Obama: ‘Americans Are United’ In Fight Against ISIS

The Senate passed a stop gap funding measure tonight, which includes authorization

 for President Obama's plan to train and arm Syrian moderates in the fight against ISIS.

The Senate voted 78-22 on the continuing resolution, which will fund the government and authorizes Title X until December 11.

Many Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the continuing resolution, making this a 

rare bipartisan showing in the Senate.

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In a brief statement from the White House Thursday night, President Obama said ISIS

 "did the impossible" -- generate 78 votes for passage of the plan in the U.S. Senate. 

The president added that today's vote "shows the world Americans are united."

"I want to thank leaders in Congress for the speed and seriousness" with which they acted

 on his plan, the president said.

“It’s a long overdue support for the brave Syrians who are fighting on the front lines against theterrorist enemy,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said.

“There is no guarantee of success. ... There is none but there is a guarantee of failure if we 

do not even try and try we must,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said of arming and training 

Syrian fighters against ISIS. “Despite my concerns about the underlying bill…I will support 

resolution because I think it’s in the best interest of our national security.”

But several of the president’s biggest allies, including some with tough re-election fights this November, voted against the measure.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, whose Republican opponent in the Alaska Senate race said 

he would support the president’s plan to arm the Syrian rebels, voted against the continuing resolution due to their opposition to training and arming the Syrian rebels.

“I disagree with my president,” Begich said. “The rebels of today may not be the rebels of tomorrow.”

Unlike the House of Representatives, the Senate did not hold a stand-alone vote on the bill,

many argued due to concerns of how it would play in the midterm elections this November.

The House had approved authorization to train and arm the Syrian rebels with a vote of 273 

to 156 on Wednesday.

The authorization for training and arming the Syrian rebels will run out on December 11th, at which point Congress will have to decide whether it will reauthorize the plan. Sen Dick Durbin, 

D-Ill., indicated that the Senate will consider a new authorization for the use of military force in November when Congress returns for the lame duck session.

“We are going to take up the construction of a new authorization for the use of military force,” Durbin said. “It’s long overdue. We are living on borrowed time and we’re traveling on vapors. AUMFs passed in 2001 and 2002 are hard to wrap around today’s challenge.”

The continuing resolution now heads to the White House for President Obama’s signature 

and gives the president the green light to move forward with his plan to train and arm the Syrian rebels.

Lagos State Governor hosts some Ebola survivors

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, today September 18th, hosted some

 Ebola survivors at his office at the state Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking with 

the survivors, the governor commended them for coming forward to share their experiences, 

saying that they are proof that the disease is not a death sentence.

The survivors in attendance included the widow of late Port Harcourt doctor, 

Dr Emenuo Kelechi (left), Dr Ibeawuchi Morris (second left), Dr Fadipe Akinniyi (centre), 

Mr. Dennis Akagha (late Nurse Justina Ejelonu's fiance) and Dr Adaora Igonoh. 

See more photos after the cut...

 

 

While sharing their experiences, one of the survivors and staff of First Consultant Hospital, 

Dr. Ibeabuchi Morris, said he was the first to receive late Sawyer at the hospital where 

he was first treated for Malaria.

 

He said after the patient continued to have high temperature, he took the blood sample 

and sent it to the laboratory, then contacted Dr. Stella Adadevoh who advised him to

 continue attending to the patient pending the arrival of the test result. He said when

 the blood result arrived it was confirmed that he was EVD positive. Sawyer died a few days later.

 

Dr. Ibeabuchi disclosed that he started manifesting symptoms of the disease 

12 days later as his body temperature continued to rise beyond 38.5 degrees Celsius.

 He said when his condition continued to degenerate, he reported to the Lagos State Ministry

 of Health and was advised to restrict his contact with members of his family.

 

According to him, his body temperature got to an all time high of over 40 degrees at 

which point the Medical team from Lagos State came and took him to the isolation centre after decontaminating his house. He thanked the Lagos State Government and all the other agencies and individuals who took care of him and made it possible for him to survive.

 

Another survivor, Dr. Adaora Igonoh, thanked the Lagos State Governor and the

 Government for their dedication in the battle to contain the spread of the disease which, 

according to her, made it possible for some victims, including herself to survive the virus.

 

Dr. Igonoh, who is also a staff of First Consultants Hospital, commended the hospital and 

the staff for the risk they took to ensure that the disease did not spread beyond the limit it did. 

She also paid tribute to those who lost their lives, adding that without their sacrifice, the story would probably have been different.

 

Also giving his testimony, Mr. Dennis Akagha, fiancee to Justina Akagha, a nursing staff of First Consultants Hospital who died days after attending to Patrick Sawyer, said he got to hear about his fiancee's contact with Sawyer when the death of the Liberian was announced on television. She later told him she'd treated Sawyer.

