The Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, has been identified at 26 year old Nina Pham. Nina, according to report, was among over 50 staff of the hospital that cared for Duncan who later died on October 8th.

Nina is said to probably have had the closest contact with Duncan, she was his personal nurse and was in his room often. She and others who cared for Duncan wore protective gear, including gowns, gloves, masks and face shields, and sometimes full-body suits but that didn’t help Nina. She’s officially the first person to contract the disease within the US.

She’s currently being treated at the same hospital. Yesterday, she received a blood transfusion from Ebola survivor, Dr Kent Brantly. Hopefully she will make it.

Before he went into the Big Brother Africa House, Nigerian rep Tayo Faniran and his girlfriend were expecting their first child together. Tayo received the joyous news on the show yesterday during his diary session that his girlfriend had given birth to a baby boy (pictured right). The little bundle of joy has since been named Akintoye. Congrats to them.

Nigerian soldier, 23 year old Obinna Izuala was killed by Boko Haram men during a gun battle in Borno state on September 25th. He has since been buried. Photo credit: Igboist page on Facebook.

The new e-ID card which is powered by MasterCard is a multi-purpose card for identification, electronic signatures, and can be used for depositing money, withdrawing and making payments.

So it’s both an ID card and ATM.

The first phase of the project will see 13million Nigerians issued the card while the next phase will target 100million Nigerians.

The project is a partnership with MasterCard, the Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and Access bank.

              

            

           

            

           

Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been painted as leader lacking in integrity and credibility by the Times Magazine of London, in the wake of happenings in the country, especially the issue of insecurity and corruption.

The Times Magazine political cartoonist, Peter Brookes, did this cartoon of our president, to conform with what some world leaders think of the man who leads the most populated black country in the world.

The first to set the ball rolling was USA’s Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton who said:

Jonathan is running a government that is supervising syphoning of Nigeria’s resources;

while US Senator, John Maccain said:

Jonathan’s government is practically not existing and therefore, America should just storm Nigeria and rescue the (kidnapped) girls before things got out of hand.

Do you believe that President Jonathan has lost grip of his government?