Graphitti News collates national and
international headlines from late-breaking news, upcoming events and the
stories that will be talked about Monday:
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| Gov Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State. (Photo credit: TheCable) |
1. THERE IS NO EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN LAGOS – GOV FASHOLA
There is no Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic in
Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola said yesterday.
In a broadcast on the disease, Fashola said though the
state had suffered painful loss of lives, the situation was not an epidemic as
being alleged because “all those who have either died or are suffering from
Ebola are directly traceable” to the Liberian EVD importer, Patrick Sawyer.
He said 61 contacts were cleared last week after the
21 days surveillance, which is the known lifespan of the virus.
“These people were not sick. They were persons who
needed to be monitored because of real or suspected contacts to be certain that
they did not eventually fall sick. We cautiously wait to see how many more
people will be cleared and hope that there will be no new cases.
“Nevertheless, our strategy is to prepare for the
worst by making plans to expand the facility to take any new cases, while we
hope for the best. There is a lot to do, and we need your collaboration to
remain focused on containment and treatment”, Fashola said.
He also debunked claims that Ebola victims were being
neglected, adding that the state did not reject any useful drug; neither is
there fund shortage.
Fashola said victims were receiving the best care as
recommended by experts, urging medical volunteers willing to fight the cause to
sign up and present themselves for training.
2. NIGERIAN WOMAN SUSPECTED OF EBOLA DIES IN UAE
Health officials in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi
say that a Nigerian woman who arrived on a flight transiting the city and who
may have been infected with the Ebola virus has died.
The city's Health Authority said in a statement
carried by the state news agency WAM late on Sunday that the 35-year-old was
traveling from Nigeria to India for treatment of advanced metastatic cancer.
Her health deteriorated while in transit at Abu
Dhabi's main airport and as medics were trying to resuscitate her, they found
signs that suggested a possible Ebola virus infection.
The woman's husband and the five medics who treated
her are being isolated pending test results.
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Roger Federer,
pictured, saw off David Ferrer 6-3 1-6 6-2 in one hour and 42 minutes. Photo credit: PA/Dail Mail
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Roger Federer defeated David Ferrer in the final of
the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday.
The Swiss, who was ranked second seed in the
tournament, saw off the Spaniard 6-3 1-6 6-2 in one hour and 42 minutes in what
was the ninth all-top 10 final of the season.
The
final, which was Federer's fourth in a row, followed the form books as the
17-time Grand Slam champion continued his dominance over Ferrer, whom he was
now beaten in all 16 of their meetings, in what was billed as "the battle
of the 30-somethings"
4. WHO RETAKES PARTS OF IRAQ'S LARGEST DAM
Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes,
wrested back part of Mosul Dam from Islamic militants who had captured it less
than two weeks ago, security officials said.
5. UKRAINE ARMY TROOPS PRESS INTO REBEL-HELD CITY
Ukraine's national security council said government
forces captured a district police station in Luhansk in what could be a
breakthrough development.
6. WHAT POPE SEEKS FROM CHINA
During his visit to South Korea, Pope Francis says he
wants a 'fraternal dialogue' with Beijing as a means of improving relations.
7. WHY NEW EBOLA FEARS ARISE IN LIBERIA
Looters in Monrovia raided a quarantine center for
suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses, which
could further spread the deadly disease, officials said.
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| A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Dont Shoot", with a picture of Michael Brown on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (AFP Photo / Getty Images / Joe Raedle) |
The preliminary results of a private autopsy showed
that Michael Brown, the black teen killed by a police officer in the Missouri
city of Ferguson, was shot at least six times, the New York Times reported on
Sunday night.
Brown, 18, was shot twice in the head, while four
shots hit his right arm, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, former chief
medical examiner for the City of New York who was hired by the Brown family to
conduct the autopsy.
One of the bullets entered the top of the teenager’s
skull and appears to have caused a fatal injury, according to Baden, who flew
to Missouri on Sunday at the family's behest. It was likely the last of bullets
to hit Michael Brown, he said.
The report showed the bullets did not appear to have
been fired from very close range due to the absence of gun powder on the
victim’s body, the Times reported. However, that finding could change if traces of
gunpowder are found on Brown’s clothing.
9. BOURBON PRODUCTION HITS 37-YEAR HIGH
Inventory tops 5 million barrels for the first time
since 1977, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association.
10. BRAIN SCANS SHOW HOW KIDS LEARN EARLY MATH
Drilling your kids on simple addition and
multiplication may pay off in later math success, says Dr. Kathy Mann Koepke of
the National Institutes of Health, which funded the research.
11. HOW SURFING CAN EXTEND SOME LIVES
Since salt water in the ocean helps clear out the
mucus that builds up in cystic fibrosis patients' lungs, organizations have
started to teach those with the disease how to "hang 10."
12. SEMINOLES START SEASON ATOP AP FOOTBALL POLL
Florida
State, the defending national champion, is preseason No. 1 for the sixth time.
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