 

He said when the symptoms of the disease started manifesting in Justina, they first thought it was pregnancy induced or Malaria because she'd told him she wore protective gloves while attending to Sawyer. He said that on the 14th day, Justina's condition worsened and he took her to First Consultants from where he was directed to the Isolation Centre in Yaba where she later passed on.

 

He disclosed that he did not immediately go to hospital when he started manifesting the symptoms until he started vomiting and feeling dehydrated. He said he was finally taken to the Isolation Centre where he was treated and discharged after he tested negative of the virus.

 

Other survivors who gave testimonies were Dr. Fadipe Akinniyi, also a staff of First Consultants Hospital and Dr. (Mrs.) Kelechi Emenuo, wife of late Dr. Emenuo, who treated one of Mr. Sawyer’s companions in Port Harcourt and later died of the disease.

Photo : Rescue operation at Synagogue building collapse site ends, death toll put at 80

The rescue operation at Synagogue Church of All Nations site ended today September 18th. 

NEMA officials say they are convinced that there are no more bodies at the site. 

The death toll has been put at 80. NEMA says the next phase is for proper 

identification and retrieval of the bodies by families of the victims.

Photo : Enugu get ready for the 1st Enugu MakeUp Fair this Saturday Sept 20th

Pops Concepts the Organisers of The MakeUp Fair Series –Nigeria's leading MakeUp

 and Beauty tradefair, a cross national industry event that is held annually in major cities in Nigeria.

 Since its creation in February 2012, the hugely successful MakeUp Fair Series^TM  has toured

 5 major cities - Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Owerri is now moving to the coal city ENUGU. 

 

The Enugu MakeUp Fair (EMUF) stands as the 14th edition in The MakeUp Fair Series 

 intended to provide a platform for professionals in the business of makeup and beauty, 

to showcase and demonstrate their products to a select target audience of potential 

customers and business partners. They are calling onmakeup artists, re-sellers, 

enthusiasts and lovers of everything makeup and beauty to come prepared to shop and stock up.

The Enugu MakeUp Fair, promises to be fun as it will showcase a variety 

of makeup and beauty brands/Professionals. Highlights include meeting makeup

 & beauty experts, launching of makeup brands and products, demos, networking,

 shopping, makeovers, special offers, treats, loads of freebies for grabs. Also visit the

 Maybelline New York Nigeria Stand, purchase products worth N15,000 and 

above and become a Maybelline Sales Ambassador (MSA).

Date: Saturday 20^th September, 2014

Venue: Toscana Hotel   1 Aguleri Street, Independence Layout Enugu.

Time: 10am – 7pm

Attendance is FREE so bring a Friend!

Phone No: 08188905667, 08037862333

Email Address: popsconcepts@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/themakeupfairseries

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Meet Mother And Daughter Who Are Lesbian Partners

These sick mother and daughter, Mary and Vertasha Carter, are proud to be lesbians partners and are sleeping with each other.

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We are really living in the end times as things that happen these days could well pass for the absurd, weird and odd.

This is the only way to describe a scenario where a mother and her daughter turn out to be lesbian partners and are actually sleeping together. The 'sick partners', Mary and Vertasha Carter, are the first mother and daughter who have come out to boldly declare that they are lesbian sex partners and have shocked the world with their revelation.

The mother and daughter lesbian lovers have truly set a world record and even the liberal United States where they come from is in shock with many saying they are really twisted.

Bad Boy Actor Explodes: "I Am Who I Am"

Bad Boy actor Jim Iyke feels people do not understand him and has set the record straight.

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A lot has been said about Nollywood notorious actor, James Ikechukwu Esomugha, the one popularly known as Jim Iyke, but the bad boy of Nigerian movie industry does not care any longer what people say about him.

Jim seems to have grown a thick skin and do not bother himself with hearsays and back bitters; instead, he believes in who he is and what he says. According to him, he says what he feels and leaves the interpretation to people to make what they think.

Jim who has been vilified, castigated and thrashed on the social media over his several actions, explained that it is human nature for one someone to say something and others would make any sort of meaning they want but he feels he is who he is, and owes no one any apology.

Jim took to his Instagram page to clear the air about his person.

L’Oreal Paris shoots Liya Kebede, Zoe Saldana & More Hollywood Ladies for its Red Lipstick Campaign

We have got some hotness for you to end the day!

Some of the hottest women in Hollywood – Kenyan model Liya Kebede, 

Zoe Saldana, Eva Longoria, Frieda Pinto, Jennifer Moore, 

Jane Fonda, Kirsten Dunst and more have been shot for the 

new campaign featuring different shades of red lipstick for L’Oreal Paris.

The campaign shows the ladies dressed in all white, looking gorgeous 

with sleek hair and wearing bold red lipsticks to celebrate the brand’s 

latest lipstick launch – a collection of “Pure Reds”. There are 285 

shades of red in the world that are visibly different to the naked eye. 

So L’Oreal took many of those shades, named them after Hollywood 

starlets, and created their new collection.