elections of 8 States in Nigeria. The States are Ogun, Enugu, Kogi, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Nasarawa and the FCT, Abuja. And here are the official final results as announced by him. This is the one you should believe.
OGUN: APC 308,290, PDP 207,950
ENUGU: APC 14,157 PDP: 553,003
KOGI: APC 264, 857 PDP: 149,987
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EKITI: APC - 120, 331 PDP - 176, 466 (wins)
OSUN: APC 383,603 PDP: 249,929
ONDO: APC 299,889 PDP:251,368
OYO: APC 528,620 PDP:303,376
NASARAWA: APC 236,838 PDP:273,460
FCT, ABUJA: APC 146,399 PDP: 157,195
FCT, ABUJA: APC 146,399 PDP: 157,195
From the final results, PDP has 2, 332, 734 votes while APC has 2, 302,978 votes, which means PDP is in early lead. The commission will however reconvene at 8pm, when other results from other states would have been ready.
Gen Buhari APC Presidential Candidate Leading in Results so far
Gen Buhari APC Presidential Candidate head start in Results so far
Of more than 50 percent of the polling units reported, Mr. Buhari has received more than 64 percent of the votes and had won outright in at least twenty states. In addition, he has secured more than 25 percent of the votes in an additional five states.
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is cruising comfortably to victory in last Saturday’s presidential elections, according to official results released so far by collation centers of the Independent National Electoral Commission across Nigeria.
Of more than 50 percent of the polling units reported, Mr. Buhari has received more than 64 percent of the votes and had won outright in at least twenty states. In addition, he has secured more than 25 percent of the votes in an additional five states.
APC Clears Lagos 
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yisa Jamiu
Results collated from all the wards and local governments in the Lagos West Senatorial District has shown that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola aka Yayi, is leading the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Segun Adewale aka Aeroland.
With the results computed so far, Adeola is leading in six local governments while Mr. Adewale is leading in four local goernments. Of the total 797,220 votes tallied so far, the APC candidate has polled 428,206, while the PDP candidate has polled 369,014.
The APC is now leading PDP by 59,192 but the result has not yet been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which is the only constitutionally recognised body empowered to declare such official result.
Agents of both parties are still at the Ikeja collation centre waiting for the official announcement.
However, the candidate of the APC, Mr. James Abioudun Faleke has been returned as winner of the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the Saturday election.
Solomon Olamilekan
Buhari arrives Abuja to await declaration of results by INEC
Bodybuilder finds love with 6'3'-tall transgender woman
As the only man in the world to lift four times his own body weight, Anton Kraft is pound-for-pound the strongest man in the world.
The 4'4' dwarf, who resides in Florida, has lifted as much as 36 stone.
With women, he is no less ambitious.
Kraft , 52, only dates women who are more than a foot taller than he is. For the past six months he has been dating 6'3' China Bell.
Bell, 43, who was born male and has since transitioned, admits she was unsure when he first asked her out but was quickly bowled over by his weightlifting skills.
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It's love: Anton Kraft, from Denmark, has found love with China Bell, a transgender woman from Florida
Sunday 29 March 2015
Election Latest:
Fani-Kayode lied, PDP not leading in 23 states – Jega
Fani-Kayode lied, PDP not leading in 23 states – Jega
Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman
Professor Attahiru Jega has stated that Femi Fani-Kayode lied about his claim that the Peoples Democratic Party is winning 23 states across the country in the presidential elections that began on 28 March.
At a news conference in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, Jega urged Nigerians to ignore reports pushed by people particularly those who are partisan. “You should be careful of the information people who are partisan are pushing out,” Jega said after he was asked if its true that Fani-Kayode’s claims that PDP is leading in 23 states is true.
Card readers malfunctioned as officials forgot to remove film coverings– INEC
Card readers malfunctioned as officials forgot to remove film coverings– INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday said one of the reasons the card readers deployed for Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections failed was because its officials failed to remove the protective film on the lens of the equipment.
Togo takes cue from Nigeria, postpones election
pmnews · 
Germaine Koumealo Anate
Togo’s presidential election has been postponed by 10 days to April 25, the communications minister announced on Friday, after calls for a delay over claims the voter register was flawed.
