Nigerian Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, Chika Amalaha, Fails Doping Test

 

After winning the gold medal two days ago in the 53kg category of the women’s weightlifting event, Nigerian athlete Chika Amalaha has failed a doping test.

According to chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Mike Hooper, Amalaha tested positive to diuretics and masking agents, and she has been issued a formal notice of disclosure, “following an adverse analytical finding” as a consequence of the in-competition test.
“That athlete is Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha, who was tested on July 25. That athlete has now been suspended from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow," Hooper said.
“In general terms, these substances are on the prohibited list for two reasons — firstly in weight-category sports, they can be used to unfairly aid weight loss. and secondly, their use has been reported in attempts to mask the presence in the body of other prohibited substances.
“The relevant processes, as detailed in our anti-doping standard for the Games, are now being followed and Ms Amalaha has pursued her right to have her ‘B’ sample tested. This will take place at an accredited laboratory in London tomorrow, July 30. Upon receipt of those results, the process will continue."
If Amalaha tests positive again tomorrow, she will lose her gold medal, which she won by lifting 85kg in the Snatch and 111kg in the Clean and Jerk to set a new Commonwealth Games record total of 196kg.

 

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Boko Haram Militants Kill 8 In Yobe State, Destroy Vital Bridge

During the violence, the insurgents also blew up the Katarko Bridge, which links Damaturu to their stronghold; Buni Yadi, the capital of Gujba Local Government Area of the state which connects Yobe and neighbouring Borno and Adamawa states. 

 

Eight people have been confirmed killed by Boko Haram militants in Katarko, 25 kilometers south of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

Destroyed student hostel in Yobe, March 2014 Aminu Abubakar/AFP/Getty Images Residents say the insurgents stormed the town at about 7:30pm on Monday and first attacked the military base in the town before wreaking havoc on some houses and killing the eight residents in an attack that lasted over seven hours.
“They came here and launched an unsuccessful attack on a military base before embarking on some selective killings within town living us with eight casualties presently being prepared for burial,” a resident told Channels Television in Damaturu.
During the violence, the insurgents also blew up the Katarko Bridge, which links Damaturu to their stronghold; Buni Yadi, the capital of Gujba Local Government Area of the state which connects Yobe and neighbouring Borno and Adamawa states.
This is the first time Boko Haram militants are attacking Katarko since they commenced serious hostilities in 2009.
Meanwhile, two Boko Haram suspects have been arrested in Damaturu metropolis in possession of improvised explosive devices, with the intention of causing havoc in the troubled northeast state of Nigeria

 

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Doctor Who Treated More Than 100 Ebola Patients In Sierra Leone Dies From The Virus

The late 39-year old doctor Khan had expressed fears for his life despite wearing protective gear when treating patients

 Sheik Umar Khan, the Sierra Leonean doctor hailed as a “national hero” for treating more than one hundred Ebola patients, died today of the same disease.
According to Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer Brima Kargbo, Sierra Leone has lost its only viral haemorrhagic specialist in the face of this epidemic. The doctor was diagnosed with the virus last week.
In a Reuters interview, the late 39-year old Khan had expressed fears for his life before being diagnosed. This was despite his wearing protective gear when treating patients. His fears corroborate a statement made in a CNN interview by Dr. Peter Piot, the first scientist to discover the virus in the 1970s. The doctor says, “this is an epidemic of dysfunctional health systems.” He then goes on to explain how basic sanitary measures can control the spread of the disease.
According to Dr. Piot, Ebola is not particularly easy to catch. In his interview, he says, one needs “really close contact” in order to get infected. “Just being on a bus with someone with Ebola, that’s not a problem,” he says. The WHO states that the virus spreads 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."
The virus first appeared in Guinea in March and has since spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. The WHO reports that as of July 23rd, there has been a total of 1,201 cases and 672 deaths between the three West African countries.
Other West African countries are now taking steps to prevent the spread of the disease to their countries. In light of recent events where a Liberian man boarded a flight to Nigeria and died of the Ebola virus in a Lagos hospital, two airlines, Arik Air and Asky, have suspended flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Nigerian authorities have also stepped up screening at its airports, and claim to be tracking those who came into contact with the Liberian passenger.
The fatality rate is currently 60% though the disease can kill up to 90% of those infected.

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Accident in mile2 oke bus/stop,

What a lawless and evil world that we live in.....
An accident just happen this morning along apapa oshodi expressway, at mile2 oke bus/stop.
An okada that was taking one way hit a young man down and a bus that was taking one way too complicated the case by hitting him again and dragging him down the road.....
Eye witness that was there on the time at which it happened said that he was cross to the other side of the road when a motorbike hit him down, and a bus that was taking one way hit him again at the process of avoiding lastman, the lastman bus and the bus that hitted him to unconsciousness ran away, and nobody in the crowd of sympathizers could rush him to the hospital for fear of allegation.....
A bus that was full of police that pass there could not even stop, even when people there to alert them of what happened.....
The people are asking the government to stop buses running one way....
Let's pray that he survives it...