“The presidential election will be held on April 25, 2015 and not April 15, the initial date,” said a presidential decree read on state television in the small West African country by Communications Minister Germaine Koumealo Anate.
Election Latest:
Fayose delivers Ekiti for PDP, wins 14 in 14
Femi Ayodele/Ado Ekiti
Fayose delivers Ekiti for PDP, wins 14 in 14
Femi Ayodele/Ado Ekiti
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has put his money where his mouth is, by delivering the 14 local government area where results were released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) this morning.
Fayose who has played a massive hate game against General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was not even accredited and could not vote.
Election Latest: In Ogun State Buhari 4, Jonathan 3
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta
Presidential election results from seven out of the 20 local government areas in Ogun State were released by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC in Abeokuta today.
The seven local government councils released so far are; Ijebu Ode,Sagamu,Odeda,Remo North,Obafemi-Owode, Ewekoro and Imeko-Afon.
General Muhammadu Buhari, APC presidential candidate
The INEC headquarters was jam-packed with journalists as the results were read out.
The journalists had earlier gathered at the Centenary Hall,Ake,where the results for both the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections will be declared.
Saturday 28 March 2015
Boko Haram attacks polling units in Yobe and Borno states
Two people have been killed at two polling units in Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of Gombe state this morning by Boko Haram members.
According residents of the villages who spoke with AFP, they said suspected members of Boko Haram stormed the polling units, attacked the electorates and killed two people. An election official who spoke with AFP under anonymity, said: “We could hear the gunmen shouting, ‘Didn’t we warn you about staying away from (the) election?'”. Phil Hazlewood is AFP's bureau chief in Nigeria
According residents of the villages who spoke with AFP, they said suspected members of Boko Haram stormed the polling units, attacked the electorates and killed two people. An election official who spoke with AFP under anonymity, said: “We could hear the gunmen shouting, ‘Didn’t we warn you about staying away from (the) election?'”. Phil Hazlewood is AFP's bureau chief in Nigeria
President Jonathan Finally Accredited Via Incident List After Card Reader Failed
President Jonathan and his wife are back at the polling unit in Otuoke where they were turned down earlier this morning due to the failure of a card reader. It happened to both the president and his wife. The president immediately after the card reader failure addressed newsmen who were waiting to speak with him, saying he would exercise patience and be back to be accredited. He also used the opportunity to tell Nigerians who would experience such to be patient with INEC officials and remember the devices are new.
He however got accredited manually via the incident list at exactly 11:06am, few minutes ago.
He however got accredited manually via the incident list at exactly 11:06am, few minutes ago.
Example for all Nigerians:
In an interview with Channels TV yesterday, First Lady of Lagos state, Dame Abimbola Fashola opened up on how she and governor Fashola have been able to manage their home despite their religious differences. She's Catholic. He's a Muslim. She said;
Gov Fashola and I manage our religious differences in our marriage - Mrs Fashola speaks
Election results will be announced 48 hours after election - Jega
“For the 2015 elections, we should be able to declare results nationally within 48 hours. Our aim is to improve upon our performance in 2011,” he said
Friday 27 March 2015
Nigerian military in a concerted and well-coordinated land and air operations have liberated Gwoza
Pictures:Nigerian military in a concerted and well-coordinated land and air operations liberated Gwoza,HQ Boko haram
Statement from the Defence Headquarters below and photos from the operation
Sequel to the violent and heinous crimes perpetrated by terrorists in North Eastern Nigeria, the Armed Forces of Nigeria was tasked to halt the carnage and restore sanity in that region. This resulted in the deployment of land and air forces. The deployment denied the terrorists the freedom of action they had hitherto enjoyed and they resorted to diversionary tactics known with terrorist groups around the world by carrying out isolated attacks and bombings.
Angry passengers take over the tarmac in Abuja Airport
Thursday 26 March 2015
UK surgeons complete Europe’s first transplant of a non-beating heart
UK surgeons complete Europe’s first transplant of a non-beating heart: New procedure could increase transplantation by up to 25 per cent
Surgeons have carried out the UK’s first transplant of a non-beating heart.
Donor hearts are usually from people who are brain-stem dead, but whose hearts are still beating. In this case, the organ came from a donor after their heart and lungs had stopped functioning.
Surgeons at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire restored function to the heart before placing it on an Organ Care System to maintain its quality before it was transplanted.
It is the first time such a procedure has been performed in Europe.
Surgeons at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire restored function to the heart before placing it on an Organ Care System to maintain its quality before it was transplanted to 60-year-old Huseyin Ulucan from London
Boko Haram will be wiped out of Nigeria on Friday – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja assured that Gwoza in Borno, the last town under Boko Haram terrorists, would be liberated by Friday to pave way successful conduct of general elections in all states of the federation.
Jonathan, who gave this assurance when he received four International Election Monitoring Groups, said already the Nigeria soldiers had successfully liberated Adamawa and Yobe from the menace of insurgency.
BREAKING NEWS: Germanwings co-pilot DELIBERATELY crashed Flight 4U9525 into mountain to 'destroy the plane' after locking his captain out of cockpit, reveals French prosecutor
- Black box voice recorder reveals final chilling moments of Airbus A320
- Prosecutor: 'Death was instant. You only hear screams in final seconds'
- Co-pilot was named today as 28-year-old German Andreas Günter Lubitz
- Prosecutor says he does not believe disaster was terrorism or suicide
The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing into a mountain to 'destroy the plane', it was sensationally revealed today.
French prosecutor Brice Robin gave further chilling details of the final ten minutes in the cockpit before the Airbus A320 plunged into the French Alps killing 150 people.
Revealing data extracted from the black box voice recorder, he said the co-pilot - named as 28-year-old German Andreas Lubitz - locked his captain out after the senior officer left the cockpit.
At that point, Lubitz uses the flight monitoring system to put the plane into a decent, something that can only be done manually.
He said: 'The intention was to destroy the plane. Death was instant. The plane hit the mountain at 700 km per hour.
'I don't think that the passengers realised what was happening until the last moments because on the recording you only hear the screams in the final seconds'.
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First picture: Germanwings co-pilot - 28-year-old German Andreas Günter Lubitz (above) - locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing into a mountain to 'destroy the plane', it has been revealed
Election Update: President Jonathan PDP and Gen Buhari APC hug as they sign peace accord this morning
Election Update: President Jonathan PDP and Gen Buhari APC hug as they sign peace accord this morning
INEC disenfranchise 17m Diaspora Nigerians
2015 polls: How govt, INEC disenfranchise
17m Diaspora Nigerians
Two days to the beginning of the 2015 General Elections, the fate of about 17million Nigerians living abroad to vote has been foreclosed. PAUL ARHEWE reports that the onus is on the executive and legislative arms of government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to put the frameworks in place to ensure Diaspora Voting in future elections in Nigeria.
Most Nigerians in the Diaspora have expressed their anger over their imminent disenfranchisement from the 2015 General Elections beginning on Saturday. While blaming the government, they also castigated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other government agencies charged with the task of orientating Nigerians on the polls over their failure to carry the foreign-based Nigerians along.
Buhari Will Send Me To Jail if APC wins- Patience Jonathan
The first lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan while campaigning for her husband yesterday in Oyo State at a PDP rally where she addressed women and youths said the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari is planning to send her to prison. She said the only thing Buhari did while in power was to send people to prison and he is ready to do more. She also sad if not for the president a lot of Nigerians today would have never known was a train is talkless of seeing one. What she said;
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Election Update: Voters should remain 300
metres away from the centres in line with the act.
metres away from the centres in line with the act.
Nigeria’s presidential election will hold on Saturday, March 28, 2015 and the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered a restriction on vehicular movements between 8am and 5pm on that very day. He also says the same restriction will repeat itself on the 11th of April during the governorship and senatorial elections in the country.
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has clarified media reports that he said voters should go home after casting their votes. He said he only advised voters to leave polling centres after exercising their franchise but did not order them to leave.
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